Chief, I don't play Smite... and when I do, I usually regret it. I'm watching your channel 'cause I want something to distract me from the crushing reality of having to live through my job, other job, workouts, cooking and cleaning. I am sure many people do so, since you're just perfect mix of entertaining and chill. What about trying to take one day a week off Smite and giving us some Lies of P, Hellblade I, Portal... (Perhaps splitted into 1-2h gameplay sessions or... y know, any better idea.) See if people like it, see if it gets views. If this game is dying, don't let it drag you down as well. We all know hunters running around with fatalis isn't gonna make people stop uninstalling anyway.
I support this! Some streamers are putting their bets on Smite 2 but we ought to consider the chance it fails the market. I see how Sam refers to games like Kingdom Hearts with passion and I'd like to see some videos on it, how it is to watch him playing other games including non-competitive ones.
@@nilsonrobertoabadias5244 Agreed, other channels never mentioned it but Sam did.. the algorithm and how random videos can hurt the stupid AI math.... with that said many of them just make 2nd channels. I specifically watch some gamers only because either I want to learn tactics, I want to learn how to get past a point, or I don't want to play at all but want to watch someone else play. We did this when I was a kid, group of friends would gather around and watch 1-2 of us play, cheering on, reacting to crazy things happening, it was fun. Watching these types of videos is enjoyable for me. I no longer watch crap cable TV or movies. I've been watching "Alter" for horror shorts which are 1000 times better than movies out these days. And gamer videos as my "TV". I enjoy when creators release videos daily but I know how annoying it could be to create. I use to watch Neebs Gaming but they take so long to release videos and they cut so much trying to make it more like a show that it makes it boring and honestly I start watching other channels while waiting for a new video of theirs to release and end up going back months later instead of days. They finally added magic dumpster and I now watch that way more than their main channel. Idk just my two cents. I am a 40 year old chick so I am probably not the target group here.
They wouldn't lose the player base as fast if they would fix the fucking match making. It's been close to 12 years and they still pair bronze players and master players in unranked games together
I have to imagine quite a bit of the playerbase drop off is people just waiting for Smite 2 at this point. They kind of shot themselves in the foot in that regard. Feels a little pointless to sink time into Smite, when Smite 2 is just around the corner
Pretty much this, I haven't cared much about Smite since I've been participating in the alphas. I still play, just don't really care as much grinding ranked. We'll probably see the player base numbers on steam reflect more in the 24/7 alpha coming next month.
when we get the 24/7 alpha + progression im sure the drop off will be crazier bc i used to have no problem getting an arena game in 30 seconds or in the middle of the night but now its getting to 1:30-2:00 territory ignore that it made it a timestamp lol
@@pirateking4680 On the flip side I think the longest I've ever had to queue a match in the alpha was 30 seconds, so yeah once the 24/7 alpha comes out, the player stats on steam will reflect more in smite 2
I was a closed beta tester for Smite, I remember playing when Ra 1 hit multiple times if they ran the same path, when Ao Kuang was Kukulkan and Sun Wukong was Hun Batz. I haven’t played Smite in probably 5 years but I watch every one of your videos. I watch for you way more than I watch because of Smite. You’re just a grade A dude and make great videos that I can watch for a bit and decompress about real life. I’m rooting for you, I imagine Smite 2 releasing will bring in a lot of attention.
I haven't played Smite since like season 6 but I still watch every single video you put out. And if Smite died tomorrow and you started doing something else, I'd watch that shit too
When Said Hachiman's 2 gave him movement speed he meant attack speed. The skill gives you attack speed when you cast it and more if you stand in it, it also gives attack speed to other teammates who stand in it.
response to the first 10min of this video. crazy stuff man, i work construction and the way work slows on election years is insane. Hope you don’t feel the stress or anxiety. sucks!! i wish you 3 billion subscribers and alot of views 💪🏽❤️
I used to read a lot of books when I was a kid, then I found gaming and realized I could PLAY the story. Person probably one of those people that can’t read and it makes them angy
hearing that the smite player base is going down makes me sad since it’s the first time in a while i’ve actually been having fun with the game. fingers crossed the drop is mostly from players just waiting for smite 2 to come out. even when i wasn’t enjoying the game i would always watch you and most of the time it would be your videos that got me back into the game, and i hardly even play duel. keep being you sam, hopefully everything’ll work out
Currently don't have a PC so I can't play but I would definitely hop back in.. it's been like 5 or more years since I touched the game, it's like a whole new game now
I haven’t been on smite in a very long time but that’s more because I recently became a dad and naturally just don’t have the spare time like I use to and I’m in the middle of a complete remodel of my house but I still love watching smite videos when I can. Keep doing your thing Sam, I strongly doubt I’m a lot of support to the channel but I’m doing my best 😅
I quit for 2 years and some months but came back when I heard they were developing smite 2. Tbh I'm not surprised some people are taking a break expecting to make a come back in smite 2. That being said, as a joust player if they don't add the 3v3 mode I probably won't even play smite 2.
