Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: SV Other Metagames

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Welcome to Battling 101! If you're seeking a tutor for SV Other Metagames, you are in the right place. Please read all the rules carefully and fill out every part of the application.

Available Formats:
Almost Any Ability, Balanced Hackmons

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 AAA
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

 

[stargaming]

Username: stargaming
PS! Username: demite,coming thro
Signup Format: SV,SM
Your timezone: GMT+5.5
Usual Hours of Availability: 6 pm and later weekdays, pretty much any time on the weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I started competitive in gen 6 OU, towards the end of the generation. even hit top 50 in sm ladder but still find hard to make
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes. My Discord is stargaming_

 

[Keahi]

Username: Keahi
PS! Username: Keahi
Signup Format: SV AAA
Your timezone: GMT-7
Usual Hours of Availability: Evenings and weekends
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've done a few tutoring gigs up to this point (s/o Eien and peap from Mono and SSNDOU) and I've enjoyed learning (and mastering) playstyles and teams that I wouldn't've known beforehand. AAA, I've played a bit over the years that I've been on PS!/Smogon, but now, I really want to get into it after reading up on the tier and playing seriously with LordBox's teams from OMPL.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yup. tee_keahi

 

[Gamburock]

Username: Gamburock
PS! Username: harrimarron
Signup Format: SV BH
Your timezone: EST (gmt-5)
Usual Hours of Availability: 2:00 PM to late evening
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):i start playing in 2021 and i've reached top 10 in gen 7 mix and mega and top 5 in gen 6 pure hackmons
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, tag: Gambloxxed#2697

 

[SwordIsBored]

Username: SwordIsBored
PS! Username: SwordIsBored
Signup Format: SV AAA
Your timezone: GMT 0
Usual Hours of Availability: Mainly weekends, school makes it busy and the time tends to be 2pm - 6pm but I'm also good to play later at night.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing Pokemon Showdown for a long time, particularly playing 1v1, BW OU and recently Ubers UU. I've dabbled into OMs slightly but never played them seriously.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes my discord is SwordIsBored