IAHGames; the publisher of Granado Espada Southeast Asia (SEA), prepared a special players gathering for the Filipino gamers of their flagship MMORPG which was held at T.G.I. Friday’s in Trinoma last February 12, 2011.
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Granado Espada Philippines Gathering 2011
IAH Games has just announced that they will holding a Players Gathering for the Filipino gamers of their MMORPG Granado Espada on February 12, 2011 (1:30-4:00PM) at T.G.I. Friday’s, Trinoma.
GE Machinima going more Fantazzztic
Remember the video that features a Nobody parody with the use of Granado Espada characters?
http://reimarufiles.blogspot.com/2009/09/day-when-ge-goes-fantazzztic.html
Well it turns out that Darrick is now participating on the First Cinemanila Machinima Film Festival, this is the first time a major Machinima contest is held in the Philippines. Machinima are videos that uses footage from video games, console or PC, online or offline.
Profile Page on the Cinemanila SiteSo far, Darrick’s video is the most viewed entry. You can help support his video by registering on the cinemanila site and vote for his video
http://www.cinemanilamachinima.org/main/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=3&video_id=10
Deadline of the voting will be on Oct. 16, so just keep on voting dudes and dudettes
Some blogs are already mentioning his great creation
which includes Ninemoons, MMOTAKU, MMOSite, and even the Playground Magazine Facebook group page as well as the GE official forum
Good luck to Darrick and hopes that he grab the top award.
Create your own Granado Espada
Okay I know I’ve already stopped blogging about Granado Espada, but this time, it’s more on the PSP game called Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny. The reason why I mentioned GE is that one of my fellow GE bloggers, Mena, managed to create Characters based on the popular MMO with the use of the character creator engine in Soul Calibur.
The character creation feature in Soul Calibur was one of it’s biggest trump card, aside from it’s great gameplay. With it’s massive option of customizing your own warrior, you can bring some of your other favorite gaming characters to life
Mena managed to create more than a dozen characters, but I’ll be showcasing half of his best creations (in terms of accuracy to the original characters) so here are the 8 characters with pictures of the original characters and gameplay video of Soul Calibur :
Lisa Lynway
The design is very similar that of the original, although the fighting stance is a bit very ninja-ish, aside from that, everything is quite accurate.
Romina (alternate costume)
The design is quite the same, the fighting style matches well to the original. The costume is based on the Crusader coat that is not yet available in the english servers (both SEA and US), it’s hard to find a picture of the new costume so i decided to upload the other costume instead which also looked similar.
Edward Jameson
Ahh, the White Baron, good thing Soul Calibur has rapiers, the bad part here is that his fighting style makes him of a vampirish swashbuckler, but aside from that, the creation is good (well since make a character with white color as it’s main desing is pretty to create).
Ania
From the face plate to the tofas, but this time, the tonfas are more realistic (smaller). The design is quite faithful to the Zeian warrior.
Rescue Knight
There are no horns on the original Rescue Knight, but from the armor designs to the weapons, all are seemed to be good. Now remove the helmet and you now have Romina in her Rescue Knight version.
Idge Imbrulia
The design looks to be a combination of the original Idge and with her battlesmith version, just take out the striped long sleeves and you have Idge, the sword matches well with her in Soul Calibur.
Gracielo
If Gracielo had a weapon, the nunchucks will be the best choice. The fighting style matches pretty well with Bookof Wind stance of Gracielo, now if the shoulder pads can only be removed…
Fighter (in Camisa de Soldado costume)
Now if Granado Espada can allow the the fighter to wield a javelin and a sword at the same time, it wouldjust awesome. The design matches well to the original.
Kudos to Mena for his effort in bringing the Granado Espada characters into life into Soul Calibur. To check more on Mena’s other creations, you can visit his youtube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/juanenrico
Now if have your own creations of GE characters, how about sharing it with us =P
Who knows, your creation might be posted in the blog.
Till next time…
The Day when Granado Espada goes Fantazzztic
Any K-Pop (Korean Pop) fan should know about the Wonder Girls, aside from making great music, they are all hot XD, especially with their most famous hit single “Nobody“
Because of the popularity of the song, many fan made videos just popped up in famous video sharing sites, and so far there’s not a single Nobody music video that was created from a video game, until now…
A dude named Darrick just created a Nobody music video by using characters in Granado Espada,
although the game has limited animations when making poses or actions, this douche managed to finished the video with such awesomeness.
The project was started last August and it’s already released in Youtube yesterday, September 7
here’s the video of the GE Nobody
kudos to the douchebag for his great effort in making this epic movie
Chemistry meets Granado Espada
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted something GE related. As you can see, I’ve already stop playing Granado Espada for months and also I left the GE community since July.
But this project was started a few months ago but was on hold due to lack of time.
Finally the project is now finished and just in time before Mistress Hrin’s farewell to GE
This will be my final contribution and the birthday gift to Mistress Hrin (Godspeed on your journey).
