First Match

Last Friday, April 4, we kicked off the official first match of the Level Up UGC 2008!

And it was LU International vs. Chase and the Others. Both teams are even-steven with 3 points a-piece. The first game, NBA 2k8 was a “cardiac finish” as the great Joe Lipa would say. GameBoss Ben Colayco and Content Director Phil Cahiwat (playing Spurs) were up against GPS Chris Dee and Neil (playing Pheonix). Pheonix edged out the Spurs 35 to 33. Team Chase and the Others (CatO) takes first blood.

Meanwhile, in the second event - Guitar Hero 3, LU International had a great revenge as their girl gamer, Cheena beat the crap out of Chris to even out the scores 3 points each. Then advantage was back for CatO as they asserted their authority in their best game, Team Mario Kart for the Nintendo DS beating International 402 to 88.

But International’s “golden boy”, Adi M proved that he was the toughest dude to beat in Tekken 5 as whipped CatO’s RD’s @$$ 5 games to nil.

Unfortunately, I had to call a ‘rain check’ on the PC games due to some ‘network security technical glitches’. CatO and LUI will have to face off on Starcraft and Counterstrike this week before the second match between Marketing and ICT.

Here are more pics…

The Setup. Xbox 360 connected to the office projector. Yoda is there to use his Jedi powers so that it won’t overheat! Amp!

Ben and Phil “in the zone” in NBA 2k8. Chris Dee (right) keeps composed and stays focused on the game.

Death by girl. Chris takes a beating from Cheena (right) at GH3

Chase (foreground right) leads his team in their “best game” Mario Kart.

At the end of the day, the best game is BOMBERMAN 4-on-4. I took the challenge versus Codamon, Alex Mena and RF BM Keith Morales. “professional moves” was the phrase of the night. ’twas a helluva fun.

This Friday is another exciting match between team Marketing and (hopefully) ICT. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all those who helped me during the debut match; Alex Mena and Chris Dee for helping me setup and for bringing their Xboxes, Super GM Archie for the PS2, Toby, Erwin Manansala for the tech stuff, Ben and Phil for gracing the occassion and everyone else who pitched in.

Meanwhile, the scores are already updated. Go check out the team and the individual totals. Remember, Finance Director Ric Laig already handed me the iPod Nano as the prize for the MVP.

Seeya next time! Practice kayo!

GM Tristan