Ragnarok Championships conclude in Korea
by Kit

Wednesday, August 11 2004

U.S Team Denuo Convena takes 5th place.

Team Denuo Convena, second place winner of the U.S. Ragnarok Championships, handed stunning defeats to some of the world's top teams at the Ragnarok World Championships (RWC), ultimately placing fifth. Several of the Asian guilds have been playing together for the past three years, while the U.S. teams had less than six months to prepare. With relatively green teams, both U.S. guilds were expected to be eliminated in the first round. The final results of the competition proved the predictions about the U.S. teams to be wrong.

During the course of the tournament, Denuo Convena defeated several teams favored to win including UF Power from Indonesia and 321Colors from Japan. Denuo Convena was eventually eliminated by Unforseeable from Taiwan-Hong Kong, which finished first.

"I've never thought about playing in a professional eSports tournament like this," Teresa Koler, Denuo Convena guild member, said. "It has been a great experience and I will absolutely do it again in future. I love how playing Ragnarok has allowed me to meet people from all over the world and compete with them."

Eighteen countries participated in the RWC in Seoul, Korea from July 17-18, including competitors from the U.S., Taiwan, China, Thailand, Japan and South Korea. The winning team was given a prize of $10,000, while an additional total of $64,000 was awarded to other teams during the competition.

--- Kit