Team Philippines beat Germany in an exciting 1st round match this morning. The crowd literally cheered their hearts out as Team Philippines did their best to take out the same team which they fought against last year. Check out the summary of both rounds as covered by Pinoy Gaming after the jump. They’re part of the team that’s covering the event live here at the World Trade Center.

Round 1: As the GM said go, the game started out shaky. Both teams hesitated for a second or two until Philippines’s monk saw an opportunity and charged. The rest of the team followed the charge and ran right into the Germany’s Land Pro as the monk fired his first Asura Strike. A few Asura Strikes later and Germany’s professor finally gell and it all went to hell for Germany from there. They started dropping like flies and Team Philippines won 7 men up to nothing.

Round 2: Pinoygaming thinks Team Philippines’s wizard made a fatal mistake as he ran right into the enemy’s Land Pro and got shot down. Fortunately Team Philippines recovered faster than you can say parry and started making kills, taking out Germany’s scholar first THEN the champion. Which, if you know your Ragnarok, spells doom to any team. Philippines won 6 men up to nothing.

Here’s the results of the other matches so far:

ROUND 1
Bracket 1
Philippines defeats Germany
Japan advances through by default draw (bye)

Bracket 2
Thailand defeats Brazil
Taiwan advances through by default draw (bye)

Bracket 3
USA defeats Russia
Korea advances through by default draw (bye)

Bracket 4
China versus France (TBD)
Indonesia advances through by default draw (bye)

Team Philippines will take on Japan at around 4PM. Btw guys, I have tons of photos and videos. Will upload and post them all later when the day ends. Good luck Team PH!