Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: SV Monotype

[Ticken]

Welcome to Battling 101! If you're seeking a tutor for SV Monotype, 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?:

Username: Shiba
PS! Username: Big Sean
Signup Format: SV Monotype
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

 

[Dreenk Watah]

Username:Dreenk Watah
PS! Username:Axeal
Signup Format:SV Monotype
Your timezone: GMT-6
Usual Hours of Availability:Usually available anytime from 8:00 am to 10:pm, CST
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):Started playing casually in 2015, back in the Origin PS days. After commiting to it for a while I became the leader of Psychic for a while,followed by Ice. Im not privy to the new age of Pokemon and Showdown, but im eager to learn and master it again.
Are you able to use Discord?:Yes, Dreenk Watah

 

[swapasdf]

Username: Swapasdf
PS! Username: Swapasdff
Signup Format: SV Monotype
Your timezone: UTC +10 (Chamorro standard time)
Usual Hours of Availability: Anywhere between 4 to 8 PM as i am still a student
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): not too good but i have enough knowledge to try. build a solid monotype ghost team to start. love to think outside the box for teams
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, my username is swapasdf

 

[ElliottTheDM]

Username: ElliottTheDM
PS! Username: elliottthedm
Signup Format: SV OU
Your timezone: EST
Usual Hours of Availability: Generally, I'm available on Saturday and most weeknights past 5:30pm except for Tuesday.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've loved Pokemon basically my whole life and my favorite in the series is Black/White, but I've never fully gotten involved in competitive. I really love the community-led tournaments on Smogon and PS!, and I want to play to be able to understand team building, Pokemon roles, and the fundamentals of it so I can appreciate it more. I haven't played much monotype and I understand the battles on a very surface level. My goal is to be able to grasp the intermediate and advanced concepts to be able to compete in some tournaments from time to time, possibly in more than just monotype.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, my discord tag is @ confuseddungeonmaster

 

[alex032591]

Username:alex032591
PS! Username: phanom tax
Signup Format: monotype
Your timezone: gmt
Usual Hours of Availability: 4-8pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):I've been doing some randomizer challenges recently and everyone I've played has been really nice. I wanna learn monotype cause it's the most natural to me cause I play mostly monotype in the mainline games. I've been having fun using pokemon showdown because it helps me actually learn how to battle when I can't afford Nintendo online. I want to be better at playing but I can't feel bad about losing when the people here are so nice. I've been enjoying finding new strategies to counter meta or just mess around.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[goodisgood]

Username:goodisgood
PS! Username:goodisgood
Signup Format: MONOTYPE gen 9
Your timezone:east
Usual Hours of Availability:weekdays: weekend and friday maybe some other days
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): im semi new to pokemon but kinda new to competitive pokemon i just wanna get better to not always get first rounded in tournaments, monotype seems really fun and i enjoy it alot so i want my skill to match the love i have for monotype, my elo is like 1145s so i also want to get better at ladder and just monotype competitive overall
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes add me on garifield

 

[Wilsondude]

Username: Wilsondude
PS! Username: Wilsondude
Signup Format: SV Monotype
Your timezone: GMT +6 (IST timezone)
Usual Hours of Availability: 10:00 PM - 1:00 AM (mostly)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Well I started off playing Monotype since September 2024 and started off with mono steel. Now I'm just a mono rock user.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes (Username: magnesiumyt)

 

[Azaan]

Username: chriscp
PS! Username: chriscp
Signup Format: SV Monotype
Your timezone: 5.5+
Usual Hours of Availability: full day
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): i play a lotta mons specially old gens and in current sv meta i have interest in sv. Would like to learn more
Can use discord: yes.

 

[Tipsarewelcome]

Username: Tips are Welcome
PS! Username: Help is Necessary ( I changed it from the aforementioned one)
Signup Format: Monotype
Your timezone: GMT-7
Usual Hours of Availability: during summer very often but mostly 7-11 pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I have been playing for a few months now, mostly RU and 1v1. I have played a little monotype and I am a flying/ghost/open to fairy main. I use the sample teams because I don’t fully understand the meta and just general monotype team building.
Discord:
Yes, but mostly not voice chat. My thing is bulbasaur.useleechseed

Edit: It has been a decent bit since I posted this, so I would like to add that I have been laddering a decent bit and have peaked at 1400 with dark, and I have been playing a water rain/manaphy team for a little bit that I made, and I have done a tournament or two. I am open to playing most types but I would like to avoid dragon and steel, as they are a little too overpowered for my liking. Thank you!

 

[hax and momola]

Username: hax and momola
PS! Username: haxmomola
Signup Format: Sv Mono
Your timezone: GMT -3
Usual Hours of Availability: ALL DAY 4PM - 10PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): i are playing monotype in some months,but,in this little time i getted much experience on this tier i winned against players like : NaokiiS2,Neko,boomp,RarelyMe,Jahkem,MemphisDepay,roxie,itranc,feen and many others.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[Schaared]

Username: Schaared
PS! Username: Schaared
Signup Format: SV MONO
Your timezone: GMT + 12
Usual Hours of Availability: mostly mornings, 8-10 am, and evenings, such as 6-11 pm. Can sometimes do like 12-2 pm when on a lunch break
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokémon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing PS 6 months ago and play nearly every day. I usually main steel, fire, ghost, and psychic, using bulky offensive strats.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[RodentTamer]

Username: romanjionly
PS! Username: rodentchess
Signup Format: SV Mono or National Dex Monotype
Your timezone: EST
Usual Hours of Availability: 9 AM - 3 AM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've played in numerous tours on pokemon showdown, and just won my first one a couple weeks ago. I've also played tournaments on Smogon here as well to see how I would do against to stronger players of the format. I mainly use Steel, Dragon, and Ground, but I do like to step out of my comfort zone and branch out to more types.

 

[Wildfiree]

Username: Wildfiree
PS! Username: Wildfiree
Signup Format: SV monotype
Your timezone:-4
Usual Hours of Availability: Monday-Thursday pretty free all day. However this will just be restricted to weekends after August 11th
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
Are you able to use Discord?: ive been on showdown for quite awhile starting off with SS OU right now I frequent SV natdex and SV OU. Im looking to try something new as I’m kind of bored of my main tiers at the moment and monotype had piqued my interest for awhile.