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Q/A: THE OFFICIAL
SMITE MAGAZINE
Article By Jacob Crawford | Artwork By Maria Manrique Ccopa
With fourteen issues under its belt, a steady readership, and an official studio endorsement, the
Official SMITE Magazine has become one of the most popular free magazines on the web. This month,
we take a moment to talk with the staff that make this community magazine possible.
Q: When/how did you start working
for the Official SMITE Magazine?
SMITE Mag staff. Overjoyed, I accepted the position.
Two months later, I was writing features.
My first piece “What the Hel is SMITE?”
Jacob: I started working with the magazine
shortly after the 2015 SMITE World Championship.
was the first featured community article on
smitegame.com. I’m still pretty proud of that.
I was a freelance eSports journalist at
the time (I still am, for the most part).
I had been playing SMITE for about six
Jorg: My story isn’t nearly as glorious as
that! I used to be a frequent visitor (chronic
months, but I had no idea the game
lurker is more accurate actually) of the /r/SMITE
had generated such a cult following.
subreddit and 15 months ago a thread appeared
I met Tanner Schelle, another
writer, in the airport. We hit it off
with a link to a magazine in it. After reading it I
loved the idea and applied for a position
and sat together in the press
as writer. Within a couple of days I was
room throughout the tournament.
in the team and wrote a piece about
While at dinner with Hi-Rez, Tanner
balancing the game. Fast forward
introduced me to Kris West (he doesn’t
remember any of this) and asked me to join the
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15 months and I’m one of the Production
Managers of the Official SMITE Magazine!
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