Pre-events: The Road to LU Live
- The community team made it sure to disseminate various methods on how to arrive at the World Trade Center courtesy of this thread which was re-posted and relinked to a number of threads both within and outside the Unified Boards.
- The players who were chosen to participate in the championships per game had undergone more than 8 months of endurance and training just to make it to the top. Sure enough, the matches they had provided for the eyes of the gamers proved to be exciting, leaving much of the gamers in awe.
World Trade Center Early Birds
- This year there were 700 slots for the early birds but according to the reports, more than 700 players lined up for the prize in their respective games.
- Players went at the site as early as 2AM of November 5.
- These early bird registrants were advised to bring protection equipment against the rain – caps, jackets, umbrellas, etc and surely enough, it DID rain during the day of the early bird registration. A player came up with the term: Early wet birds. (No PUN intended) XD
- Due to the distinctive “fingerprint” scanning c/o Biometrics, the players had to make it sure to fall in line themselves. Thing is, this didn’t stop the usual “paki-pila ako/kami” scheme, much to the dismay of other gamers who went there themselves – these “smart” gamers made it sure to get back in line with their friend before the stubs were given, *insert loophole here*
Bomb Threat!
- Just kidding. For the players’ and the event’s security, they made sure to confiscate items which they deemed as dangerous. However, amidst the security comparable to bomb threat handlers at MRTs, LRTs and other crowded areas, majority of the gamers were dissatisfied with the way how to security handled their personal belongings: they said that their items were “mishandled and left on the floor”, and that “the security personnel themselves had no idea which item goes to whom” – an event which may lead to stolen items. A funny thing was that, pens and other sharp objects were confiscated, but a Sword went through the gates. ☺
Opening Ceremonies
- This year, we were graced with the entrance of some of the Guilds from LU’s games. It could’ve been better if more than 20 guilds have assembled for the Guild Parade. IMO, because of the number, it was more of just a mere presentation of some guilds than a full-blast parade. Not much glory there though thumbs up for the guilds who participated!
- We were also impressed with the Orchestra who gave us renditions of BGMs / music from our all-time favorite games which ended in the iconic orchestra version of Chixilog by Kamikazee. If I ain’t mistaken, that was my idol, Gerard Salonga who led the orchestra.
Grand Chase Merchandise up for grabs at the LUCC booth
- Due to the number of Grand Chase players who went, reports came in that the GC Merchandise was amongst the first to be declared “out of stock”. Yes, all of the GC Star Pillows were sold out! ( Now where’s that lady from Exempt which I’ve been bugging to trade PINS in exchange for her GC Star Pillow? *hunts* )
GM Cassiel’s come back!
- Of course, every GC player’s experience wouldn’t be complete if they didn’t get to see our beloved GM Cassiel who graced us with her presence for the two day event. She even joined hosting for the Digmaan Championships!
Digmaan Championships: Immortals vs Happy Hour
- This of course, was one of the highlights on why the GC players went there – The Digmaan Championships. After 7 intense battles, Happy Hour (formerly Sayaw Darling) won the match as back-to-back champions 4-3.
Participating Booths: SGC, Exempt and Equinox
SGC – Attendance, Hunt the GM, Pick-A-Prize, Freedom Wall
- This year’s Pick-A-Prize has got to be way better but it personally gave me more migraines. First off: The reason why there was a chance for the gamers to pick “Sorry, you didn’t win a prize” or something like that was because the number of prizes to be given were only limited. Frankly there was no way for us (with the number of players and different faces who registered at the booth) to track who already registered. Admittedly this was one of the loopholes of pick-a-prize. Each player was only intended to do the pick-a-prize ONCE but much to our dismay, a handful of players kept on lining up until they got a prize.
- We sincerely apologize to all the gamers for the number of “emergency maintenance” we had to do for the booth. It’s either we all needed to take the break or had to do something with the Pick-A-Prize event.
- We congratulate the players who went home with their prizes.
- We would also like to thank all the players, FMs (we didn’t notice due to the number of people who wrote here and there, plus the fact that we were also handling the pick-a-prize event, sayang, di man lang namin kayo napasalamatan personally) and GMs (who were ever supportive of SGC’s events) who participated in our first ever Freedom Wall Table!
Exempt – GC Merchandise and Attendance (details)
Equinox – T-shirt print and on-the-spot designing (details)
In general: SGC would like to thank the following:
- GC GMs (GM Mac, GM Cassiel, GM Ashak and GM Voodoo) for their undying support
- Exempt Guild for the Space (we wouldn’t be at that spot without you guys)
- Exempt Guild and Ultima Cerberus for the tables
- GC FMs (Aleister-Edge-Shannon) for participating in the Freedom Wall
- Unified boards FMs who also participated in the Freedom Wall
- And of course, the people whom we serve – the GC players
- -insert more of those whom you’d like to thank-
GC Cosplayers (details)
The Side events (details)
Other booths (details)
Booth 1 Booth 2 Booth 3 Booth 4 Aether Booth Booth 6 Booth 7 Forsaken Booth Crimson Order Booth Booth 10 Lotus Booth Booth 12 Booth 13
Author: Oraez-Silvie-Elleon-Exia-Ravy
Source: Grand Chase Official Fan Page (for images) Based on this year’s experience, LU Live 2010 wasn’t only “For Guild and Glory”, it was also meant for the lifeblood of LU itself: US - the Gamers.
