Ragnarok World Championship (2004)

The RWC 2004 logo.

The Ragnarok World Championship (2004) was a single-elimination tournament event (referred to as a "tournament-style battle royale") which took place between Ragnarok Online guilds in various regions of Ragnarok Online.

The Event

The Crusader NPC used in RWC (pictured here in Japanese Ragnarok Online) for warping participants to the RWC tournament arena.

On the 17th of April 2004, jRO and kRO opened the website for RWC 2004, and between 23rd April 2004 and 5 May 2004, Japanese Ragnarok Online allowed for guilds to enter into the RWC2004, with a crusader NPC which was stationed in Izlude allowing people to sign their guild up for the event.

The guilds which were registered there then entered into qualifying matches on various of the Ragnarok Online servers at times between 11:00-23:10 on Saturday 29th May 2004 and, between 11:00-16:10 on Sunday 30th May 2004, with each match taking place on a different Ragnarok Online Worlds, presumably to distribute the traffic caused by the increased demand of the event.

Rules

The RWC 2004 arena map used for qualifying matches on jRO and kRO.

24 guilds participated in each world (Loki, Sara, etc.) and selected from between 9 and 11 members, with only 9 members being allowed to participate in a match at one time. Alliances between guilds was not allowed, risking disqualification. The use of skills "Teleport", "Warp Portal", and "Play Dead" were prohibited, and use of Dead Branches was also prohibited. Anyone who disconnected during the match was returned to their previous save point and not the battle map

A temporary map (referred to as the "gathering map") was created at the time for these matches to occur within, and each guild had to arrive 10 minutes before their scheduled time to ensure everyone was ready. The matches themselves had a 5 minute time limit, and in the finals the time limit was 10 minutes with 10 minutes overtime. In the event of the time limit elapsing without a clear winner, then the winner was determined by the guild with the highest guild level, and failing that if both guilds had the same level, the guild with the highest amount of guild experience.

Japanese Qualifying Rounds

In the Japanese qualifying rounds, held on the 29th and 30th of April the following Guilds registered. The results were as follows:

World	Match number	Guild name (Japanese)	Guild name (English)	Map position (N, E, S, W)	Match winner	Round winner	Round runner-up
Chaos	1	勇気のしるし	Sign Of Courage	W	空想亭S.O.S. (Soutei S.O.S)	Castle of Bananarok	空想亭S.O.S. (Soutei S.O.S)
		空想亭S.O.S.	Soutei S.O.S	E
	2	Castle of Bananarok	Castle of Bananarok	W	Castle of Bananarok
		永遠極楽主義	Eternal Paradise	S
		Chaotic Crusher	Chaotic Crusher	E
Loki	3	Schwarzwald	Schwarzwald	W	Palladium	Palladium	Schwarzwald
		†_幻影騎士団_†	†_Phantom Knights_†	N
		Palladium	Palladium	E
Iris	4	ブルーレット奥田家	Bluelet Okuda Family	W	Ninja zansatsu	Ninja zansatsu	ブルーレット奥田家 (Bluelet Okuda Family)
		モロク肉屋振興委員会	Moloku Butcher Promotion Committee	E
		Ninja zansatsu	Ninja zansatsu	N
		スタンド	Stand	S
Fenrir	5	WHATEVER	WHATEVER	W	WHATEVER	Emperor Of The Universe	マサコ'sJr (Masako's Jr)
		JapanAssassinSystems	JapanAssassinSystems	E
	6	Emperor Of The Universe	Emperor Of The Universe	N	Emperor Of The Universe
		愛犬連隊｢改｣	Pet Dog Regiment "Kai"	S
		マサコ'sJr	Masako's Jr	W
		DECEPTICONS	DECEPTICONS	E
	7	木漏れ日の丘	Hill of Sunbeams	N	Hill of Sunbeams
		☆アマツ農業組合☆	☆Amatsu Agricultural Association☆	S
Sara	8	ねこもも.com	Nekomomo.com	W	ねこもも.com (Nekomomo.com)	ねこもも.com (Nekomomo.com)	うさゆか (Usakuya)
		うさゆか	Usayuka	N
		The falling Angel	The falling Angel	E
Lydia	9	η犬パラダイス	η Dog Paradise	W	η犬パラダイス (η Dog Paradise)	η犬パラダイス (η Dog Paradise)	MELTY BLOOD
		MELTY BLOOD	MELTY BLOOD	E
Baldur	10	Twilight	Twilight	N	VioletCat's Labyrinth	VioletCat's Labyrinth	Twilight
		VioletCat's Labyrinth	VioletCat's Labyrinth	S
Odin	11	Crazy SANX	Crazy SANX	W	Asphodel	Asphodel	Crazy SANX
		Asphodel	Asphodel	N
		鏡花水月	Kyoka Suigetsu	E
Thor	12	ぜろぐら	Twilight	W	Bloody Mary	Bloody Mary	E.S.C.
		Bloody　Mary	Bloody　Mary	N
		escape	escape	E
	13	GENOCIDE SYMPHONY	GENOCIDE SYMPHONY	W	E.S.C.
		Proof of victory	Proof of victory	S
		E.S.C.	E.S.C.	E
Freya	14	Slanting†Cross	Slanting†Cross	W	Guardian-Chevalier	Guardian-Chevalier	ひよこ組 (Chick Group)
		Guardian-Chevalier	Guardian-Chevalier	E
	15	ひよこ組	Chick Group	W	ひよこ組 (Chick Group)
		[PvP]Kingdom	[PvP]Kingdom	N
		蓋RO。	Lid RO.	E
Bijou	16	[321Colors]	[321Colors]	W	[321Colors]	[321Colors]	Success in Life.
		Success in Life.	Success in Life.	E

Gallery

• Loading screen for RWC added to kRO 7 June 2004. It states: "Ragnarok World Championship. 2004 Ragnarok World Championship. World first on July 17th and 18th, 2004! Ragnarok Users from around the world are competing! Let's go! RWC 2004!"

  Loading screen for RWC added to kRO 7 June 2004. It states: "Ragnarok World Championship. 2004 Ragnarok World Championship. World first on July 17th and 18th, 2004! Ragnarok Users from around the world are competing! Let's go! RWC 2004!"

• 

  Loading screen added on 7 June 2004. The image states "July 17th and 18th, 2004! World's first! Ragnarok Users from around the world are competing! Let's go! RWC2004!!"