Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: SS Monotype

[zio]

Assigned to LuckyPiper

Username: zio
PS! Username: zioziotrip
Your timezone: -4 (maybe -5? hell if ik how daylight savings work)
Usual Hours of Availability: anything past like 12pm-1pm on weekdays and while weekends are erratic I'll be sure to keep by tutor updated on that front, should usually be available that being said
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Played a lot of PU and OU in ORAS around 2016, however, come SM I trailed off in activity as I wasn't really enjoying the tiers. With hints of activity in between, I came back in late 2019 and started making posts in 1v1. Soon, I found myself playing for 1v1PL and doing QC/VR for the tier. I've entered a shit ton of random tours notably the Mono OM Cup where I played AAA going 4-2 and I've decided to try my hand at mono as it seems like an interesting and fun MU based tier.
Are you able to use Discord?: stoplights at night#4846
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: y

 

[I am bu]

Assigned to Harpp

Username:i am bu
PS! Username:i am bu
Your timezone: gmt -7
Usual Hours of Availability: i work 4 am to 1 pm my time im off friday sarurday tho other then that im free.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): i started mons early 2016 on a side server through the years ive mainly played monotype done some seasonals and blts havent been good at all gen 8 tho and i was never that good tho so id like to imrove.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[LightScreener]

Assigned to Harpp

Username: Luisin.
PS! Username: luisin.
Your timezone: GMT-8.
Usual Hours of Availability: any day after my 4pm (except weekend, that days im free all day).
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): hm, I started playing competitive in 2018, my main tier is VGC aka doubles, I started playing VGC in 2019, for 2020 I qualified for the worlds but it was suspended due to the covid :^)
Well, I think I play singles "decently" and I would like to learn another tier (i dont like doubles anymore xd) and I feel that monotype is the ideal
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[The Dragon Master]

Assigned to Maple

Username: TheDragonMaster
PS! Username:Advt
Your timezone:GMT + 5:30
Usual Hours of Availability: frm 12 pm to 4 pm and frm 8pm to 11pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon: I got into competitive years ago, but it's only recently that I've gone really into it. I play many tiers, including ou, ubers, ag , sometimes VGC, monotype and some oms. I've never been that good outside of AG and would like to improve. Mostly I feel it's dumb mistakes that cost me and would certainly like to improve on that front.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[dmbros]

Username: Dmbros
Ps! Username: Dmbros
Your timezone: gmt+4
Usual hours of Availability : Active on Weekdays more than weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been playing the monotype tier for about 1yr now , I play it a lot these days and have also had a lots of experience(still having) in the leagues of the ps side server (dawn) and i have participated in many seasonal events off monotype , though i havent gone all the way to the top i still try new things and strats
Are you able to use either Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[Pajamazz]

Username: Pajamazz
PS! Username: Pajamaz
Your timezone:GMT -8 (PST)
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays after 6pm, weekends anytime past noon
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon: I started playing PS when I was 13 back in 2015 and spent a lot of time with side server leagues, but I only really started getting into the tournament scene about a year or so ago. I feel like I'm at a level where I'm comparatively better than most of my peers in these leagues but I still have more room to grow in becoming a known and consistent tournament player. Having mentors such as LuckyPiper, Taide, and Crashy has helped me tons along the way, so I'd like to continue my growth as a competitor in this community.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[eblurb]

Assigned to Maple

Username: eblurb
PS! Username: eblurb
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability: preferably weekdays, pretty much any time except around 2-3
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon: i'm new to 6v6 and just join random seasonals for fun. i don't know how to build and only get passed teams from some friends. i mainly play 1v1 and have had some success there but i am hoping to l2p in some other tiers.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Raftel Reshirams]

assigned to Maple

Username: Raftel Reshirams
PS! Username: Blitzeken
Your Timezone: GMT+5.30
Usual hours of availablity : Weekdays 9.30 pm -12.00 am, Weekends anytime past noon
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon: I started playing showdown in 2018. Monotype was always my favorite tier but I am bad at team building so I mainly used samples or borrowed teams from my friends. After taking break form showdown for a year I started playing showdown again and want to improve in gen 8 monotype
Are you able to use either Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works: Yes

 

[Panodil Protino]