I havent played Smite on a consistent pattern because the player base got insanely toxic for no reason. around 2020, I was playing Clash of all game modes and for literally about 17 straight games I had teammates not play objective, chase kills deep into enemy side of map, and immediately blame their horrid build and choices on anyone that was focusing buffs and towers then sitting in fountain spamming "you rock, cancel that" it was overwhelmingly annoying, and killed my desire to play.
PC Smite player here. I have been playing daily since open beta. I stopped a couple weeks ago because the Steam Launcher dropped 32 bit as an option to boot from. Despite owning a pretty sweet PC rig, Steam wouldn't launch 64 bit, saying I didn't have enough memory. I have plenty of RAM (32gb) and VRAM but alas...and HiRez Support pretty much said "IDK." Anyway. This never fixed it before but I tried uninstalling and reinstalling for giggles. It worked. I'm back.
I’ve made an effort to like each video, I already watch every single one, comment on a few but I never like even though I enjoy. So now I make sure to like each vid before I even start ot
on ps5 it keeps crashing there too plus all platforms have been having server issues it seems like the new team is falling behind on the technical side
@@pirateking4680Game has always crashed randomly from time to time. I haven't noticed a difference. One in 15 games someone will crash starting a match.
14:17 If you think that's scary, Freya Hecate ring fatalis is back. If anything it's even better now than before since they replaced Hecate ring lifesteal for 15 flat pen so now you get 25 flat pen and no movement penalty while reducing their power and gaining power per auto.
Smite needs to ....(imho) 1. Get rid of actives. Personally I hate actives and I feel it takes away from the actual knowledge and abilities of the god itself. 2. Bring back starter items to duel. 3. Stop focusing on conquest. Everyone who doesn't play conquest is basically considered a second class citizen by Hi Rez. 4. Stop making Smite 2, it wont overtake normal Smite. Just work on bringing normal Smite to the new game engine. Free Jam made this same mistake with Robocraft. Among many others. 5. Streamline the extras. Theres too much going on. Trying to milk what they can from the dying playerbase. It feels like a mobile game now. 6. Reach out to more RUclipsrs/streamers that play similar games to Smite. Alot of gamers dont even know smite exists, or have never seen/tried it themselves. 7. Design new maps/game modes. For instance picture playing duel with a random pick of like 5 maps. Would mix up gameplay and wouldnt be so stale. 7. Introduce tutorial game modes for new players to help them understand the modes and items better. Also better AI to play against. Idk...just a few off the top of my head....
Ngl Sam, i’m one of those people that went from daily watching to not watching you and rexsi for a like a solid year. Back to daily now, your personality and content are better than ever, it was smite that got a little dull.
They announced Smite 2 way too soon. They let players know Smite 1 was dying without having the replacement ready. Now they realize their mistake and decide to throw away every shed of balance the game has, in a futile effort to bring players back.Tragic. My only hope is that this doesn't hurt Smite 2 as well... Anyway, GV man!
FWIW Sam, Apex is getting huge right now. You used to put out some Apex content and you were actually really good at that game. You may consider getting back into that in a limited capacity just to start building a portfolio of multiple games considering Smites slightly up in the air future. I personally haven't played Smite in over a year, I still watch your videos occasionally because of your personality, but mostly I click recommended videos on my homepage. . . which is currently flooded with Apex content from a ton of different streamers. I'd click a SamDudeTuber Apex video any day of the week Keep grinding pal
Play a lot of Medusa in conq right now, im a adc main. I start with blink and take my 1 and 3 as first ability’s. After clearing the buffs at the start. I blink dash vipor shots the enemy adc. It full kills the enemy even with eagis. It’s a free FB and a snowball Medusa. Works better in mid u can farm the mage so easily
I think when he walked you down into tower your only choice was to turn and fight him, he was getting the back shots on you for some quick burst. If you turn and thorns I think it could have turned out differently for that fight
even acclaimed video game stories tend to be formulaic and have amateurish writing compared to acclaimed movies though. also elden ring story beats the snot out of bg3
Man , it's been a very long time since you can queue the same guy in duel over and over ..... Even with crossplay . I played 5 time the same guy in a row Yesterday . If he wasn't the same level i would have lost my head ...
