UP Otaku Fest 2009 is an event not only for the anime/manga/game hobbyists but also for everybody! 
On Saturday, December 12, 2009, expect to witness the DotA Tournament, Cosplay Competition, Original Character Design Competition, Digital Photography Competition, On-the-Spot Poster Making Contest, and Singing Competition. See you all at the UP Cebu Grounds! 
Anyone who hasn’t heard of online games was probably born last century — and is probably six feet under ground now. 
I may not be an online gamer, but I’ve heard about a lot of online games already. RPG‘s (Role Playing Games)… Those cute Level Up! Games… 
And one of those is RAN Online. But what is RAN Online? 
I’m not familiar with it, really. Just the name. So if you’re just like me who doesn’t know it by heart, read on. 
RAN Online is an MMORPG with a unique premise. Players take on the role of students in one of three rival universities and must compete with one another while surviving on campuses filled with possessed AI enemies. Unfortunately, the gameplay in RAN is not as original as the theme. The classes and combat style in the game are nearly identical to the standard fantasy MMORPG‘s currently available. Even though RAN Online has only recently resurfaced in the West, it has the disadvantage of being an older game and thus suffering from poor visuals and grind based progression.
Imagine a concert of a very popular band, say, Boys Like Girls (I’m biased, yeah), where stanchions and velvet ropes are not put up before the stage. I pretty much guess it would be a riot. People will push their way up the stage and eat the band. That’s how wild I suspect it will be. Scary, huh? Nobody would want that to happen.
How about rallies and protests? If the security personnel won’t put up barricades to keep the people out, they will surely lose.
My point here is that crowd control is important wherever you go. It helps people stay in lines at the bank, for concerts, political events, at the grocery store, and anywhere someone needs an orderly line. If human barricades wouldn’t do (just like what we did years ago during Sinulog), solid and sturdy barriers would be perfect.
I love stars! 
