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Username: CrossHeart PS! Username: Astro CrossHeart Signup Format: GSC OU Your timezone: GMT -4 Usual Hours of Availability: Every day from 6:30 to 11 PM Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Got into the tour scene as recently as last year, but sticked to just Monotype at the time. Made it far in a couple individual tours then and made it into my first official team tour this year, but I always felt that some things were missing when it came to my play. Been wanting to branch out to old gen OU this year and I felt that GSC is the perfect start since it teaches certain aspects of play that I currently lack. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes Do you understand how the blacklist works: Yes
Username: charlieX7 PS! Username: charlieX7 Signup Format: SV OU Your timezone: EST (GMT-4) Usual Hours of Availability: 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing the Pokemon VG back in LGPE, but didn't get into competitive until mid-SwSh. I started maining in Gen 8 AG and Ubers and did relatively well. Lately, I've been trying to branch out but found that many of my skills were less than effective in OU. I seem hardstuck at 1400s sometimes and my teambuilding for this tier is usually subpar. I haven't played in many tournament settings, but I find them really interesting and wish to gain experience with them. My experience in Gen 9 OU specifically is a bit limited, as although I have played since day 1, I have stayed in low ladder for the entirety of the tier. I'm looking forward to working with a tutor to get better in this tier. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Username: KeanuGrindingArc PS! Username: KeanuVGC Signup Format: SV 1V1
Your timezone: PST
Usual Hours of Availability: Anytime after 5pm on schooldays and anytime on weekends if no sports
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Ive competed in a couple of VGC regionals and won a couple local tours and just started getting into Smogon during SV. Some new smogon tours that I have been fortunate to be drafted into are BLT and the Los Juegos Challenge Cup Tour. Ive been grinding ladder a lot more recently in multiple formats and would like to learn 1v1s as it has been very fun doing the current ladder tournament. I would like to learn how to teambuild in 1v1s as well as learn the best MUs of each individual team thanks to whomever helps me out much appreciated! :)
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Username: wai321 PS! Username: wai321 Signup Format: SV UU Your timezone: GMT Usual Hours of Availability: 3 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Weekdays, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Weekends Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I always liked Pokemon as a kid and I was fascinated by the competitive scene. Yes, I may be new (I started playing Legends : Arceus as my first Pokemon game) but I dedicated myself to study hours upon hours to Pokemon. I'd like a main tier, and SV UU seems like the place to be. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, waiwai9380#1891
Username: Bobby Hill PS! Username: Seltzer Time Signup Format: SV OU Your timezone: EST (GMT-4) Usual Hours of Availability: 6:30 PM to 10:00pm Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been aware of the competitive scene for a while but only started playing in August 2022. I usually float around 1450-1600 but have been stuck there for a while. I have peaked in the 1600s a few times, but it feels like pure luck when I get there. The SV meta really stumps me a lot and I find that when I build a team that works, I have no idea what I did right and vice versa. I also find it much easier to plummet 100s of points compared to last gen. I think I lack basic fundamentals, I struggle a lot against set up and stall teams, two archetypes that typically catch new players off guard. I also notice that my range of play styles is very narrow which makes it hard for me to diagnose issues in the team builder. My goal would be to reach 1700-1800 Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Username: Ast0rga PS! Username: Astorgames Signup Format: SV OU Your timezone: PST (GMT -8)
Usual Hours of Availability: 4:00 PM to 7:30 PM Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I been playing since gen 4 wi-fi battles. I was pretty bad back then but I've gained more and more experience over the years (Tho I skipped a couple gens). In gen 8 I started playing again and won some small stuff at small communities. Gen 9 I'm playing too and I'm currently between 1600-1700 elo. I have learned the importance of pivoting, respectinc meta treats, and I can make some nice predicts and punch holes in enemy teams. I would say I'm pretty good at battling instincts. But I think my teambuilding is terrible. I just don't know how to build a team. I would love to learn more about professional team building. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, Astorgames#9463
Username: jawabarat PS! Username: jawabarat Signup Format: SV UU Your timezone: +1 Usual Hours of Availability: Monday/Wednesday/Friday 5.30pm-10.30pm, all day Saturday Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Started taking competitive mons seriously in like early 2022, I've played in BDSPPL and UUFPL as well as getting 4th on uu ladder, 1950ish in ou. I've been trying to focus UU this gen, but I feel like I'm now plateauing as I've had a rough UUFPL and I keep making similar mistakes during midgames. I'm also finding building difficult, as 4/7 weeks I've ended up being passed a team for UUFPL as my building attempts aren't getting anywhere. I want to improve in both these areas and get to a point of holding my own more in teamtours and making deeper runs in uu circuit tours. Are you able to use Discord?: yes, Dansparce#5404
