Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: Draft League

[goldmason]

Welcome to Battling 101! If you're seeking a tutor for Draft League, 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: Draft
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

 

[Heinny]

Username: heinny
PS! Username: heinny
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: GMT+7
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays usually 8pm-11pm, Weekends are typically more open for the whole day.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Been playing draft for around 1-2 years now, been in many discord leagues and smogon tours, usually making it all the way into playoffs and grand finals a few times. Had a tutoring session a few months back with blittius, but hey there's always more to learn from. Mainly trying to be better and get consistency in battles since my performances are kinda rubber banding. would be nice if i can get good enough skills to get into the higher leagues like DPL, DFL, DCL etc.
Are you able to use Discord?: yeah username heinny on discord

 

[Murp3]

Username: murp3
PS! Username: murp3
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: GMT-5
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays usually after 6 pm, Weekends most of the day usually
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Played draft for almost 2 years now (apparently), felt like my improvement has been stagnating recently. I started off playing a lot of server leagues before slowly moving away from them and playing in lower tier team tour and smogon individual tours. Would really like to work on my drafting as Im pretty bad at that, my prep could also use some work.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, fried.onion on discord

 

[Mitsuri]

Username: Mitsuri
PS! Username: Cute Mitsurii
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: +5.5
Usual Hours of Availability: I get free from like 5 pm till 12 am or can do 1 am also on weekends I am free most of time
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): so I am taking part in some draft league it is not in smogon but in discord server draft and I am trying to improve it while still looking for my first match win in draft and I draft good team I would say just i don't have good idea how to use them correctly
Are you able to use Discord? yes

 

[Tempered]

Username: Tempered
PS! Username: Temper0
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: +1
Usual Hours of Availability: Most evenings, from say 8:30 to midnight ish, as well as weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Been playing draft for 4 years now, ive won 2 leagues, not very competitive ones though and am looking to get better, my performance can be very inconsistent and there are defo flaws in my in game play as well as my prep sometimes
Are you able to use Discord? yes

 

[xzeroxman]

Username: xzeroxman
PS! Username: xzeroxman
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: gmt-4
Usual Hours of Availability: 6-11 weeknights and noon to 7pm most weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing in discord draft leagues and been playing for years spanning gen 3 - gen 9 & NatDex drafts as well a small sampling of LC, VGC and Low Tier. I have won several leagues and played in and captained for several discord draft team tours. I struggle more in 8 mon draft then compared to most discord leagues as I crutch on the flexibility and creativity of using lower tier mons. Looking to try more smogon style drafts and just improve as a competitor in 8 mon in general.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[jadeskarlettdragon]

Username: jadeskarlettdragon
PS! Username: jadeskarlettdragon, jadeskarlettgaming
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: gmt-4
Usual Hours of Availability: I am unemployed and a twitch streamer, so I can work my stream schedule around tutoring
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been battling competitively yet sporatically since Gen 4. I never met a stall Pokemon I didn't like. I am currently the most active as I have been in my whole life, joining various draft leagues and speed tours. I play ladder for Showdown, but it's mostly Mix and Mega. I don't know how to form a cohesive draft team, instead I just kind of pick "favorite pokemon that does thing I want" and then end up with a team with five ground weaknesses. I have lost first round of a BW Speed Tour even when having Garchomp and Terrakion in the same draft because my builds and play are lacking
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, jadeskarlettdragon