Apprentice Program: Round Ninety Five

[IronBullet]

Welcome to Round 95 of Battling 101! If you're seeking a tutor, you're in the right place. Read the rules carefully and fill out the signup template below.

• You must be able to access IRC or Skype, or whatever your tutor wants as the primary form of communication. We have an IRC channel #battling101 for easy communication with most of the tutors.
• You, the tutee, are responsible for setting up times with your tutor. Don't expect them to come to you. Take the initiative and post on their VM wall first. Additionally, please be patient if your tutor doesn't respond in the first 2-3 days.
• 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.
• Don't request tutors unless they have agreed to tutor you. Tutors: if you agree to take on that tutee, you may have to take two tutees depending on our matchup situation.
• You may request priority if you were skipped in the previous two rounds, or if you had a ridiculously inactive tutor. Make it obvious in your signup thread that you are requesting it, otherwise we'll just glance over it when making pairings.

Fill out this form below, failure to fill out this form adequately means that Battling 101 Mods can ignore your signup post.

Username:
PO/PS! Username:
Your timezone and usual hours of availability:
What tier do you want to learn?:
Tell us a little about yourself:
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?:
Do you understand how the blacklist works?:

Username: Steven Snype
PO/PS! Username: Andrew
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: Tues, Fri 12 - 6 PM.
What tier do you want to learn?: XY OU
Tell us a little about yourself: I'm a baller that likes to play rugby and go to hackathons, but I'm pretty busy with stuff irl and often end up just sleeping through everything I need to go to.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

The Blacklist (aka Battling 101 Detention)
You will be banned from signing up for future rounds if:

• You show poor activity over the course of a round (banned for 2 rounds)
• You decide during the round that you do not wish to be tutored anymore, or you mistakenly sign up for a tier you thought was something else, and no longer wish to be tutored. This is most common when selecting Smogon Doubles / VGC, THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING (banned for 2 rounds)
• You show a lack of enthusiasm or you're consistently distracted by other things (banned for 1 or 2 rounds)
• You fail to complete the tutor evaluation form that we will send out during the last week of the round (banned for 2 rounds, infracted for 1 point)
• You are annoying to deal with. This will vary from tutor to tutor. Some tutors don't like it when you talk back, argue with them, whine about hax, whine about sucking at Pokemon, or any version of the 'woe is me' attitude. Tutors get pissed at different things, so if they complain to us that you are exhibiting poor behavior, expect to be on the blacklist. (banned for 3 rounds)

Repeated offense of any of the situations above means you will have an extra round added to the regular ban. For example, if you show for a second round that you have poor activity, your ban will be 3 rounds. If you have been on the blacklist for three different instances, you will be EXPELLED from Battling 101 (perma-ban from signing up).

Blacklist

KhosroTheGreat 93 - 96
ElementofSmash 93-96
Veleno 94-5
Obliviate 94-5
GGamer 94-5
Bishorp 94-5
DearLaw 94-5

Active Tutor List

Raseri: ORAS NU
Jirachee: BW OU
Laga: ORAS DOUBLES
Reymedy: BW OU / ORAS OU
Trinitrotoluene: ORAS OU
Molk: ORAS RU
Metal sonic: ORAS UU / ORAS OU / BW OU
Stratos: ORAS DOUBLES
Audiosurfer: ORAS DOUBLES
Jio: VGC 2015
King UU: ORAS UU
Valentine: ORAS OU
Macle: ORAS LC
Goddess Briyella: ORAS LC
Bluwing: ORAS OU
Steve Angello: ORAS UBER
Mambo: ORAS LC
Krauersaut: ORAS UBER
Haruno: ORAS DOUBLES
Bouffalant: ORAS UU
Ironbullet93: ORAS UU / BW OU / DPP OU
Galbia: ORAS RU
FAJI: ORAS RU
Leftiez: DPP OU / BW OU / ORAS OU
Sweep: ORAS UBER
GiraGoomy: VGC 15
Zamrock: ORAS OU
The Ender: ORAS OU
Expulso: ORAS RU
The Goomy: ORAS NU
Kiyo: ORAS NU
Serapis: VGC 15
Tricking: ORAS OU / DPP OU
Ajna: ORAS RU
Laurel: DPP OU
Jukain: ORAS OU
-Gizmo-: ORAS OU
DennisEG: ORAS OU
Darkerones: ORAS UU
Christo The Gr8: ORAS UU
JohnYiu: ORAS OU
Tokyo Tom: BW OU / ORAS OU
Rumor: ORAS OU
Alkov: ORAS OU
Can-Eh-Dian: ORAS NU
Cherub Agent: ORAS NU / ORAS RU
aim: ORAS OU / ORAS UBER / ORAS NU
ABR: ORAS OU
Genesis7: ORAS OU
Steelphoenix: ORAS UBER
BKC: DPP OU / BW OU / ADV OU
fatty: ORAS UU / ORAS LC / DPP OU