Assigned to: Perish Song

Username: Panodil Protino
PS! Username: Panodil Protino
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability: 10-18 all week
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I must have been lurking here since the early days of the Smog, so I understand more or less all the theory and have picked up a ton of trivia from all across the Smogon metas. The reason why I'm looking for a tutor is that I want to develop a healthier mindset when it comes to losing and learning, something I've never been able to do on my own.
I find competitive Pokémon and especially Monotype incredibly fun and am earnestly interested in getting better as well as participating in the community, but I have big trouble seeing "the light at the end of the tunnel" and would appreciate any help I could get in getting a foot in the door.
What I have is mountains of theoretical knowledge and trivia from all across many generations of competitive Pokémon and a willingness to get better - what I want to learn is the attitude required to take losses in stride and involve myself in tournaments and other community activities so that I can actually use it.
Just so any prospective tutors have been warned, tutoring me will likely be less strategy and more psychotherapy - but I know some people like that.
Are you able to use Discord?: Affirmative
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Well enough that it's scared me out of applying until now

 

[Gooie_Weeggie]

Assigned to Maple

Username: Gooie_Weeggie
PS! Username: Gooie_Weeggie_Time
Your timezone: CET (GMT +01)
Usual Hours of Availability: Monday-Friday 4:10 PM - 9 PM, Weekend 9 AM - 10 PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing SSLC. After a while I moved to other tiers, including Monotype. I'm seeking for help not in the theory, but in the practice: I'm more than capable of understanding what is shit and what is good, but in practice I very often make mistakes.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Eclipse Lucifer]

Assigned to: Harpp

PS! Username: Eclipse Lucifer
Your timezone: Australia EST
Usual Hours of Availability: Normally on everyday
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been playing Monotype for many years now never really been competitive and hoping to become good in Monotype I struggle with making correct plays and hoping with my tutors help I'll become better at using and making Monotype teams.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

Tutor change approved by Ticken

 

[Gestoros]

Assigned to Maple

Username: Gestoros
PS! Username: Asawpert
Your timezone: GMT+7
Usual Hours of Availability: everyday usually after 6pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Start by playing older gen uber. I want to try to play the current gen. I'm interesting in learning more monotype. I find monotype a lot fun to play. But I still want to improve my skill.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Jayi]

Assigned to: Splash

Username: Jayi
PS! Username: Jayi
Your timezone: GMT+0
Usual Hours of Availability: mostly anytime on weekdays, corona got my plans fucked so probably afternoon weekends too
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've lightly played a bunch of tiers like 1v1, playing some tours here and there for it, as well as NFE and some past gen OUs a while back but I've never really succeeded competitively in a tier or have never made a good team lmao which is something I wanna improve. With the corona around, I'm just sat at home playing random tiers and Monotype was the fun pick. I've been playing on the ladder for a bit now and I'm enjoying the games but I want to improve ofc
Are you able to use Discord?: Yeah Jayi#4830
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yeah

 

[Aadhikesh S]

Username:Aadhikesh S
PS! Username:Aadhikesh
Your timezone: GMT+5:30
Usual Hours of Availability: Everyday Mostly at night After 8 Pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I mostly play 1v1's and Randoms and Recently started playing Monotype. I just feel like I should know about it more and hence I need help. And I after all only know to play one type properly so I would wish to get some help.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yeah

 

[prodigyash]

Assigned to LuckyPiper

Username: prodigyash
PS! Username: prodigyash
Your timezone: Pacific Standard Time (GMT -8)
Usual Hours of Availability: Days depend (Week 1: Monday Wednesday Friday. Week 2 Tuesday Thursday), but hours are usually 8:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I am generally a new user, with only about 4 months or so of battling. I like it, the only thing is that I am not good in many tiers such as OU, VGC and Doubles OU. So I want to expand my playibility in other tiers, not just 1v1 and Monotype.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, only chat, not call, ooferbros#8398
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Mr. Miner]

Assigned to: Splash

Username: Mr. Miner
PS! Username: Mr. Miner
Your timezone: est (gmt -5)
Usual Hours of Availability: Varies with work, but everyday i'm avaliable either in the morning (or any time before 2pm) or at night (usually after 10pm).
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I actually used to be a regular who played fairly often, but dramatic circumstances made me stop playing. I have a small bit of experience (MPL 3 / MWP1) from way back, and now im here to make my return for mpl. Would rather have help learning SS instead of trying to teach myself
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Dragonitekid010]

PS! Username: Dragonitekid101
Your timezone: CST (GMT -6?)
Usual Hours of Availability: 10am-5pm Weekdays. No time on weekends.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing competitive pokemon since 2017 where i first got into monotype. I was very bad back then of course but around 2018/2019 i joined a side server which has since moved on, they've helped me a lot from where i was, however i still feel like i need help in monotype. I've also played around in many areas in the 3 (4?) years i've been on showdown such as 1v1 and OU. School and lack of interest made me leave showdown for a bit, however i'm back and i want to be good in the monotype scene again!
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[fishstickscat]

