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COMMUNITY SHOUT OUT!: DRYBEAR
By Dan Macias
T
he man. The legend. The
Drybear. Hello everyone,
and welcome to the
Community Shout Out! My name
is Dan Macias aka bitterTREE
and I’m very, very happy to
introduce to you a man whose
name is already synonymous
with awesome! Today we’re
going to discuss the great
things that Drybear (whose real
name is Rory) has done for the
SMITE community and how he,
alongside the Hi-Rez staff and
the other official Twitch SMITE
channel streamers have nurtured
and supported the growth of one
of the best MOBAs seen to date,
granted that’s the opinion of one
highly biased player.
Let’s start by bringing up a website
that personally helped me and,
in fact, still helps in those Assault
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games with a god I’m unfamiliar
with. That site is of course: www.
tiermonster.com, a site run by
Drybear as well as several other
moderators including Oponn,
fas7twitch, Lordwhizzkid, and
eBadger. Now, if Tiermonster
is unknown territory to you,
I highly recommend visiting,
especially if you’re a new
player who wants one place
dedicated to teaching different
gods through user submitted
content. Tiermonster also offers
an extremely easy-to-use grid
when you want to get pointed
in the right direction on what to
build in different game modes! A
notable mention of Tiermonster
has to be the recent charity
tournament event dedicated to
help support the American Red
Cross and the global relief effort
held on Dec 18th, 2013 known
as Divine Intervention where
several members of the Hi-Rez
staff, as well as widely known
streamers and professional
players, were allowed to have
a fun tournament with anyone
who donated. One last thing
that should be mentioned about
Tiermonster are the monthly
tournaments they hold for
anyone to participate as long as
you sign up; this provides both
a competitive and casual aspect
to the already exciting gameplay
that is SMITE.
All that being said, the
contributions from the driest
of bears don’t just stop at
Tiermonster - his helpful
persona and cheery attitude
are a staple of his own personal
Twitch stream, as well as the 1
AM – 4 AM Monday thru Friday
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