This round will end on May 1.

This thread will close after 60 amount of posts have been made to prevent a huge backlog of people requesting priority for the next round.

 

[jpw234]

Username: jpw234
PO/PS! Username: jpw234
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: US East, I am a college student and will probably be able to accomodate anybody. But generally, Monday after 1, T/Th after 4, W after 6, F after 11, any time weekends.
What tier do you what to learn?: ORAS OU
Tell us a little about yourself: I am 19, from Kansas City MO, go to school at Cornell, majoring in Computer Science, love sports and video games. I have been playing Pokemon on sims since mid gen 4 but not in any sort of competitive way until late gen 5. My goal is to improve my teambuilding, particularly with offensive playstyles, and my prediction skills and eventually play in SPL and represent US Central in WCoP.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Either, although I'm not too familiar with IRC.
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes.

 

[metmaver]

Username: metmaver
PO/PS! Username: metmaver
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: GMT+1, 5pm to 12am during weekdays, almost always during weekends;
What tier do you want to learn?: DPP OU
Tell us a little about yourself: I'm a 19 y/o italian guy who attends university. I love music, and I play the guitar. I am willing to learn DPP OU because I would love to make a serious run in one of the next Smogon Tour seasons. I started playing competitively at the end of 2013, and I consider myself decent in the current OU metagame.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Both, I just have to figure out how IRC works.
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[KonMan]

Username: KonMan
PO/PS! Username: KonMan
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: EST I'm available Mornings afternoons and nights right now so i can work with tutor on the best time
What tier do you want to learn?: oras ou
Tell us a little about yourself: I'm 25 years old. Im an avid weightlifter, I love to be in and around the water, cars motorcycles and pretty much anything with a motor. And I have a 2 year old pit bull lol
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: yes I have skype on my laptop
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[jay]

Username: Scald
PO/PS! Username: Scalding
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: GMT -5 And 4:30 pm-10:30 pm.
What tier do you want to learn?:ORAS RU.
Tell us a little about yourself: I'm 13, I've been playing mons for about a year and my weakest point is teambuilding. I also love the Naruto series.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Skype is preferred.
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes.

 

[candyflip]

Username: candyflip
PO/PS! Username: candyflip (don't use po)
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: eastern time, I can be online almost whenever though.
What tier do you want to learn?: oras ou
Tell us a little about yourself: Just your average student at university who also enjoys mons. I've been lurking on ps for a while now but only recently did I bother to make an account here, hoping to actually get better at this game. Besides mons stuff I love to talk sports and I am a math/compsci major at school.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: yes irc prefered
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: got it

 

[LighTz911]

Username: LighTz911
PO/PS! Username: LighTz911
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: 3 PM - 12 AM EST
What tier do you want to learn?: DPPt OU
Tell us a little about yourself: I am an Asian high school student living in New York.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

BKC agreed to tutor me this round.

