Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: Old Gens OU

Username: NDK
PS! Username: NDK
Signup Format: BW OU
Your timezone:
GMT-4
Usual Hours of Availability:
Weekends free whenever, Mondays after 7pm, Tuesday from 11 AM to 3pm. Wednesday after 5 PM. Thursday 11 AM-3pm, after 5pm, Fridays free whenever
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I have been seriously using Smogon for about 3 years now, starting in early 2022. Most of my experience has been in UU, as I have been playing that tier for 3 years and got drafted for UUFPL 3 times and UUBD once. I got drafted for BWPL, which made me interested in learning BW OU. I would like to learn more about the tier, and improve at mons in general.
Are you able to use Discord?
Yes
 
你的Smogon ID:Corvikafka
你的PSID:Corvi01
想报名学习的分级:
BW
你的时区:
GMT+8
通常空闲的时间:
除了睡觉都很空闲
简单介绍你的宝可梦对战经历(至少三句话):
20年g7ou末期g8ou初期入坑Pokemonshowdown一小段时间,后来退坑三年近期刚回坑,略懂5-9OU,想要精进自身实力。
 
Username: betathunder
PS! Username: betathunder
Signup Format: GSC OU, ADV OU
Your timezone: gmt -5
Usual Hours of Availability: 6-10 pm M-F, 3-10 pm Sat, 10 am - 5pm Sund
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing competitive mons on PS! for over a decade now, having been active in the OMs scene from 2015-2020 and rands scene from 2019-present. I'd like to get back into building and more mainstream tiers and i've been having fun playing GSC rands so I figured this would be a good tier to start in. mainly looking for building support & identifying common archetypes/strategies based off leads

Are you able to use Discord?: yes, my account name is betathunder


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Username: Kokona Aoba
PS! Username: Varies, currently using anki grinder
Signup Format: SM OU
Your timezone:
+5.5
Usual Hours of Availability:
Evening I'm always free, also the weekend.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I've been laddering for around a year now, but got into seriously trying to learn metas around 6 months ago. I'm mostly experienced in ORAS OU (top 500 ladder peak, in Discord tours), and have been hoping to learn SM for a while. Since there might be an SM Mushi League soon, I thought it would be a good idea to get seriously into it now.
Are you able to use Discord?:
Yes, krystallion1396
 
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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
 
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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
Hello my friend can you battle with me
 
Username: JTChilly
PS! Username: JTChilly
Signup Format: ADV
Your timezone: CDT
Usual Hours of Availability: Generally free anytime between 5pm and midnight most days
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I’ve been playing Pokémon showdown since I first discovered competitive in gen 6, and as such I’ve played to obtain a skill level to give my favorite YouTubers a run for their money— despite how unrealistic of a dream that’s been. My goals, however, shifted after scraping into top 500 in randomized formats like gens 3, 5, 6, and 9, to achieving it in gen 3 OU, peaking at around top 50 (albeit it with a premade kingdra para spam team). Now that I see just how large the gap truly is, I’m hoping to take my journey far more seriously by actually understand the complexities of the game like proper team building, exploring any additional formats as directed, and play at a level showing considerably decent tournament participation that shows I hold my own in a pinch.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yup! My username is james4444041
 
Username: e-create
PS! Username: depends on which account im using to ladder but main account is arsen18=
Signup Format: ORAS ADV
Your timezone: gmt-5
Usual Hours of Availability: generally Saturday and Sunday
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):

one of my first of matches was playing a game of ADV AND ORAS. out of all meta games I have played I realized that I enjoyed adv whether it be from the intricacies and details from before the physical special split and unique sets and niches can have.As for ORAS it was the best tier I ever laddered in reaching a 1500elo once. I realized I not only want to have fun in playing these old metagames I actually want to be better at it.

Are you able to use Discord?: yes the user name is e-create
 
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Username: LogOffNow

PS! Username: skylink42

Signup Format: ORAS OU, ADV OU

Your timezone: GMT +7

Usual Hours of Availability: after 2pm and before 10pm everyday

Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started playing mon competitively few years ago and i'm interested on getting better on my favorite gen.

Are you able to use Discord?: yes
 
Username: Corvinus
PS! Username: corvinus II
Signup Format: RBY OU, GSC OU, DPP OU
Your timezone: GMT -4 (EDT)
Usual Hours of Availability:
4pm to Midnight is preferred
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've played showdown very casually since 2021, but didn't try to improve until about 8-12 months ago, courtesy of Jimothy Cool and BKC on youtube. I feel good about my skill, but I want to go from just pushing buttons well and mostly stealing teams to being a skilled teambuilder and having better vision and planning in battle. I've signed up for these tiers because I want to play in the Smogon Classic eventually, and I want to pick up another tier besides ADV.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, discord: corvinusii (voice is good)
 
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Username: tsukinomiko
PS! Username: tsukinomiko
Signup Format: ADV OU, DPP OU, BW OU
Your timezone: GMT -5 (CDT)
Usual Hours of Availability:
Available in the afternoon/evening on most days after about 4 PM.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I got onroaded to ADV about six months ago, have a bit of tour experience but not really satisfied with my skill level and looking to improve. I've played some of and been interested in DPP and BW for a while and really want to improve at those as well. I play almost every OU every now and then but I'm particularly focused on improving at these three oldgens. I really enjoy teambuilding in all three, and would like to reach a skill level where I can do it more comfortably.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, my disc is tsukinomiko_
 
