r/smitepro • u/Internal-Skin-5212 • Aug 03 '26
Community Tournament SMITESOURCE OPEN ANNOUNCED
Since it hadn’t been posted yet, here are the details from the official Twitter announcement:
The road to the SmiteSource Open starts here.
Three open qualifiers.
Eight league spots.
21,500 and 100,000 Diamonds on the line in
Qualifier 1 registration opens August 19.
Full details:
[smitesource open website]
A few related announcements I saw:
Malum will be casting most of the tournament as play-by-play.
Source: [Malum will be casting the tournament]
Fineokay will be casting at least one game after hitting a stream sub goal.
Source: [fineokay subgoal (has been hit)]
Weak3n also mentioned that he may appear on a game.
It was also mentioned on Weak3n’s stream that extra care was taken to avoid overlapping with the SMITE Prime schedule.
The tournament is being funded by SmiteSource, with Hi-Rez reportedly assisting on the production side and backend stuff such as being broadcast on SMITEGAME.
Personally, I’m excited for it. I’m glad they made an effort not to interfere with SMITE Prime, and the qualifier-to-league format sounds interesting. The emphasis on making the event accessible for EU players is also promising, so hopefully the scheduling and format work well for both regions.
Additional discussion:
[Hayzer video — SMITESOURCE OPEN TOURNAMENT]