Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: Old Gens OU

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Welcome to Battling 101! If you're seeking a tutor for Old Gens OU, you are in the right place. Please read all the rules carefully and fill out every part of the application.

Available Formats:
SS OU, SM OU, XY OU, BW OU, DPP OU, ADV OU, GSC OU, RBY OU

THE 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: SV OU
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

Signup template for Chinese language tutoring:

你的Smogon ID：
你的PSID：
想报名学习的分级：
你的时区：
通常空闲的时间：
简单介绍你的宝可梦对战经历(至少三句话)：

 

[Bahamut]

Edit:returned 19 march 2024
Username: Bahamut
PS! Username: Bahamut (usually find me in old shark room)
Signup Format: ORAS
Your timezone: EST
Usual Hours of Availability: Almost Any. I have a lot of free time during the day currently.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon: Well I can't say when i started playing mons but its been quite a few years now. I played gen 7 anything goes for a while off and on. eventually topped the ladder in that. I played a bit of gen 6 PH in the old shark room back when it was private a few years back and people such as Dramlamb and AVcosmoem were around. I eventually took a big break came back and saw there was a ladder for gen 6 PH. From there well my progression just kept going. I felt really happy the first time topping that ladder. After a long period of time now between building more teams topping the ladder a few more times and helping in a lot of the resources between analysis VR and being RO of Oldshark (with great help from NtoTheN and Mbouchon) I can't say my job is done with Gen 6 PH nor will it be entirely be but the meta has become bit more stale for myself personally. I have fooled around with a few other metas like gen 1 ou or played a random game of this or that from time to time but ORAS ou seems to be what I set my eyes on. There are so many metas to pick from but I just went with my gut and said hey Gen 6 seems more in my direction of style. I seriously want to get gud at this metagame and I actually want to develop skills a lot of the matchups and long-term positioning seem extremely hard for me.
DIscord: UmbralBahamut

 

[tankmonx]

Edit: returned 19 march 2024
Username: tankmonx
PS! Username:
- Powermaple
- Tankmonx
- Starfoxfalco
Signup Format: Gen 4 and Gen 3 OU
Your timezone: EST
Usual Hours of Availability:
- Monday All Day
- Wednesday All Day
- Friday all day
- Saturday all day
- Sunday all day
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Played for 6 years straight from summer 2014 (Gen 6) - 2020 (gen 7/early gen 8). Peaked 1500s in Gen 7 OU.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[awyp]

Edit: returned march 19 2024
Username: awyp
PS! Username: awyp
Signup Format: SM OU / ORAS OU
Your timezone: -4 GMT
Usual Hours of Availability: After 4 PM - 10 PM weekdays and more free on weekend
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Current tutor in SV OU. Pretty comfortable with some gens but I took a 10 year hiatus and came back last year. I would like to boost my experience in SM OU. I ladder a bit, and played a few tours; but I would like a deep dive.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes (awyp)

 

[HSBT]

Edit: 4/7/2024
Username: HSBT
PS! Username: HSBT
Signup Format: SM OU/ORAS OU
Your timezone: GMT -3
Usual Hours of Availability: 9-12 pm.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing several years ago on SM Ubers with no intention of playing seriously competitively. Actually, already played Wcup with Argentina and NatDex Wcup with Team Latam + Spain without standing out too much, being more of a cheerleader. I participated in several SM tournaments, without getting very far. Also ORAS is a tier that I have never been good at and I would like to improve for future tours. I feel that I am being very inconsistent and would like to be tutored.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, holasoybalto

 

[NotVeryCake]

Username: NotVeryCake
PS! Username: CakeConnesseur
Signup Format: RBY OU
Your timezone: GMT+0
Usual Hours of Availability: I am weekdays past 4PM. For weekends I am available most of the day aside from certain situational exeptions or extremely late times.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon: I started playing RBY OU on ladder around June 2022. I started playing playing in tours with RBY Majors I at the start of 2022, which I got to the I think the quarter finals of. I then played in the 2022 RBY Global Championships and made it to the quarter finals aswell. I played in RBYPL 2022 for PU and went 3-2. I feel as if I'm missing a certain something in my play I can't quite put my finger on, which is why I'm looking for help.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, .sandshrew_ on Discord

 

[Waci]

Username: Waci
PS! Username: Waci
Signup Format: ORAS OU, SM OU
Your timezone: MST (GMT -7)
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays 2pm-8pm, Weekends 12PM-12AM (Both semi-flexible)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing seriously post dlc2 SS and made my smogon with SV launch. I peaked 1700 on ladder in SS and 1800 in SV. After playing Masters I realized I'm never going to be able to reach my goals without help. I've struggled to learn non current gens to the level I want by myself so I feel like this would be my best option.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[Blåhaj Blast]

