Over the past 9 months or so I've more or less entirely played Smite with friends, and oftentimes would only even do that on weekends once my social obligations were finished. What this usually meant was playing Smite between 1:30-4 am in a drunken haze, unable to talk since my roommate would be sleeping, assuming I got back early enough to do so. As the last semester went on, even those opportunities became fewer and fewer over time. For the past 2 years though, I've repeatedly said that this has been more or less an intermission, and it was my intent to get back into the full swing of things in the future.
I'm just going to lay it out here since I finally came to the realization that this is simply not the case anymore. I don't intend to get back into Smite, update my guides, and go back to where I was 3 years ago. Smite was a fantastic outlet for me when I had a limited social life, few close friends, and a lot of stress via a demanding relationship and mountains of schoolwork. Ever since I was no longer able to invest my full time into it, it's never really been as enjoyable for me, and it's a lot easier to play other games on a more casual intensity while remaining competitive (eg: I almost got to grandmasters in Overwatch in S3, but I do absolutely no research on the game, or even practice anything in particular, all I do is play matches from time to time. Similarly, I rank in the top 100 of Rivals of Aether but have invested less than 200 hours into the game).
Being able to consistently play the game, keep up with every patch, read every patch notes, analyze items and character changes, test out different build concepts and see how everything worked differently from patch to patch was a blast. But I have to face the reality that I neither have the time to do that in the coming few years, nor really want to again. I got to experience that for a good while, anyone that played with me in Season 2 knows that I knew every single god, item, and mechanic in Smite to such a detailed level that I maintained a mountain of unnecessary knowledge 85% of the time (and comprised a lot of that knowledge in that items guide I made oh lordy).
But.. here me out at least.
That doesn't mean I'll stop playing with friends.
If any of you guys are online playing Smite and I have some free time, I'll still be happy to pop on. Even after losing my competitive edge and not taking the game as seriously anymore, it's still always been a great time to play with you guys, and I have no intent to give that up. Just.. I wanted to make it clear that I really don't have the intent anymore of "getting back into Smite". It's not going to happen. I'd rather dash all of your dreams than get your hopes up to just continually disappoint you all. I'm sick of insincerely saying 'someday' for the thousandth time.
And no worries, I'll still stick around the site. *I'm always lurking*
Happy Smitin' yo
~Zilby
However, the site isn't as active as it used to be. This site has so much more potential than most of the others, just for the ability to create in-depth guides that look nice too. Add the forum, streaming, and other things, and it's a pretty complete resource for SMITE. I understand complaints, but in the end, the positives greatly outweigh the negatives to me.
Then again...if I'M a moderator, you might expect my skill level in the game to also be better...alas. Maybe that's saying something too, lol.
Happy lurkin' yo
Happy Smitin' yo
They get orange name tags, and they'll be allowed to change the database. Editors also get to post on the editor's office, a subforum mainly used for discussing contests and database changes.
Also, *get promoted
Also, Red-Overlords only show up to publish on the holy front page.
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I wouldn't say that. "Troll" implies he's disruptive/destructive, and he hasn't really done anything bad. He's in that weird gray area.
No, don't touch that!