I watched your videos long ago and i checked yesterday if you're still alive 😆 I think i 'll give smite one more try maybe later this year, glad that you doing fine... Keep em comin Sam
I’ve always attributed the lack of bans and how toxic the player base is to the dwindling population. Not sure how to fix it and I know it’s part of online gaming but it’s so much worse in smite than other games
I love smite but I've been struggling to enjoy it like I use to. Hearing you say fatalis is back made me so happy so I'm hoping we'll see old smite back, could be just my opinion but is what it is.
The reason they have declined is because it’s just a cash cow they have beaten for awhile now if they would do more for the players it would thrive like it used to
It's because of the revert, it's not fun to get 1 shotted by everything in the game. Also, the battlepasses have been garbage, and the events are trash. They used to have fun adventure modes and things like that, why they would create an adventure mode and then scrap it never to be used again makes no sense. They could have made it into a permanent roguelike survival mode and attracted a new player base, I don't know who tf is making these decisions but they need to be fired. The adventure mode was the most fun I had playing smite.
@@Pax_Mayn3 it's not the revert, its actually the opposite when they made every god into tanks is when people stopped playing. They made it noob friendly and held everyone hand, and nobody wanted to play since it was a tank fest and just got lvl 20 max build farm fest. Dumbest thing smite did, just play better and have better positioning. It's just a skin money grab, the battle passes used to refund your gems upon completion and they were only 400 gems instead of the 650. The player base is lower so they up'd the price to counter that and just drive more and more out.
Hey Sam, I’d been a big Smite fan since it came out, and I’ve probably been a viewer for…4-5 years? Personally, I stopped playing Smite when they made the item changes and removed bruiser items from the game. It felt to me like the game was going in the League direction and kind of just making solo lane tanks and Mages the best at everything, and I didn’t like that meta whatsoever. But the return of bruiser items is exciting, and I pretty much never stopped watching ur content. Keep it up man, at this point I watch you for you moreso than for Smite.
Maaaan around 4 minutes in that Poseidon kinda baited you into a longer fight while he had lifesteal. I feel like because you were behind (you're not often in that situation so when you are you tend to get a bit sticky with your plays) you saw him low and went for it but while behind the only way you killed him there was perfect execution before he life stole off wave and that perfect execution just kinda wasn't feasible safely
hey Sam, I'm speaking for myself but I think a lot of people feel the same way. I've watched you for 8-10 years and I didnt play smite for about 7. I'm not watching for smite. I'm watching for you. I LOVE your video on other games like the tarkov era and all that. you'll always be part of my youtube routine and I wouldn't have it any other way! don't be scared to do other games sometimes. xoxo with love my dude
I’ve watched basically every single one of your videos, usually within the first day they’re released, for the last 2 years. I’ve gone through your whole back catalogue too. I can say that when you take extended breaks, I tend to pick up other creators and get attached to their content. I know you’ve had to take breaks for your health and I totally get that, just pointing out that the breaks over the last year may have contributed to the loss in subs and views. The few weeks of no videos made me super sad with no Sam to watch, I was forced to watch other smite creators. I came back because I love your content. It’s gotta be a hard balance to strike, because your health is super important to you and all of us regulars. Love you buddy, I hope you can weather the Smite storm.
I think a lot of ppl are playing predecessor right now I have over 4000hrs in smite but I’m a bit burned out and I played predecessor when it was still paragon I love smite but I’m hoping smite 2 will grip me again but I can say Sam you always make this game entertaining for me and I appreciate all your vids
I've got about 2k hours into smite. Been playing since 2013 and while i hope smite 2 is a huge success, I don't think itll bring in a huge amount of people. It'll be a huge hit for me at least so i guess theres the silver lining.
I know my comment doesn’t mean shit but one of the main reasons I’m on my last leg with Smite is because I keep watching these PC gamers with better a better death hud or the fact you can leap to see over certain walls as examples seems like console players will never be important to them.
It's because of the stupid revert. Nobody likes dying from a single ult, it's garbage. I saw someone literally get 1 shotted, 100% hp from a medusa ult, and she wasn't even fed.