Username: Blåhaj Blast
PS! Username: Blahaj Blast
Signup Format: DPP OU
Your timezone: GMT - 6
Usual Hours of Availability: All weekends. Weekdays: 10-13 and 14-16
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started playing mid 2022 because i had a lot of free time away from home. I'm pretty competitive and enjoy the process of getting better at something. I think i have a very good grasp on the meta and i love teambuilding, but i find it difficult to improve at playing.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, i'm hologramburrito

 

[Silexius]

Username: Silexius
PS! Username: Silexius
Signup Format: BW OU
Your timezone: GMT +0
Usual Hours of Availability: Evening everyday and Weekends apart from Tuesday and sometimes Wednesday
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been playing bw for less than a yr now and I find it fun to play but have got out of shape after not playing for quite a few months. I have played less than 5 tour games and play ladder once in a while. However I do not really understand the teambuilding aspect of touring and some archetypes of teams.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, I am Silexius.

 

[RudeLiees]

Username: Xr Kartana
PS! Username: Xr_Kartana
Signup Format: gen 7 ou
Your timezone: + 1
Usual Hours of Availability: every evening except Wednesday
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): one of my favorite gen, tried to play it competitively, but I struggle at 1300-1400, I want improve my team building skills and playing better
Are you able to use Discord?: no

 

[Illouri]

Username: Illouri
PS! Username: Illouri
Signup Format: Sun and Moon OU
Your timezone: GTM +7
Usual Hours of Availability: 8:30 to 3:30 (my hours can be shaky though)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I created my first PS! account in April of 2020, and I started playing Gen 7 OU and Ubers and Gen 8 OU. I started to hate Gen 8 OU though so I switched to Gen 8 ND and I've stuck with that ever since. Though I'm somewhat involved with National Dex, I'm not very good at Gen 7 and want to learn how to play the tier successfully so I can become fundamentally better at competitive Pokemon as a whole.
Are you able to use Discord?: No

 

[Amstan]

Username: amstan
PS! Username: amstan
Signup Format: SM OU
Your timezone: gmt -5
Usual Hours of Availability: afternoons-evenings US time and weekend varies but usually pretty free
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started off in mons sometime before the Crown Tundra DLC and mostly just had fun on the ladder peaking around 1900 and hovering 1700s. When SV became the current gen, I tried to play that tier for a while, before quitting because I was not a big fan of the tier. I moved to National Dex and currently am council in National Dex STAB. I think my fundamentals are mid tier-decent and SM OU is a tier I've wanted to learn for a bit.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, amstan_

 

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Signups for Chinese language tutoring are now available for the following tiers: RBY OU, GSC OU, DPP OU, BW OU, ORAS OU, SM OU, SS OU

Use this template to sign up for it:

你的Smogon ID：
你的PSID：
想报名学习的分级：
你的时区：
通常空闲的时间：
简单介绍你的宝可梦对战经历(至少三句话)：

 

[jking55]

Username: jking55
PS! Username: JensenDale
Signup Format: DPP OU, ADV OU
Your timezone: GMT - 5
Usual Hours of Availability: 5pm - 9 pm Weekdays, 9 am- 5 pm Weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): After doing current gen OU and Randbats for a little bit. I've been mainly laddering in DPP over the last few weeks. Recently been trying to become better at battling in general, knowing what certain strengths and weaknesses I can play around are., and playing safe when at a disadvantage. I don't have too much experience and would love to work with someone at a higher level than I am to compensate for the holes in my Pokemon knowledge.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, JensenDale

updated: 06/25/24

 

[toinha]

Username: toinha
PS! Username: toinha
Signup Format: ORAS OU
Your timezone: GMT -3
Usual Hours of Availability: I'm nearly always able to play during wednesdays, fridays and weekends.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I feel like I do have a great experiencie overall, I've already won a RU seasonal back in Gen 8 DLC 1, but I also feel I got pretty bad after a 2 year break and I want to know how to adapt, improve and overcome some faillures I usually do.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, toinha is also my discord.

