The Ching Dynasty

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2009-10-02T01:12:00.000-07:00

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Working in E-Games is FUN FUN FUN! (Part 2)

2009-06-22T08:44:00.000-07:00

This weekend, I found myself having lunch in Tagaytay with our VP for MMOs - Ms. Heidi and VP for QA - Ms. Grace.

The others went ahead to Batangas and we just followed because we need to finish a few meetings in the morning.

On the way there, I was able to appreciate the beauty of the province. I was like... "Wow! Lots of trees!" We don't get to see much of that in Manila, you know.

Anyway, this is the house where we stayed.

Nice eh?

Pretty comfy inside too!

I think I slept for the longest time in months! The bed was so comfy I didn't wanna wake up. LOL.

I was also a little sick that time so my fever and cold medicine made me a little drowsy.

Anyway, I'd like to thank our pretty and sexy Marketing girls who cooked our food. So yummy!

Everyone really enjoyed the food.

There's a pool too so everyone went in for a swim.

T'was really fun! Look at Tars jump! XD

I also got dead drunk.

Just kidding! I don't drink beer. I'm allergic to barley and drinking is against my religion. LOL. I only drink green tea. LOL.

Aside from swimming, we were also able to hang out at the beautiful garden.

Spiderweb!

Swing!

I really liked the swing. I felt like a child again. Anyway, I always feel like a child in E-Games. Everyone's so young and having fun.

Question: What are these?

On the way home, everyone was super tired. LOL. But anyway, it was super worth it.

That aside, do you want to work for E-Games too?

I'm currently looking for 4 CGMs and 4 CMs. We're about to launch more titles soon so I need more people in our team. Haha! If you're interested, send me an email at headcmching@gmail.com, ne? ^_^

Ja~

Na-Yari Ka! si GM Vrael

2009-06-22T02:53:00.000-07:00

Watch this...

Poor guy. Buti nalang mabait na tao 'tong si GM Vrael at nagpahalik nalang. Kung ako yan, baka nanampal ako. LOL.

Can you smell what Ran is cooking?

2009-06-15T02:56:00.000-07:00

Para sa E-Gamergirls na nang aaway na ng kanilang President...

Ano daw? 100% what...?

E-Gamergirl... Ahh... Yun pala yon...

Ui! Ganda ng schoes! Adidas Rainbow? LOLOLOLOLOL. Purple capri pants FTW!

At para naman sa mga Ranatic Fantastic na nagagalit dahil hindi kumpleto ang mechanics ng TEASER announcement...

Guapo ba?

Ganda ano? +10,000,000 Pogi points to!

Kelan ipa-patch itong mga to ba kamo? Malapit na. Kelan? Soon. What? Di mo mahintay? Patience is a virtue. Stop eating instant ramen.

E-Games Now Looking for Ran CM

2009-06-11T02:23:00.001-07:00

For more information, visit http://rancmsearch.blogspot.com

Working in E-Games is FUN FUN FUN!!!

2009-06-09T08:57:00.001-07:00

It's time to Picture-Blog!

I'm too lazy to write a long article so I think this is better. Hehe.

Here goes...!

First Picture:

This is my messy office table. XD Chaotic inspiration. I get creative in the midst of chaos. :P

This is the view from my desk. I gots a BEEEEEG WEEEENDOW and I get a lot of sun in the mornings. Vitamin D!

These are my very funny officemates. APM Toby, me, Hope (not the GM Hope), APM Jane, Glenn and Tarce.

Meeting with Marketing and Product.

Meeting with X-Play gots FOOOOOD! Tong Yang Shabu-shabu!!! That bald guy is my boss - George. He's the VP of Casual Games. :D

This is Jane and Jason. We were on our way to Cebu.

My GMs - Gelo (GM Vrael) and Vinse (GM Raven). Very yaoi these two are...

Jason and Mitza wearing our uniform. This is also in Cebu during one of our events.

APM Jane, PM Lee, Ricci and Bea (CM Mei Yan)during one of our lunches in Glorietta 4.

Audistas. They love their game. :D

This one is during one of our events in Anonas. It was so hot out there and I'm so RED! Hahahaha!

Halloween 2008. APM Toby, CM Aethrin, PM Ivee, GM BoOM, CM Lowe, me, PM Pao, APM Jane, CM Mei Yan and PM Sonny. Can you guess who we're supposed to be?

Batangas. Planning session. me and APM Richard of Ran Online. We gots fancy wigs yo!