Been playing almost every day since open alpha.. sorta sad to see the transition honestly. Never played duel. Hate duel. I’d watch you play other games I don’t dabble in just to laugh at your shenanigans. Understand the anxiety, but I promise I hit like twice and shared to my sock account 😅 Stay sexy, Samalander.
Smite is getting old and we are growing up, meaning that we have less time to spend on a video game. I am a beta tester but since the last four years, I only play on some Fridays for Omnipotance. However, I like watching you every now and then. Left a like for you. Cheers ❤
I did take a Smite break but I continued watching some of your videos, RUclips has completely stopped recommending your videos to me, they won't even show up on my subscription tab anymore, I had to go to your channel and start watching from there... unfort
I don’t think it’s you Sam. Personally because of the cost-of-living I work a lot more hours than I used to so I have a lot less free time. I still enjoy your videos. I am subscribed. Haven’t played smite in almost a year, but I’ll pick a few more videos up for you. Keep being awesome.
I actually stopped playing smite, been waiting for smite 2 and playing the alpha beta for smite 2. However, I do like watching some smite content creators videos still. Hopefully you can do more smite 2 videos sam.
As a long time RUclips subscriber, I think the loss in subs has been a mix of videos and the game itself, I think if you played some conquest and did some sort of challenge similar to fineokay winning a game in every role with the same god or played joust with a stack of friends you have good banter with similar to trell, you’d have more long term success.
not sure if its your thing buttttt personally I'd love to see some "lets plays". could dedicate an hour long vid a week towards making progress on some games or even stream! nothing wrong with having some variety! you'll always be the smite OG
I wish I could enjoy Smite like I used to but it just feels pretty bad lately. I love the game and watch pretty much all of your videos but actually playing the game is just pain.
I stopped Smite because they stopped releasing new gods. I'l be back with Smite 2 but in all honesty I have 315 days in this game and If the gods dont release at least 1 every 2 weeks I wont play. Especialy with the new horrible UI for console
All games like this go through luls. Overwatch, league of legends and rocket league All deal with these same issues. Atleast smite is making an attempt at a meaningful transition.
I’m genuinely curious why you haven’t tried uploading other games or series as often as you do for smite on RUclips? I get streaming not being as popular but RUclips is a whole other beast
Smite2 leek was too big and too early,, i played smite1 straight since season 3.. for 2 montb or so i dont even think about starting smite1 cuz i just waiting for smite2 release.. my brain keep saying 'its not worth playin smite1 anymore'.. thats how it is man.. but i still watching every of your vids for years sam
I haven’t played for about a year or so ima get on for a bit tonight I haven’t been verbally abused in a while ngl kinda missing it 😂
XDD love the abused part
why are you me???
Chief, I don't play Smite... and when I do, I usually regret it. I'm watching your channel 'cause I want something to distract me from the crushing reality of having to live through my job, other job, workouts, cooking and cleaning. I am sure many people do so, since you're just perfect mix of entertaining and chill. What about trying to take one day a week off Smite and giving us some Lies of P, Hellblade I, Portal... (Perhaps splitted into 1-2h gameplay sessions or... y know, any better idea.) See if people like it, see if it gets views.
If this game is dying, don't let it drag you down as well. We all know hunters running around with fatalis isn't gonna make people stop uninstalling anyway.
I support this! Some streamers are putting their bets on Smite 2 but we ought to consider the chance it fails the market. I see how Sam refers to games like Kingdom Hearts with passion and I'd like to see some videos on it, how it is to watch him playing other games including non-competitive ones.
i would sure as heck not mind ! i watch vids for sam not necessarily smite
@@nilsonrobertoabadias5244 Agreed, other channels never mentioned it but Sam did.. the algorithm and how random videos can hurt the stupid AI math.... with that said many of them just make 2nd channels. I specifically watch some gamers only because either I want to learn tactics, I want to learn how to get past a point, or I don't want to play at all but want to watch someone else play. We did this when I was a kid, group of friends would gather around and watch 1-2 of us play, cheering on, reacting to crazy things happening, it was fun. Watching these types of videos is enjoyable for me. I no longer watch crap cable TV or movies. I've been watching "Alter" for horror shorts which are 1000 times better than movies out these days. And gamer videos as my "TV". I enjoy when creators release videos daily but I know how annoying it could be to create. I use to watch Neebs Gaming but they take so long to release videos and they cut so much trying to make it more like a show that it makes it boring and honestly I start watching other channels while waiting for a new video of theirs to release and end up going back months later instead of days. They finally added magic dumpster and I now watch that way more than their main channel. Idk just my two cents. I am a 40 year old chick so I am probably not the target group here.