 

[DarkChocolateGamer]

Username: DarkChocolateGamer
PO/PS! Username: DarkChocolateGamer
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: central time (US &Canada) 4pm to 8pm weekdays completely free all day.
What tier do you want to learn?: OU
Tell us a little about yourself: I want to become a writer
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?:yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?:yes

 

[noobcaek]

Username: noobcaek
PO/PS! Username: boltra
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: GMT, 5pm-10pm
What tier do you want to learn?: ORAS OU and ORAS UU
Tell us a little about yourself: I used to play in BW OU and I was okay, but I took a break for three years and now I'm pretty rusty. I like to be creative with teambuilding and I demonstrated this in BW OU but I need to get to know the metagame again. I like to draw and create art ~
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Yes, both but Skype is preferred if that's okay.
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: I do and I understand why it was first put in place ^^

 

[silverarow180]

Username: silverarow180
PO/PS! Username: silverarow180
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: GMT +8 All day on the weekends and on late weeknights?
What tier do you want to learn?: VGC 15
Tell us a little about yourself:When i’m not playing pokemon, i’m playing music.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: yes both
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[qsns]

Username: qsns
PO/PS! Username: qsns
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: GMT -5, 4-10pm weekdays
What tier do you want to learn?: ORAS NU
Tell us a little about yourself: i'm 14, mainly play doubles (mod in the doubles PS room). looking to branch out into other tiers. i've tried out a few others, but i've tried out NU and it really does seem like a fun tier i'd like to learn more of.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Both work
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yep :)

 

[Coronis]

Username: Coronis
PO/PS! Username: Coronis
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: GMT+10 Available on certain days during daytime, 5-12pm most nights, and randomly in the middle of the night.
What tier do you want to learn?: ORAS OU
Tell us a little about yourself: Uni student doing Physics. Getting back into mons after a 4 year break.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[busyguy]

Username: shui3
PO/PS! Username: shui3, shui4, Mil Yal
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: UTC+1: weekends are perfect there i'm free almost all day and all night, in the week i'm free on Tuesday and Wednesday 8-12 PM, but other days are possible too, if we face timing problems
What tier do you want to learn?: UBERS
Tell us a little about yourself: I'm a german Computer Science student, 23 years old. I play Pokemon for a few months now and i laddered 1600+ in OU. Now i want to learn Ubers.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Skype,i can adapt to the wishes of my tutor aswell
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes, why shouldn't I ?

 

[shiloh]

Username: MetaPhysical
PO/PS! Username: MetaPhysical
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: PST (GMT -8). Most weekdays after 8 PM, and all day Saturday and Sunday
What tier do you want to learn?: ORAS LC
Tell us a little about yourself: I am a Junior in High School, and am a Graphic Designer for my schools Yearbook and Robotics Team.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Simperheve]

Username: Simperheve

PO/PS! Username: Simperheve on PS

Your timezone and usual hours of availability: GMT from 5 until 10pm. Available to communicate in some capacity most of the day though

What tier do you want to learn?: VGC 2015!

Tell us a little about yourself: I've been playing for the last 2 or so years with rather meh amounts of success, so I wanna up my game!
Outside of the pokemanz I'm a software developer and avid gamer. Imma also a keen archer

Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: IRC is ok, Skype is better though

Do you understand how the blacklist works?: I sure do! I'll be a good boy, honest!

 

[quagback2qc]

Username: Quagback2qc

PS Username: qc2chd

Your Time Zone and usual hours of availabilty: CST and from 9 PM onwards.

Tier u want to learn: ORAS OU

Tell us a little about yourself: Sophmore in HS and want to learn to be able to contribute and ladder professionally.

Are u able to use either IRC or Skype: Yes, Skype

Do u understand how the blacklist works?: Yes


Gizmo has agreed to tutor me.