Audition Anniversary. Robinson's Manila. Too many people. XD

Baguio - Globe 24ever Gamefest. Me, Randy, Israel, Angel, Cherry and Dennis of Sales!

After work Drunkeoke last May 28. I only drank WATER because I'm INC and I'm KJ! :P Look! My new hairstyle!

And this... This is me. Happy at work! Wooo!

I'm the STAR in ZX Online's New Viral Video (LOL)

2009-06-09T08:49:00.000-07:00

This video is purely for promotional purposes only and is not intended to disrespect the Chinese community. Our bosses are Filipino-Chinese!

Starring:

Head CM Ching
GM Tsong
GM Vrael
CM Mei Yan
CM Aethrin
APM Toby

Visual Effects by Karwash

Video Edit by Tars and GM Persona

Head CM na, V.O. pa!

2009-05-06T06:01:00.000-07:00

Wooo! Boses ko 'to!

Watch nyo~!

Partida antok ako nyan. :P

It's Domination 3 and I'm INLOVE~~~!

2009-04-07T05:13:00.000-07:00

According to our registration thingamajig, there were 20,800+ people who came to Domination 3. At least this is true for those who got in. During the afternoon, some people got stuck outside because the venue went beyond capacity that they had to refuse entry. Poor gamers. Boohoo~! Hey who knows? Maybe next year will be a bigger venue perhaps? XD 4 Halls? (May maslalaki pa ba sa SMX?)

Domination 3 is finally over. Boohoo~! Why am I sad? Because it was so super dooper fun and it's over na! I met so many E-Gamers that day and they're oh so super awesome! Awww~

Good times! Good times! D3 was filled with so much fun for all E-Gamers! Especially to those who won the tournaments. The losers were very sport about it too. I didn't hear a single contestation during the tournaments. Whoa... That's a first for me. I guess that... in my 7th year in the gaming industry, I was already at that point where I keep expecting the worst that might happen. The good thing is, no bad thing happened. At all. Amazing!

The day started for me when the E-Gamergirls went on stage and invited people to join their club. They made this AVP about them and in the middle of it is a picture of me announcing to everyone that I am their mamasang (adviser). I am really proud of these girls.

After that, I went around the game booths - checking how my CGMs and CMs are doing. Asking the PMs if everything is ok. No problems were raised. Whew~ Sarap buhay~!

Around lunch time, I was called by the stage manager for the Globe event. I went on stage with our wacky hosts Ariel and Maverick for the "Win A Date With A GM" Contest. Super okray silang dalawa ha! Nalerker ako.

The event went OK pero super tagal matapos. Muntik pa ako maubusan ng questions. Grabe! Anyhoo~ In the end, may nanalo rin. Sila ang makakadate nila GM Asuerio and GM Medea next week. Courtesy of Globe. Lakas nila sa Globe, no? :P

I saw Xandra din during the morning. I used to work with her a long time ago when I was still a GM. *ehem* Moving forward... She's one of those who organized Alodia's Fans' Day. Which is also very successful by the way. Alodia is really popular talaga. She looks like a doll! She's pretty, smart, nice. Maganda na, mabait pa! San ka pa!? (Parang E-Games din no?)

Trivia: Do you know that Alodia and her sister Ashley were my guildmates a long time ago? Yes they were. :) And now you know. Haha!

The tournaments went well and I'd like to congratulate those na nag-uwi ng limpak-limpak (eh no?) na salapi! Pa-burger naman kayo~! Wooo! Burger! Burger!

And congrats din pala sa aking sexy na sexy na predecessor. Ang dating head ng Community na si Amethy! Regular gamer nalang sya now kaya puede nya na i-enjoy ang mag-cosplay~! Wooo! Nanalo sya ng Best Female Cosplayer for the E-Games Category.

Hmm ano pa ba? Tumugtog ang Paraluman and Hilera. Even Sandwich came. Tumugtog din sila shemps. They have songs kasi in O2Jam eh. Galing no? Ayos talaga si Raymund Marasigan. Ahh memories... You know... when I was 13 or 14, I used to go to concerts of Francis Magalona with my childhood friend - Vina Capco because front act nila ang Eraserheads. Di pa sila sikat that time. That was the time na papalabas palang yung song nila na Ligaya. I used to have a crush on their lead vocalist Ely Buendia. And to think I was only 13 no? Grabe! Tapos ayun sumikat na sila. As in super sikat! Until now kahit hiwa-hiwalay na sila, sikat pa rin sila.

