Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: SS OU

[eu]

Assigned to Pais

Username: euFeatured
PS! Username: eu featured
Your timezone: gmt+2
Usual Hours of Availability: depends on days. usually between 2pm to 8pm gmt+2.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Well, I havent really played sw/sh ou with own built teams, just samples or teams from sm ou with minor changes ofc. I tested many teams in ss ou, but i never got higher than ~1450 on ladder. I started playing OU in 2018 (USUM), but i also didnt came high at ladder. I participated at some ss+oldgens ou tours, but my best result was the 3rd round.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yep, じゅん#7477 is my tag
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[DeepBlueC]

Username: DeepBlueC
PS! Username: DeepBlueC
Your timezone: EDT (GMT-4)
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekends (1 PM to 5 PM EDT), Weekdays (2 PM to 5 PM EDT) but I can be flexible
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've mostly just played Old Gens, so I'm lacking in experience when it comes to preview gens. The tier I've played the most is DPP OU and I started playing it on the ladder and then making my way up to team tournaments. My weaker areas in competitive pokemon is the understanding of a gen + building for it, so that's what I want to strengthen.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Hulk831]

Username: Hulk
PS! Username: Hulk831
Your timezone: CET
Usual Hours of Availability: Any (if there is a clear schedule i can adjust my agenda)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I've played Pokemon Revolution for a while now, I wanted to look for some challenge cause it seemed boring to only play with 500 people around. Some more serious things.
Are you able to use Discord?: Moha#9485
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Mihowk]

Assigned to: Niko

Username: Mihowk
PS! Username: Mihowk
Your timezone: GMT+2
Usual Hours of Availability: everyday except Sunday, preferably in the evening.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing competitively in 2015, but only in 2020 I started to be active on Smogon. I have always played OU, so I would like to improve in this tier. I'm not very good as a player but I think I know enough about the SS OU meta.
Are you able to use Discord?: Sure, Mihowk#2544
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes.

 

[Derpelo]

Assigned to: Hockey1

Username: Derpelo
PS! Username:Derpelo
Your Timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability:Usually everyday minus Thursday, from 4-12
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon: I'm pretty new to this, starting actually playing competively in gen 2 (2017-2018ish) which I sucked at. I've been recently starting playing ssou, and I'm just trying to get better ig, and that's sorta all the useful info, with the exception of me being fairly good at 1v1
Are you able to use Discord?:Yes, indeed I do.
Do you understand how the blacklist works?:Yes

 

[Jhonx~]

Assigned to: Hockey1

Username: Jhonx
PO/PS: EG Jhonx
Time zone: gmt-4
Usual Hours of Availibity: Anytime
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Want to learn current gen, i've dabbled with lower tiers now it's time to attack the big fish. I know the basics of Pokemon, double switching, scouting etc. I am a quick learner, also I want intensive lessons because I want to be ready for WCOP.
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Magnum]

Assigned to: ausma

Username: Codename Magnum
PS! Username: Codename Magnum
Your timezone: AWST (+8)
Usual Hours of Availability: normally 8-1am everyday, with weekends being much more flexible for time periods though i will have to put time aside for school work.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I play Underused quite a lot, having spent the roughly 3 months in the community. I'm a decent player and teambuilder, but i think my skills can be honed with the tutoring program. I've been meaning to dip my toes into OU for a while now and i think now is the perfect time to start!
Are you able to use Discord?: yes! Magnum#5270
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yep!

 

[Th3oU]

Username: Th3oU
PS! Username: Th3oU
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability: 7am to 11pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
Started playing about July 2019, playing SM OU and hitting about 1300, quit for a bit and started playing a bit at the start of SS. Took a couple breaks, and really started competitively about a year ago, starting as an 1100s player. Just recently hit a new peak of 1985 (SS OU) and looking to bring this into bigger Smogon Tours, specifically OLT. I'm pretty devoted to the game at this point, just looking for someone to help take me to that next level.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yep
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yep

 

[Vawpire]

assigned to Quaze

Username: Vawpire
PS! Username: vwpr
Your timezone: GMT+2
Usual Hours of Availability: 11.30am - 10pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing pokemon competitively around Sept 2020 in one of the biggest french teamtour. Since then I tried to in as much tournament as I can, on smogon or on different communities in order to have at least 2 tournament games to play per week to keep improving. Besides this, I ask everyday big french players/big smogon players to play sum friendlies bc it's a good way to step-up Imo. I'm super motivated to reach my objectives : be a recognized player both in the french community and in the smogon community.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[OctoMystic]

Username: OctoMystic
PS! Username: OctoMystic
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability: Usually available from 4-6pm or 11pm-1am but on weekends this can shift
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I started around February last year in ou and began to properly get the hang of it around June 2020, from there I played ladder around 15-1600 until about end of January this year where I peaked 1900s, but have fell down from there and have been stuck around 1500s, looking to improve.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Skeptcal Dingo]

Username: Skeptcal Dingo

PS! Username: Skeptcal Dingo

Your timezone: GMT + 9.5

Usual Hours of Availability: after work most weeknights for 5-6 hours and most Saturdays. For 3-4 hours.

Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):

My name is Skeptcal Dingo, but people call me SD. In mid February 2020 I found jamvad and his academy. I bought his book and hit 1700 on ss0u in 10 days from 1100. I’ve learnt about tilting, metagame changes and mindset in that time and a hit 1800 for the first time early this year. In jamvads academy I was drafted to a PL. i managed to win all my matches and Our team went undefeated in the regular season. I watched all replays of my peers for the tier I have chosen to learn, i am at the start of my journey and whilst I have had success pretty quickly I know there is still heaps to learn.

Are you able to use Discord?: yes

Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[vNatFly]

Username: vNatFly
PS! Username: vNatFly / nat lolxd / NatFly
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: I can be on Pokemon Showdown! and Discord only on weekends. However, I can be on Smogon anytime / anyday.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I started Pokemon Showdown! like four-five months ago, this is my first generation playing. I'm usually hanging around 1300-1500 (im not that good yet). I know quite a bit about teambuilding, and I understand the metagame pretty well. I never entered a OU tournament yet, but I hope to become a much better Pokemon player, eventually.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Juseth sepulveda]

Username:Juseth Sepulveda
PS! Username:Juseth sepulveda
Your timezone:-5
Usual Hours of Availability: I can every day from 9PM to 12AM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):I started playing in the middle of the goal of SM OU, And this year I started playing in Smogon, I played not very competitive because I feel that I am low level and I would like to improve
Are you able to use Discord?:Yes, without any problem
Do you understand how the blacklist works?:Yes

 

[lolebruh]

Username: lolebruh
PS! Username: lolebruh
Your timezone: GMT+2
Usual Hours of Availability: 2pm - 8pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started playing pokemon competitively around july 2020. Ever since than I have participated in every tournament that I could and have been trying to improve as a player. I think that a tutor would help me take my ss skills to the next level.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[knowitall]

Username: knowitall
PS! Username: TheSpecialKay
Your timezone: PMT
Usual Hours of Availability: 1000-2200
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I played a lot in the BW era, most of my experience is with stall teams. Although I don't have screenshots I peaked top ten at the time on smogon. Looking to update my knowledge to the current gen and learn the new meta.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[sawamura]

Username:Sawamura
PS! Username: Sawamura /zikam
Your timezone: GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability: 4 pm to 8 pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):I started playing competitive pokemon around 4 years ago and I leaned more towards Doubles OU which is my favorite tier and the main one I tutor for it, since I left ou and I have some knowledge about it. I have participated in OU Circuit Tours but have not done very well, which I would like to undertake and extend my knowledge with Turns and Builds to expand my repertoire of play and not just stay stuck in a single tier of play.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes
If there is a Spanish-speaking tutor it works much better.

 

[Paino]

Username: Paino
PS! Username: PainoGaming
Your timezone: EDT (GMT-4)
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekends (almost anytime), Weekdays (4PM-10PM) but I can be flexible
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I really just wanna learn OU since I've just been in this spiral of OMs. About how much I know about the game, I play a lot of AG and have beaten great players like AGL and peaked top 30 in ladder (with 78 gxe heh but yeah). I'm kinda good at game sense but haven't played OU ever since Spectrier ban, which is why I wanna learn the format.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes Paino#9407
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Pedeath]

Username: Pedeath
PS! Username: Pedeath
Your timezone: -3 GTM (Brasília, Brazil)
Usual Hours of Availability: Until agust i'm avaible every day from 8AM - 22PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing singles in 2020. By then i did not know a thing about playstyle and function in this meta. So i started with my favorite meta: Monotype. I signed up for a tutoring in monotype Battle 101 and i made about 2 months of tutoring. I was 1400 before, and theni got into top 10 in the monotype ladder. I wanted to try standart ladder, so i tried RU first, and now i wanna try OU
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: yes

 

[Queenzz]

Username: Queenzz
PS! Username: Queenzz
Your timezone: GMT-4 (EST)
Usual Hours of Availability: After 3pm weekdays, and Sundays
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Ive played competitively since 2015, I think of myself as a pretty competent player and have played in many seasonals to varying degrees of success. I have never been able to break this barrier of skill that I feel like I should have by this point in my playing "career" and feel like some outside advice from a knowledgeable player would be beneficial. I think I struggle a lot with team building and also trying to play more creatively
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[scorbunnys]

Dead Thread?

