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Apprentice Program - Round Fourty Two

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Shoddy Battle nick: Sceats.
Age: 14
Time zone:GMT+10
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 2-5 am
Do you want to play in the tournament: yeah if im allowed as i want to sign in for uu
Experience level: moderate
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): uu, ou, ubers
A little about myself: Just your normal 14 yo, who likes hanging out with friends and having agood time. Ive been playing on shoddy since around october last year, and its fair to say that im a good ou player, yet im not the best at teambuilding and would like help with that.

I was one of the many to start playing uu when the merge between uu and bl happened but stopped just before the first suspect test. I would like help getting back into the tier.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: e.j.
Age: 18
Time zone: +8GMT
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 8pm-8am
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Sure :D
Experience level: Very little to none
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU
A little about myself: I lied a little above...I used to play GSC, and only recently got back into Pogeymons...DP is nothing like cursewars anymore :O
 
Shoddy Battle nick: The Plant
Age: 18
Time zone: EDT
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 10AM til 2-ish every weekday. Whenver on the weekends if I don't have plans. Sometimes late nights 2AM til 4AM. Could get on any of these times to meet up with my tutor.
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Yes
Experience level: In Dp maybe a 3. Best Shoddy ranking was 1484.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, Uber, UU.
A little about myself: I live in Staten Island. I read and like most here try to be pretty well informed. I am a commited weightlifter. I played netbattle rather consistently during the wanning years of ADV. I wasn't eespecially bad and picked up some RBY and GSC abilityto play in the Smogon tours as well. I'm back and really enjoying DPP. I just think I need some help. I am trying my best to improve but I seem to have hit a wall. My teams never seem to hold up to the myriad threats in DP and my lack of abilitty really shows when I face top tier players like Rey and Panamaxis. I could use a little guidance.
 
Shoddy Battle Nick:kidb
Age:14
Time Zone:EST
Regular Hours: 3PM to 8PM, however, i will be unable to use my computer after jul 24
Do you want to play in the tournament?:No
Experience: Ive been on shoddy for the past few weeks,but i havent been getting very far. I am confused on team building, but while looking for move sets and i was amazed at how much information was on the site. So i made it my mission to create a powerful team and win many battles. 2 years and several hundred sheets of notebook paper later, i decided to actually join smogon to further reach my goal.t i'm pretty good at battles.
Tiers I need help in: OU,Ubers,UU
A little about myself: I started to play pokemon at age 12, although i liked it from an earlier age. I stumbled across smogon
I'll take any advice, seriously. Im that desperate. but im not stubborn. im very easy to work with.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: Grammar.Fuhrer (Testv1 for testing my builds)
Age: 16
Time zone: PST (GMT -7)
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): Mon-Sun 3 PM - 3 AM (starting in a week, this week it is more like 3-9 PM)
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Yes, I suppose
Experience level: Moderate experience, I haven't been battling for an extremely long time, but I like to think I know a little.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, Ubers, UU, NU (I suppose Ubers/OU the most because it will be the most advantageous in battle friends)
A little about myself: I'm a 16 year old kid. Pokemon is more of a hobby of mine, than something I take super seriously. I mostly have issues with building teams. I want to make a solid stall team, because the build type seems to have been neglected as of Platinum for more of an offensive type. I prefer to use unorthodox methods to win, so people will be left with a "What the heck just happened?" thought. My nickname comes from the fact that I often get called a Grammar Nazi at school, because I can't stand people typing or texting me, "wat" or anything like that.

Thanks for your consideration!

Edit: Whatever I gain from this I plan on applying to my cartridge game, so I can take it around on vacations and stuff.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: Typhoid
Age: 14
Time zone: GMT - 7
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): Assuming this is New York's time zone, usually from about 11 AM to 8 PM. I have a very sporadic schedule though. I'll try to warn my tutor about things when they come up.
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? I'll take a shot at it.
Experience level: Pretty low. I'm relatively new to the competitive scene. So I need work on pretty much everything.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU. If I have to work with other tiers then it's OU/Ubers/UU.
A little about myself: I spend a lot of time on the computer. I like to sprite and I have a lot of hobbies.

