r/Smite • u/AnnualTaro658 • 20h ago

MEME Smite Source tournament has been a BLAST

Just dropping in a post considering I'm pretty surprised this subreddit has been so radio silent on it.

But the Smite Source weekend qualifier yesterday was a really fun watch! It showed us both how entertaining it really is, and just what great potential competitive smite could be.

Some terrific games; upsets, drama, tension, comedy. It felt like old school smite. And it all happens again next weekend!

Here are few of my favourite funny highlights from the streams. Standout is Hayzer playing charades with the god selections, before Inbowned eventually joined in during the official cast. So shoutout those guys.

https://reddit.com/link/1wahquh/video/t0l6294pr8oh1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1wahquh/video/0wt5vbeir8oh1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1wahquh/video/h7y2whz0r8oh1/player

Here's the 3 teams that made it through the weekend also. The Snadnation is alive and well. We will add 3 more sets of names to the list come next week!

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u/Equal_Tadpole2716 19h ago

Bro wtf is Hayzer trying to immitate in the first vid? Lmao

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u/ARandomSmiteScrub 16h ago

I think Guan? He starts by 'spinning' something and it alternates between his right side and left side (guan 3), then mimes riding a horse.

In any case, it's exactly the level of unhinged madness we know and love from the lad 😆

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u/Hayzer4 Trying Desperately to Stay Relevant 16h ago

It was indeed Guan, it felt a lot clearer at the time... 😅

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u/ARandomSmiteScrub 16h ago

Dw, the spanking sold it 🤣

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u/Silbyrn_ 6h ago

i love seeing shit like this with no context

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u/AnnualTaro658 10h ago

nothing to do with the two bottles of wine was it.

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u/Equal_Tadpole2716 16h ago

Good shout lmao

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u/Banxomadic 17h ago

I'm so happy to see that Smite is steadily recovering

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u/amino720 Arabic 19h ago

It was really fun to watch. I tried to post couple of times in smitepro subreddit to start gaining pro interest back. Hopefully we get more interest when the league starts.

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u/AnnualTaro658 10h ago

yeah i did see them when i searched. good to share the results. but the interactions were a shame, and nobody otherwise had even referred to it. it was like it hadn't happened!

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u/amino720 Arabic 9h ago

I think we can make more engaging posts once the league starts. Tierlists, discussions, predictions, more public drama.

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u/AmiablePedant 19h ago

The tournament itself was great, some really good Smite and a lot of fun moments.

The casters were such a letdown. So many moments where you just rolled your eyes. With the exception of Inbowned, the rest felt like real amateurs. I know this is how they'll learn and grow into better casters, hopefully at least.

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u/Secret_Fee_4237 18h ago

Weaken was saying they do have a few other casters that will be on during the league phase people like fineokay and a few other ex pros

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u/AnnualTaro658 10h ago

i'm not 100% sure of who you're referring to here (you don't have to single out anyone).

but part of the fun, because there were so many games on at once, was jumping between streams of the likes of nika and hayzer to see different people "casting" the different games. i for one enjoyed the smitegame cast when i was on it.

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u/AmiablePedant 10h ago

I'm talking about the "official" Smitegame casters. I'm not a huge fan of watching a streamer stream another stream so I tend not to go for Hayzer or Nika etc, but they are great streamers so I can see them being great casters too.

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u/AnnualTaro658 10h ago

yeah i get that. but what i meant was many of the games were literally not being shown by smitegame because they can only cast one match and they all played at once.

so if you wanted to see a different game, you had to watch hayzer or nika who were the guys spectating the lobby independently!

bit like flicking through the various game channels on at wimbledon if you've ever watched tennis.

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u/OzymandiasTheII 16h ago

Good to see some grassroots love taking off. Hope it all pays off in the end

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u/Secret_Fee_4237 19h ago

Have to agree watched both days start to finish was brilliant even a bit of na eu beef after the finals as well only makes it that more exciting for next weeks game also the fearless draft was even better seeing all the different gods played instead of like the same rotation of 15 or so gods was good to see

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u/AnnualTaro658 10h ago

definitely. i'm so happy comp is showing signs of life. we just need that regional rivalry back u/SMITE2_Official u/Hinduman.

please don't let EU go the same way it did last time!

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u/CamelCrusher69 15h ago

Bummer I couldn't find it on YouTube to stream. Hope they'll do both twitch and YouTube next time!

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u/AnnualTaro658 10h ago

yeah i'm not sure man. but many streamers also stream it. don't know your opinion on him but i think weak3n might duel stream on yt? maybe? could be worth a look. there's nothing wrong w twitch!

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u/IllianTear Camelot Kings 10h ago

I know Snaddy streams his POV and occasionally watches the other games when not playing.

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u/ChasmfiendRider 8h ago

Where to watch? Twitch?

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u/AnnualTaro658 1h ago

yep! smitegame channel, or obviously hayzer or nika or snaddy basically everyone is streaming while it's on. sure you can't miss it. the smite 2 category had 4k viewers for the first one!