Username: Zangoose5000 PS! Username: Zangoose360 Signup Format: SV Monotype Your timezone: GMT-4 Usual Hours of Availability: 12pm-10pm Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I played SS monotype last gen and am playing SV Monotype and NU this gen. My building is okay for this format, but I want more help on building teams. I'd also like to improve my battling skills, as they aren't as good right now. Are you able to use Discord?: yes Volt Striker#4974
Username: TyronJ PS! Username: TyronJ Signup format: SV Monotype Your timezone: GMT -4 Usual hours of availability: 5:30pm - 2:00am Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): (min. 3 sentences):
I played Pokemon Showdown several years ago and tried to get into competitive quite a bit, but I quit because I got bored. A few days ago I created a new Pokemon Showdown account and have been using it ever since. I saw that there's a Monotype tournament on Ladder, and even though I've never played Monotype before in my life I decided to sign up and here I am. Are you able to use Discord?: ? Yes Tyron#8610
Username PSYCHO
PS username Psycho782
timezone gmt+530
Usual hours of availablit 12-4pm ist and 9-11pm ist everyday
competitive pokemon: I have played many tours in servers like Oras tour usum tour ss tour in smogon server and currently in a vgc tournament I’d say I’m okish at comp pokemon still have lots to learn that’s why taking parts in multiple tours, really getting into competitive pokemon as before this I used to just spam randbats
im able to use discord
Username:Somalia PS! Username:Somalia Signup Format: ADV or BW Your timezone: GMT+1 Usual Hours of Availability:Weekday evenings gmt+1, weekends free mornings or late evenings Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing for a verylong time. I consider myself to be a decent player but I havent been able to reach the higher levels in BW OU. I would like to focus on teambuilding and piloting teams. For some odd reason I was very sharp a decade ago however Ive just been on the decline ever since. Are you able to use Discord: Yes, Somalia#7886
Username: BlackKnight_Gawain PS! Username: BlackKnight_Gawain Signup Format: BW/ORAS/SM/DPP/ADV (primarily BW)
Your timezone: +6
Usual Hours of Availability: prefer nights but can be a bit flexible with some daytime hours Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): been playing since cg bw, was great on ladder back then and had decent success on ORAS-SM too. I'd like to relearn these tiers since a lot of time has passed since cg and be hopefully cracked at them, while also picking up ADV/DPP which I've learnt mostly in passing but would like to know at a better level. Are you able to use Discord?: y, HawkeLuke#7473
Username: ShinyLucarioXD PS! Username: ShinyLucarioXD Signup Format: Scarlet & Violet Never Used Your timezone: CEST (UTC+2) Usual Hours of Availability: Every day from 4pm to 10pm Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have been a fan of Pokémon for a long time. I really started getting into competitive last generation in the OU tier; however, I had limited success, so I switched to NU late into the cycle and had a lot of fun. Currently, I play a lot of SV OU, where I have two accounts in the top 50 of the ladder at the time of writing this post. I am really enjoying the metagame thus far!I would like to learn more tiers as I feel my skill set is very one-dimensional, and a close friend of mine only plays SV NU, so I would like to be able to play them as they do not play OU. I think it would be really beneficial and fun for me to learn a new tier properly this time! Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Username: X•Cards PS! Username: X•Cards Signup Format: SV Monotype Your timezone: GMT-7 Usual Hours of Availability: 6-10 pm on weekdays all day most weekends Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I have played Pokemon casually since Gen 3 (that's why Breloom is my fav!). I have been on Showdown for many years mostly playing random battles as it is easy to get into and fun to test your ability to analyze your team and play around your team's flaws. I have tried to play OU in the past and have gotten into random battles a bit in past gens but I have always felt like I hit a wall at a certain ELO. I think it's a combination of my lack of team-building knowledge (although I do have a vague idea of most move pools and viable builds) and my over predicting holds me back. I haven't played the current gen monotype for long but I have built a few teams! Would really like some help to take me to the next level! Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
Username: Cdijk16 PS! Username: awesomekingdrauser/Cdijk21-Alt/Cdijk21-Alt-2/ Cdijk21-alt-3 Signup format:SM, ADV Timezone: GMT + 5:30 Usual hours of availability: 9PM-11PM my time. Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing since the times of early SM. In SM, I have peaked at 1728 on ladder with a GXE of 83.9%(see SM OU Ladder Achievements for proof). I regularly ladder and usually hang around 1550-1600 on ladder, occasionally dropping lower in case of bad losing streaks. However, I feel that I have plateaud in terms of skills and can't get higher than this rating. In ADV, I have peaked 1610 ELO(see ADV OU Ladder Achievements), hit a maximum win streak of 16, reached top 8 in 2022/2021 Summer Seasonals(don't remember which) and peaked at 79.6% GXE. I also play ORAS, DPP and GSC somewhat regularly, but i don't feel the need for tutoring in them. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, Cdijk16#5364