May mga artista din na dumating from GMA. Vaness Del Moral, Ryza Cenon and Dominic Roco showed off their dancing skills. Galeng ha!

They went to Domination for a dance number and to promote SOP's Audition Celebrity Dance Battle Challenge. May segment na ang Audition sa SOP! Waaaaa! Sozyal~! It's supposed to start around May 10. During the show, magpapamudmod kami ng voucher codes sa screen. Alam nyo ba yun umaandar sa baba ng screen na usually headlines ng balita? Doon namin ilalagay ang voucher codes ng mga +10 weapons in Ran, Alien Pet sa Cabal at kung ano ano pang anek anek na rare! Kaya manood kayo ha!? Woooo!

Dami pang artistas and bands who came ha...

There's the Audition regular Dice & K9

Sexbomb was there too! Ayos yun sinayaw nila yung Single Ladies ni Beyonce. Kuhang-kuha yung moves! Gusto ko tuloy magpaturo grabeh!

Oh and did you see our surprise host? Woooo! Lucky! Guapo nya!

Pero teka... alam nyo ba kung ano ang highlight ng D3 para sa akin? Hmm... how do I begin... I was so busy giving donuts (na nakulimbat ko from the VIP area. sorry G!!! Gutom na kasi sila weh~) to E-Gamers nang may biglang humatak sa backpack ko. Pinapa-akyat daw nila ako sa stage? Vakhet? Kumanta daw ako. Shempre game ang lola nyo da vah? Kasama sa trabaho yan eh. Lalo na't nakatingin sa akin si Sir Ed (VP of Marketing) na syang pumirma ng kontrata ko. Aba eh game talaga ako dyan! So ayun... umakyat naman ang lola nyo ng stage.

To make things short(er), kumanta ako with Rivermaya.

Ahahay~ Ang guapo ni Jayson Fernandez!

Malambot din ang mga kamay nya at mabango ang hiningaaaaa~ Ouyezz!

Super trip na trip ko ang Rivermaya during Bamboo's time. That was... I think... 1996. Wahahaha! Kaka-graduate ko lang ng highschool non. Medyo di ko sila feel during Rico Blanco's time and whoever replaced Rico... o kung meron man because I wouldn't know. Balita ko may isa pa raw vocalist na pumalit when I was overseas eh.

Anyway, dahil guapo si Jayson Fernandez at mabango ang kanyang hininga, simula ngayon, love ko na ulit ang Rivermaya! Woooo! Haha! Baliw ko talaga. O eto yun video na nakuha ko sa naghihingalo kong mobile phone.

Grabe~ I'm inlove! O2mo, I love yououuu~! Wahahaha!

This is my first Domination ever and I'm very glad to be a part of it. Bonggang-bonggang bongbongasciously bongga talaga! I'm really happy to be an E-Gamer and I love my E-Games family!

Kaya ako? Pag tinanong ako kung "San pa ako"? Ang sagot ko: "Dito lang sa E-Games!" May mas masaya pa ba dito? :D

GMs Havin' Fun

2009-04-02T06:13:00.000-07:00

T'was the night after our event at Anonas Complex last March 28, 2009.

Me and the GMs decided to have dinner at a korean-populated restaurant in V.Luna Ave. in Q.C. before heading home.

Luckily, there was a videoke machine in the unoccupied and airconditioned space at the place and the GMs were more than glad to show each other their hidden talents in singing.

For the delightment of our friends, I took a video of GM Asuerio of Ran Online and GM Cerberus of ZX Online singing, dancing and giggling to the song "Barely Breathing" by Duncan Shiek.

Holding the camera phone was me of course. The others in the background that can't be seen (because it's just too dark at that place) were GM Faiga of Audition, GM Chromium of Cabal, GM Vrael of Ran, CM Aethrin of Granado Espada, CM Lowe of Audition, Lulu of IT and Ricci of Creatives. (Did I forget anyone?)

Anyway, here it is... GMs being silly... "THE VIDEOKE NIGHT!"

The E-Gamergirls

2009-03-27T06:50:00.001-07:00

This has been a super long day. I started off with a meeting with the bosses, then the GMs and as finale - a meeting with the E-Gamergirls.

I met the E-Gamergirls during Ex-GM Amethy's last week in E-Games. This was during the time she was transferring most of her tasks to me and preparing me for my new assignment which is to be the new Head of Community Management of E-Games and X-Play.

The girls were awesome. One of them was even a former guildmate of mine in an all-girl guild from another game a long time ago. (Ahh~ memories.)