They wouldn't lose the player base as fast if they would fix the fucking match making. It's been close to 12 years and they still pair bronze players and master players in unranked games together
I have to imagine quite a bit of the playerbase drop off is people just waiting for Smite 2 at this point. They kind of shot themselves in the foot in that regard. Feels a little pointless to sink time into Smite, when Smite 2 is just around the corner
Pretty much this, I haven't cared much about Smite since I've been participating in the alphas. I still play, just don't really care as much grinding ranked. We'll probably see the player base numbers on steam reflect more in the 24/7 alpha coming next month.
when we get the 24/7 alpha + progression im sure the drop off will be crazier bc i used to have no problem getting an arena game in 30 seconds or in the middle of the night but now its getting to 1:30-2:00 territory
ignore that it made it a timestamp lol
@@pirateking4680 On the flip side I think the longest I've ever had to queue a match in the alpha was 30 seconds, so yeah once the 24/7 alpha comes out, the player stats on steam will reflect more in smite 2
Im hype as fuck on smite 2
I know a few people that just don’t enjoy the reverts lmaoo ig that technically counts as waiting for smite 2
I was a closed beta tester for Smite, I remember playing when Ra 1 hit multiple times if they ran the same path, when Ao Kuang was Kukulkan and Sun Wukong was Hun Batz.
I haven’t played Smite in probably 5 years but I watch every one of your videos. I watch for you way more than I watch because of Smite. You’re just a grade A dude and make great videos that I can watch for a bit and decompress about real life. I’m rooting for you, I imagine Smite 2 releasing will bring in a lot of attention.
I haven't played Smite since like season 6 but I still watch every single video you put out. And if Smite died tomorrow and you started doing something else, I'd watch that shit too
When Said Hachiman's 2 gave him movement speed he meant attack speed. The skill gives you attack speed when you cast it and more if you stand in it, it also gives attack speed to other teammates who stand in it.
response to the first 10min of this video.
crazy stuff man, i work construction and the way work slows on election years is insane. Hope you don’t feel the stress or anxiety. sucks!! i wish you 3 billion subscribers and alot of views 💪🏽❤️
Usually play assault but enjoy your vids for the content and your personality!
Also knowing your an NL fan is an immediate +1 ❤
Hey Sam, I haven't played Smite in years but I still watch your videos pretty often. Thank you for your content, I really really enjoy it!
I used to read a lot of books when I was a kid, then I found gaming and realized I could PLAY the story. Person probably one of those people that can’t read and it makes them angy
21:36 pause…. What do you mean “hand related activities”? 😂😂
Confit is popular in French cuisine. Most people have probably heard of duck confit
hearing that the smite player base is going down makes me sad since it’s the first time in a while i’ve actually been having fun with the game. fingers crossed the drop is mostly from players just waiting for smite 2 to come out. even when i wasn’t enjoying the game i would always watch you and most of the time it would be your videos that got me back into the game, and i hardly even play duel. keep being you sam, hopefully everything’ll work out
Despite not playing smite for almost a year now I love watching your uploads, been part of my day since seventh grade 8 years ago
Haven't played smite in like a year but everytime I watch ur vids I get the urge go hop on
Currently don't have a PC so I can't play but I would definitely hop back in.. it's been like 5 or more years since I touched the game, it's like a whole new game now
I'm from Honduras. Me and my friends really love your vids. You're the best. You should play tilt izanami some day. ❤
I haven’t been on smite in a very long time but that’s more because I recently became a dad and naturally just don’t have the spare time like I use to and I’m in the middle of a complete remodel of my house but I still love watching smite videos when I can. Keep doing your thing Sam, I strongly doubt I’m a lot of support to the channel but I’m doing my best 😅
I quit for 2 years and some months but came back when I heard they were developing smite 2. Tbh I'm not surprised some people are taking a break expecting to make a come back in smite 2. That being said, as a joust player if they don't add the 3v3 mode I probably won't even play smite 2.
I havent played Smite on a consistent pattern because the player base got insanely toxic for no reason. around 2020, I was playing Clash of all game modes and for literally about 17 straight games I had teammates not play objective, chase kills deep into enemy side of map, and immediately blame their horrid build and choices on anyone that was focusing buffs and towers then sitting in fountain spamming "you rock, cancel that"
it was overwhelmingly annoying, and killed my desire to play.
