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, Mix And Mega

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

 

[Geoxidity]

Username: Geoxidity
PS! Username: Itz_Bust
Signup Format: gen9mnm
Your timezone: GMT+4

Usual Hours of Availability:

on weekdays 11:30-12:30 often and on weekends ill be available a lot more.

Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I used to play gen7mnm and even ranked 2nd once but had to stop playing for a long time cuz of irl situations.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes (username is: pipsumbra)

 

[Mok3s]

Username: Mok3s
PS! Username: Mok3s
Signup Format: SV BH
Your timezone: +1
Usual Hours of Availability: during nights
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Before September 2024, I had never played OMs. I started with OMs in CN OMPL, where I was drafted and played BH. I finished my first OM experience with a 4-0 record and was named tour MVP. Later, I was subbed in for OMWC. I'm quite familiar with the tier, but my teambuilding skills still need work, that's what I aim to improve.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, mok3s

 

[Betathunder]

Username: betathunder
PS! Username: betathunder
Signup Format: SV AAA
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 won OM World Cups 1 and 5 (playing STAB), as well as the 2024 World Cup of RandBats. I was fairy active in the OM scene from 2015-2018, including a year or so serving as the STABmons TL, but I stepped away due to the power creep of Sw/Sh ruining most metas for me.

I've always enjoyed playing AAA but was never quite comfortable enough building the tier or being able to gauge team comp/sets from preview. In tutoring, I'd like to improve on building/finding cores I like and being able to convert those into metagame viable teams, as well as general threat analysis/gameplan formulation, since I struggle with that the most right now, even after reviewing the available resources.

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

 

[hybone]

Username: hybone
PS! Username: hybone
Signup Format: SV BH
Your timezone: +8
Usual Hours of Availability: during nights
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):I am a veteran player who enjoys experimenting with various metagames, having a decent understanding of almost all kinds of Pokémon battle metagames. My experience with Balanced Hackmons (BH) primarily stems from Gen 8, where I played special BH formats on Nihilslave's server and participated in small BH tournaments he organized in his BH chatgroup. I also tried to play a ladder tour but was defeated in the playoffs.However, I've noticed that Gen 9 BH seems to have significant differences in team structure compared to Gen 8, which motivates me to study about Gen 9 BH.Moreover,team-building skill is my weakness. Although the teams I throw together sometimes work okay, I'm not entirely sure what factors to consider when building a team.I just know it's important to counter imposters and should have answer to set-ups. I hope to improve my team-building abilities through this.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, hybone

 

[kiradiance]

Username: kiradiance
PS! Username: Zenythia Blitz
Signup Format: SV MNM
Your timezone: PST, or GMT-7
Usual Hours of Availability: Usually most available 9am to 3pm, then 4pm-7pm though i can make time
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I got into competitive a while ago around gen 8, where I played a lot of gen8ag, reaching pretty high in the ladder. Most of my time was spent during SS OMMs just causually though lol. i never entered any real tournaments and then kinda left for most of SV until a few months ago, where i got into GG when it was featured in december and then into Mix and Mega which has become my mainstay metagame ever since. My only tour i've entered was MNM open which i got ACTed in due to a scheduling misconception on my part TwT and i havent really been at all active on forums, but i think im active enough in the mnm community to make a name for myself.
As for mnm itself, if you know me you know my sole specialty, which is of course Psyterrain :3 About a month after playing mnm i peaked top 5 on ladder even tho we all know how mnm ladder is like.
then i lost a fuckton ton of elo cause i got high one night and faded me decided to ladder lmao
My reason for tutoring is to better understand the metagame and have someone to teambuild with. MNM ladder is obviously awful for team testing so I want to have knowledgible people to help me build teams, test them, and hone my skill as a player :3
Are you able to use Discord?: yes my username is kiradiance :3

 

[cloudu0]

Username:clouduo
PS! Username:omormo
Signup Format:sv mnm
Your timezone:+8
Usual Hours of Availability:during nights
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I start playing in g9.I play nd and ag a lot,and I have also reached high in their ladder. Not long ago, I started playing OM and I also voted some for OM's sus. I have discovered the joy of OM, where there are often some genius ideas that surprise me. But I think there are a few people on the ladder now, and there is not much to explore.I want to do a lot in mnm and hope to find a tutor who can teach me more.
Are you able to use Discord?:yes,cloudu0_09777