Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: Old Gens OU

[Thor]

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)：

 

[phosphor]

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)：

 

[ElectraineHeart]

Username: Ineros
PS! Username: Ineros
Signup Format: ORAS OU, SM OU, SS OU
Your timezone: gmt -5
Usual Hours of Availability: 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM my time on weekdays, free pretty much all day on weekends (my time)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started comp mons playing ndou and that has been my main format for a year and a half now, but I’ve been getting interested in fairy gens as well because of the games I’ve seen / played being really fun to watch and I want to be able to perform well in old gen individuals at some point. I have a baseline knowledge of these gens as I’ve played them in the past in certain tours but I want to become proficient in building because the team structures in these tiers catch my attention. I also want to improve my set recognition in these tiers / general in-game so I can perform better in future tours with them.
Are you able to use Discord?: ineros0135

 

[venesha]

Username: averagetoxapexlover

PS! Username: Pex Universe

Signup Format: BW OU

Your timezone: GMT-4

Usual Hours of Availability: 4pm - 12 am

Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Been playing on the site for 3 years, mainly been playing SS OU, SSND, and SVND. I haven’t had much tournament prevalence but i have always been attending/signing up for
them before i was banned and currently.

Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[Gochan]

Username: Gochan
PS! Username: Gochan
Signup Format: BW OU,ORAS OU, SM OU, SS OU
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: Mostly I'm available on nights after 8 pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing since Gen 5, when I started it was usually for fun and not getting so serious I played mostly in a hispanic server so that's where I came with some builds little crazy but it worked. Time has passed and I wanted to improve those tiers that I played before, I'm getting better playing SS to be honest making to the quarterfinals of the SSLT that was made recently I hope that can counts lol, making 5-2 masters league and a 6-3 on OUFL, also last year I was close to make it to the top cut on Smogon masters doing a 6-3. I don't wanna be only a SS player I want to be helpful with other tiers and even with buildings so I can fit for any team.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, Gochan_n

 

[Nichalho]

Username: Nichalho
PS! Username: Nichalho
Signup Format: SM OU and/or SS OU
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: Evenings on weekdays, more open on weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I played gen 7 and 8 when they were current gen, but not at any competitive level. Recently I've been playing them in tours like Masters, STour and Seasonals and not only have I found I've improved, but I've been enjoying playing these gens a lot more. I'd love the chance to refresh my memory a bit and learn the intricacies of either of these metas in the hopes to continue growing and playing them more competitively.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[RedEllipse]

Username: Ellipse
PS! Username: ellipsettv
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability: any time during the weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Ive been playing since gen 4 and im still bad
Are you able to use Discord?: redellipse_

 

[Toryyy]

Username: Toryyy
PS! Username: Tory4
Signup Format: RBY OU, GSC OU, DPP OU, XY OU, SM OU, SS OU
Your timezone: GMT-3
Usual Hours Of Availability: 2PM to 11PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I frequently play ladder, mainly SV OU and SV ND. I have minimal experience in gens 1, 2, 4, 6 OU, a little more in SM and quite a bit in SS. I'm currently looking to improve in the ones I already have some experience in and learn in the ones I don't.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[JoshSketch]

Username: Josh Fleszar
PS! Username: JoshSketch
Signup Format: GSC OU, DPP OU
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: Anytime.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I'm pretty good in the Old Gens except these two. No matter what I seem to not be able to really excel in GSC and I want to fix that, especially since it's my 2nd favorite Old Gen. For DPP, I barely play anymore, but I'd love to learn how to build better and play better.
Are you able to use Discord? Yes, JoshSketch is my discord.

