Giving up a professional Smite game after just 90 seconds – what went wrong?
In less than 2 minutes, the game between EnVyUS and SoaR was already decided, but not by a regular win, rather by Team EnVyUs conceding after a botched gank. They had already lost the first game against SoaR in the North American Smite Pro League and were now trying to start the 2nd game in a very unusual way. When the attempt failed, tensions were high:
The poor start in the video
With the help of quick shoes, the team tries to launch a surprise attack that the opponents do not expect. The game commentators also point out that this tactic is more of an “experiment.” How this experiment turns out, you can see here:
The result of the experiment is that EnVyUs gave 4 kills to an opposing champion, who then reached level 4. At this point, all heroes of EnVyUs were still level 1, which apparently caused so much frustration that they immediately surrendered and SoaR won. But that’s not the whole story:
By conceding before the 10-minute mark, one violates the rules of Smite, which in this case was punished with a fine. All 5 team members must each pay a fine of 500 dollars for violating this rule. The team’s owner also disapproved of his players’ behavior:
Shortly after this event, EnVyUs announced that they would talk with team management about the situation. Shortly thereafter, players Ryan “Omega” Johnson and Evan “Snoopy” Jones left the team. Omega stated as his reason that there was a lack of will to improve within the team. He felt that the team members simply accepted finishing in 7th place and did not want to strive for 1st place.
