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

 

[Ashbala]

Assigned to UT

Username: Ashbala
PS! Username: Ashbala99
Signup Format: SV AAA
Your timezone: GMT +5.5
Usual Hours of Availability: Usually free night my time (7 pm - 11 pm +5.5) on weekdays and almost free weekends (depends on my schedule)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing PS at the start of gen 6, mostly playing Mono. But took competitive side at the start of gen 8. Played last gen AAA through ssnls and I really fond of this tier and went round 7 with just some sample teams and get from others. Since the start of this gen... I really want to learn how to build and how the meta works so that I can build and play by myself.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes (xmystery07#6139)

 

[BrainDamageHaver]

Username: BrainDamageHaver
PS! Username: BR4IN
Signup Format: SV BH
Your timezone: GMT +2
Usual Hours of Availability: Past 4pm on Monday, Past 6 pm on Tuesdays, Past 11 am Saturdays, Completely free on Sundays, Generally unavailable on Wednesday Thursday Friday
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've played on and off for years but I've started being active in tournaments room recently. There I grew a fondness of oms and got interested in BH. I've played it quite a bit and I think I've gotten decent at it but I'd like to take my skill in it to the next level.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, BrainDude#7029

 

[pppppp]

Username: pppppp
PS! Username: aaappp
Signup Format: sv aaa
Your timezone: gm-4, est
Usual Hours of Availability: later nights, around 10-11
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): just got into aaa around when walking wake dropped peaked on the ladder around #8 but im still looking for some help building and figuring out the tier. Havent played any other oms as much. Really just looking to help with consistency in teambuilding as better performance in tournaments.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, pppppp#5604

 

[KarpeSan]

Username: Magikarp_Is_AG
PS! Username: MagikarpIsAG
Signup Format: sv aaa
Your timezone: gmt +10
Usual Hours of Availability: (+10) 5pm-2am mon-sat, 11am-2am sunday.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I'm decently competent at fundementals and mid at building. The only relevant tour result I have is top 4 in 2022 lgpe ou fall seasonal and somehow qualifying for 2022 circuit lgpe championships where i forgot my game r1 and got called act. I've played OMs since mid-2022 and results in the seasonals ranged from mid (mnm) to terrible (everything else lol). I've topped the SS AAA ladder once and climbed fairy high on GG and MnM but it doesn't count in my opinion since I didn't play many good players (gmt +10 kinda sucks). I haven't really touched SV OMs that much. I often build around fun mons rather than viable mons because 1. it's fun 2. the good mons have already been built by good players and i can just steal from replays.
i'm proud of my calcing speed i literally calc in blitz games lol
Are you able to use Discord?: yes KarpeSan#7247

 

[Gwanian]

Username: Gwanian
PS! Username: Gwanian
Signup Format: SV AAA
Your timezone: GMT -5
Usual Hours of Availability: 5 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 8 OU, towards the end of the generation. I eventually swapped over to AAA and that’s pretty much where I’ve been ever since. I ranked pretty low in gen 8, but I’ve gotten a handful of teams into the top 50 (and even one to top 10) on ladder in gen 9. Despite that, I don’t feel like the most consistent player in teambuilding and battles and I’d like some help improving on that.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes. My Discord is Gwenyon#3721.

 

[yokoisop]

Username:yoko is op
PS! Username:yoko is op
Signup Format: sv aaa
Your timezone:gmt -6
Usual Hours of Availability:5pm-11pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I started playing ps in late october 2022 i was very fond of gen 8 aaa and got top 500 in it but im still not that good ive been kinda bad while trying to build teams and i sometimes try to overpredict my opponents while im fighting which sometimes makes me lost the game and id like some help improving on both of those things :D
Are you able to use Discord?: yes