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Username: MeEsSm PS! Username: MeEsSm Signup Format: GSC OU Your timezone: +1 Usual Hours of Availability: Can be flexible based on tutor's availability Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Played for just under a year maining BW, played in ROAPL, BW Invitational and BWPL. Also did some stuff in ADV. Teamed with Siatam and Iguana in ROAPL, watched their GSC games and became interested in the tier, been laddering occassionally, but it's hard to find a real game + ladder is very dead. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, would definitely prefer to do sessions in VC.
Username: takingnoteskinda PS! Username: takingnoteskinda Signup Format: SV DOU Your timezone: -5
Usual Hours of Availability: most times weekends Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Been playing competitive mons for awhile, looking to improve my knowledge of Pokémon and branch out to other tiers.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
Username: Pengu PS! Username: PenguGuy Signup Format: SV DOU Your timezone: GMT-5 (EST) Usual Hours of Availability: weekends 3-6 PM, weekday 7:00 PM except Wednesday Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I’m a VGC player looking to get into Smogon doubles. Written multiple VGC analysis as well as a 1v1 Spotlight and Gen 3 ZU analysis (tropius as well awaiting GP). Team rater for VGC and made role compendium and set compendium for VGC and Gen 3 ZU respectively. Are you able to use Discord?: yeah
Username: Oakdeon PS! Username: Oakdeon Signup Format: ADV OU, SV OU Your timezone: GMT+1 Usual Hours of Availability: all days Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): rby circuit,rby wcp,roa pl etc... Are you able to use Discord?: Oakeon#9155
Username: Kala Chasmah PS! Username: Kala Chasmah Signup Format: SS 1v1 Your timezone: +5:5 Usual Hours of Availability: 1pm-3:30 or 4pm and 7:00pm to 9:30pm Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I am not that good in this tier. My friends usually carry me throughout the tour (any 1v1 tour). I love to play random battles due to no need for building the teams and i can outplay my opponent easily. Are you able to use Discord?: Of course
Username: Calaeb
PS! Username: Cal
Signup Format: SV Mono
Your Timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday are all general free for me anytime after 1:00 PM.
Tell us a little bit about your experience in competitive Pokémon (min. 3 sentences): I've been around for a while, and I've played competitive Pokémon from Generation 6-9. I've played in a few team tournament, and a few individual ones (seasonals, seeded, gens). I recently took a step back from mons as a whole and I have some free time coming up soon, and I'd love to touch up on what it is that I've lost. I struggle with building & I tunnel vision quite a bit when I play.
Do I have access to Discord?: Yes
Username: Oculars PS! Username: Oculars Signup Format: Any one of SS, SM, ORAS Your timezone: gmt+8 Usual Hours of Availability: Random activity hours all throughout the week, im super active however and can make any timezone work. Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
Played mons since the PO Days, started playing more seriously during late SMOU when I was somewhat of a ladder demon loading old Omari P teams. Since then I've mained natdex exclusively which Im also a tutor for, Ive managed three natdex teamtours NDFL, NDWC and NDPL with good success making semis in NDWC and winning NDFL and Ive had great and consistent success in individuals including an SSNL Semifinals, SS Cup Finals and R4 in Natdex Invitational, im currently locked in for this years circuit playoffs with the 5th seed. Only recently I started branching out to new tours playing in tiers like SVUU in PSPL, BDSPPL, RUWC, OMFL, EPL and currently PUWC. My favourite playstyles are hyper offense, weather and stall although Im comfortable loading any archetype.
Im looking for a tutor who can get me up to the teamtour/circuit playoffs level in one of these tiers as I think I need to add a mainline OU to my skill set to get any respect from the wider smogon community as a natdex mainer.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, + please pair me with someone who can VC as that makes tutoring way easier
Username: violet river PS! Username: violet river Signup Format: SV OU Your timezone: +13 Usual Hours of Availability: mostly like midday and late evenings? makes good time for americans(8pmish) and europeans(evening or early afternoon) Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have a lot of relevant advance tournament results, but as far as SV goes it's pretty minimal. I want to really get my teeth into this tier for the sake of rounding out my competitive mons understanding ykwim Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, perfect for me
Username:Corn.exe PS! Username:Corn.exe Signup Format:SV Mono
Your timezone:GMT-6
Usual Hours of Availability:8:30 am-3:50 pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):Played quite a bit of mono, still not good at it though and looking to get better, pretty active in the mono room.
