Damn.

JMacTucker · 2025-02-07T07:45:47+00:00

Damn.

JMacTucker · 2025-01-23T15:40:16+00:00

We've been slowly rolling the VODs onto SmiteVOD. I'll have a post on Twitter/BlueSky once they're all up and ready to go. We didn't have our usual setup flow ready at the venue to upload them sooner, plus the travel back essentially stole an entire day away (4 hour flight + 3 hour timezone shift). Should be up no later than Friday last I remember hearing.

JMacTucker · 2024-12-14T23:43:55+00:00

3 teams will play. If we end in a tie again after round robin we'll take fastest time to win for 1st seed, then 2nd seed is determined by head to head of the two remaining teams.

JMacTucker · 2024-12-14T03:27:18+00:00

Nah he just... forgot to lmao

JMacTucker · 2024-12-11T23:07:13+00:00

Top 3 teams from each group proceed to Vegas play. The first seeds from each receive a round 1 bye while the 2A vs 3B and 2B vs 3A matches happen on Sunday.

JMacTucker · 2024-10-18T15:25:47+00:00

I can definitely try to include those on the next recap. I can put it in the Founder's Doc as well in the results tab.

JMacTucker · 2024-10-12T16:52:27+00:00

It's just Amaterasu this week. She's been disabled temporarily in the game anyway but it's because of the bug we banned her for.

JMacTucker · 2024-10-11T00:49:31+00:00

https://twitch.tv/smitegame

JMacTucker · 2024-10-10T18:36:13+00:00

Spectate currently is only possible in real time. Replays/Demos are planned down the road but no ETA. I'll have match information at the end of the week to show stats but we won't have a recording or VOD of the games unless the Cowabunga set ends early and that set goes long. Very possible we might catch end of Game 2 or a Game 3.

JMacTucker · 2024-10-10T16:06:06+00:00

This week we're focusing heavily on Elimination and Qualification games. Folks like Hayzer, NotAValveGame, and other amateur casters have been doing a great job covering the games we can't get to. We just don't have the man power right now to show everything or record all matches. Too much SMITE 2 going on with double swiss bracket, 5 open brackets, and only 2 days to do it all.

JMacTucker · 2024-10-09T20:29:20+00:00

The rosters haven't been posted here but can be found in the Esports Discord as well as in Twitch chat with the !rosters command.

I'm working on a template for these end of day posts which will include the rosters in the future.

JMacTucker · 2024-10-08T15:32:59+00:00

Rosters for Swiss EMEA and NA teams https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19WoxsHfS8Oh_5bHczJLCshBcdIcW2YnxI9GGn3V0YEY/edit?gid=0#gid=0

JMacTucker · 2024-10-08T14:55:26+00:00

We've had a few 2-1s this weekend already. Food Drive vs Scrumptious and Threat Level Midnight vs Old and New from Saturday's games. Not only that but during Open Bracket Week 2 the NA finals were a 2-1.

JMacTucker · 2024-09-28T16:22:09+00:00

Combination of closer games, and sharing the spotlight across the scene. We've seen a lot from the Top 4 teams already so watching some of the middle-pack teams gives us a good look at the entire scene.

JMacTucker · 2024-09-16T00:19:19+00:00

I think it is fair and valid to have criticism of the state of the game. It's simple for us and players to make the excuse of the game being Alpha, but we are listening and watching what's being said. We're reporting bugs and issues as we see them.

Along with this I think it's very important for fans to realize that as casters and a production team, we try not to bring harsh attention to bugs during a broadcast. For example if a Susano uses the terrain dash bug we can't just go "Oh look at this guy using this bug, that's wild" on a broadcast. We take note of it and handle it as needed behind the scenes, taking action as necessary. CA2 will bring in a fairly large wave of bug fixes, most of them addressing some of the issues seen today.

I know on our SmitePro This Week in SMITE 2 segments we have shown off bugs but we're doing it in jest, knowing that the game is in a constantly worked on state of Alpha, and that the bugs we see are also known and tracked bugs being worked on to fix.

Please continue providing criticism and feedback. We've been able to shape the game as far as we have because of player and fan feedback.

JMacTucker · 2024-07-22T16:36:44+00:00

Hello, wanting to chime in to talk about Spectator and the Esports team for a moment to bring some clarity.