So here’s my project: The Periodic Table of Stances
I got this concept from a certain fanart that I featured in my previous post.
Imagine combining chemistry and Granado Espada, no one has ever
I created the periodic table from MS Paint and Adobe Photoshop
The stance icons are from bookofwind.blogspot.com
Hope you guys enjoy the periodic table
4th GE PH Community Gathering Aftermath
Last July 18, 2009, the Granado Espada players once again gathered at Phooze gaming cafe for the 4th Granado Espada Philippine Community Gathering. This is the fourth gathering organized by players since December 2008.
The event started around 12PM and many players attended the said event. Surprisingly, the 4th event has the most number of attendees compared to the previous events, as this event was also promoted by Mistress Hrin on the GE website and by DeSanggria.
And as promised with more activities and prizes, the players really had the blast. Activities include freeplays, contests, raffles and pvp tournament that had a new twist. Participants were able compete well on the tournament despite having new mechanics.
Although the Philippine CM didn’t attend the gathering (again), good thing the GMs from E-Games attended and help facilitate the gathering. At the end of the gathering, all players never left the venue empty handed as they took home some prizes.
The 4th gathering was truly a blast and players are now more hungrier for a part five.
But sadly, this will be my last event, as I have don’t have enough time to facilitate any future events. But I believe that other players will continue the tradition to keep the community alive.
I’d like to thank all the gamers for their support on the gatherings and to IAH games especially to Mistress Hrin. As I bid farewell to the GE community, I’ll be wishing them to have more future gatherings and events.
Fête de la Pioneers: The 4th GE PH Community Gathering
Calling all PH GE Pioneers!
We are inviting you next Saturday for a day of community bonding with your fellow GE Players! We have also prepared several activities, both online and offline, and with exciting prizes to boot!
Organized by Blacksword since December 2008, the GE PH Community Gathering has successfully brought new and veteran Filipino GE gamers together. If you haven’t attended yet, well, now’s your chance! We promise that it’s going to be a lot of fun.
Be there on July 18, Saturday, and head to Phooze Gaming Hub located at the 2/F Anonas Commercial Complex in Project 3, Quezon City to join in the fun!
There will be exciting contests, a PVP tournament and a raid to Chateau de Bourgogne!
To know more about the contest details, check out the information below.
Dynamic Duo: The PvP With A Twist!
Mechanics:
1. This tournament will be done in the test server.
2. Players can choose any character line-up. They will be given the same amount of consumables (HP pots, SP pots, bullets, magical/elemental orbs), as well as the same types of armors & weapons.
3. A total of 10 participants can join in which they will be paired with each other (this can vary depending on the number of participants, but this must be an even number to facilitate pairings).
4. Depending on the participants, one will be assigned to handle the keyboard controls, and another for the mouse controls. Once the pairs have decided which one will control the mouse and keyboard, they cannot switch places throughout the duration of the battle.
5. The team member holding the mouse will be the only one to direct the team’s character the specific location/target enemies, while the team member on the keyboard will be the only one to choose/cast the skill to be used in battle.
6. Teammates are not allowed to talk to each other, nor are they allowed to point/make gestures at the monitor once the match has begun. Any form of verbal communication between the two will result in disqualification.
7. Spectators/audience are also not allowed to coach the teams.
8. The team to successfully defeat their opponent will be the winner for that match.
9. In case of a “draw”, a sudden death match will commence. Players are not allowed to change their line-ups. The first team to score a kill wins.
Prizes:
Winner: GE LE Box (each)
Runner-up: 50 ABS (each)
Songs of the New World (Name That Tune)
Mechanics:
1. Participants will be asked to listen to a GE background music in which they will have to properly guess which map or location the song can be heard in the game.
2. Every correct guess will win a prize.
3. A participant can only win once throughout the duration of the contest.
Prize:
20 ABS (per winner)
New World Villains (Guess That Mob)
Mechanics:
1. The contest facilitator will flash images of certain mobs found in the game.
2. Participants will be asked to guess the exact name of the mob.
3. The contest facilitator will mention in what map the said mob can be found as a clue.
4. Every correct guess will win a prize.
5. A participant can only win once throughout the duration of the contest.
Prize:
20 ABS (per winner)
Strike that Pose!
Mechanics:
1. There will be 2 contest facilitators in which one will dictate a given GE character pose, while the other will act it out.
2. Participants will be asked to correctly guess the name of the pose.
3. Every correct guess will win a prize.
4. A participant can only win once throughout the duration of the contest.
Prize:
10 ABS (per winner)
Trivia Contest: So You Think You Know GE?
Mechanics:
1. There will be a total of 10 GE-related questions of varying difficulties.
2. Participants will be asked to give the answers to the questions being asked.
3. Every correct answer wins a prize.
4. A participant can only win once throughout the duration of the contest.
Prize:
20 ABS (per winner)
Disclaimer: Contest rules are subject to change without prior notice.
Pioneers from Bach, Rembrandt and Giovanni are most welcome to join. See you there!
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