Anyway, these girls are super dooper active in all E-Games titles. They are guild leaders, club masters and oh man... can they shout!. (Unlimited megaphone? LOL)

And that's not all. Super naaasahan sila and full support with our on-ground activities!

On April 4, the E-Gamergirls are opening their doors to other female gamers out there. Punta na sa booth nila and register! Being an E-Gamergirl is super fun! Sali na kayo! ^_^

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Wooops~! Thanks nga pala to CM Mei Yan of ZX Online for helping out with the E-Gamergirls today.

And special hello kay Jaja who has just been elected the E-Gamergirls' new PRO!

Ang guapo ni GM BoOM, ano Ja?

And hello nga rin pala dito sa taong ito...

BF sya ng isang sexy na E-Gamergirl. Sya lang ang boy dun sa meeting. Next time mag-wig ka bro, ha? Hehe...

Finding a Good Heart

2009-03-23T07:08:00.000-07:00

People probably know about this ZX Online event we GMs/CMs like to call "Achi and Anya" event. Achi means big sister while Anya means big brother. But since we did not technically announce this title to people, ZX players call it the "Helping Hand" event. Some even call it the "Good Samaritan" event.

Whatever the name may be, the important part is the objective of this event which is to encourage our higher level ZX players to help out newbies. Why?

1. There are many newbies and only a few GMs.
2. It helps foster community spirit
3. It makes leveling fun
4. High level players love the challenge
and
5. It makes our job easier

During the past weeks of doing this event, we noticed that there are indeed A LOT of high level players who'd help any newbie in order to get their hands on the whopping 500 gold ingots that're up for grabs.

Awhile ago, during our meeting, I suggested that we start doing things differently. I decided to disguise myself as a newb without the announcement.

As soon as I got in Channel 8, I found myself in Heyang City. And right there and then, for some miracle, a ZX player named Andrew0 came by and offered to help.

I must admit I was pretty doubtful at first. Why would a ZX player start helping me without an announcement? I asked the other GMs if they announced anything and they all said no. There was definitely no announcement.

I interrogated him some more. Asked him about his clan (Elite), where he's from (Bulacan), how old he is (25) and about his class, how to become one, etc etc. Amazed by his patience, I tried being an annoying newb. It still didn't work.

He taught me the value of quests and when I got over that, he carried me to a high level map and leeched me. That was pretty impressive.

After 5 hours (seriously. 5 hours.) of chatting, trying not to run into aggressive monsters and just following him around, I finally decided that this guy needs to be rewarded.

I logged into my GM account and announced it.

And his reaction?

Congratulations, Andrew0. You're one of a kind. Meeting a gamer like you surely makes our day.

Oye! Pde n itxt c cmching!

2009-03-20T03:21:00.001-07:00

Sa mga nagnanais po na ma-contact ako, puede na tayong maging txtmates sa EZBUZZ!

Paano sumali? Simple lang! Simply text...

BUZZ JOIN CMCHING (your nickname) (your message)

and send to 2948.

For 15 pesos, you can get 30 messages from me for a whole month. Consummable! Parang entrance lang sa gimik sa barangay! Mura eh! ^_^

Join my group and receive updates from me about E-Games and X-Play major activities, EBs at kung anek anek pang masasayang bagay!

Puede ka na rin mag-send ng private (*ehem*) messages straight to my celphone!

Marami pang surprises and give-aways in the future kaya sali na kayo!

Weeeee~

You can send a private message to me by texting following into your phone:

BUZZ PPOST CMCHING CMCHING (your message)

and send to 2948.

Example: BUZZ PPOST CMCHING CMCHING See you in Domination 3!

For more information on how to use EZBUZZ, click HERE.

Masarap pala ang Century Bangus!

2009-03-20T01:22:00.000-07:00

Ok so eto ang kuento. Ngayong hapon lang, nag-uusap usap ang mga GMs na uber gutom na. Pinag iisipan namin kung kami ay kakain sa Hungry Hippo o sa Tapa King. Sa totoo lang, medyo nakakasawa na rin ang pagkain doon dahil parang medyo hindi na healthy.

Nagulat nalang kami nang biglang lumitaw ang mga Century Bangus fairies sa office pantry namin!

Waaaaa~! At pinakain nila kami ng bagong bago at masarap na masarap na Century Bangus Fillet Spanish Style at Tausi!

Sa sobrang sarap, nakarami talaga ako! (Takaw ko no?)