Username: CringeLord!
PS! Username: Cringlord!
Signup Format: BW/SM/ORAS (pref bw)
Your timezone: GMT -5
Usual Hours of Availability: After 3:30 on weekdays and free most weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started playing showdown a couple years back, didnt really take it super seriously until about 6 months ago? Played a lot of old gen ubers and Oras would consider myself to be competent Oras (peak 1670 yes ik ladder points dont matter). Looking to gain a deeper understanding of the tiers i play and get help with some tours im in right now ( Oras trios Bw ssnl Sm ssnl).
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes jadecrystals11
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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
 
Username: Soda_Eesti
PS! Username: Soda_Eesti
Signup Format: GSC OU, BW OU
Your timezone: -5 (-6 when not DST)
Usual Hours of Availability:
4pm till 9pm during the week and any reasonable time on weekends.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
So i started early 2024 with RBY and have been learning and playing the entire time. While I havent had any notable tournament placements Ive had some wins against players way better than me, which i get doesnt mean much, but im still proud of it. Im decent at rby, currently going 4-0 in the undraft ADPL slot, which again doesnt mean much, but still. And i want to try and branch out to other tiers. BW and GSC are the only other 2 gens i can play at all,so those are the ones i want to sign up for.
Are you able to use Discord?:
Soda_Eesti, may be unable to use discord at some points.
 
Username Beacon11
Timezone SA
Usual Hours of Availability: 9 AM to 4 PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokémon. Im New. I started on Monday.
Are you able to use Discord? Yes shadow_king_04288
 
Username: Calmmind75
PS! Username: Calmmind75
Signup Format: BW OU,ORAS OU, SM OU, SS OU, SV OU
Your timezone: GMT +1
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays: Tuesday and Thursday from 16:00 to 18:00. Weekends: From 15:00 to 0:00
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing in SV OU, averaging between 1300-1700. After a time I became interested in past gens OU and play them from time to time, averaging between 1300-1500
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, calmmind75
 
Nome de usuário: joaowk3
PS! Nome de usuário: joaowk3
Formato de inscrição: consigo jogar todo dia das 5 da manhã até 12:00
: GMT -3
Horário normal de disponibilidade: sempre consigo jogar às semanas e os finaisde semana.
Conte-nos um pouco sobre sua experiência em Pokémon competitivo (mín. 3 frases): Sinto que tenho uma ótima experiência no geral, nuca ganhei nadar1, mas também sinto que fiquei melhor depois de uma volta de 1 um ano , criei essa contamais omenos agora entãoé porriso que mia conta é assim.
Você consegue usar o Discord?: não.
 
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
 
Username: Love Craftedd
PS! Username: lovecraftedd
Signup Format: BW OU
Your timezone: EST
Usual Hours of Availability:
WEEKDAYS: 3PM - 9 PM, (FRIDAYS: 3 PM - 11 PM) SATURDAYS: 5PM - 11 PM, SUNDAYS: 11 AM - 8 PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
Although participating within the competitive scene of Pokemon is not entirely foreign to me, there are still many things I would like to understand about each tier. My aims are to become more efficient with teambuilding, interpreting metagames, in addition to performing at an overall higher level. Additionally, I'd like to shift my mindset toward the game as well if possible.
Are you able to use Discord?:
yes ! (USER: shionphobic)
 
Username: ManbaStrike15
PS! Username: Famus123
Signup Format: dpp ou
Your timezone: gmt -4
Usual Hours of Availability: I can every day except Wednesday and Thursday from 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing the tier around 2021 on a Latin American platform, I found it fun but that was it. Then I started playing it again starting in 2023 when I wanted to improve but due to studies I put it aside and now starting in 2024 I started playing more actively, I reached round 3 in DPP CUP X, now I tried to play championship but I left round 1 and I wanted to play outside of smog in other places and it didn't go very well either. I would like to become more competent in this tier.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
 
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
 
Username: surmen
PS! Username:Surmen6781
Signup Format: GSC OU, DPP OU, ORAS OU
Your timezone: GMT 3.5
Usual Hours of Availability: available except sunday, (from gmt 3.5 perspective) 7AM to 10PM
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?: not at the moment sorry, if youre thinking of tutoring me message me on my wall about my discord username. by that time i'd probably get it back
 
Username: mangoose49
PS! Username: mangoose49
Signup Format: ADV OU
Your timezone: GMT +10
Usual Hours of Availability:
Just finishing up uni exams so I'll have near full availability outside of weekend afternoon/evenings. This is discounting random, one off commitments.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
A couple of years ago I started playing occasionally and in the last year or so I've played more regularly. Started with Pure Hackmons but I have more experience in ADV. Recently I've started feeling like my understanding of pokemon is flawed. For instance, I can't quite work out the essential components of a particular game are, or what needs to be done for me to win exactly.
Are you able to use Discord?:
Yes, (djohnson7965)
 
Username: mixnite
PS! Username: mixnite
Signup Format: ORAS OU
Your timezone: GMT +3
Usual Hours of Availability:
7-9am 9-11pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
i've been playing oras ou competitively for almost a year now and have managed to make great strides in the community managing to become a forum moderator among other achievements. i have a wealth of knowledge of the tier and have helped a few people learn the basics but i struggle heavily when it comes to playing in an actual tournament. i have an unfortunate record of losing early in tour and generally playing poorly in crucial matches and would like assistance in learning how to approach games properly.
Are you able to use Discord?:
yes
 
Username: Dastardlydwarf
PS! Username: Dastardlydwarf
Signup Format: ORAS OU/DPP OU/GSC OU
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability:
im free most days in the evening or afternoon apart from Thursday and Saturday evening.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I have been playing in mainly adv tours for about a year and a half now and playing diffrent ladders on and off over that period of time. I have never really done amazing in any of the tours I have joined. I Mainly play ADV OU and have a middling understanding of the tier, I would like to learn a new tier.
Are you able to use Discord?:
yes Dastardlydwarf on discord
 
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