Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: Draft League

Username: Crysite
PS! Username: Crisite
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: EST (GMT-5)
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekday evenings and nights, weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing since gen 4 and have only played competitively since gen 6. My playstyle tends to bulky offense and I am very confident in my abilities as a battler having won tournaments in the past. Draft is something new to me and I need help getting accustomed to this new style of prep and team drafting.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, it's just "crysite"
 
Username: Termnal
PS! Username: Termnal
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: gmt-4
Usual Hours of Availability: 9am-11pm most days
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playign draft for 5+ years and have gotten better recently but I feel like I struggle to win games on my own. I feel like I build good sets or have a decent idea but most times when I win I feel like its just cause my opponent made some kind of obvious blunder and not cause of my prep or skill. This leads to me just not performing consistently, sometimes I can go on great streaks and sometimes I just go 0-x cause my opponents just play normally. I really want to get better at actually developing a gameplan and understanding how to build successful sequencing into my plans
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username: SeanBoyQ
PS! Username: SeanBoyQ
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: CST(GMT-6)
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays 4pm-12am, weekends 10 am -10pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I play a decent bit of singles in ou and peaked in 1500's and also played a bit of national dex ou too. I have been played in 6 Pokémon draft leagues with friends. I want to mostly improve my team building skills when it comes down to prepping against my opponents.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username:RynAnima
PS! Username:RynAnima
Signup Format:Draft
Your timezone:CST
Usual Hours of Availability:Preferably weekends. Weekdays after 6pm but may change soon.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Fairly new to Competitive. I battle here and there for fun. Looking to get better for sure, and more into competitive battling.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username: TezGreninja
PS! Username: Disco 2003
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: GMT+8 (Will be GMT-7 after August 14th)
Usual Hours of Availability: Mostly free weekdays between 11 AM -2 PM, or 9 PM - 12 AM.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've played a fair amount of drafts since joining the scene in 2019, probably over 40 seasons and several team tours as well. Never really made it to DPL (aside from a really short stint where I had to drop out from activity) and I'll be making that my goal for the next season. I took around around a year-long break in 2022 and am just coming back into draft, so I'm trying to refresh my memory on the meta and especially trying to get better at 8-mon formats, where I'm pretty uncomfortable with drafting and a bit less so with prepping. I'm hoping to be somewhat prepared for DCL (or the farmer's alternative) as well as the upcoming draft league circuit tours. I go by Tezzy on discord.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username: HypherZ
PS! Username: CompletelyWashed
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: EST (GMT -5)
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays 5pm-11pm, Weekends 11am-11pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing draft/competitive mons for close to 5 years now, I took a few month break in the middle of those 5 years because of burnout and school. As of recently I've been participating in some tours (USUM and Low tier as of recently), and other drafts to help bring my competitive edge back out. Since then feel like I've been noticing mistakes in teambuilding, drafting, prep and other little niche things in which I want to improve.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes - hypherz
 
Username: not mishmesh
PS! Username: garg is back
Signup Format: draft
Your timezone: gmt +3
Usual Hours of Availability: 3 pm till 10 pm weekdays, free all day weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): started when sv came out, played a ton of smogon tours reaching top 8 at winter seasonal, also played and made pos in some other leagues, like 2 semis in wpf. i love waterpon. id say im good at most drafr skills, drafting building and playing, would like to work on my sequencing and sharpen the other attributes.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
 
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Username: SquidSpring
PS! Username: SquidSpring
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: EST (GMT -5)
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays 1pm-10pm, Weekends 9am-11pm (Subject to change)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been a fan of the series my whole life but just started taking the game seriously the past 3 years, i've really only played in smaller leagues and I’ve only played Gen 9 Draft. I've won a championship and I consistently make playoffs in mid skill divisions. I'd say I'm good at playing, though I sometimes make bad misplays, my issue is mainly prep and having a grasp on what's good and not good in a particular matchup. Some of my favorite mons to draft are :Zapdos-Galar: :Volcarona: :Spectrier: :Excadrill: and :Tapu-Fini:. I work best with a balanced or hyper offensive playstyle, but I can manage with bulkier builds too.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, _jackieFreeze
 
