The Official SMITE Magazine Issue 1 | Page 42

Interview lines to the viewers to call in and ask questions and interact with myself and the guest. Last week we had on Team Solo Mid’s coach, Zimpstar. Which I thought was a fitting guest after his team won the $200K SMITE Launch Tournament a few weeks ago. It’s great to get some exposure for EU community figures. What other guests have you had on the show? OctanePro: I have had a variety of guest on the show from HiRez Studio’s employees, eSports commentators, community content creators & popular streamers. I am hoping in the future to have more players on the show. perfect for filling that gap. Not only that, but his personality has added to the show in so many ways. I will be filling the third cohost chair with another great guy shortly which will be announced in a few weeks. That’s awesome. FDOT’s passion for eSports is very noticeable. He’s been casting for a while, but some may have heard him for the first time when he casted the games from the second stage with Krett in Atlanta during the $200k Issue 1 • May 2014 I hope so too, as it would be SMITE Launch Tournament. a great chance for players to You have another show called interact with their fans. You’ve ‘Smite Talk’, what’s the focus of been with SMITE for the long that podcast compared to ‘The haul and I must ask, how Smite Update’? would you describe the the SMITE community’s growth OctanePro: I wanted to develop and attitude over time? and host a show that was based not only around spotlighting OctanePro: The SMITE scene figures in the community but has amazed me since the start. It also give viewers an outlet to ask came into the Multiplayer Online questions or make comments. Battle Arena (MOBA) scene late ‘Smite Talk’ is a show that I and still found a way to attract host weekly, where I have one such a large Player vs Player guest on a week for a formal audience. Other games would interview and then open up the have failed by now and rushed 42 • GameOn Smite Community Magazine