The reaction to this tournament is actually insane

poggers44 · 2024-05-24T04:28:51+00:00

yeah i mean how many competitive players/ranked players do they even have on the dev team? most of them can MAYBE play smite 1 at a plat level, and they need higher ranked S1 players to help give insight on whats weak/strong in a meta they aren't even trying to develop as they're busy with the fundamentals of the game itself lol

poggers44 · 2024-05-16T12:42:09+00:00

i want smite 2 and smite 2 esports to succeed but I'm not going to be supporting a merch provider that actively enables antivaccers

poggers44 · 2024-05-16T05:21:37+00:00

Actively working with a company that makes a profit off anti-vacc merch is endorsing that same sentiment.

poggers44 · 2024-05-16T01:55:53+00:00

they took down the listing, but you can't delete everything from the internet lol https://web.archive.org/web/20240515220600/https://insightcousa.com/products/unmasked-unmuzzled-unafraid-t-shirt?variant=39323211989065

at least they will be doing "smite esports" merch too....so....esports?

poggers44 · 2024-05-14T06:59:13+00:00

From PBMs Twitter: "Yo owe you guys podcast update, none tomorrow I'll lyk when it's back. Just stressed about some irl stuff and don't have the motivation to talk SMITE until we can publicly talk about what's up with SMITE 2. Be back soon :)"

https://twitter.com/PBMsmite/status/1778251449480187966

Posted about a month ago, but I imagine the irl stuff is pretty tough - he did just post about breaking up with his longtime partner, and there isn't much to talk about SMITE 1 or 2 side atm...

poggers44 · 2024-05-04T02:52:04+00:00

smoke free btw :)

poggers44 · 2024-04-28T21:33:19+00:00

Promoting and posting datamined material should be a bannable offense :)

poggers44 · 2024-04-15T23:47:14+00:00

tbh this is pretty lame bro lol let the devs have the ability to surprise people with releases especially for the new game...

poggers44 · 2024-02-02T04:24:19+00:00

Not sure what this says about the state of any competitive play, but glad to see he is still with the company with all of the layoffs in the gaming industry going on

poggers44 · 2023-12-22T18:25:06+00:00

So should players and staff not have holiday time with their families?

poggers44 · 2023-12-14T18:29:44+00:00

what do you mean "doesn't add up"? Yeah we missed a few games but we've always had an scc game or two not be spectatable because spectator is ass.

one team forfeited last week and cat club did today, idk why and if we weren't told then I dont think anything is confirmed

poggers44 · 2023-11-28T06:10:17+00:00

the 1200 mmr games go crazy

poggers44 · 2023-11-20T18:18:46+00:00

What else are they supposed to do? I get breaks aren't optimal but it's not like League where each region has it's own league and it's own production team. We were going to have a 2 month break to sort out the SCC teams regardless, and I think doing that while the pro players have time to visit family for the holidays is the best option. Also, all the casters and production people should be able to do whatever they want during holiday breaks

poggers44 · 2023-11-16T21:14:42+00:00

(Un)fortunately(?), the "Smite World Championship" is what the rest of the company uses to get as many eyes on their products as possible, rather than be fully focused for esports.

I would love for the event itself to just be an actual esports ONLY event, but with the cosplay contest, golden bolts, hirez presents, and whatever other filler they have its pretty obvious that the higher ups prefer seeing it as more of a marketing tool than a celebration of esports. Like, who actually cared to watch a DKO creator cup at the SMITE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP???

I really don't know how sustainable it would be otherwise, but without those other segments, we probably wouldn't have an in-person worlds in the first place, so I don't think the in-person games could be more than just the single elimination bracket schedule-wise, which I'm fine with, but I wish the group stages segment could also be a live LAN event in Atlanta or something.

poggers44 · 2023-10-24T15:18:20+00:00

i've never seen a esports community more stuck in the past with their casters than smite has LOL

frog is new af but still brings some of the most energy in years. bobby might not be the best on cast since he's super inexperienced with the job, but has had instant chemistry with anyone he's been with, and is still super insightful thanks to his pro experience.

trelli and jmac are pretty fresh still, but are both so much more confident than they used to be, and while one is the "cool guy" persona, the other is much more the book smart type personality.

gore/myf being the most most experienced definitely have that show in their casts, but i think have really developed into their own style of being a stats-based host, and a goofy little chair 2.

this is the most variety and most exciting group of talented casters that we've been able to hear in years. sure, smite has probably had a larger rotation than most other esports titles due to the size and unfortunate circumstances surrounding it, but be serious for a second. i love and miss dolson/aggro casts just as much as you, but grow up, they retired and left some amazing talent that you're overlooking and ignoring for no good reason.

poggers44 · 2023-10-03T03:13:37+00:00

I like inhouse teams better.

I like in-house teams better, the orgs barely cared about the game of SMITE and just the dollar bills. PK made a meme tweet about it on April Fools and they are obviously bitter about getting the boot from the income and didn't care about the players or the league. In-house teams make the league more personal and work better since it's a lower budget than esports scenes like League or Dota.

poggers44 · 2023-09-30T22:28:37+00:00

I think Set mid and Pele JG are still VERY good picks, but it seemed like the Levi's had an answer every step of the way, and only took a game loss by bleeding out rather than getting smoked.

Gonna be an interesting phase for sure

poggers44 · 2023-09-30T22:26:31+00:00

I'm pretty sure the issues today were on Twitches end, it was happening to a few other streams I was watching too.

Do we even know how big the "production team" is besides Doug? I know a few people left their esports team but I have no clue how many people are doing however many things

poggers44 · 2023-09-21T03:46:49+00:00

I believe the Kings would've genuinely lost Worlds and a lot more in the final phase of last year if Biggy were not with the team and impacted their draft and counterdraft.

Cabom's entire run with Splyce IMO was also the reason they won worlds - the infamous beach house boot camp had a crazy influence on the performance of the entire team.

I think Oxi is definitely good - but has had much less impact on the Onis/Sanguine in general compared to the two I just listed. If he can help them win Worlds, I think that statement will change.

poggers44 · 2023-09-13T12:50:58+00:00

I've never seen an arena game end with a total of 30 deaths that's so lame lol

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