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Username: FlutterFliss
PS! Username: FlutterFliss
Signup Format: Draft
Your Timezone: BST (GMT+1)
Usual Hours of Availability: Ask me on the week, my schedule is very volatile.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon: Been a regular draft player for roughly 2 years and I've managed to play multiple formats from RSE to SV, including NatDex formats and AAA. I don't consider myself very good in the draft skill area as my drafts aren't always synergising, I struggle to competently build for match-ups and my play is an absolute mess if I don't stick to a rigid plan. I'm very unsure on how I should be judging myself as I feel I have too much bias when it comes to reflection. If anything, looking to improve everything and find a way to improve myself consistently. I have no particular style preference but I believe I lean towards Balance / Bulky Offense in my drafts, so I'm very comfortable with that. Pokemon that I draft alot are as follows: (these are picked depending on format)
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Are you able to use Discord?: my tag is ._felicia
 
Username: Hussumon2
PS! Username: Hussumon2
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: GMT +3
Usual Hours of Availability: Varies heavily, generally weekends work best with most times working. Will have to be scheduled session per session due to how my irl is as of now
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started my draft career in November of 2023 and have played a lot of different leagues during that time. I personally think my strong point is drafting itself, I find structures that work quite easily following fundamentals of drafting. My biggest issue in drafting is that I tend to stay on my comfort zone, I always gravitate towards balanced structures via instinct and end up using the same structures over and over again. As a player, my biggest flaw is my consistency issues. I play on a really good level at times, but it averages to extremely mid performances over time as I play like a bot at times. I also find issues in my building, it's relatively boring and short sited, and I get caught of guard by sets I didn't expect. What I would like to focus on in tutoring is analyzing replays and my builds in said games.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, aleksanteri. on discord
 
Username: SamueltheStrong
PS! Username: SamueltheStrong
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: Cst/GMT-5
Usual Hours of Availability:
-Monday/Wednesday/Friday: Evenings and Middays , usually between 10:30AM and 11:30AM my time and 7pm my time and onward.
-Tuesday/Thursday: Only 10:30am-11:30am
-Weekends: Generally Free
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): My first competitive battles took place on Gameboy Colors when I was smol. Red and Blue was where I got my start, but it wasn't until years later I discovered Showdown. My homie Charizard had just gotten two new forms and I just had to try them out. I had a brief stint back around the time XY and ORAS came out where I played random battles and built awful OU teams on Showdown. I came back to Showdown 2 years ago and went right back at it. Once I'd hit top 500 in ORAS OU, I gave in and tried Gen 9. I got into natdex and SV draft with a buddy of mine about a year and a half ago and haven't looked back. I love it so much, but I often feel my drafts are lackluster and everyone has better options. I try to create synergy, but I find that I usually can't be all that clever in the builder. I've played in 4 different leagues including Rissoux's WPF Defense Division and made playoffs in all 7 Regular Season's I've played. In the leagues with my buddies, I usually do fairly well (7-0 and 7-3 records respectively this season) but am struggling in WPF (4-5, barely clinched 7th seed with +1 diff) to take on top players in my div. I'd like some help being more creative in the builder and feeling more prepared. I'd also love some advice on drafting teams.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, same user. Thanks for helping everyone!
 
Username: xNyvorlas (go by Nyv)

PS! Username: xNyvorlas

Signup Format: Draft League

Your timezone: Central Standard Time (CST) (GMT -6)

Usual Hours of Availability: Monday - Friday after 5 PM to 10 PM CST // Saturday & Sunday between 8 AM and 10 PM CST

Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started competitive Pokemon back in Gen 6 OU & UU and slowly built up from there. Most of my experience was just learning Pokemon and match ups in Random Battles for a while until this past year where I have completed 3 draft leagues, made playoffs in 2 of them so far but haven't won any. Still going strong on draft content as I am trying to upload it to my YouTube and I find draft more enjoyable then regular OU and UU laddering.

Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, I am usually on Discord all day as it is even while I am at work.
 