PC Smite player here. I have been playing daily since open beta. I stopped a couple weeks ago because the Steam Launcher dropped 32 bit as an option to boot from. Despite owning a pretty sweet PC rig, Steam wouldn't launch 64 bit, saying I didn't have enough memory. I have plenty of RAM (32gb) and VRAM but alas...and HiRez Support pretty much said "IDK."
Anyway. This never fixed it before but I tried uninstalling and reinstalling for giggles. It worked. I'm back.
Hey Sam I don't really play much smite but I watch all your videos and occasionally you influence me to play again for a day or 2! Love the videos
I’ve made an effort to like each video, I already watch every single one, comment on a few but I never like even though I enjoy. So now I make sure to like each vid before I even start ot
I use to play on my nintendo switch, but the game is not passing the load screen before the game start anymore
on ps5 it keeps crashing there too plus all platforms have been having server issues it seems like the new team is falling behind on the technical side
@@pirateking4680Game has always crashed randomly from time to time. I haven't noticed a difference. One in 15 games someone will crash starting a match.
14:17 If you think that's scary, Freya Hecate ring fatalis is back. If anything it's even better now than before since they replaced Hecate ring lifesteal for 15 flat pen so now you get 25 flat pen and no movement penalty while reducing their power and gaining power per auto.
Other than cocaine is my new favorite thing to say 😂😂😂
We stand with the ass speach. If you don't your an op on sight
Bro that Poseidon was so bad. It’s crazy how much you can get away with if your character is better than
Smite needs to ....(imho)
1. Get rid of actives. Personally I hate actives and I feel it takes away from the actual knowledge and abilities of the god itself.
2. Bring back starter items to duel.
3. Stop focusing on conquest. Everyone who doesn't play conquest is basically considered a second class citizen by Hi Rez.
4. Stop making Smite 2, it wont overtake normal Smite. Just work on bringing normal Smite to the new game engine. Free Jam made this same mistake with Robocraft. Among many others.
5. Streamline the extras. Theres too much going on. Trying to milk what they can from the dying playerbase. It feels like a mobile game now.
6. Reach out to more RUclipsrs/streamers that play similar games to Smite. Alot of gamers dont even know smite exists, or have never seen/tried it themselves.
7. Design new maps/game modes. For instance picture playing duel with a random pick of like 5 maps. Would mix up gameplay and wouldnt be so stale.
7. Introduce tutorial game modes for new players to help them understand the modes and items better. Also better AI to play against.
Idk...just a few off the top of my head....
Ngl Sam, i’m one of those people that went from daily watching to not watching you and rexsi for a like a solid year. Back to daily now, your personality and content are better than ever, it was smite that got a little dull.
Love the tilt tryhard week ❤
"Hand related activities" Sam 2024
17:05 for sam playing five nights at vulcan’s checking the security ganks every 2 seconds roflmao
They announced Smite 2 way too soon. They let players know Smite 1 was dying without having the replacement ready. Now they realize their mistake and decide to throw away every shed of balance the game has, in a futile effort to bring players back.Tragic. My only hope is that this doesn't hurt Smite 2 as well...
Anyway, GV man!
That Anubis got abused. He didn’t even get to ult😢
FWIW Sam, Apex is getting huge right now. You used to put out some Apex content and you were actually really good at that game. You may consider getting back into that in a limited capacity just to start building a portfolio of multiple games considering Smites slightly up in the air future. I personally haven't played Smite in over a year, I still watch your videos occasionally because of your personality, but mostly I click recommended videos on my homepage. . . which is currently flooded with Apex content from a ton of different streamers. I'd click a SamDudeTuber Apex video any day of the week
Keep grinding pal
lmao i don’t think apex is getting huge
sam watches NL pog
and holy shit that poseidon game was nuts
Play a lot of Medusa in conq right now, im a adc main. I start with blink and take my 1 and 3 as first ability’s. After clearing the buffs at the start. I blink dash vipor shots the enemy adc. It full kills the enemy even with eagis. It’s a free FB and a snowball Medusa. Works better in mid u can farm the mage so easily
I think when he walked you down into tower your only choice was to turn and fight him, he was getting the back shots on you for some quick burst. If you turn and thorns I think it could have turned out differently for that fight
I agree with your take on games can be story driven as opposed to gameplay driven. That guy was a nutter
even acclaimed video game stories tend to be formulaic and have amateurish writing compared to acclaimed movies though. also elden ring story beats the snot out of bg3
That hachi game was 10/10
I'm going to like every video posted for a year for the plead.
Man , it's been a very long time since you can queue the same guy in duel over and over ..... Even with crossplay .
