This question came in from Formspring. To those who don’t know, I’ve been a huge online gaming fan since college. When Ragnarok Online came out locally I went nuts over it and became very attached about my character and my guild. I played the game seriously and competitively for a couple of years. Yes, too much of anything is a bad thing. There are things that I missed and almost lost because I was too hooked on gaming. However I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it weren’t for the Philippine online gaming world. Gaming taught me one valuable lesson that I will carry with me ’till the day I die. Gaming taught me the value of passion.
I was so competitive in the land of Ragnarok Online to the point that I’d spend countless hours drawing up strategies, tactics, and other weird stuff to make sure that my guild would grow and become a force to be reckoned with. I eventually led more than 500 people online and it was such a phenomenal experience. Some of the good friends that I hold dear today came from Ragnarok Online.
Eventually I decided to take my passion for gaming to the next level. I wasn’t satisfied anymore with just leading the guild. I wanted to help build the community on a bigger scale because I felt that the people running the game were missing so much. I got an offer to join ePLDT’s gaming company, netGames, as their Community Manager. I took on the job and I took what passion I had in leading my guild, tripled it, and poured my heart, soul, and time into my career. Don’t get me wrong though — I made stupid mistakes but that’s part of growing up. What matters is how you stand up and continue.
From Community Manager I got promoted to Brand Manager. Eventually ePLDT bought majority of the shares from Level Up and I was assigned to handle the biggest online game in the country and the game that started it all for me: Ragnarok Online. The rest, as they would say, is history. I moved on to eventually handle the Casual Game Division.
What’s your WWE entrance?
Passion, for me, can be shown quite well in this video that I want you to watch.
That’s what I felt each time I would wake up and go to work. Yes, there were days that my entrance would suck… but the resilience and the passion was there. Gaming also paved the way for me to meet great mentors, teachers, and peers in the corporate world. I was blessed to have wonderful bosses who trained, whipped, and slapped me around, LOL. Passion was the fuel that kept me humble and hungry for more.
When I eventually felt that it was time to move on from the gaming industry, I channeled that same passion and energy into Internet Marketing, blogging social media, and consultancy.
“It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.” – Christian Nevell Bovee
Passion makes work not work. It makes labor satisfying, delicious, and sweet. The challenge in life is to find what you’re passionate about early and to focus on that. Build on your strengths and passions and there’s no limit to what you can achieve in life.
Lastly, there’s one hidden passion that all of us have… and it’s just waiting to be unleashed. It’s such a powerful force that it can move mountains. It can literally make you succeed beyond all imagining. I’ve only been able to tap into a small amount into it and I think it will be my life’s quest to fully embrace and share it — the passion for God. 
Cheers everyone!
Gamer > forumer > Blogger hehe. Nagtransform from gamer to blogger
Cool bro!
Cool post man,
I really hope I will reach that level of passion. For me, it’s more that gaming has taught me to endure. You know those mmo’s in which you have to grind alot? I hate that so much yet I keep doing it. For me the lesson is that we people can not always do the things we enjoy. But to reach our dreams, suffering is inevitable. That’s the lesson I learned.