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PATH TO 100K
Closing in on the March 2014
release of SMITE, Hi-Rez held
their first online major cash prize
tournament. This was an online
tournament called “The Path to the
100k”. Two separate tournaments
were placed, one for the US and
one for EU. Eight weeks of all out
war. Each week as many teams that
signed up, would square off in 5 vs. 5
conquest, single elimination matches,
with the semi, and grand finals being
best of three matches. Each week
the top four teams would win points
depending on their place. At the end
of the eight weeks, the four teams
with the most points got to move on to
the SMITE Launch Tournament. There
were an abundance of teams that
competed in this online tournament
for both US and EU, but only eight
came out on top. Cognitive Gaming,
fan favorite Team Dignitas, Snipe,
and Denial eSports all represented
the United States teams, while Team

SK Gaming, Bipolar Method, and
Vengeance eSports were picked
from the weekly online tournaments.
Team CognitiveEU would be come
out on top in this tournament making
them the first ever victors of a SMITE
LAN. Three of the members of
CognitiveEU just so happened to be
a part of Team SoloMid at the time
of the Launch Tournament. It goes
to show that those players really
know how to play SMITE as a team.
On the week after Gamescom,
PAX Prime was taking place in Seattle,
WA. Again four teams were invited
to attend from the weekly online
tournaments but this time they were
all US teams. Team Dignitas, Denial,
Cognitive Gaming, and Reason
Gaming were the challengers in the
first US LAN for SMITE. This prize
pool was comparable to the EU pool,
coming up at $20,000. Team Dignitas

would take home the gold at this
tournament.

COMMUNITY TOURNAMENTS
The community has done their fair
share to keep the competition rolling
as well. Websites like Tiermonster,
SMITE Central, SmiteCommunity,
EGL.tv, and ESL.tv all have been
hosting tournaments weekly for
players of any skill level to test their
skills. These tournaments usually
just have gem prizes available for the
winners. The tournaments vary from
all different game types such as 5 vs.
5 conquest, 3 vs. 3 joust, 1 vs. 1 joust,
and even 4 vs. 4 siege matches. These
are a great place to start for players
looking to become pro players in
SMITE and a great place to meet other
players and possible team mates.

“

Eight
pro teams
gathered in
Atlanta to
celebrate
the launch
of SMITE and
battle over
a $200,000
prize pool.

”

Coast, Cloud 9 HyperX, SK Gaming,
and Team SoloMid represented
Europe. These teams would all
go to Atlanta to face off for the
biggest prize pool to date in the
SMITE Launch Tournament LAN.
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