The Official SMITE Magazine eSports Edition | Page 43

When I was a player for a Tribes:
Ascend team, I worked with Bart on
getting all the information I needed

“

Being on that
side of the coin
helped me learn
what it was
to be a player
in the scene.

”

to attend events and to compete
in them. Being on that side of the
coin helped me learn what it was
to be a player in the scene. I took a
lot of that knowledge and carried
it over to the position I now hold
today. I see these players in SMITE

and can relate on what they’re
going through - since SMITE is the
first eSport for most of them. All of
this combined helped me manage
the past year of SMITE eSports.
What is your favorite part
about being the eSports
tournament manager?
I love being in the studio with the
people I work with. As a lot of the
community already knows, we have a
lot of funny and unique personalities
that work in this company. What
you see on camera is no different
than what you’d see in the studio.
But I’d also have to say being close
to the players is another favorite part
about the position. No one knew who
I was when I officially became the
eSports tournament manager at the
beginning of 2014, but as we come to

the end of the year, I’ve made a lot of
close relationships with these guys.
I talk to the players on a near dai