Apprentice Program - Round Fourty Three

[Jimbo]

We are ready to begin Round Fourty Three of the tutoring program; if you wish to get a tutor for this round all you have to do is post your profile in the format below. Tutors will be an excellent resource for you to learn Pokemon team building and battling strategies, as well as someone who can help "initiate" you into the Smogon Community. We are here for you...so take advantage!

NEW! We now tutor the UU and Ubers tiers rather than just the OU tier. Please do not forget to indicate which tiers you would like to learn in order of preference, and we will accommodate you as best we can.

This round will last until September 2, 2009.

Shoddy Battle nick:
Age:
Time zone:
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!):
Experience level:
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference):
A little about myself:

*You don't have to be good...just willing to learn. So, don't be shy; Sign up now!

Please note that the Apprentice Tournaments will be put on hold for a bit. Something new will be coming later on in the year, so look forward to that!

YOU MUST BE ABLE TO USE SHODDY BATTLE TO PARTICIPATE!

If at any point during this round you encounter a problem (difficulty getting together with your tutor, etc.), let myself, Havak or Blue Kirby know and we will work to resolve the issue.

Round Fourty-Three Match-Ups

Kevin Garrett - zaktrunks
Twist of Fate - Celebi Trainer Ice
Gouki - HammerBroMario
darkie - 99 problems
cyberzero - Aviator99
Reverb - Runey676
tennisace - The Wolf0x
Great Sage - Natsu Walker
Bologo - Ingram
Legacy Raider - [-AC-]
reachzero - fairyyy
Astamatitos - Hoenn
Seven Deadly Sins - dachickens
Beej - Axe
Mekkah - Exarius
Vashta - Mr. Bean
Plus - prabla
Philip7086 - Sidd
Tab - TCoz
Giant Enemy Crab - Aenir
Flashstorm1 - Grayscale
Atticus - -X-Chris-X-
imperfectluck - Milloy
JabbaTheGriffin - LightWolf
Aeroblacktyl - lionking
Calciphoce - darkwonders
Sapientia - Raul Crager
LonelyNess - COKTAL
SoT - Flamewire
Twash - Flagg
Limitless - Cost
Elevator Music - Revengeful
RB Golbat - Lightning Storm

 

[keelhauled]

Assigned to Giant Enemy Crab

Shoddy Battle nick: Keelhauled / Aenir

Age: 15

Time zone: GMT

Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!):
9AM (EST)-8-9PM (EST)


Experience level: Moderate, can maintain around 1300 CRE when laddering, and have around 2 years battling experience, so I know a fair bit about the current metagame.

Tiers I need help in (in order of preference):
UU/OU/Uber

A little about myself:
I've been playing Pokémon since Crystal, although I've only been on the competitive scene since September '07. I was relatively poor until around June '08, where I got a bit of help, and started getting better since. I played the last couple of weeks in Smogon Tour #8, did relatively poorly though, with only 2 points from 3 rounds.

I joined the Smogon forums in around April, although I tended to lurk quite a bit, and only recently started posting more. I want to get a better understanding of the different metagames, so I can do better in tournaments, and be able to participate more freely in discussion, without sounding dumb.

 

[bish]

Assigned to Vashta

Shoddy Battle nick:Annnonymous, bishtest
Age:14
Time zone:GMT
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!):Theres no set time, I'm normally on after 10pm Eastern time and a few random hours before
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no?Yeah, I'll have a go :D
Experience level: Quite a bit. Played OU on and off for two years and a bit of UU. Never played ubers
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference):OU,UU,Uber
A little about myself: Um...I'm generally a quiet person, patient and easy to get along with and calm. Started playing pokemon competitively in around June 07.

 

[HammerBroMario]

Assigned to Gouki

Shoddy Battle nick: SuperMarioBros
Age: 15
Time zone: EST (GMT - 5)
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 12AM - 11PM (It can be anytime during those hours)
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Yes Im gonna give it a try
Experience level: Well I'm not super good so I'm willing to learn! I do have some knowledge about the metagame and such.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU and maybe Uber.
A little about myself: Well I've been playing Pokemon before and started a long time ago but never really played in tournaments and such. I stopped playing Pokemon for my studies but right now its summer so I have all the time to learn and get better.

