{"id":134891,"date":"2026-08-28T02:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/134891\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T02:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:32:16","slug":"gravity-holds-korean-qualifiers-for-ragnarok-online-ros-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/134891\/","title":{"rendered":"Gravity Holds Korean Qualifiers for &#8216;Ragnarok Online&#8217; ROS 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/i1787881401606331.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" data-lightbox=\"article\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/i1787881401606331.jpeg\" alt=\"'\ub77c\uadf8\ub098\ub85c\ud06c \uc628\ub77c\uc778' ROS 2026 \ud55c\uad6d \ub300\ud45c \uc120\ubc1c\uc804 \uac1c\ucd5c\" style=\"vertical-align:baseline;\"\/><\/a>\u24d2 Gravity<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2em 0 0 0;padding:0;overflow:visible;\">Gravity will host the Korean qualifiers for its global eSports tournament &#8216;ROS (Ragnarok Online Stars) 2026&#8217; for the PC MMORPG &#8216;Ragnarok Online&#8217; on August 29.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2em 0 0 0;padding:0;overflow:visible;\">&#8216;ROS 2026&#8217; is a tournament where &#8216;Ragnarok Online&#8217; players from around the world compete in strategy and teamwork. The event held in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2025 drew approximately 13,000 local attendees. This year&#8217;s main tournament will also be held in Bangkok, featuring representative teams from a total of five regions, including Korea, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2em 0 0 0;padding:0;overflow:visible;\">A total of 22 teams will compete in the Korean qualifiers. The main tournament matches will be played in a best-of-three format, the quarterfinals through the third-place match in best-of-five, and the grand finals in best-of-seven. Four tournament-exclusive maps, including Temple of Valkyrie and Nogg Road, have also been newly added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2em 0 0 0;padding:0;overflow:visible;\">The winning team will earn a spot in the &#8216;ROS 2026&#8217; main tournament in Thailand along with coverage for travel expenses. Participating players, including the runner-up and third-place teams, will also receive in-game rewards based on their placement and participation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2em 0 0 0;padding:0;overflow:visible;\">Cheering kits and impromptu on-site events between matches will be provided for attendees. A team composed of Gravity employees will also compete in the qualifiers, and an on-site tournament will take place allowing visitors to try the unreleased title &#8216;Hashire Hebereke EX&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:2em 0 0 0;padding:0;overflow:visible;\">Kim Sung-jin, Ragnarok Online Business PM at Gravity, stated that they prepared the competitive environment and on-site events for the Korean qualifiers, asking fans for their interest and support for the players&#8217; matches.<\/p>\n<p>                    This article was originally written in Korean and translated with the help of AI. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.<br \/>\n                    <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Read origin article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inven.co.kr\/webzine\/news\/?news=320119\">[Read Original]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u24d2 Gravity Gravity will host the Korean qualifiers for its global eSports tournament &#8216;ROS (Ragnarok Online Stars) 2026&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[392,389,383,385,384,171,394,393,397,154,395,396,388,398,313,386,390,391,387,399],"class_list":["post-134891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-korea","tag-discussions","tag-entertainments","tag-esports","tag-guides","tag-interview","tag-korean","tag-league-of-legends","tag-lol","tag-mobile","tag-news","tag-overwatch","tag-pc","tag-previews","tag-ps4","tag-reviews","tag-strategies","tag-trailers","tag-videos","tag-walkthroughs","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}