PS! Username: nine.eight or sticksarenine (I've been jumping accounts, but these are my most used accounts rn)
Your timezone: GMT+8
Usual Hours of Availability: Early Morning (6-9AM) Monday to Thursday, Saturday, Though might change (In Late May-Early June) because College. I think I can still follow that schedule though if ever.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon: I'm relatively new to competitive, and got introduced to monotype by a friend who encouraged me to participate in the Dracovish suspect test (Natdex Mono) and lent me some of his teams to do so. I kinda found the concept of monotype fun because of that experience and I want to learn more about the tier. My main goal would be improving/gaining skills on building monotype teams and how to properly do risk management in battling.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Twilight Solace]

Assigned to Splash

Username: Twilight Solace
PS! Username: Twilight Solace
Your timezone: GMT-5 (CDT)
Usual Hours of Availability: Monday-Thursday 9 to 11 pm, Friday-Sunday 8 to 11 pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I went undefeated in MPL 5 while playing SM but that was a while ago. I want to get good enough again to play in MPL 7. Practicing SS and playing that for MP7 would be ideal. Also I’d like to request Splash as a tutor.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Starfox.]

Assigned to: Splash

Username: Starfox.
PS! Username: starf0x
Your timezone: GMT-5 (CDT)
Usual Hours of Availability: Practically every day after around 11 AM and after 9 PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I almost exclusively played mono normal in gen 6 and 7, and experienced some decent ladder success doing it. I returned to battling a few months ago, and have begun participating in tournaments. While I have familiarized myself with the current metagame, I feel as though my biggest issue when battling is not always thinking through the plays I make and making mistakes that come back to bite me later on. I really wish to truly take the next step as a player by patching up some of the issues I come across when battling, and I'd really like to learn how to better utilize offensive teams in a heavily offensive metagame.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[SpookyKidSkid]

Username: SpookyKidSkid
PS! Username: SpookykidSkid
Your timezone: Eastern Daylight
Usual Hours of Availability: 8:00 A.M.-9:00 PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started out as a user who made teams for fun, but then I eased into competitive formats. My Ghost Monotype can counter almost anything, and I made it to be like that. I’m having fun with it, and I like to do this greatly.
Are you able to use Discord?: no
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: no

 

[dmbros]

Assigned to Harpp

Username: Dmbros
PS! Username: Dmbros
Your timezone: GST (GMT + 4)
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays 9 am - 3pm , 7: 30 pm - 8:30 pm , Weekends - 6: 30 pm - 7:30 pm (All times are based on gmt + 4)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started competitive mid Us/Um and started playing the ou and ubers and 1v1 a lot i was at an above average back then and when sw/sh came out i tried the ou tier hoping id play better i was wrong but then one of my friends introduced me to monotype I was very bad at the start but now i can say im better not the best and need help to reach my full potential. I have built some pretty solid teams and play well with Electric , fighting and ghost.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[YouSlakingBro1]

Username: YouSlakingBro1
PS! Username: YouSlakingBro
Your timezone: EDT
Usual Hours of Availability: 8am-4pm Monday-Friday and any other time by just letting me know really.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've played alot, ive been around for 8 years on showdown alone and played on PO before showdown. I started off in OU back in gen 5 and then played alot of Mono in gen 6. I took most of gen 7 off due to the fact that I did not like z moves, also not a fan of dynamax but thats just me i suppose. I want to get back in to the competitive again, I'm not really good but willing to learn.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes I have one, not always super active but I can be if I need to. (boomerish you can say)
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes, understood

 

[Hurtadoo]

Assigned to: Splash

Username: Hurtadoo
PS! Username: Hurtadoo
Your timezone: GMT +2
Usual Hours of Availability: It depends but I am active most of the time so I don't mind having a tutor with a very different timezone
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Yo Hurtadoo,I play mon since 2018 in lowtiers and especially in Rarelyused. I play a lot of tournament generaly the subforum team tournament and rarelyused forum tournament like RUPL/RU SNAKE. I got interested in the monotype very recently because I was really bored with the RU and I would like to learn more about the particularities of the tiers. I have already started building and playing small tournaments but I need more help with building and a have a training partner to further my knowledge.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes !
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[cy]

Username: miraage
PS! Username: miraage
Your timezone: pst/gmt -7
Usual Hours of Availability: I'm pretty flexible so any really, gmt -7 morning/evening/late night works best
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Joined Smogon early 2020 and had my first experience with CPL, found it interesting enough to stick around till now. I've played in multiple team tours and have had some success in some, others not so much. Individual tour results I'm still working on though. Monotype for a while now is the only tier I'm enjoying aside from some lower tiers that I find pretty meh. Just want to be able to build efficiently in mono since rn my builds are pretty hit or miss, improving on play too is always something I'm trying to do.
Are you able to use Discord?: yea
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yea