Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: Old Gens OU

Username: SHSP
PS! Username: SHSP
Signup Format: SM OU, ORAS OU
Your timezone: -5
Usual Hours of Availability: after 3pm mon/thurs/fri, before 5pm tues, all sat, likely time sundays asw
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Been playing for forever now, actively really started participating when SM was current gen. Had success in CAP, but have struggled to make heads or tails of other formats (especially once they transitioned to being old gens). Watching SPL lately and reading the ben gay post has made me really want to pick up either/both of SM and ORAS; they're my favorite old gens and I think they'd help me not only learn how to play the tiers themselves, but also really improve as a player.
Are you able to use Discord?: yep, SHSP on there asw
 
Username: Maxisc23
PS! Username: Maxisc23
Signup Format: SS OU, SM OU, ORAS OU, BW OU
Your timezone: -3
Usual Hours of Availability: Evenings and nights, generally from 2 pm onwards
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I've been playing competitively for a couple of years now. Since I got the chance to play for the Argentinian national team in a major tour, I started focusing more seriously on Smogon and its activities. I've played in the WCUP, the RCUP, and other tours with the national team, and I have experience in other team tours, the most recent being the OUFL.

Currently, I'm looking to continue learning and improving, I also want to better understand how to build so I can help my teammates in future tournaments.

I have a positive attitude and a willingness to learn, I enjoy all the tiers mentioned and would love to expand my knowledge of them to reach my best potential
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, Maxisc23
 
Username: SmartDuck
PS! Username: SmartDuck101
Signup Format: SM OU
Your timezone: GMT+0
Usual Hours of Availability: mostly during weekends, sometimes during the weekday
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I only recently started playing tournaments, but Ive been laddering for a while. I mostly tend to use samples since some of the SM samples are very solid and i see it used in big tournaments like SPL all the time. My biggest goal at the moment is I want to be able to build my own teams that are solid. I want to learn what makes a good team and I also want to get better overall team building aside.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, username- Smartduck(Sarthak)
 
Username: Persephone
PS! Username: Persephone
Signup Format: SM OU
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability:
I'm usually available in the evening from 8 pm gmt+1 during the week or on weekends, there I'm mostly free during the day. -> If possible after this Spl season has ended.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I picked up showdown around 2014 when an irl fren of mine suggested it to me, I grinded ladder for years until I got into competetive around 2018/19 where I started playing the smogtours on weekends.
I have been a 1 trick pony, sticking to my beloved oras ou and I still enjoy it as much as I used to, but I'd like to learn building and playing in sm as well, I have been wanting to pick up the gen for a long time now, but didn't really know where to start from.

Are you able to use Discord?:
Yes, Persephone#2999
 
Username: robertshortgrass
PS! Username: robertshortgrass
Signup Format: DPP OU, ORAS OU
Your timezone: GMT -7
Usual Hours of Availability: Monday-Saturday: Anytime after 13:00 GMT -7, Sunday after 15:00 GMT -7
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing mons ~4 years ago. I started with DPP OU and have mained the tier since. I have also played a little bit of SV OU. I mostly play on ladder, but did participate in the last DPP WCOP. As an offense heavy player, I want to improve my teambuilding and play, and diversify the archetypes I use.
I also want to get better at ORAS OU.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, username is hoopstertiny
 
Username: proszz
PS! Username: proszz
Signup Format: DPP or (SS, SM, Oras, BW if there is a tutor available for those)
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability: everyday after 1:40pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): i have played smogon on and off since 2020 but never really a long time, but this time im playing because i got friends that are playing too. At the moment im spamming all tournaments to find what I enjoy, have qualled for BLT and currently playing on FCL and RBYWC. I am looking for a generation to main so i can specialize and i found DPP interesting. My goal is to learn about the meta and read how cores work and predict what opponent has hidden in team preview
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
 
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Username: Cryoam
PS! Username: Cryoam
Signup Format: BW OU , ORAS OU
Your timezone: CST
Usual Hours of Availability: 8 pm to 2 am
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been playing since 2016, with tournament experience in a few other metas. I was a lot more active around the gen 6 timeframe and would like to learn that meta effectively to be a better tournament threat. I tend to dabble in the high ladder of OMs but have started coming around to gen 9 OU, which makes me desire a more stable tier such as gen 5 & 6.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
 
Username: bubalo1234
PS! Username: bluebetter
Signup Format: Generation 1 OU or Generation 2 OU
Your timezone: PT / Pacific Time
Usual Hours of Availability: Although I am awake any time from 10 AM to 4 AM, I would prefer if it's sometime between 1-4 PM or 6-10 PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I first started playing competitive pokemon when my friends would challenge me to battles in various formats around 2024-2025, giving me a little while to make a team and use it against them.
Since then I have played on showdown a lot, especially in the past 3 months. Despite knowing most of the general mechanics and watching other people play and trying to learn from my losses, I just don't know how to get better at it. Sometimes I can get to 1300 or even higher on the ladder and sometimes I drop all the way to 1000, it almost feels completely random when I win or when I lose
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, it's the same as my username here
 
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