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Welcome to Battling 101! If you're seeking a tutor for SV Rarely Used, you are in the right place. Please read all the rules carefully and fill out every part of the application.

RULES​

  • You must be able to access Discord, or whatever your tutor wants as the primary form of communication.
  • You must be willing to use Pokemon Showdown! even if you are being tutored in a cartridge format such as Battle Spot or VGC.
  • You, the tutee, should have at least 15 posts before signing up AND your account's age should be a minimum of at least 1 month old before signing up.
    • This is not a strict requirement meaning you may still be paired without satisfying it, so no matter what, DO NOT spam post elsewhere in the forum. That is an infractable offense and we do not encourage such behavior from potential Tutees.
  • You must have battled competitively for a decent amount in at least ONE of the Smogon tiers or Battle Spot / VGC to sign up. Playing 10 or so matches on the PS! ladder is not substantial enough, ~70 or so is more reasonable. This experience does not need to be for the format you sign-up for; this is just to weed out people who have never played competitively that can improve themselves simply by using resources already available to them without needing a tutor to hold their hand.
  • You, the tutee, are responsible for setting up times with your tutor. When you receive the Smogon notification informing you of the pairing, please take the initiative and post on their VM wall first. Continued scheduling and communication is key to a successful pairing!
  • Use the Tutee Talk forum to complain about your tutor (or praise them if they're doing a good job). These are no longer mandatory, but if your tutor is ridiculously inactive or is a complete jackass, COMPLAIN HERE. Nobody can see your tutee talk posts except for you and the Battling 101 Staff; everything is confidential.
  • Signups older than 4 months or 1 month since last login will be considered inactive. These will be moved to the Inactive Posts thread, and can be returned back to this thread by request.
  • Tutors can and will drop you if sessions go badly, and significant violations may result in a ban from B101. Be active, be enthusiastic, be respectful. Make the best of your time together!
Here is the signup template, and an example sign-up post.
Username:
PS! Username:
Signup Format:
Your timezone:
Usual Hours of Availability:
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
Are you able to use Discord?:
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Username: Shiba
PS! Username: Big Sean
Signup Format: SV RU
Your timezone: EST (GMT -5)
Usual Hours of Availability: weekdays 8 PM - 12 AM, weekends 12 PM - 12 AM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing competitively in early XY and spammed Baton Pass on the ladder. I was pretty skilled I guess. I then got more involved with Smogon and started to play in various tournaments like UUPL and later on Snake and SPL. I could use a bit more practice in this tier though, so I'm looking to get help
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
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Username: ClaireC
PS! Username: Clarity
Signup Format: SV RU
Your timezone: GMT
Usual Hours of Availability: 5-11pm GMT most days.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I've been playing on and off "casually competitive" for 10 years but I've properly got into the competitive scene over the last few months, with various tournaments. I've reached 1500 on a few ladders, and mostly played Gen 6 OU and Ubers/AG.
I'm looking to try RU mostly as an excuse to use my old favourites (Azelf, Bisharp, Gengar, Suicune, etc) but I imagine the fundamentals would transfer to any format.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username: JuninXD

PS! Username: JuninxZ9

Signup Format: SV RU

Your timezone: GMT-3

Usual Hours of Availability:
2:00-10:00 PM The days I'm most offline are Wednesday and Monday

Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Well, I started playing Pokémon through an emulator like FireRed, Emerald and so on. I started playing competitive Pokémon (PS) in February last year, Among all the tiers, SVRU was the one that interested me the most. I started playing it more intensely at the beginning of this year I think I have good Replays against good RU players, My goal is to improve more and more in the Tier And who knows, maybe we'll play good and big tournaments in the future. The most relevant RU tournament I played in was the RU Open

Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username: Medomai
PS! Username: Psuedoname, Other Various Alts
Signup Format: SV RU
Your timezone: EST (GMT -5)
Usual Hours of Availability: 8PM - 4AM, excluding tuesdays, occasionally earlier in the afternoon with some planning
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Have been playing RU on and off since forever. Not sure exactly when, but metagames I remember are stuff like SD Absol and Hitmonlee cores. Played when Acrobatics no-item Fletchinder and Rotom-Fan were real mons in RU. Tend to prefer bulky structures, and spend more time building teams than actually playing the game in all honesty. Have gone through many accounts throughout the years, been in the mid 1400s on ladder a few times, but never got around to grinding seriously or playing in tournaments. RU has always been my tier of choice, and i'd love to finally make an effort to really improve :)
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
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Username:Pakota~Moet
PS! Username:Pakota~Moet
Signup Format: SV RU
Your timezone: (GMT-7)
Usual Hours of Availability:
Monday- Friday 7:00 Am - 2:00 PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I have played competitive pokemon for a long time I started showdown since generation 6, I made it to 1500 in that tier but was never able to reach similar levels of elo in other ladders at best 1300 or very low 1400s I was only able to break that recently in gen 3 ou by reaching 1500 (technically 1499 but its basically the same thing XD) I have played in other competitive formats along with hosting some of my own formats in smaller communities. As of this post I started RU in December of 2024 and have been playing since then with nearly 500 games on record. I would say I have improved alot in my battling since my days or oras as I am capable of battling top players in the RU tier and win against them but I would like more guidance about team building itself and perhaps guidance on my fundamentals in battling!
Are you able to use Discord?:yes
 
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