 

[LightWolf]

Assigned to JabbaTheGriffin

Shoddy Battle nick: LightWolf, Jet, Szar, Sanyi, Lupine
Age: 18
Time zone: GMT+1(UTC+2 right now)
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): On weekdays from 1PM till 6PM, while on weekends till 8PM(this in EST) though I have summer break till 31th)
Experience level: After two times of getting tutored I still think I'm not experienced enough(decent at OU maybe)
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU,Uber,UU(A bit help at OU first but I'm really interested in Ubers)
A little about myself: As I said already I think I still need tutoring and did not really learn how to make a good team. I also like german language and dogs.

Also it would be nice if my tutor would be someone who is a lot on IRC for easier communication.

 

[-X-Chris-X-]

Assigned to Atticus

Shoddy Battle nick: -X-Chris-X-
Age: 15
Time zone: GMT -5 ( GMT -4 until November due to the Daylight Saving Time )
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 12 PM up to 1:30 AM All days ( I will warn my tutor if i'm not available )
Do you want to play in the tournament: Yea
Experience level: I know the basic
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): Ou, Uber, Uu
A little about myself: I live in Montreal, Canada. I speak french and english but I prefer french. I started to play Pokémon when my dad brought me Pokémon Crystal. I'm good in spriting.

 

[Ingram]

Assigned to Bologo

Shoddy Battle nick: Ingram
Age: 17
Time zone: GMT-07:00
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): Usually from From 12pm to 2am.
Experience level: Moderate
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU, Uber, NU
A little about myself: een playing Pokemon ever since the R/B/Y generation, and I still played the games later on. I did remember a friend of mine linking me to Netbattle during the R/S/E gen, but at the time, I sucked really hard at it. Fast foward to D/P/P, I decided to take another crack at competetive battling.

 

[Aviator99]

Assigned to cyberzero

Shoddy Battle nick: Cut888
Age: 15
Time zone: GMT -4, I’m pretty sure (eastern standard time)
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): sometimes in the morning, most likely in the evening, (6-10)
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Sure, sounds like a good time
Experience level: I understand most aspects of competitive battling (tiers, EV’s, movesets, etc.) but my team building skills, EV Training, and Breeding all could use some work as I’m not coming out with the best pokes that I could be.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU, I really can’t do Ubers as I don’t have access to many legendaries
A little about myself: I’m from VA, and have been playing pokemon since G/S/C. I discovered competitive play relatively recently and basically taught myself the basics. My teams, though sound in theory, don’t come out as well as they could. Prime example- I bred and EV’ed a Magnezone with the steel killer set, but then realized it didn’t have Magnet Pull. FAIL! >.<


NOTE: You must use SHODDYBATTLE for tutoring. This isn't Wi-Fi tutoring. If this is a problem, contact me.
-Jimbo

 

[les gets]

Assigned to Limitless

Shoddy Battle nick: tested
Age: 17
Time zone: eastern (US)
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): noon - 8 pm in the summer (flexible), 4 pm - 8 pm when school starts (or less, depending on amount of homework, etc)
Experience level: My best CRE on shoddy is over 1500 if that means anything.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, Ubers, UU
A little about myself: I've been battling competitively for about a year, but only a few months on shoddy. Lately however, I've only been battling every other day or less (due to going on road trips, playing ssbb, getting ready for school, etc.) so I'm looking to get back into battling again with the help of a tutor. As for the "real life" me, I'm pretty boring. I'm just an average guy trying to balance soccer and school. And Pokemon.

Note: Limitless has agreed / wants to be my tutor, and we're both usually online at the same time. :)

 

[Revengeful]

Assigned to Elevator Music

Shoddy Battle nick: Revengeful
Age: 16
Time zone: EST
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): Weekdays is about 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM due to work. Weekends are mostly free unless something comes up.
Experience level: Little to none.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU preferably.
A little about myself: I've been playing Pokemon since the early days of Red and Blue version, but only recently have I been interesting in starting competetive play. 16 years old, work more hours than a I should a week (But it's good money), going into senior year of high school.