Are you able to use Discord?:No
Username: GabrieLopez
PS! Username: GabrieLopez
Signup Format: ORAS OU AND SM
Your timezone: GMT-3
Usual Hours of Availability: After 2 PM -3 all weekdays and free all the weekeend.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I start playing in 2018 (6 years) without any experience, only from videos, maining SM and Doubles UU (idk why), in the SS gens I discover SS National dex and I love it. I start playing tours a year ago, but i'm not really good (My best record is Finals of Brazil Charity Bowl) and I would like to be better. I Peak 1800 on SM and 1600 on ORAS, reach Rank 6 on National dex SV and 1900 on SV.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes (gabs014)
Username: BLJ Mario PS! Username: BLJ Mario Signup Format: RBY OU Your timezone: GMT -6 Usual Hours of Availability: I usually have school on the weekdays, but im free a lot on the weekends or on weekdays after school Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I first started playing showdown as mainly a hobby back in early 2023-ish. Fast forward to around November 2023 which was when I learned about RBY OU, I started playing on the ladder and I had a lot of fun. I am mainly a BW Main, but in the back of my head I always look back on RBY as something I wanted to get back into, it made me feel happy every time i played but I wanted to take fun into skill, hence why im here rn. I made it to round 7 in RBY Winter Seasonal but other than that I havent really gotten a good tour showing yet, I have some good old gen fundamentals and I feel like with someone to help guide me in the right direction I can be good at a second old gen tier. Are you able to use Discord?: yes, my discord is Pokemaster007
Username: Zerotwo. PS! Username: King Re-zero Signup Format: SV OU Your timezone: - 3 Usual Hours of Availability: Morning and afternoon Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokémon (min. 3 sentences): I started my competitive journey in Sun & Moon. It was during that generation that I learned how to play, and since then, I've developed a passion for games. I've also explored other competitive formats, such as PokeMMO, among others. However, it was only recently that I began focusing on Smogon. I participated in PTPL, where my performance wasn’t the best, but I gained valuable experience. Additionally, my team became champions of NDFL II. Now, I’m looking to improve and prepare for future championships. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Username: Maia PS! Username: Maia Signup Format: SV OU Your timezone: -5 Usual Hours of Availability: Nights and Weekends Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started playing in tournaments last year, tried my hand at gen 8 but found that I like 9 better. Dipped my toes in a variety of formats before figuring it would be better to focus on one. I've had some mid-tier results in non-OU tiers but would like to solidify my teambuilding and in-battle skills to help me achieve better ones overall. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Username: GirlsSeeGhosts PS! Username: Girls See Ghosts Signup Format: XY OU Your timezone: GMT-5 Usual Hours of Availability: Starting next week I'll mostly be free every evening, and starting December 18th I'll be free at all times. Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Been playing for many years, started taking it seriously last year and became an RBY mainer, getting a decent record in the latest RBYPL. I also qualified for Smogon Masters playoffs (and then lost 1st round cuz I overslept lol). XY/ORAS as a metagame has always been a bit harder to click for me than the other fairy gens, my Masters run was defo carried by SS and SM. I'd like help with improving as a player, understanding the ORAS metagame, and with teambuilding (I only really play what other people build, I'm not good at building in any gens) Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, younglemonhope
Username: Silveruby PS! Username: Silveruby Signup Format: SV Monotype
Your timezone: GMT-5
Usual Hours of Availability: The Weekends anytime.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I am a player looking to improve myself and looking to participate in more Smogon Tournaments. I have reached decent milestones on ladder and middling records on Monotype tournaments I have played in but nothing I am proud of yet. I truly believe that the best has yet to come. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes. Silveruby
Username: Khahara PS! Username: Khahara Signup Format: SV Monotype
Your timezone: GMT-5
Usual Hours of Availability: Any time on weekends, weekdays are a bit more dynamic depending on class/break schedules but I can iron out more specific times p easily. If you try to reach me, I will likely get back to you within the day. Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing Monotype for a while across a few gens and have been able to do really well in tours and on ladder on occasion, and I manage to be able to vote in suspects sometimes, but I haven't really been able to do so consistently. I think I'm a fairly decent player right now, but I also don't think I can really differentiate between what makes a decent player and an excellent player, since I think I could be the latter with some help and dedicated practice but can't perform at a high enough level to be able to do so. Best way I can define it as that I'm at an awkward intermediate stage between being a bit better than average and genuinely noteworthy in tours and ladder. I will also note that while I enjoy playing bad types, like my beloved Rock, I'm perfectly willing to play anything; I mainly think that the mistakes I make when playing something like Rock are the same kinds I make when I play other types as well. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, Khahara
