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17 Nov

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Originally posted by xInsaneAbilityx

Will fans be allowed to attend worlds? And if so, where do you get tickets?

No, there is no live audience component for this year's SWC because of COVID concerns. All fans will have to watch the event online.

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So at first I was a little offended by this post, because I disagree that SMITE lacks depth and I disagree with the idea that SMITE has failed to introduce any new depth.

But it did get me talking with the design team and led us to some very interesting conclusions. I'd lead off by saying that this concept, like many in game design, is very subjective and has lots of exceptions to rules. Just because OP might think the game lacks depth, doesnt mean they are wrong, but myself or a majority of players might still disagree with them.

The concept of depth vs breadth is a core tenet of game design, and is usually defined as such:

  • Breadth: the sheer number of mechanics, items, characters, levels, systems, etc - its what you have in your game

  • Depth: the variety of experiences and moments that can some from your breadth of features - its how your game plays

Id also like us to remove the term "complexity" from our vocab - t...

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Originally posted by MusicalSmasher

They really had all this cool ass stuff planned for us this year, the production would have been put to good use. But because of COVID, it f**ked everything. Vaccines are looking good by next year so hopefully it's back to uniform by then but this whole year left a bad taste in my mouth of what could have been.

I don't want to come off as unprofessional but uh.... f*ck COVID. >:C


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