 

[fuzzy]

Assigned to Legacy Raider

Shoddy Battle nick: fuzzy
Age: 22
Time zone: UTC+2 MESZ
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): usually in the evening (from 7 PM to 10 PM [GMT])
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? shit, yeah!
Experience level: lets say average, maybe a wee bit above ;)
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): UU, OU, Uber (little experience, but also not that interested)
A little about myself: Yeah, i'm a student. I started playing Pokemon with R/B/Y and played every gen. since then. In 2005/2006 (R/S/E), i discovered that there is much more about the game (EV's, IV's etc.) and read some guides plus played NB a few times (but not that much at all). Same with shoddy nowadays. So, i guess i know quite a bit about pokemon and competitive play in theory, but don't have that much practical experience. Hence, i really need a tutor :)

 

[darkwonders]

Assigned to Calciphoce

Shoddy Battle nick: darkwonders
Age: 21
Time zone: Central
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 7pm-1am
Experience level: Moderate
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU
A little about myself:
I've gotten back into pokemon recently with Diamond. Have been really adamant in EV training and breeding. I've been attempting to put together a team that both is competitive and with pokemon I like. So it's been a bit challenging as I don't really like using legendaries because legitimately their are really hard to get right...

 

[lionking]

Assigned to Aeroblacktyl

Shoddy Battle nick: Thekingofhamsters
Age: 16
Time zone: EST
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): I have crazy hours, I'm online often in the evening.
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Yes.
Experience level: I think I started playing last October. I've been gone for a while. I probably play as well as a newbie by now. In my prime, I approached a 1500 CRE.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU, Ubers
A little about myself: I can be really chatty, despite being an introverted person in real life. In battles, I tend to play rushed unless I want to take my time, and I don't formulate plans very often. I've got an appreciation for all sorts of food. I'm into cartoonish strategy games like Fire Emblem. I'd like to try new things.

 

[Exarius]

Assigned to Mekkah

Shoddy Battle nick: Exarius
Age: 16
Time zone: GMT +2
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 09-13 o'clock Eastern, weekends about 05-22 o'clock
Do you want to play in the tournament: If it comes, yeah
Experience level: Battling over Shoddy the last days, winning mostly, but still I feel I need some help in team making ang battling generally. I understand EVs, IVs and Natures somewhat.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU
A little about myself: well, I'm from Finland, and I've been playing Pokemon for several years now, mostly 3. gen. I just started competively, and would like to get help, so I could Improve myself :)

 

[COKTAL]

Assigned to LonelyNess

Shoddy Battle nick: COKTAL
Age: 15
Time zone: EST(USA)
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): Right now, a good bit through the day. Will be less active in about a week due to school starting.
Experience level: On a scale from 1-10, probably around a 3. Just got Shoddy yesterday, and I've never made a competitive team. I understand IV's/EVs/Natures very well though. The current team I'm testing is only winning around 30% of the time, so still need to learn to predict better.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): UU, OU, then Uber if there's time. Curently working on a UU team, so I'd like to get it to work better.
A little about myself: I've been playing pokemon since it started around a decade or so ago. I'm a runner, so I may not be on as often as I like due to practicing and what not. I only own a Wii and DS, but I've got most "big" games on Wii if anyone ever feels like playing Brawl/MKW/GH/etc.

 

[dachickens]

Assigned to Seven Deadly Sins

Shoddy Battle nick: Dachickens
Age: 14
Time zone: PST
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): On and off between 1 PM-12 AM
Experience level: A decent amount; almost a year now
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): UU only please.
A little about myself:

Well, I started out playing OU in my first 6 months here and got tutored in OU before, but soon got bored of it. I then turned my attention to Ubers and UU and decided I liked UU more. I've been doing pretty well in UU, but I feel like I could be doing better so I decided to sign up here :) I hang around certain IRC channels a lot and play a bit of Shoddy in my free time.

btw, Giant Enemy Crab said it was okay for me to request him as a tutor, so is it okay if I do so?