Username: ReeApple
PS! Username: ReeApple
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: GMT +10
Usual Hours of Availability: 4pm onwards weekdays, most time weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): been playing draft for 2-3 years, while I do have several good performances, want to become better at the standard meta(8 mon paldex) and improve at fundamentals in general draft play/prep, while taking it to higher level of play in the larger tournaments
Are you able to use Discord?: yep, discord: reeapple
 
Username: dgrgrnd
PS! Username: dgrgrnd
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: +5.5
Usual Hours of Availability: Currently on holidays, so around 3 hrs per day between 5 am GMT to 5 pm gmt. My schedule is pretty flexible, just there's a cap on free time.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started draft about i think more than a year ago, and have participated in around 10-15 draft leagues total including smogon tours, before that I only played some randbats on and off. While my battling is definitely my weakest point, I want to improve my building as well as I feel I do not understand when I should ev for 2hko range, how to defensively ev etc. and how to play with hazards and as such I currently just rely on setup sweeping to eke out wins.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, regulus corneas on discord
 
Username: ACExDiscostu93
PS! Username: ACExDiscostu93
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability: 7 to 10 pm any day, sometimes afternoon at weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I've played ladder formats in both singles and doubles since SwSh and draft for just over a year. In ladder formats I tend to peak in the 1400 to 1500 elo range and in drafts I usually reach R1 to R2 rounds in playoffs for low to low-mid skill divisions. In smogdrafts I typically make it out of battle pools but not much further, and not much more than a win or 2 in the seasonals. While I believe I'm improving, there's clearly a lot of progress.to be made and I'm keen to learn as much as possible.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, discord tag is acexdiscostu93.
 
Username: Murp3
PS! Username: Murp3
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: GMT -4 (GMT +4 for the next 3 months)
Usual Hours of Availability: weekdays 9 am to 4 pm weekends whenever
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):I started draft around December 2023 or so played in a in-house league with friends before getting more exposure to the scene. Since then I’ve participated in many leagues hosted by different servers, some team tours, and very few smogon draft tours mostly struggling at the knockouts stage. I’ve definitely seen improvement since I began mostly in my battling and team building but my drafting is definitely my weakest point followed by my team building heading into games, would like to focus on those but any advice would be helpful
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
Username: sylveann

PS! Username: sylveann

Signup Format: Draft

Your timezone: GMT +5.5

Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays 5-11 pm, Weekends 7 am-11 pm

Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started trying draft competitively around 6 months ago, being first exposed to it even further back in a draft league among friends. Since then I've joined around 8-9 server draft leagues making it to playoffs in most of them and having won a couple. I feel I've improved significantly compared to when I started, but still struggle with the drafting process, and with flexibility in the building and battling stages.

Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, sylveann on discord.
 
Username: VoidOfDarknesss
PS! Username: Mice X Family
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: GMT +4
Usual Hours of Availability: 3:30-11:30 PM (with exceptions such as lessons on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, but those are just one hour). On weekends I’m often free for the whole day.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I’ve been playing draft for 5-6 years, the first few being private leagues hosted by my friend.
I started playing draft competitively since the release of scarlet and violet, have competed in plethora of drafts with rather consistent showings: multiple Smogdraft top 16/32s, runner-up/champion of every team tour I’ve played in and more.
I’m rather confident in my abilities as a player, but there are some things that set me back from being as consistent as I’d like to be. The main ones being tilting (usually after getting unfortunate rng) and making my decisions too quickly, however when these problems don’t arise I do great like my recent game vs AgentFlane in DDD finals. It would be great to talk with someone who could help me overcome these bad habits.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes (.voidofdarkness)
 
Username:Grimmettz
PS! Username:GymLeaderGrimmettz
Signup Format: Draft
Your timezone: BST
Usual Hours of Availability:
11pm-2am Tuesday-Saturday
All Sunday,Monday
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I started playing draft a little over a year ago and feel like I havnt really improved meaningfully in that time. Current weakest point is team building as a I tend to over cook the team which has the tendency to fall apart after one mistake or something overlooked.
Are you able to use Discord?:
Yes Grimmettz on discord
 
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