As I have a sporadic schedule and little experience, I would like a tutor who is patient and flexible.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: Hallogen
Age: 15
Time zone: I live in Winnipeg Manitoba (at this moment), so it should be [FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]Central Time Zone (Central Standard time, CST, [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=-1]UTC - 6h during Standard Time)[/SIZE]
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): Generally the time I am on ranges from time I wake up and is a little bit jumbled from there. So usually 10am-2pm, then 5pm-Whenever I go to sleep (which ranges from 8pm-3am). If were talking about shoddy, I'm usually on for an hour or two at a random time. Usually between 3-5pm
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Yes~
Experience level: I know I'm not completely terrible, but I would not say my rating is "fantastic". I'm about average I guess. My CRE is in the high 1400's (about 1450-1470).
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU/Ubers/UU (OU is my preference however, but I'm open to other things).
A little about myself: I'm love art in general. I'm a pixel artist with lots of gaming aspirations and such, been trying to get back into spriting lately. I would like to start doing real pieces as opposed to animating characters and such. But designing is always fun. I currently live in Winnipeg and will be moving to Louisiana (god help me :P) very shortly. Thinking games are fun, very fun. Chess, Card Games, Pokemon - all challenge me think and that's what is so fun about it. I want to grow up to be a private detective/lawyer/Csi guy type thing/pixel artist/video game maker person guy.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: Flamewheeler, Spearfrost, Uberfail, angel_fire, Sub_zer0, anf brutallisque
Age: 18
Time zone: EST
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): all through the day
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Yes!
Experience level: Moderate, but moving up.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, Ubers, UU
A little about myself: I am really upset atm because I've been waiting for this to open up forever and I think I'm too late :( ToF previously agreed to be my tutor and I was looking forward to it since then. I am hoping I will still get in. I wan tto be known like other smogonites. I want to build successful teams on my own and I want to be able to help others with the experience I have gained from becoming a "good" battler in all tiers. I just hope I'm not too late. Wishing for the best...

Twiste of Fate agreed he would tutor me, so it would be nice to be paired with him.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: Mrobinson587, Mrobinson587test
Age:22
Time zone: Eastern
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): for sure 9pm-1am but often more
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? yes
Experience level: Decent
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU
A little about myself: Qualified to vote for UU I usually hover around the high 1400's but never seem to break past there. I had Kevin Garret for the suspect last time but he had said he wasn't supposed to get someone and I didn't really get to do much with him (not his fault)
 
Shoddy Battle nick: -Dialga Master-
Age: 15
Time zone: GMT -8
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 11 am to 12 pm
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? yes
Experience level: not that great
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, suspect?, Ubers
A little about myself: i need really need help with team building. i built a team i though was good, but it was made all of OUs so it was perdicted easily. I'd like to request Kevin Garrett.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: Solyeuse
Age: 14, turning 15 this year.
Time zone: GMT + 8
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): I'm assuming Eastern is GMT+10. In that case, 8pm to 10pm on most days.
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Yes.
Experience level: Pretty low, especially in Team Building.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU. Ubers can go cry in a corner for all I care.
A little about myself: I live in Singapore, and am a straight A student, except for 2 subjects (Second Language and Combined Humanities, comprising of Literature in English and Social Studies). I've liked Pokemon since I was 7, but went "off" after a few years, and only really got back into it last year. I want to improve so that I can start to really contribute to this community instead of lurking since I signed up.

Before I end, I'd like to request that you do not take my low post count into consideration. I actually do check in every day, just that I don't post much.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: The Real Elmo
Age: 18
Time zone: GMT-4
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): I'll just sit on the comp all day, but I'm usually always on from 10~11pm till midnight(in eastern time of course)
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes
Experience level: moderate in fighting, but low in team building
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU or UU, it really doesn't matter
A little about myself: college student, living in michigan, fell away from shoddy/competitive pokemon battling last summer (staffing boy scout camp) and have been wanting to get back into it as well as becoming a more active member of these forums.
 
