Hello Smogon! I'm Jordan, age 18, American. I've only recently gotten into Pokemon, but the various technical aspects of the game have always fascinated me. I'm not even sure how I found Smogon, but it did slowly inspire me into battling online. (Not WiFi, since I do not currently have a 3DS.)
I've been playing RandBats, since the unpredictability holds a certain charm. In my brief stint on Showdown (as in, yesterday) I've notched a couple of hard-fought wins, several hard-fought losses, a couple of embarrassing 5-0 and 6-0 losses, a handful of quits, and two GeoXern near sweeps (although I needed another poke to finish the job. Seriously, why do they let you have Ledian and Xerneas on the same team?). It's been a blast, and I hope to improve my skills, namely that whole prediction mess. I have no idea how you guys anticipate switches or not-switches like I've seen. I also really want to understand how people customize their sets. I have a couple of team ideas, but they're mostly the cookie-cutter sets on the Strategy Dex and people's different ideas about how to use their Mons have fascinated me. I'm still pretty casual about battling, but I'd love to get better and get to know good people.