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Originally posted by TehOtherFrost

I think gamer terminology has blended a lot over the years since I've seen the two different definitions and they can both have an argument for the correct usage.

Choice A: "The minimum threshold of skill needed to be effective with a god." The lower the floor the easier it is to use. This is a player-centric definition and was popularized by League of Legends. It's somewhat vague as skill needed to be "effective" is not easy to quantify. In this example Discorida passive has the lowest possible skill floor because you just get it with no effort from the player at all. Poseidon passive would have a higher skill floor and takes more skill to manage. But then this raises questions as to "what is effective play?" Neith is one of the easiest Hunters to play but at what point does she become effective??

Choice B: "The lowest effectiveness a God can have." "The higher the skill floor the more effective a character is at the start." This was the original term and is chara...

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Originally posted by VainestClown

Regarding the orgs, I think there is no way removing them could be a good thing besides for saving money. The orgs at least posted about smite on socials, giving Smite and the SPL needed exposure. Without this, how is anyone going to find let alone care about anything SPL related.

A reason I see that they did this is so they can make more skins since the teams/names will be consistent across seasons, letting skins have more longevity. Money

The majority of Smite's fanbase doesn't care about SPL (just look at the upvotes on this post compared to the daily skin posts), so removing orgs is just privatizing SPL and drastically reducing exposure to basically just Smite players who buy skins.

Originally posted by DieInAFireLoki

Have you considered letting people vote on the team names? Maybe you could solicit name ideas from the community/SPL players and then pick out like a top 20 that you guys like and meet your standards and then let people vote on which to include?

u/HiRezAuvey

Originally posted by Lightmind7

Sorry for finding a comment to reply to out of context.

But Auvey can you pretty please consider how the team are going to plan the team logos.

The current SOC SCC pantheon logos suit a purpose, but it wouldn’t be appropriate for the SPL.

I don’t need to tell you that Hirez has the best art team in the gaming business, please design team logos in house that make the teams feel unique. Perhaps a play on the team name even.

The biggest negative from today is having the org names/logos being dropped. If you can mitigate that with awesome hirez names/logos it’d be super positive.

Originally posted by Snufflebox

Damn, Snufflebox is always out here asking the real questions.

I question it, cause I care ;)

But alright, I'll take your word for it. After all, you got all the data, and I only got my own deductions. I'm just wondering if the small size of SMITE esports is really worth all the resources poured into it then. Wouldn't it make more sense to just bring the SPL to a respectful end in the next year or two, and reroute the esports budget to further improve the development of the game, since SMITE's bread and butter has always been it's casual audience?

Originally posted by Snufflebox

I can definitely see that, especislly if you were losing money, but I would just like to know how you guys plan on reaching out to an audience outside of SMITE, when there aren't orgs bringing in their own dedicated fans? Cause we both know that SMITE esports is not really bringing in huge numbers to start with, and this is only gonna make it worse. So do you have a solution for this, or are we just gonna accept that this is how the things are gonna be until the eventual end of the SPL?

Originally posted by Snufflebox

If I were an org, why in the hell would I ever want to sponsor a SMITE team, a game who's esports scene is already next to non-existent and completely irrelevant, when the team isn't even allowed to play under my name? Like, what possible benefit would there be for me?

This is a good thing for the players, since they will be getting more money, and everything is streamlined for them, but if you though SMITE esports was irrelevant before, just wait what happens when there are no orgs advertising the games at all.

Originally posted by S3rPx

This is my biggest concern as well. They will hopefully have an independent review board that helps eliminate previous bias so they can make the most fair decisions for the competitiveness of the league. The potential risk is that some of the more personable pros may be able to play far past their prime simply due to being friends with some of the HiRez employees making these competitive decisions. I have to assume they see this potential conflict of interest and will do something to address it. I'll remain positive, but it will be interesting to see who gets picked up next season.

Originally posted by MusicalSmasher

Yeah, my only other concern is the names Hi-Rez come up with. Cause names like Ghost, Obey, PK, Rival are really f**king good names and iconic. I don't have a ton of faith that they names they come up will be as good as org names.