No

Username: scorbunnys
PS! Username: Scor the Bunny / A normal Bunny
Your timezone: GMT-5
Usual Hours of Availability: I'm available on tuesdays and wednesdays after 15:00 and on weekends i'm available all day.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started on pokemon 3 years ago (almost 4 i think), when my cousin introduced me on Pokemon Showdown, then i played it for fun until 1 year ago...
Then i slowly started to get into competitive pokemon, VGC tours specifically, while at the start i was pretty bad on Pokemon, i started getting a little better and a little better, so then i eventually started to get into tours, while i'm not a good player by any means, i had some achievements such as won vs Juno and Sagisolar on a NatDex UU Tour in g3. Then i got drafted by 4k on a French teamtour (my team won btw) and now i got recently drafted on a french teamtour by 11k (surprisingly :0). I still feel that i'm not a good player by any means and if anything, i'm a bad player (I prob think so because i have a really low self-esteem).
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes ( Scor the Bunny#0813 )
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[HZM]

Username: HZM

PS! Username: Dusam

Your timezone: GST - Gulf Standard Time (GMT +4)

Usual Hours of Availability: Usually 7-9pm my time. And most times of the day on weekends which are Friday and Saturday for me.

Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing around September of 2020 when I saw my brother watching pokeaimmd and I wanted to play because it looked very fun and I had never seen this browser Pokémon game. I have been playing ever since, I have only really played ou, but I have played quite a bit of random battles as well. I know all the basics of Pokémon but I am not very good and I am not making much progress, I have peaked at around 1300 in the time I have played. I am just looking to get better at the game and at team building; and I think this is the best way to get better. I am mainly looking to get better in general such as
decision making and things like that and fundamentals of team building. The main reason though is because I am plateauing and can't seem to get better. I am also a relatively fast learner.

Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[thebtboy]

Username: thebtboy
PS! Username: bigbtboytest (I forgot to switch back and ended up laddering for a considerable time on my test account)
Your timezone: EST (GMT -5)
Usual Hours of Availability: M-F 6:00 PM EST-11:59 EST, Sa-Su 12:00 PM EST-11:59 EST
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing in 2011, but got away from the game halfway through 2013 and didn't resume playing until late spring/early summer last year. I'm an okay player, albeit an inconsistent one, and I feel that I've plateaued and would like to take the next step. My main tiers are ZU and LC, and I dabble in 1v1 occasionally (~1300 ELO in each). I also played PU before DLC2, but haven't returned since the tier shifts, for some reason (probably because I'd like to preserve my 1500 ELO in that tier). I primarily play HO and I feel my biggest areas for improvement are teambuilding and being too aggressive (overpredicting, double-switching too much, going for sweeps too early, etc.) I'd like to learn the OU tier, since it's the preeminent PS! tier, as well as improve upon these things in order to go from being a decent player to a legitimately good player.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[FangFoe]

Username: FangFoe
PS! Username: FangFoe
Your timezone: GMT +7
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays at around 3pm until 5pm (My time)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I started playing competitively about 4-5 months ago. I used to be a doubles player, until I realized that singles is a lot more fun (for me). Then I spam Hyper Offense teams on low ladder, I was stuck at around 1200 elo until I used samples and actually pass through. Now I build balance teams and know all the basics. The reason I'm joining B101 is because I am mediocre at teambuilding, and when its in the actual battle I'm bad at prediction and making the right plays. My ultimate goal is to join official tournaments and maybe win one.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[PKS Khaos]

PKS Khaos
Burn The State
GMT -7
3:30-10:00 pm weekdays, and anytime weekends
Ive played mons since red, blue, didnt really start playing “competitively until the end of SM. Ive always had a passion for playing, but got a late start. I understand the basics, and a bit about strategy, looking to take the next step and be able to hold my own on the ladder. I know i dont have the 15 posts done, honestly the forum is a bit confusing, and im not sure i have anything of value to add to whats already on here, i hope to become more active as my skill/ knowledge improves, so hopefully i will not be disqualified because of this.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Dakem]

Username: Dakem
PS! Username: Dakem / tryingmynewlifewow / pettinesfortunato
Your timezone: GMT+2
Usual Hours of Availability: 15-17:30 Exept Weekend / Time might change because work or personal stuff. (GMT+2)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I'm very interested in SS OU. I'm quite a newbie and I started playing competitive just this Gen.
I started by playing BSS and VGC on cart, then I "upgrade" to play on Pokemon Showdown. Lately I started playing OU, and I'm having a blast. My elo usually is mid 1400.
I would love to have as tutor Niko or Quaze since they are Italian. If they can't is not a problem having another Tutor.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes