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Ford James's avatar

Hey folks, welcome to Just About SMITE 2! I’m a content manager here at Just About alongside Alex Sinclair, but where he manages our EVE Online and Elite Dangerous communities, I’ll be overseeing everything here (alongside most of our other spaces, such as Sport, Minecraft, Tech, Pokémon, and more).

I’m fairly new to the world of SMITE but I’m well versed with competitive multiplayer games and I’ve jumped into a few flash tests recently to prepare myself and get up to speed. Prior to joining the Just About team, I was an editor at various games media sites, and I still pick up some extra freelance bits here and there so you may see my words elsewhere too.

You’ll also see Rich and Boomer around the platform. Rich is our Community Content Lead, so has the final say on most bits of content you see on JA, while Boomer is the Community Manager to ensure this is a pleasant space for everyone.

Feel free to get stuck into any of our currently live bounties and just tag me using Ford James if you have any questions! See you on the battleground 🫡

Alex Sinclair's avatar

Hi all, I'm Alex - a content manager at Just About. That means I write and award bounties, and I help to create curated content from your bounty entries. You'll mostly find me over at Just About Elite Dangerous and Just About EVE Online, but I'll be keeping an eager eye on Just About SMITE 2 too!

I've been gaming since the days of the Sega Mega Drive, and I've been writing about games in one form or another for a decade. While I'm more of an MMO man than a MOBA man, I have dabbled with MOBAs, and I'm really looking forward to seeing how this community blooms!

Rich's avatar

Hey everyone, my name's Rich and I'm the content lead here at Just About. I work with Ford James here in SMITE 2 and with both him and Alex Sinclair across our other communities to ensure - hopefully! - that all of our content, from bounties to curated articles, gives you joy.

We know we'll only succeed as long as that's happening so we take the job very seriously, but we know you're the real experts on all things SMITE, so we are always open to your input on bounties, articles, and just about everything else. Hit us up with our tags or grab our community manager Boomer if you need something on the community side.

Welcome to Just About - we really hope you like it here and can't wait to meet you all 🤝

Boomer's avatar

Welcome Deities! I'm Boomer, the community manager here at Just About. Ford James will be taking charge of Just About SMITE 2, but no doubt you'll see me here as well 😊

I'm a huge fan of spectator gaming, particularly machinima, virtual photography, and esports, and before joining JA I designed and delivered the module Data Analytics for Esports. Most of it involved marking assessments helping students build interactive dashboards, analyse gameplay data, and explore strategies and win-prediction models for MOBAs and other games.

Feel free to tag me if you have any questions or just want to say hi, and if you see me across the battleground...go easy on me! 🙏

T

Hey I'm Tony and I've been a smite (smite1) player since season 7 or so, my favorite picks are Artemis, Amaterasu and Ra. Excited to play smite2, see you all in the battleground of the gods!

Rich's avatar

Hi Tony, a very warm welcome to Just About! Hope you enjoy SMITE 2 and being a part of our community, we're glad to have you 😊

Boomer's avatar

Hey Tony, welcome! What drew you to those gods in particular? Which of the SMITE 2 launch gods do you think you'll try first?

Ford James's avatar

Hey Tony, welcome to Just About! 😄

Deacon's avatar

Hi, I'm Deacon, been playing Smite since the Smite 1 beta, then played over the years and got friends into it, which I still play Smite with to this day! So it was a no brainer to get into Smite 2 Public Test and now the alpha. Started out maining Neith, then went all over the place with everyone. Excited to see how Smite 2 plays out!

Rich's avatar

SMITE 1 beta? Wow, a true veteran! A very warm welcome to Just About, we hope you find lots to share and enjoy here 😀

Boomer's avatar

Hey Deacon, that's great to hear! 😊 Do you and your friends have set roles or do you like to mix it up from time to time?

Deacon's avatar

Hey Boomer! We have some preferred roles, I go either carry or solo usually as that's what I'm best with, I got a friend who only plays Khepri, then we mix up if needed, to keep it fresh for everyone. We also tend to play more of the other gamemodes than conquest, just to change things up

Boomer's avatar

That's cool. I bet just winging it would be absolute chaos 😂 Who's your go-to god for solo? That's generally my style for a lot of games, so which gods would you recommend?

Deacon's avatar

Personally big fan of Bellona, Shiva too but not in Smite 2 yet

Boomer's avatar

Bellona isn't messing around! 😯

Bellona, the Goddess of War, took no time to build temples or gather worshipers. She favors only those for whom war is life; for that is where she thrives - not on the steps of hallowed basilicas or in whispered prayers, but in the blood-soaked mud, among the breathless armored troops, in the roar of victory.

She sounds awesome, thanks for the recommendation 😊

Ford James's avatar

Hey Deacon, the SMITE 1 beta is a heck of a long time indeed! Welcome to Just About 😄

S

Hello! I've been playing SMITE with friends since Susano released in Smite 1, and my most recent rank 10 gods include Ra, Chiron, and Ganesha. Now I'm getting into Smite 2 and am maining Bacchus, and am looking forward to interacting with the community in Smite 2 and now Just About.

Rich's avatar

Hey Sadger, a very warm welcome to Just About, we're glad you're here 😀

Boomer's avatar

Hey Sadger, that's quite a mix! Which god has been your favourite over the years?

S

Definitely Kuzenbo, it's always fun to throw out Kappas that can ricochet! Being able to support while doing so makes it all the better.

