What Are The Olympians?

The Olympians are a player advocacy group consisting of players elected by the SMITE game community to provide continuous feedback to the development team at Titan Forge Games. The Olympians bring constructive feedback from the community, represent the community’s interests across all demographics and platforms, and act as a focus group for Project Olympus initiatives.

What Are Council Members Expected To Do?

Regular communications with the player community and the game’s development team,
Regular remote council meetings to discuss community feedback and game development, and
Scheduled remote ‘Summit Sessions’ where council members will provide focused feedback on long term plans for several different aspects of SMITE and its development.

Benefits of Membership

All council members of The Olympians will receive the following:

1Acceptance into the SMITE Partner Program

2Free admission to the SMITE World Championship

3Exclusive in-game Avatar and Title

4A tag on the official game Discord indicating council position

5Reddit flair indicating council position

Application Process

Applications for the 2023 term will open on November 18, 2022 and close on December 14, 2022.

Be at least 18 years of age (or at least the legal age of majority in applicant’s jurisdiction of residence if such age is greater than 18)
Be active in the game for at least the last six months
Have the ability to communicate in conversational English (written and oral)
Be in compliance with, and have no prior violations of, all Hi-Rez policies, terms, and conditions which apply to applicants, including without limitation the EULA and TOS (collectively, the “Hi-Rez Documentation”).

A current or former employee of Hi-Rez Studios or any of its affiliates
a current professional SMITE player, or
Anyone who has been banned from a Hi-Rez game or received any other form of disciplinary action from Hi-Rez within the last six months.

Voting will be held on www.smitegame.com/olympians from January 4, 2023 to January 18, 2023. Ten delegates will be elected in total, 5 by community vote (1 per category), and 5 by selection from Titan Forge (1 per category) based on the following factors:

Olympian application written responses
Ability to give feedback
Investment in the Community

2 PC Delegates (any focus)
2 Xbox Delegates (any focus)
2 PlayStation Delegates (any focus)

2 Delegates from Latin America
2 Delegates from EMEA, RU, OCE, or Asia

NOTE: International Delegates must reside in the region they are applying for and be able to communicate in conversational English both written and verbally.

Once voting has ended, Hi-Rez will contact the potential new council members to execute any required documentation and organize the first player council meetings.

Applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis and meeting the foregoing requirements is not a guarantee for selection into the voting phase or as a council member. As an initial matter, applications that contain obscene, offensive, vulgar, or discriminatory material will be removed.

We reserve the right to disqualify applications, including, without limitation, applications that:

(a) are incomplete or unclear,
(b) violate any applicable laws, including without limitation, infringement of intellectual property,
(c) contain fraudulent, untrue, or misleading information, or
(d) are otherwise detrimental or damaging to Hi-Rez Studios and its affiliates.

We reserve the right to disqualify applications that do not comply with these rules.

Term Length

The 2023 council will sit for a term of 12 months, from January 2023 (on or about the Year 10 start date) to January 2024 (on or about the Year 10 end date).

Members of the council may apply for successive elections, but may only be elected and serve for two terms. In cases of Code of Conduct breaches or other Player Council Participation Agreement violations, members of the council may be dismissed. In cases where a member resigns or is dismissed from the council before the end of their term, the candidate with the next highest number of votes that wasn’t elected may be asked to join the council.

Code of Conduct

Members of the council are expected to engage with the game’s community, Titan Forge, and other council members in a professional, respectful and constructive manner.
Members of the council must comply with their Player Council Participation Agreement at all times and keep ongoing discussion with Titan Forge private unless explicitly cleared to do so by Titan Forge Games in advance.
Members of the council must comply with Hi-Rez Documentation at all times.
Members of the council are expected to maintain a reasonable level of activity with the council, and may not miss more than three meetings in a row unless reasonable explanation is given.

Failure to abide by any of the above can result in early dismissal from the council.

2023 Olympians

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