Shoddy Battle nick:Mountain Dewgong
Age:16
Time zone: GMT 12+ (Auckland)
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): Anytime between 11pm-about 6am on Weekdays Eastern Time. *gulp* And whenever on the weekends, anytime of the day.
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Definitely!
Experience level: Medium, I'd say. I've hovered around 1350-1410 for a while, but can't break that mark.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU, Uber.
A little about myself: Pretty ordinary New Zealand teenager, has loved pokemon since being a young'un, only recently got into competitive battling, probably around May. Lovin' the Smogon atmosphere. :)
 
Shoddy Battle nick: Hobo Bob
Age:17
Time zone: Pacific GMT -7
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): Anytime between 2 P.M to 10 but I am flexible and I can work with my mentor.
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Heck yes. I love competition!
Experience level: Moderate experience on Shoddy but I've never gotten too high of a rank
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): UU, OU, Ubers
A little about myself: Even though I am a hobo I was able to get this labtop from saving change for many years, and I like pie. I prefer running unorthodox strategies such as rain dance since they seem so much more fun then regular offensive styles, so a tutor who may know unusual or "gimmicky" strategies would be nice =D. My favorite style in UU is rain dance but I like stall in OU for some reason. I am horrible at Ubers but I have won some battles using baton pass. My IRL hobbies are Pokemon (duh), reading (Stephen King), and hanging out with my hobo friends. Even though I have progressed on Shoddy, I want to take it even further so I can (hopefully) make it to the top of the ladder.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: RegalStar
Age: 20
Time zone: EDT
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): Mostly at night, though I can be online at all day if needed
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Yes
Experience level: Um... slightly above "beginner"? I've played on and off for about half a year or so.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU, Uber
A little about myself: Uh, I've played for quite a while now, and I *think* I'm getting the hang of this. However, I mostly find myself running offensive teams, and I just cannot grasp the logic behind stall and especially balanced teams (You know you suck with stall when, while trying out Obi's stall just to see what stall plays like, trying to Surf random stuff instead of laying down Toxic Spikes). My offensive team making could use work too (mainly I need to know how to construct teams that don't fall apart when facing even one or two poke disadvantage early on), though I mostly just want to learn about stall and balanced for now. I perfer OU since it's the "Starting point", with other metagames largely based on it.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: HellBound_Soul
Age: 15
Time zone: UTC/GMT +6 hours
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 10 am - 02 pm
Do you want to play in the tournament: Sure why not
Experience level: Playing this game from childhood, and is experienced in Shoddy
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): Mostly OU
A little about myself: What to say? I am a Pokemon Enthusiastic who loves to Shoddy. I have made a few teams that I have ranked pretty far with, and made some horiible teams that de-ranked me terribly. I mostly need help to learn to make better teams than before, and getting a tutor will be just fantastic. :)
 
Shoddy Battle nick: Orcelot
Age: 17
Time zone: GMT
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): I can get online at pretty much anytime, to be honest. I don't have much on at the moment.
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Yes.
Experience level: I'd say mediocre at best.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): UU/OU
A little about myself: I've been playing pokemon ever since R/B/Y but I never really battled competitively until' about a month or two ago when a friend introduced me to Shoddy Battle, and I think I've come quite far in the short time I have been here, gaining a rating of 1400+ on the OU ladder. However, I'm still totally clueless when it comes to UU, so that's something that I think I need help with. Stall is something that has interested me, but I haven't been able to get the hang of it, so I'd love to have a tutor, especially one who knows a fair bit about stall.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: Either sinz or darkblaze
Age: 13
Time zone: GMT +8
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 6am-9am
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Yes!
Experience level: Beginner, I've been playing competitively since a little before platinum came out.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU, Uber.
A little about myself: I've never really got into competitive pokemon battling until 4th gen because of the new options the wifi opened up. I read guides on iv/evs and stuff like that and tried to breed on my diamond. But the process of breeding turned out to be really boring and i was going to quit on competitve poke until i found out about shoddy and it's team building program. I played for a while with reasonable success on the ladder (around 1400) but i wasnt really satisfied. So i thought mayb the apprentice program could help me up my game and help me enjoy the game even more. I live in peninsular malaysia and my hobbies are playing the piano/violin and yugioh. My favourite poke is jolteon, closely followed by umbreon, glaceon (notice the trend?)
 
