SMITE has a very interesting eSports setup that's very simple and easy to follow, but can get complex at times. The main arm of SMITE eSports is the SMITE Pro League (SPL). Then there is the SMITE Challenger Cup (SCC) which is a way for amateur teams to join the SPL by fighting the lower ranked SPL teams and filter into the main tournaments. 

Season 2 has more tournaments, that are seasonal now. Right now there is the Spring and Summer tournaments schedule, with the Spring Finals going on as I'm writing this. However, there are many different tournaments that can run and have ran in the past, all part of the SMITE Pro League, leading up to a world championship and the start of another season. 

The SPL battle it out at various regional tournaments to get placement within the PRO League and then further battle it out during various qualifying matches to see who will get a spot at the tournament finals. So far the standard format is six teams are chosen for the final tournament. The six teams, plus two from the challenger cup, face off against other leading up to a final. 

So the question is, how do you get in on the action? Well, you're going to want to get into a team and to get into a team these days the best way is to just play league. So, get SMITE and start playing. You can join a league once you reach level 30 and have 13 owned gods at Mastery Rank 1. League play is essentially ranked play, except you earn tribute as you play. 

Top league players are often recruited into challenger cup teams, who then battle it out week by week for a chance to qualify for the main tournaments. It's a 7 week long tournament where teams relegate into the Spring Split for their chance to compete at the Summer Split. It's a lot harder than signing on with a main team, however, it's one of the absolute best ways to get there. 

A lot of players from the pro league are recruited from challenger cup teams rather often, starting as replacements and moving on to the actual teams. Basically, consider it like this. Challenger Cup teams are usually sourced from the league (because anyone who is good will do rather well at the league). The pro teams usually source from the challenger cup teams and the league. 

So if you want to become a SMITE professional player, the thing that's most important is just playing, watching, and more playing. The SMITE Game Twitch stream along with a lot of individual players are constantly streaming pro level matches, which even after watching a few you'll get a much better sense of how to play. 

Finding friends to play with you often is also super beneficial to learn team dynamics and avoid the pain of random teams where three people want to one role and two others want to AFK. It'll help a lot when you can work with a team and actually advance. 

Of course, the most important thing to do is pick up SMITE, which you can do so here and get to playing! Remember, the challenger cup filters into the world tournament, so even if you're not pro league by the end of the season, you can still have your shot at fame and glory.