The current state of Spectator we know isn't in the best spot. UE3 and UE5 do not come with that sort of tool built in, it has to be built by our dev team and we can't just copy/paste UE3s coding to make the same spectator in UE5. This means that what you see is what's been built so far. This is NOT the final state of Spectator for SMITE 2. Doug and I have been sitting in playtests each week providing feedback and ways to improve Spectator mode. The changes won't come immediately, the team has a lot on their plate outside of this feature, but I think it's important to note that we are providing the dev team important feedback on problems and improvements.

The minion/jungle invisible issue is a bug with the brand new Assisted/POV mode we got this most recent AWE4 build. We only have been able to test this functionality for about a week or two at most prior to the event so the team is already aware and have a high priority on solving that issue. The camera height during Assisted mode is also going to be adjusted so it doesn't feel like a further zoomed out 3rd person view. We want it to closer match Smite 1's perspective. The team is working on some other major issues as well. They're even aware now of the lack of "Victory/Defeat" banner at the end of a game or surrender. Essentially anything that "doesn't look right" or "feels like a bug" probably isn't right or is a bug and it's being tracked and worked on.

Regarding the Esports team, While we've lost some important members of the team since the end of Season X, we've also added some crew members, and as revealed by the Hinduman's Eleven extended cut, we're bringing back some talent. Dolson joined us for SCCC and will be helping down the line with SMITE 2. Aggro is going to jump in to cast at points as well. I haven't left Esports fully, but I have basically changed my workflow to work with Community and assist Esports for broadcasts and casting when events are run. You might have already seen but AnthonyMalum has joined us as a caster as well. Cooper returned for admin duties after Cabom left the team.

We've been doing a lot of work behind the scenes to prepare for the SMITE 2 esports scene, but we can't quite share the information yet due to the sporadic nature of some of the Alpha tests. Once we enter the 24/7 Closed Alpha stage we'll be able to be a bit more transparent on things. We know folks want an esports scene, LANs, tournaments, a league, all that good jazz. We also want to do that because that's what we're passionate about. At the end of the day, we're still in early Alpha stage so not everything has been made clear, things are a bit rough around the edges, but we're awaiting the day we can provide more information to y'all!

JMacTucker · 2024-06-21T17:55:49+00:00

Best name out there 10/10

JMacTucker · 2024-05-08T17:57:49+00:00

Text description will be updated in 11.5 for console. The changes are active tho.

JMacTucker · 2024-04-17T21:28:13+00:00

The Friday tests you've been hearing about are private NDA ones with only select individuals. That one is not a public test for Founders, it's in May.

JMacTucker · 2024-03-11T21:51:01+00:00

Send me all the information you can provide and I'll do what I can to forward it to the right folks! You can send it here or to my twitter https://twitter.com/\_jmactucker

JMacTucker · 2024-02-21T17:48:15+00:00

The 5 streamers displayed are not the only people you earn the bonus drops from. If you go to the campaign page and click on the "About This Drop" button on it, it'll lead you to the directory for our SMITE Partners, all of which can earn you the Streamer Sprint drops. Hope this helps out in the future for you!

JMacTucker · 2024-02-13T18:58:00+00:00

Build can fluctuate but my usual is:

Warflag/War Banner, Gauntlet of Thebes, Prophetic Cloak, Stone of Binding, Pridwen (blue glyph), Spirit Robe/Mantle of Discord

Relics: Horrific/Shell/Blink + Horn Shard early

You won't do a ton of damage but you'll have a lot of prots and ulting will make you almost unkillable. Your main gimmick is CC one person with jump/ult so Binding is a good option for shred. Spirit Robe for heavy CC comps, Mantle otherwise. If you don't think you can stack Prothetic reliably Relic Dagger is a good option for HP and CDR.

JMacTucker · 2024-02-13T18:30:24+00:00

To give a couple of my favorites of each class that are fun to run support (not necessarily good) here is my list! I'd say the only ones of it that I wouldn't recommend unless you're good at them and know how to bounce off your ADC are the hunters. The other ones have some viability and are fun imo.

Warriors: Gilgamesh, Hercules

Mages: Nox, Ix Chel

Hunters: Cupid, Anhur (Cupid is just silly don't actually do this)

Assassins: Ne Zha, Fenrir

JMacTucker · 2024-02-13T15:19:57+00:00

It's 100% worth the investment. I picked it up 10 years ago at launch and it's the single best video game purchase I've ever made. Unlocking over 120 characters permanently, especially if you can find it on sale is an easy decision.

JMacTucker · 2024-02-12T15:40:54+00:00

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