I played 5 time the same guy in a row Yesterday . If he wasn't the same level i would have lost my head ...
I watched your videos long ago and i checked yesterday if you're still alive 😆
I think i 'll give smite one more try maybe later this year, glad that you doing fine...
Keep em comin Sam
didnt notice that i wasnt subscribed... been watching you for some good months probably years man
I dont play smite at all any more but still subbed and watch every video love ya sam
I haven't played Smite since 2021 but still watch your vids lol
I don't play Smite anymore cause of time, Smite 2 in the corner and some net issues that I never had before.
I’ve always attributed the lack of bans and how toxic the player base is to the dwindling population. Not sure how to fix it and I know it’s part of online gaming but it’s so much worse in smite than other games
Can we get set tomorrow? He's good right?
Let's gooo was waiting for a new video from ya budd you my fav of the smite youtubers :D
Since the login switch i cant get my account and support was not helpful at all so it killed it for me
only for you sam, will i start liking all your vids
I love smite but I've been struggling to enjoy it like I use to. Hearing you say fatalis is back made me so happy so I'm hoping we'll see old smite back, could be just my opinion but is what it is.
45:17 wasn’t even close
I am subscribed and watch as many videos as I can!
That was a mildly incomplete tilt. Medusa haven’t lost.
I didn’t even realize I wasn’t subbed sorry bro your videos pop up every time I’m on
Mr. dadude, can we please get a Cernunnos game next video please, when youre close to rock his autos count for 2 hits
The ultimate tilt thing for all smite players is to call their build weird lol
Hey Sam jw, do you plan on uploading any of your smite 2 games to RUclips? Would love to see your experiences but can’t ever catch the streams
The reason they have declined is because it’s just a cash cow they have beaten for awhile now if they would do more for the players it would thrive like it used to
It's because of the revert, it's not fun to get 1 shotted by everything in the game. Also, the battlepasses have been garbage, and the events are trash. They used to have fun adventure modes and things like that, why they would create an adventure mode and then scrap it never to be used again makes no sense. They could have made it into a permanent roguelike survival mode and attracted a new player base, I don't know who tf is making these decisions but they need to be fired. The adventure mode was the most fun I had playing smite.
@@Pax_Mayn3 it's not the revert, its actually the opposite when they made every god into tanks is when people stopped playing. They made it noob friendly and held everyone hand, and nobody wanted to play since it was a tank fest and just got lvl 20 max build farm fest. Dumbest thing smite did, just play better and have better positioning. It's just a skin money grab, the battle passes used to refund your gems upon completion and they were only 400 gems instead of the 650. The player base is lower so they up'd the price to counter that and just drive more and more out.
Hey Sam, I’d been a big Smite fan since it came out, and I’ve probably been a viewer for…4-5 years? Personally, I stopped playing Smite when they made the item changes and removed bruiser items from the game. It felt to me like the game was going in the League direction and kind of just making solo lane tanks and Mages the best at everything, and I didn’t like that meta whatsoever. But the return of bruiser items is exciting, and I pretty much never stopped watching ur content. Keep it up man, at this point I watch you for you moreso than for Smite.
That first skin is 🔥
I don't play Smite anymore but still enjoy the videos big guy!
Maaaan around 4 minutes in that Poseidon kinda baited you into a longer fight while he had lifesteal. I feel like because you were behind (you're not often in that situation so when you are you tend to get a bit sticky with your plays) you saw him low and went for it but while behind the only way you killed him there was perfect execution before he life stole off wave and that perfect execution just kinda wasn't feasible safely
hey Sam, I'm speaking for myself but I think a lot of people feel the same way. I've watched you for 8-10 years and I didnt play smite for about 7. I'm not watching for smite. I'm watching for you. I LOVE your video on other games like the tarkov era and all that. you'll always be part of my youtube routine and I wouldn't have it any other way! don't be scared to do other games sometimes. xoxo with love my dude
The player base gets lower because they permanently ban accounts for stupid reasons.
I’ve watched basically every single one of your videos, usually within the first day they’re released, for the last 2 years. I’ve gone through your whole back catalogue too.
I can say that when you take extended breaks, I tend to pick up other creators and get attached to their content. I know you’ve had to take breaks for your health and I totally get that, just pointing out that the breaks over the last year may have contributed to the loss in subs and views.
The few weeks of no videos made me super sad with no Sam to watch, I was forced to watch other smite creators. I came back because I love your content.
