WGT Finals: Noctis And A Whole Lot More
The recently concluded WGT Finals (World GameMaster Tournament) showcased how passionate and serious our Filipino gamers are and more than that, the supreme creativity flowing from the cosplayers rounded up the event with pop culture atmosphere which, I think, only exists during Comic Con. Moreover, we’re here in the Philippines and, it’s nice to see a group of home-grown talent battling it out, not for the money, of course but, to flaunt their custom-made costumes of their favorite anime and video game characters.
I was there to witness the spectacular rainstorm of fans flocking their bets and the flashes were just unbelievable. From one corner to another, you can see shoppers, Letranites and event janitors going interactive with the participants. Heck, even WGT security joined in the fray of shutterbugs giving out instructions to cosplayers like WarMachine and Bumblebee to mech it out.
The WGT Finals is primarily a gathering of the country’s talented Call of Duty 4 and Street Fighter 4 players – the intensity from the gamers was somehow doused because of the frivolous cosplayers circling the gaming arena. The war zone was replaced laughter from the spectators and, the profanities coming from the losing team were pinned down by loud cheers from the cosplaying community.
Hosting the event were Front Act’s Mike Unson and Stanley Chi which, by the way, had celebrated the show’s first year anniversary yesterday, July 17, 2010. Congratulations guys.
Going back.
I also had the chance to meet and greet some of WGT’s cosplay participants and, all of them brought their A-game: the rubberized armor, the scary face paints, glossy hairstyles, the fake weapons and the works. Here, you can see me holding one of Noctis’s weapons. Final Fantasy Versus XIII ain’t released yet but, the guy who portrayed the game’s tacit-looking hero was ready to show fans his posing skills and charms.
Noctis was the only Final Fantasy character present in the event.
Click on my Facebook photo album for all the images of the WGT Finals held in SM Manila.
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