Shoddy Battle nick: Sp1ffy
Age: 17
Time zone: +8:00 GMT
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 3:00 AM- 1:00 PM
Do you want to play in the tournament: No
Experience level: My highest Smogon rating is 1364 yeah pretty fail haha
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU
A little about myself: I've been lurking on smogon for quite a while and have done quite a few shoddy battles but i seek to improve my game substantially from where i currently am.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: FightGar
Age: 16 (17 in aug.)
Time zone: EST
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 12pm-1am
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? YES
Experience level: I like Play around on shoddy in OU and UU, pretty decent in the UU/NU need work in ubers
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, Ubers
A little about myself: I've been around since about May as you can tell and I'm really active. I like to breed and trade and plan on opening a new trade thread soon. I have access to the IRC and i spend a great deal of time on #smogonwifi. I usually work and hang out with friends on weekends, so weekdays are my best times. I love pokemon and have been playing since RBY. I just started competitively when I learned of the VGC's, but i was unable to compete as i wasn't picked. I love to play VGC matches and tutoring in the VGC metagame would be cool in the future. Personally I'm very laid back and easy going. I'm also very reliable when it comes to meeting up with someone online when I need to. My shedule is pretty open so I'll be able to spend plenty of time learning the ropes of the OU and Ubers. Thanks!
 
Shoddy Battle nick: aRCTIC_45
Age: 18
Time zone: GMT -5
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): like 4-8pm
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? no
Experience level: like 6/10, intermidiate maybe
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, UU
A little about myself: I cant wait for hg/ss
 
Shoddy Battle nick: Felix-
Age: 23
Time zone: GMT +10 (Sydney/Brisbane)
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): Usually around 6PM-10PM (GMT+10) which is 3AM-7AM (GMT-5) [eep?] and all day weekends.
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes or no? Yes!
Experience level: Owned Diamond on my DS for a year before I found Smogon.com and realised how competitive Pokémon was. Began playing on Shoddy around about the same time as the join date of this forum account.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU - Ubers - UU
A little about myself: Currently a uni student in Newcastle NSW I'm an all-round gaming addict and a huge fan of competition play anything, especially turn-based strategies. Once I picked up Pokémon I've never been happier, and using Smogon, Serebii and Bulbapedia I have been doing my best to catch up on all the mechanics I can.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: Dr. Eyepatch; Mr. Test
Age: An age capable of great learning and comprehension.
Time zone: CST - Central Standard Time
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 5/7 PM (Possibly earlier if need be) - 1 AM
Do you want to play in the tournament: It may be nice, but I am fine either way.
Experience level: I dabbled a little in OU and NU, using some of my favorites in a competitive way. I suppose the best answer to this question is a look at one of my teams.
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU (Mostly), UU
A little about myself: I have been around Pokémon since the Red/Blue days, but I have been introduced to competitive battling only shortly before my join date. I never took learning it to a highly serious level, but I am more than willing to improve. I am very patient and open to suggestion, and I would greatly appreciate any assistance given.

Thank you all in advance for this opportunity. Hopefully some openings are left.
 
Shoddy Battle nick: ICSY, Anata
Age: 14
Time zone: GMT
Regular Online Hours (Eastern only!): 12PM - 3PM (Eastern)
Do you want to play in the tournament: yes
Experience level: Slightly below average, having played OU for a small length of time, as well as dabbling in UU. I need help building teams and with some aspects of battling, but my main issue is effective team building (all my teams generally have massive flaws in them that allows them to get swept easily.)
Tiers I need help in (in order of preference): OU, Maybe UU
A little about myself: 14 Year Old from england, good at schoolwork, only just got into competetive(-ish) pokemon. I also play Magic: the Gathering to a reasonable level as my main hobby, my others being running, swimming and gaming. In terms of Pokemon, I've been playing since R/B, but only recently had any idea how to succeed at anything further than beating the Elite 4.
 
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