It’s gotta be a hard balance to strike, because your health is super important to you and all of us regulars. Love you buddy, I hope you can weather the Smite storm.
I would watch u play the Elden Ring DLC and pokerouge tbh
12:47 AYO???
Hey Sam what are the chances you will bring back fight club videos?
I think a lot of ppl are playing predecessor right now I have over 4000hrs in smite but I’m a bit burned out and I played predecessor when it was still paragon I love smite but I’m hoping smite 2 will grip me again but I can say Sam you always make this game entertaining for me and I appreciate all your vids
Sam man if smite ever dies you'll be alright. If you can build a solid following on smite you can do it again on any other games.
That item is pronounced Sha-lay-lee Sam, its from Irish celt tribes. Also, I haven't played smite in ages and love the vids
Love the Content!!! Been watching along time, I would be sad if you had to stop YT. ❤❤❤ Much Love
Damn. Good luck with the channel. Is be worried based on smites decline.
I've got about 2k hours into smite. Been playing since 2013 and while i hope smite 2 is a huge success, I don't think itll bring in a huge amount of people. It'll be a huge hit for me at least so i guess theres the silver lining.
I know my comment doesn’t mean shit but one of the main reasons I’m on my last leg with Smite is because I keep watching these PC gamers with better a better death hud or the fact you can leap to see over certain walls as examples seems like console players will never be important to them.
It's because of the stupid revert. Nobody likes dying from a single ult, it's garbage. I saw someone literally get 1 shotted, 100% hp from a medusa ult, and she wasn't even fed.
Lets GO! T.I.L.Th!!!
Been playing almost every day since open alpha.. sorta sad to see the transition honestly.
Never played duel. Hate duel. I’d watch you play other games I don’t dabble in just to laugh at your shenanigans.
Understand the anxiety, but I promise I hit like twice and shared to my sock account 😅
Stay sexy, Samalander.
Smite is getting old and we are growing up, meaning that we have less time to spend on a video game. I am a beta tester but since the last four years, I only play on some Fridays for Omnipotance. However, I like watching you every now and then. Left a like for you. Cheers ❤
Staying on smite 1. Heard it here first 😅
Medusa Hawk Tuah build video please
I did take a Smite break but I continued watching some of your videos, RUclips has completely stopped recommending your videos to me, they won't even show up on my subscription tab anymore, I had to go to your channel and start watching from there... unfort
Wasnt it bet at the last game a qins first instead of exe.. you would deal much more dmg
I don’t think it’s you Sam. Personally because of the cost-of-living I work a lot more hours than I used to so I have a lot less free time. I still enjoy your videos. I am subscribed. Haven’t played smite in almost a year, but I’ll pick a few more videos up for you. Keep being awesome.
I actually stopped playing smite, been waiting for smite 2 and playing the alpha beta for smite 2. However, I do like watching some smite content creators videos still. Hopefully you can do more smite 2 videos sam.
Stopped playing smite for years but I’m a simple man if I see Sam I click🤷🏽♂️
As a long time RUclips subscriber, I think the loss in subs has been a mix of videos and the game itself, I think if you played some conquest and did some sort of challenge similar to fineokay winning a game in every role with the same god or played joust with a stack of friends you have good banter with similar to trell, you’d have more long term success.
If I wanted bad smite gameplay, I'd watch Rexsi lol
not sure if its your thing buttttt personally I'd love to see some "lets plays". could dedicate an hour long vid a week towards making progress on some games or even stream! nothing wrong with having some variety! you'll always be the smite OG
I wish I could enjoy Smite like I used to but it just feels pretty bad lately. I love the game and watch pretty much all of your videos but actually playing the game is just pain.
Make a pivot & bet on it Sam!
I stopped Smite because they stopped releasing new gods. I'l be back with Smite 2 but in all honesty I have 315 days in this game and If the gods dont release at least 1 every 2 weeks I wont play. Especialy with the new horrible UI for console
All games like this go through luls. Overwatch, league of legends and rocket league All deal with these same issues. Atleast smite is making an attempt at a meaningful transition.
I’m genuinely curious why you haven’t tried uploading other games or series as often as you do for smite on RUclips? I get streaming not being as popular but RUclips is a whole other beast
Smite2 leek was too big and too early,, i played smite1 straight since season 3.. for 2 montb or so i dont even think about starting smite1 cuz i just waiting for smite2 release.. my brain keep saying 'its not worth playin smite1 anymore'.. thats how it is man.. but i still watching every of your vids for years sam