Username: Amoongusszoroarkimposter PS! Username: Amongus122312 Signup Format: SV NU Your timezone: UTC +2 Usual Hours of Availability: 14:00-24:00 All days Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Im pretty new, My experience is quite slim. I played some pokemon game i don't even remember in like idk, Very long ago? But somewhat recently a friend of mine told me of the website Pokemon Showdown. I apparently had some sort of account from 2022 soo i just played from it. I played some games, Got frustrated, Asked for teambuilding help in the forums, And got slightly better. I play NU and PU mainly because OU and all that scares me, And i don't think im very good at the two formats. I have been hovering around 1200 in both formats and i don't know if it is because im bad at teambuilding or because im bad at the game. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Username: ExguardiaN
PS! Username: ExguardiaN
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: -3
Usual Hours of Availability: weekdays 10am ~ 11pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started playing mons 6~7 months ago, but only played cg tiers, now I want to develop my skills and play oldgens, starting with ADV.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
Username: Cyrakii PS! Username: Cyrakii Signup Format: SV UU Your timezone: GMT -3 Usual Hours of Availability: On weekdays I am available from 5:30 pm, but as I am on vacation from work I am available at any time of the day. On weekends it depends a lot on my commitments, but I can schedule it at any time as long as I plan. Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I definitely started playing in August, before I only watched videos because it was something I liked and from time to time I would pull ladder, while playing I entered smogon tournaments and ended up becoming interested in learning how to play better, currently I chose SV UU as my focus because it is a tier that really interested me, I've already reached the ladder between the top 500 and 100 a few times, I'm learning the game alone in some aspects I feel stuck in my evolution, as I'm a new player and I feel like I have a lot to do learn, I would like to learn more and have more knowledge to become a better player Are you able to use Discord?: yes, _cyrak
Username: Wafflecopter2000 PS! Username: Wafflecopter2000 Signup Format: NatDex OU Your timezone: EST Usual Hours of Availability: Usually after 5pm EST, but wont be available until the new year Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences) :
I've been around on Showdown for a long time, but I haven't really been posting on the forums until this year. I play a lot of NDOU, and a lot of NDOU adjacent formats in discord leagues and such. I also play some ND monotype and VGC (though moving away from reg H kills my interest in that format). Primarily, I play HO, with a special spot in my heart for trick room. Hoo boy do I like trick room. I've gone from a ~1400 player to a ~1600 player over the last year or so playing these sorts of teams, but I've gotten totally stuck at ~1600. I don't really know how to explain *why* I'm at a plateau, only that I know I'm there. Are you able to use Discord?: Yep, also Wafflecopter2000 on discord
Username: Duke Sux PS! Username: Duke Sux Signup Format: BW OU Your timezone: -5 Usual Hours of Availability: Usually available most mid to late afternoons/nights on weekdays, available pretty much all-day Friday-Sunday Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started getting into BW earlier this year and want to learn more about the metagame in a more meaningful way. Play ladder fairly often (peaked rank 3) and recently just finished playing in UCL, which I feel like improved my level of play a decent bit. Ultimately, I just want to improve in a better way than just randomly spamming games as I am still quite inexperienced and prone to mistakes in my play. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes (username is hypebeasthegel)
Username: takingnoteskinda PS! Username: Takingnoteskinda Signup Format: bw ou Your timezone: GMT-5 Usual Hours of Availability: most times saturday-sunday, Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Ive been playing pretty long and feel like ive stagnated to a midladder player or and feel im really inconsistent so looking for a mentor/coach to improve my game. Looking to learn everything about ss even the lower tiers but understand if that not feasible Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, username is Aejmmnu
Username: foolycl PS! Username: foolycl Signup Format: BW OU
Your timezone: gmt-6
Usual Hours of Availability: 3-10pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): played mons with my brother at the end of bw and played all of oras before taking an extremely long break until this year. I'm familiar with a few old gens, but not very confident in most. Would love to get deeper into BW and play a lot more tours for it in 2025.
Are you able to use Discord?: yeah foolycl
Username: Hearts' Map PS! Username: Rukia Wrist Signup Format: NatDex OU Your timezone: GMT-5 EST Usual Hours of Availability: 10am - 10pm EST. Most days except for Sundays Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been watching competitive Pokemon since I was a kid. Started when I found ThePikaWu on YouTube and I would watch him play Gen 4 and Gen 5 Wifi Battles. Got into Showdown real early when Gen 5 was still the latest generation. My peak was mid 1600s in SV OU using Rain on an old account, but without rain I usually do far worse. Typically play around high 1200s and low 1300s and have been trying to find resources for improvement because I want to enter tours. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, Discord: Mespyy
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