At eto pa ang malufet! Si GM Asuerio at GM Cerberus, kumuha na ng kanya-kanyang pinggan at humingi kina fairies ng bigger servings! Ganyan talaga kasarap!

Kaya sana subukan nyo rin! Feeling ko matitikman nyo ito pagdating ng Domination 3 kasi sponsor pala namin ito! Haha~! Weeee!

GM!!! CGM? TGM!? Waaa~

2009-03-19T07:10:00.001-07:00

My second post (jaran!) will discuss the difference between a CGM and a TGM. Why the need for such a post? It's because a lot of players I got to talk to in the game doesn't seem to not know the difference. Dito nyo ito malalaman kaya makinig! (Este... magbasa.)

Ang GM o Game Master ay isang empleyado ng gaming company na umaasikaso sa mga pangangailangan ng mga gamers. Mayroon pong 2 klase ng GM. Ang: TGM o Technical Game Master at and CGM o ang Community Game Master.

Bagama't pareho po silang GM ay iba po ang trabaho nila at authority. See below for a few samples of what they do everyday:

TGM - Reports to the Game Operations Manager
1. Banning (oooh katakot no?)
2. Testing bugs
3. Testing new game features
4. Item insertion (GM enge itamz! <-- Bawal)
5. Account investigation and editing (powerful!)

CGM - Reports to the Community Manager
1. Talking to gamers in-game and fezz to fezz
2. In-game event proposal and implementation
3. Forum administration and Forum moderator management
4. On-ground event implementation
5. Promotion of new game features

Ang mga TGM po ay nakatago sa loob ng isang room sa loob ng company at hindi ipinapakita sa mga players. Bakit? Kasi po yun po ay tawag lang ng tungkulin. Mahirap po ipakita sa mga players ang mukha mo lalo na pag alam nila ang kaya mong gawin.

While ang mga CGM naman po ang fezz ng TGMs kaya pag pupunta kayo ng office o sa events, sila po ang haharap sa inyo. Lagi silang naka-smile, masayahin at super magalang po sila.

Hayan... Malinaw po ba? ^_^

Now you're probably thinking... Ahh... TGMs pala dapat ang kausapin about my account. Sila po ang sumasagot sa mga tickets nyo pag nagsa-submit kayo sa Helpdesk. That's your fastest way to a TGM and nowhere else. Kaya pag sinabi po ng CGM na "Sir, file po kayo ng ticket." <-- Seryoso po sila dyan na yun lang po ang tanging paraan. ^_^ Now you know. And knowing is half the battle. G.I. Joeeeeeee~!

SUSUNOD! Ang difference ng GM sa CM sa HCM sa APM at sa PM! Abangan!!!

First Post!

2009-03-18T23:53:00.000-07:00

Hello to one and all! (naks!)

I should probably start with an introduction of myself.

I'm Head CM Ching. Medyo kakaiba no? Kasi hindi ako GM at hindi rin ako CM. Eh ano nga ba ako? o_o Usually, ang sagot ko - Head Cm po~ Pero di nage-gets ng mga tao. So sasabihin ko. "GM po." At sila naman ay biglang liliwanag ang mukha at mapapa-nod "Aaahhh... GM."

Actually, dati po akong PM sa E-Games. Tahimik ang buhay ng pagiging PM. Masaya... kumukutikutitap na parang commercial ng toothpaste. Kaso nga lang, biglang nagkasakit si Amethy at ako ay naatasang pumalit sa kanya habang sya ay nagpapahinga. Pass the torch ba? Medyo mabilis ang pangyayari. Anyway, tinanggap ko naman dahil nakakatuwa na ako agad ang naisip nila na karapat-dapat na humalili (lalim no?) kay Amethy.

Get well soon, Amethy!!!

Sa totoo lang po, medyo nakaka-conscious itong bagong work na ibinigay nila. I feel that it's just so hard to fill Amethy's shoes at hindi ito dahil malaki ang paa nya kundi dahil kasi love na love sya ng mga E-Gamers! At di lang yan. Ang sexy sexy pa nya! Waaaa~ Eh ang taba kuuu~ T_T

So far so good naman po. Nakilala ko na ang mga E-Gamergirls... Nakapag event na rin po ang sa kung saan saan at napansin kong napakabait pala at kwela ng mga E-Gamers!

Unti-unti nang nawawala ang aking kaba dahil super warm ng pagtanggap nila sa akin. :P Homaygasss~ Kakatuwaaaa~

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