 

[GustavoR]

(Coming from the inactive tutee posts)

Username: GustavoR
PS! Username: gr1997
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: Afternoons after work (clock out at 5:30 PM my timezone) and weekends all day. Will let know with anticipation if I can't make it one day.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started to play seriously around Gen 7 OU, but between college and now work I barely play. Been watching some ADV vids on Yt, and I wanna get involved and learn how to play efficiently (plus Aerodactyl is my fav mon and ADV OU is its peak so)
Are you able to use Discord?: Yessir. gr1997#5796

 

[YouMeAndRNG]

Username: YouMeAndRNG
PS! Username: YouMeAndRNG
Signup Format: DPP OU
Your timezone: CST
Usual Hours of Availability: 4pm-11pm CST on weekdays
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I haven't really been in the community but I've been seasonally active battler since the days when Pokemon online needed to be installed on your computer. I've played DPP OU and laddered pretty well for a number of years but I do feel like I've hit a bit of a ceiling and I haven't really ever explored the tournament scene thoroughly. Despite experience in the tier I think there is always someone to learn from but I understand if this has more of an inclination for beginners.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[ADV Andy]

Username: ADV Andy
PS! Username: ADV Andy, Seradess
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: 4pm-11pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I played one team on ladder for a while and hit 1600 with it, and then joined ML season 16 and learned a lot more teams and matchups. Just recently signed up for ADV Global championships. I find that I struggle to get above 1600 on ladder, and would like to change that. <- Now outdated. I have played in several more tours since then and have explored a lot more teams. I have a bank of saved tour replays to assess and break down to determine my habits and patterns of bad play/weaknesses.
Are you able to use Discord?: I prefer discord over Smogon

 

[JesusGP]

Username: JesusGameplays2
PS! Username: JesusGP
Signup Format: DPP OU, BW OU
Your timezone: -4
Usual Hours of Availability: weekdays after 4:00pm and weekends after 12:00pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing seriously 1 year ago, I play mainly RU and LC, I've played ladder tours, ru,nu,lc open, uubers kick off, otherwise I've played room tournaments, randbat tours, and play ladder
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, jesusgameplays2

 

[estra]

Username: havocknight
PS! Username: h4v0ckn1ght
Signup Format: RBY OU
Your timezone: -3
Usual Hours of Availability: Late afternoons/early evenings, more flexible on weekends.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been on smogon for a while now and I'm interested in improving in oldgens, perhaps I do enjoy more that than playing some of the current generation lower-tiers.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, havocknight

 

[Hussumon2]

Username: Hussumon2
PS! Username: Hussumon2
Signup Format: Bw OU, Dpp Ou
Your timezone: Gmt +3
Usual Hours of Availability: Free usually around my 10 am to my 10 pm, just a time and date is needed
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been playing mons since 2019 but only seriously since September 2023. I am a huge fan of teambuilding and thats what I generally spend doing. I feel like my overall playing is.... okay. I fail to see longer games and lines that aren't exactly obvious at face value, and in replays tend to miss them until months later. I have been slowly but surely improving in this, but feel like professional help would really lock this in. I mainly play BW OU and my experience in DPP is iffy at best, but I wish to learn the format in as I find it extremely fun to play.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, aleksanteri. on discord. I would prefer using VC during coaching

 

[Zelph]

Username: Zelph
PS! Username: EG Zelph
Signup Format: Oras
Your timezone: GMT-4
Usual Hours of Availability: 10am-1pm/6pm-10pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started 1 year ago, and since then I reached round 9 at ORAS and ADV seasonal. played at ADVPL recently, and got picked at the Venezuela wcop team. Played a couple of side tournaments like frontier premier league. I have plenty experience in adv but I want to learn now oras because I think it's a fun tier that I want to play at a better level in tournaments
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, cristianj1588.

 

[Bygone Days]

Username: Bygone Days
PS! Username: dumb and drunk
Signup Format: DPP OU
Your timezone: +2
Usual Hours of Availability: 5pm - 11pm weekdays, later on the weekend
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I started playing and building more seriously around 2019 when I had some really boring classes. I mainly focused on DPP and feel like I've gotten pretty solid on ladder. But even "high" ladder in dpp feels very different from what I see when I watch replays from the top players. I'm really interested in playing tours, learning and improving so I can push myself to the next level. I'm mainly looking for advice on how to build more consistent teams on a high level and long term positioning ingame but I'm very open minded on what I learn and how I learn it.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, username is bygone.days

 

[Bohrier]

Username: Bohrier
PS! Username: Bohrier
Signup Format: ADV or GSC
Your timezone: GMT +5.5
Usual Hours of Availability: weekdays 7:30pm to 12am, sundays 1pm to 12am
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been playing on showdown for a while now(about 5 years), however I only started playing smogon tournaments from late 2022. I have played RBY a good amount, but i wanna play the classic tiers that are not RBY more. ADV I placed top 16 or smth in the recent Old Money tour, and Im not that bad at the tier. GSC I played GSC Invi playins and reached top 12.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, bohrier

 

[IsIghTT]

Username:IsIghTT
PS! Username:IsIghTT
Signup Format: ou Uber
Your timezone: east cental
Usual Hours of Availability: I'm flexible really anytime
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I suck at competitive pokemon and I want to play in competitions and im willing to learn and train as much as i need to win. I'm new to all this and it's fun but I don't know where to start

Are you able to use Discord?:yes I'm available always on my devices