Li

 

[Azure_Crystal]

Username: Azure_Crystal
PS! Username: Crowned Crystals ♔
Signup Format: BW OU
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: Late nights and Weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokémon (min. 3 sentences): BW OU is one of my favorite generations that I've been playing since mid-late 2019. During this time, I did mess around with other metagames, but BW OU stuck with me like glue because of how fun the 5th Generation of competitive is, and the high-level tour games like SPL, Smogtours during that time, and other circuits with strong players further encouraged me to improve at BW. From then to now, I still try to learn and invest myself into tours as much as I can, and there were admittedly moments of self-improvement in how far I can go, there were still a lot of errors that held me back from being consistent in games. Thus, I wish to find someone fortunate to polish my way of battling and generally learn new things to get better.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, 00_crystal

 

[IcyPenguin2]

Username: IcyPenguin2
PS! Username: icypenguin604
Signup Format: oras ou, bw ou, sm ou
Your timezone: gmt -5
Usual Hours of Availability: mornings/evenings tend to work well
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing tour w/ rands in January last year, made top 16 of that circuit and went 5-1 in rbtt, went 2-1 in uuwc beating empo, voted #3 best new player on the site in smog awards, picked up doubles and went 7-3 in osdt, got drafted in dpl, and I'm currently 3-3 in smpl and 1-0 in bsspl. I also won an individual cavy tour in roa slam, taking down a few spl players along the way. Despite all this, I've never really played ou before, which is something i'd like to get into, and I'm not the best at building outside of doubles, which is something im hoping to work on. I'd also like to learn how to path and position better long term.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, at icypenguin2

 

[liquidrelief]

Username: surmen
PS! Username: Surmen6781
Signup Format: GSC OU, DPP OU, ORAS OU
Your timezone: GMT 3.5
Usual Hours of Availability: available except saturday, available hours change from day to day
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing competitive Pokemon from GSC. I started enjoying it but also getting piss mad for my mistakes. I jumped to other metagames to atleast try to get better in someway, but it failed. I'm tired of being the sore loser. That might sound corny, but it's true. Please help me.
Are you able to use Discord?: surminader (im still waiting for a respond from one of the tutors)

 

[Incognition]

Username: Incognition
PS! Username: Incognition
Signup Format: ORAS OU
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability: Most weeknights, most Sunday and sometimes Saturday's
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing a range of different tours with mixed results, to get to know different metas with the aim of being an 'all rounder player' and know the community much better.

I've recently been tutored by Gypsy in BW OU who helped me cover a range of things, however, I want to continue this momentum, improving the fundamentals and teambuilding process, and fairy gens have been my weaker/weakest gens.

I am very active on showdown and will be willing to put the time, effort, and enthusiasm in with my potential tutor.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes (VC & Message) - Incognition

 

[natooo0]

Username: natooo0
PS! Username: no0name
Signup Format: oras ou,sm ou,ss ou
Your timezone: GMT +5.30
Usual Hours of Availability: afternoons 1-4pm or 9-11pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): im new to smogon i have some experience in pokemon and i just hit 1400 on sm ou ladder
Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[Calmmind75]

Username: Calmmind75
PS! Username: Calmmind75
Signup Format: SM OU, SS OU
Your timezone: GMT +1
Usual Hours of Availability: From my 15:00 and onwards, usually on weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have experience in all of the formats, reaching top 11 in SM, while averaging between 1400s on SS, but I feel like I lack meta knowledge (as I mostly used HO), so it would be interesting to learn more about the meta and common cores on these formats.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[Aurella]

Username: Aurella
PS! Username: Aurella
Signup Format: ORAS OU
Your timezone: -7
Usual Hours of Availability: Nights
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[HitmonchanIsAGoodPokemon]

Username:HitmonchanIsAGoodPokemon
PS! Username:mggfgfhj
Signup Format:SS PU
Your timezone:AEDT UTC/GMT +11
Usual Hours of Availability: Available on Sundays
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I am not very good at competitive at all. The best i can do is do mildly good teambuilding. I consider myself bad
Are you able to use Discord?:yes, my username is Archie/@mrnedryerson2307

 

[Long el bhapo]

Username: long el bhapo
PS! Username: long el bhapo
Signup Format: Dpp BW
Your timezone: GMT-7
Usual Hours of Availability: usally after 6pm but am very flexible
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I haven't had much experience in competitive Pokemon beyond wifi battles as a teenager I found out about PS about a year ago and I am fimillar with 90% of item's, abitlies and moves I have never built a team and have only played random battle I have almost 500 games at about a 50% win rate and would like to explore more formats with help and guidance I have learned a lot watching YouTube and BKC spesifcally I am very active on showdown and will be willing to put the time, effort, and enthusiasm in with my potential tutor.




Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[jyusaan]

Username: jyusaan
PS! Username: jyusaan
Signup Format: SM OU, ORAS OU
Your timezone: GMT +1
Usual Hours of Availability: most evenings and weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have played mostly random battles at a tournament level, making top cut of last year's circuit and going positive in last year's RBTT. I would like to get more into tiers as recently I have been finding myself picked for team tours which i then proceed to do badly in lol. i have never dedicated too much time to learning tiers so i would appreciate the guidance in order to reach the higher levels of play i'm aiming for
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[darkman64]

Username: darkman64
PS! Username: darkman64
Signup Format: adv, dpp
Your timezone: gmt -3
Usual Hours of Availability: in the nigth at night between 10pm and 2am every day
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): disappointment, failure and failures
Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[Blaze]

Username: Blaze
PS! Username: Wildfiree
Signup Format: ORAS OU
Your timezone: -4 soon to be -5
Usual Hours of Availability: 5 pm to 10 pm on weekdays and free on weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):pretty experienced with tiers like ss ou and sv ou I’m a tutor for natdex ou played several tournaments decent showing. However as of late ORAS OU has been very interesting to me especially after playing a couple sets of it in Smogon masters. I would love to learn about it more in depth.
Are you able to use Discord?: yep voice chat is preferred though I feel it helps me learn easier.

 

[magma_man]

Username: magma_man
PS! Username: magma_man85
Signup Format: oras ou, sm ou, rby ou, gsc ou, adv ou, dpp ou, bw ou
Your timezone: gmt-4
Usual Hours of Availability: after 5pm on most days
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing for 1 year and have played in tours such as the Smogon Classics, in which I finished with 12 points. I've also played in SMLT and have peaked at 1712 elo, which sadly just barely doesn't qualify me for playoffs. I feel like I'm inconsistent when it comes to battling. In some games, I play extremely well, and in others I play extremely badly. My goal is to consistently perform well in tournaments such as the Smogon Classics in which I want to make playoffs as well as SM and ORAS tours, which I thoroughly enjoy playing as well.
I'm also active on showdown and am willing to put in the time and effort with my potential tutor.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, magma.man12

 

[WraxiusGaming]

Username: WraxiusGaming
PS! Username: WraxiusGaming
Signup Format: GSC OU
Your timezone: -6 after daylight this weekend
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekday Evenings, Weekends should be mostly free
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Pretty okay at ADV, I've played for somewhere around 2 or 3 years straight and I've made enough progress to make reasonable runs in ADV Tours, both on smogon and offsite. I've played a bit of GSC ladder but nothing in tour worth noting.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, my discord is WraxiusGaming

 

[Yuukimura]

Username: Yuukimura
PS! Username: Yuukimura1
Signup Format: BW OU, XY OU, SM OU, SS OU
Your timezone: PERU GMT -5
Usual Hours of Availability: Morning and night
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I used to play PokeNexus competitively, and I use hyper-offensive teams. In Showdown, I usually play OU in the formats mentioned above, and sometimes I play Gen8 Nat Dex.
BTW I'm not good at speaking English ): I have trouble understanding it ,srry. Can you match me with someone who also speaks Spanish.
Are you able to use Discord?:
Yes, of course. Yuukimura#7062

 

[hxmo]

Username: hxmo
PS! Username: hxmo
Signup Format: SS OU,SM OU
Your timezone: -3
Usual Hours of Availability: 4pm -3 to 10:30pm -3.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Hi, I'm hxmo, I'm constantly on the ladder for singles over used, I was bought from OUFL but haven't been selected to play yet, I'm relatively experienced in singles and sm ou,and i constantly are building for ss ou
Are you able to use Discord?: b.hxmo on dc