Thrilla in Manila!

After 2 days of magic and 14 rounds of swiss, a champion has been declared. Unfortunately it was not a Filipino but he deserves to be champion nevertheless. Piloting his Kithkin (WW) Deck, Hironobu Suguya made his way to the top amidst an enormous amount of Faerie Decks. For me it was a successful event! With an attendance of 640 players, once again Filipino showed the world that we can host such big events and showcase our great players. The language barrier has been breached as Pro players from Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore, even France as Hall of Famer Raphael Levy, came to play. As for our team, I can say that we had a huge success! Ralf Santos went undeafeted in Day 1, he even went 11-0 and everyone was hoping that he will enter the Top 8. Unfortunately due to the complex computation of tie breaks, he finished 9th place overall which is heartbreaking for all of us since he was just behind by 1.08 points! Everyone did their best so we have no regrets after all.

NAME--------------SCORE------REMARKS-----------DECKS
Harold Mallari--------5-3-----dropped in Day 1-------B/U Kelpie
Ralf Allen Santos-----11-3-----9th place overall-------WW Kithkins
Nathaniel Mallari----- 9-5-----made it to top 64------WW Kithkins
Ray Ann Santos-------5-3-----dropped in Day 1------B/W Hybrids

Special Mention:
Micheal Batac--------10-4----made it to top 32-------Quick and Toast
Ian Mark-------------5-3-----dropped in Day 1-------Quick and Toast
Fritz------------------5-3-----dropped in Day 1-------B/R control
Rickson---------------5-3-----dropped in Day 1-------Faeries

Total Winnings: $1750.00

I had so much fun watching the Japanese players compete. They are very humble people eventhough they're having a hard time speak in English. They have so much passion for this game and that's why they are so good at it.

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We had a picture with Mr. Shuuhei Nakamura, one of the coolest player in Magic, but im still waiting for my friend to forward it to me. For the mean time lets just enjoy these. ^^


Magic Artist Mr. Darrell Riche
DCI Judges and Staffs with cute Judge Nicky (lols)
The entrance of the Mega Trade Hall
Mr. Shuuhei Nakamura, one of the coolest player around
Hall of Famer Mr. Raphael Levy
The great crowd. (with mr. mandaraya ka!)
the late comers
Let the games begin!
2008 National Player Mr. Bayani Manansala

The Featured Match Table

Our Dota Team had a huge success in Batangas too. Winning 2 games to none, I had all the confidence for these guys, no worries at all. ^^