Boomer's avatar

Kuzenbo looks awesome!

Ford James's avatar

Welcome to Just About, Sadger! Good to know you're maining Bacchus - we'll likely have a bounty up all about how to play Bacchus eventually, so keep an eye out later down the line!

Sinpho's avatar

Hihi everyone, I'm Sinpho! But most everyone calls me Sin :>

I've been playing Smite on Playstation since season 4, Da Ji release! Smite has changed my life in so many ways and I'm so thankful to be apart of the Smite Community <3
For two years I represented Playstation as an Olympian and am now a Smite Ambassador, I also stream on the official SmiteGame channel!

I'm a Merlin main and Khepri lover, and I can't wait to have them both in Smite 2!

Ford James's avatar

Hey Sin, welcome to Just About! Representing PlayStation as an Olympian is incredible - how did that come about/what does that entail?

Boomer's avatar

Welcome, Sin the Olympian! When are you being added to the roster of gods? 😁

Seriously though, that's amazing! I'd love to hear how you got into it 🙂

BlaiseMcBaine's avatar

Hey everyone,

I am BlaiseMcBaine! I casted amateur Smite, coached, and played as well. I have been apart of running Albion Giants Collegiate Smite as a broadcast manager as well as just helping out in various ways for Albion Giants League. I am also a member of the SmiteGame Stream Team! I look forward to helping people learn about Smite 2, playing with others, and seeing you all out on the Battleground!

If you ever have any questions feel free to ask away!

-Blaise

Ford James's avatar

Hey Blaise, welcome to JA! Sounds like you're an expert - we're very pleased to have you aboard, there'll be plenty of guide bounties live at any given time so you can share your knowledge! ✌

Boomer's avatar

Oh I'll definitely have some questions but I won't bombard you with them right away! 😁

For now I'll just ask how long you were coaching and how you got into that?

C

Hey, I'm Celeste. I haven't been playing Smite for too long. I only started last year but I enjoy the game. The only other MOBA I've played was League and I didn't enjoy it, but I like Smite. I main Shiva on Smite 1 and I'm currently using Bellona as a main in Smite 2 since Shiva hasn't been added. I am a solo main, but I play all five roles.

Ford James's avatar

Hey Celeste, welcome to Just About! Fingers crossed for Shiva soon 🤞

Boomer's avatar

Hey Celeste, sounds like you picked an exciting time to start playing! 😊 What do you enjoy most about SMITE that you just weren't finding elsewhere?

C

I like strategy games, but many of them don't have a lot of action. Smite has a lot of strategy with really engaging action with its team fights. I enjoy that aspect of the game.

Boomer's avatar

That's fair! I can relate to that 🙂

Warcraft 3 is one of my favourite RTS games. I tend to turtle but get bored waiting for the opponent to attack, so I used to buff up my hero unit and run them solo around the map 😁

Are there any god combos you like to have on your team?

C

I haven't had any god combos that I really like in Smite 2 yet. In Smite 1, sometimes I like to run Neith and Atlas in the duo lane. Atlas picks up the enemy and sets them in tower. Neith roots them and they die. Generally only works once or twice before the enemy stops getting close to tower, but funny nonetheless.

CashMoneyMorty's avatar

Sup yall!! CashMoneyMorty here. I'm a longtime fan that's been playing (on and off) all the way back since the beta of SMITE. Although I've been a player for a long time, I just recently started getting into content creation for SMITE less than two years ago. I started throwin up clips on Tiktok, not taking it too seriously, until I ran into Cloggedbean , my brother in this business. We started running a discord server together and we did community events to hang out with our friends and viewers, afterwards we started running tournaments together, using his Twitch earnings as a cash prize as a method of giving back to the community.

Around this time, I got into casting for these tournaments and community events (please don't go look for this I was REALLY bad at first LOL) but kept casting more and more, now to a point where I've worked for a decent amount of amateur leagues for SMITE. Over time I got linked up with Malum and Deelo, both of which helped me grow to become the talented caster that I am (or at least I think I am) today. Now I'm looking to continue content creation on TikTok, as well as casting for SMITE 2 whenever possible. Thanks for havin me here peeps!!

R

Hey yall, raccoonbro here. I’ve been an avid Smite player for a long time now, starting back in Season 3 on the PS4 a little after smite came out on there. The rest is history, with way too much playtime now and also on PC. I love the competitive side to Smite, and I am a big time ranked player. For how much I play, you could definitely call me a “lurker” in terms of interacting with the community, with this post being my first real type of interacting on socials for Smite. I say that only because it was Smite who brought me to this site “Justabout” which is very interestingly designed. The bounties system seem cool and getting actual funds from them is cool, just from the light research I’ve done on this site I’ve seen some slight discourse, so I’m just interested to see how my time on here will play out

ElegantExcalibur's avatar

Hello! I'm ElegantExcalibur and I've been playing Smite since 2020. I'm pretty active in the smite subreddit community answering questions and occasionally posting ideas for things like god designs and fan god concepts.

I'm a tank main who loves playing gods like King Arthur, Cu Chulainn, Athena, Yemoja, Baron Samedi, Baba Yaga, Chernobog, and Cernunnos among many others. I'm primarily a solo main at heart, but support and mid are my 2 other favorite roles to play as well.

You can typicallly find me yapping about mythology and folklore when given the opportunity. But I also really love art and design as well as nature, geology, and history (especially ancient and cultural.)

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