 

[Maple Syrup]

Username:Maple Syrup
PO/PS! Username: Mapsy/Mapsyrup (don't use these to ladder)
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: GMT-5 (EST) Free after school ~4:00pm, and on weekend afternoons.
What tier do you want to learn?: ORAS OU
Tell us a little about yourself: 17 year old student who is going into Computer Science, been playing 'mons for a decent while now but never wanted to be tutored till now. I am looking to just get better at battling and a little better at teambuilding, more so completing unfinished teams.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Both
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[Nuggscrubet]

Username: Nuggscrubet
PO/PS! Username: Nuggscrubet, Nugscrubbet
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: BST+1, all day on weekends/holidays, 3:30pm-12am weekdays
What tier do you want to learn?: ORAS UU and/or ORAS OU (would prefer uu if possible)
Tell us a little about yourself: 15 years old, played pokemon since I was 5. I like listening to music, mostly rock, and watching anime, movies and tv shows. My preferred playstyles are bulky offense and hyper offense. I feel the need to improve my teambuilding skills, as well as battling in general, as I tend to either play too safe or too risky in a lot of situations.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Yes, I can use either.
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Empress]

Username: Snobalt
PO/PS! Username: Snobalt
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: GMT -4 (EST), weekdays starting at 6 PM and any time on weekends
What tier do you want to learn?: ORAS NU / ORAS OU (in that order)
Tell us a little about yourself: Currently a high school senior, will study engineering at Brandeis starting next year, spend way too much time on Smogon.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Yes- both
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Duncajuwon]

Username: Duncajuwon
PO/PS! Username:Duncajuwon
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: GMT -7; 3-10 pm
What tier do you want to learn?: Oras Ubers
Tell us a little about yourself:I'm a freshman in high school. I think my biggest weakness is teambuilding, and I want to get better at that.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: I can use both
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[Donnie Leaman]

Username: Donnie Leaman
PO/PS! Username: Leamankid
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: Eastern; any time after 4:30pm
What tier do you want to learn?: OU/Uber/VGC
Tell us a little about yourself: My name is Donnie Leaman, I'm 24 years old. I've played pokemon my entire life, and have slowly over time learned a lot; I just have no battling experience. I joined PS! recently and am starting to get some battling experience under my belt. Besides Pokemon, I play guitar in a bluegrass band, and I love smash bros and mario kart.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[dunce parcel]

Username:dunce parcel
PO/PS! Username: gearchomp
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: Pacific 3-9 p.m. weekdays, generaly available but sometimes varies on weekends
What tier do you want to learn?: VGC 2015
Tell us a little about yourself: i like pixel art and digital art in general, my favorite pokemon are quagsire and dunceparce, and I generally get along with everyone.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[pepe g.]

PO/PS! Username: pepe g.
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: I am GMT +1 and I come online any time from 4PM to 10PM on weekdays and can come on earlier on weekends.
What tier do you want to learn?: ORAS OU
Tell us a little about yourself: I started playing pokemons again this year (not played much at all since 2013). I taught myself a lot already but feel stuck. I like technology science, drawing, music, health & fitness. Looking to get into the tournament scene since I was always a fan of it but never played much. My favourite type is Electric.
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Yes.
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes.

 

[Camden]

Username: QuoteCS
PO/PS! Username: QuoteCS
Your timezone and usual hours of availability: 5pm EST until 12 AM est weekdays, afternoons Saturday and all day Sunday.
What tier do you want to learn?: ORAS RU
Tell us a little about yourself: I'm an LC Moderator, PS Global Driver, Smash player, and I do a bunch of other things. I also like trying out new tiers so here I am wanting to try out RU!
Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Yep! I can provide my info as needed.
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Eyan]

• Username: Eyan

• PO/PS! Username: Eyan

• Your timezone and usual hours of availability: GMT+8. Afternoon/evening to about 2AM my time when there's school the next day. Otherwise I can stay up all the way until like 7AM.

• What tier do you want to learn?: ORAS LC

• Tell us a little about yourself: Singaporean student, 17 years old. On PS I'm a mod in the Competitive Tutoring room, but I mainly play UU. I'm also a global voice on PS. LC has always been fun to me, just want to learn team building and the meta in general.

• Are you able to use either IRC or Skype?: Yes to both

• Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yep