 

[Sidd]

Assigned to Philip7086

Shoddy Battle nick:.Sidd
Age:14
Time zone:GMT-7
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!):12 AM (Noon) to anywhere around 9 PM at night.
Experience level:Pretty bad actually.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference):Ou, Ubers
A little about myself: I have been playing Pokemon for a long time, but this is the first time I am going to learn how to play competitively. I have been playing since ADV though.

 

[CTI]

Assigned to Twist of Fate

Shoddy Battle nick: CTI, T_Pain
Age: 15
Time zone: EST
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): almost all day, but next week and beyond only 5pm-10pm
Experience level: pretty average
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): UU, OU
A little about myself: Well I'm gonna be a junior in high school this year. Pretty friendly I guess. I've joined battling 101 again to improve on my skills

if possible, id like to request a tutor who has great knowledge in UU

 

[Runey676]

Assigned to Reverb

Shoddy Battle nick: Runey676
Age: 16
Time zone: GMT -6:00 (Central Time)
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 10 AM - 10 PM (The whole day really, until school starts I guess then it'll be 4 PM - 9 PM)
Experience level: A little
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU, Uber
A little about myself: Been playing Pokémon since it first came out. Just played the games, up until now at least, oblivious to IVs, EVs, etc. Now after learning all of that I would like it get into competitive battling. Not sure where to start, I've come to this site willing to learn and improve!

 

[zaktrunks]

Assigned to Kevin Garrett

Shoddy Battle nick: Zaktrunks
Age: 23
Time zone: Eastern
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 7-12PM
Experience level: Beginner, playing since may/june
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, Ubers
A little about myself: Ive played every generation since the first but I've only been playing competitivly since mid/late may, Ive managed to create a decent team, but would really like help with team building and prediction, namely keeping me from over-predicting... I'm about to enter grad school for geology in the fall, but i currently work as a chemistry lab tech

 

[prabla]

Assigned to Plus

Shoddy Battle nick: parabs
Age: 23
Time zone: PST
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): A lot... Pretty much open to whenever. Very flexible.
Experience level: Slim-to-none I stopped playing after Silver/Gold. I've been playing the current gen, just not competitively.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU mainly, UU, Uber
A little about myself: I'm easy going, mature, am told that I got a good sense of humour. Hopefully whoever I'm matched with is the same. I'm currently unemployed (yay?) so I have tons of free time, what better way to spend that free time than playing pokemon? I should learn fast. I also like cake.

 

[Dark Talon]

Assigned to Flashstorm1

Shoddy Battle nick: Grayscale
Age: 15
Time zone: EST
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 4-12 pm
Experience level: Moderate
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU, Ubers

 

[The Wolf]

Assigned to tennisace

Shoddy Battle nick: The Wolf
Age: 16
Time zone: EST
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 12:00pm-11:30pm weekdays.
Experience level: Average
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): Ou, Ubers, UU
A little about myself: I've been playing competitive pokemon for a year. I would like to improve my knowledge. I'm friendly and likes to have a good time. I'll be a junior in high school.

 

[fairyyy]

Assigned to reachzero

Shoddy Battle nick: fairy, Marionette
Age: 19
Time zone: PST (GMT - 8)
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 3 pm - 2 am EST
Experience level: Medium-low. I've been playing for about 2 months, and I have cracked the OU leaderboard a few times, but I feel like my team-building and long-term thinking skills could use some work.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): UU, Ubers, OU
A little about myself: I'm from CA, and am a third-year in college. Been into pokes since RBY, though I've only gotten into competitive playing recently. I'm very willing to learn. If possible, I'd like to get a UU specialist, as I haven't played UU for a while and would like to qualify for UU suspect voting.

 

[Raul crager]

Assigned to Sapientia

Shoddy name-Raul Crager
Age-14
Timezone-Gmt+1.5
Regular Online Hours-available only from 12.00-5.30 my time
Experience-High.Ive played a lot but i lost my wifi and havnt battled in 2 weeks so i thought illl cath up with the metagame :p
Tiers i need help in -UU,Uber
A little about myself-Ive been loving pokemon since it was released and im in some of the top clans on some other sites :p