Username: Opchurtle100 PS! Username: Hungryfoodies / adamn3560 / bed sh*tter dan / the last shitbender Signup Format: 1v1 Your timezone: -4 i think or whatever EST is Usual Hours of Availability: my evenings sometimes it depends Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): aight so i am da goatv at adv 1v1but yknow new shit rolls around and i da goat at that too(beatcrcify 3-0). but this new hoem shit lowkey not b ussin frfr so i require so assitance. Are you able to use Discord?: yes sir/maam
dont give me nathan tho hes *******
murman why u gotta be sucha hater dude you know its not good for your mental
Username: pawwz PS! Username: pawwz Signup Format: sv monotype Your timezone: gmt-4 Usual Hours of Availability: late evenings every day of the week, no time at all on tuesdays & saturdays Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): played from gen6-9, was pretty active throughout the whole thing but recently i took like a 7 month break. came back and couldnt grasp the meta, i dont think im a bad player but i def have a lot of places to improve on again. Are you able to use Discord?: yea
Username:hunternoooob PS! Username:hunternoooob Signup Format:SS
Your timezone: 5.5+
Usual Hours of Availability: around 3-5 pm and 8-10 pm on weekdays and all day on sundays and holidays.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I started playing competitive mons 4 years ago,the tier that most attracted me is ss,i am more than decent at ss but i would like to take my limits high and become a great player.
Are you able to use Discord?:yes. (ChrisCP#7048)
Username: Tenai PS! Username: Hoshizoranomemoria Signup Format: Gen 5 Your timezone: UTC-8 Usual Hours of Availability: Evening to late at night (around 15:00-3:00) Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I'm really new but manage to get to around 1200 in most formats I play, sometimes higher and sometimes lower. I'm most proficient in random battles but that is most likely because you don't have to worry as much about team synergy. I'm feeling a bit confused on how to effectively play early game with rain and would like some help fixing my blindspots. Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, haj enjoyer#1206
Username: TejasTheGreat11 PS! Username: serfer123451 Signup Format: sv monotype
Your timezone: gmt +5:30
Usual Hours of Availability: 3:00 pm to around 9:00 pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): i started playing pretty recently around last year or so
at first it was so that i could practice competetive battling for the pixelmon server i play on but before i knew it i was pretty much obsessed with showdown and i love the concept of monotype teams. I still dont know much about team building like which mons compliment each other , how a tank set should be built and stuff. at last i would like to add the times i have written r the free time i get if someone doesnt decide to dump their work on me.
Thank You.
Username: exotic64 PS! Username: exotic64 Signup Format: SS, SM Your timezone: GMT+10 Usual Hours of Availability: nighttime but I can manage earlier Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I'm top ladder for this gen's OU, I have 3 accounts that are 1900+ and I peaked 2080 when home came out. I know a lot about mons and battling in general however I would like to refine my skill at gen 8 and 7 for tournament reasons. Are you able to use Discord?: arctozolt#2738 yes
Username: idiotclips PS! Username: charjabugfan Signup Format: ADV and DPP
Your timezone: +1/BST
Usual Hours of Availability: around 2 til 7
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing doubles in 2020 on the SWSH cartridge and eventually moved over to singles. I've peaked 1700 on SS Ubers and AG and 1600 on SV DOU but I've recently started learning old gen ou. I want to be able to properly team build for them and have a better grasp on the formats.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, IdiotClips#4140
Username: Azluc on Top PS! Username: Azluc03(⌐▨_▨) Signup Format: SV Monotype Your timezone: GMT+2 Usual Hours of Availability: On weekdays usually 3PM-8PM, on weekends usually 9AM-4PM. Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Playing occasionally since 2018, got back last winter and embraced Monotype, got into BLT and had a lot of fun. Now i don't think i am a bad player but i think that in order to compete seriously i have to get better. Also not being kinda bad at team-building would be helpful i think, so i'll need help on that too. Are you able to use Discord?: Sure (Azluc03, or Azluc03#9276 if someone has old tags)
Username: Caesarzeppelixd PS! Username: Caesarzeppelixd Signup Format: Sv DOU Your timezone: GMT-4 Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays at mornings and until 7pm, friday, monday and wednesday only mornings. All day weekeends Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Reached top ladder on dou and sm ou, got tutored on those formats too, participated in three discord PL and best performance in smogon top 16 (or round 6 i dont rememb) in a dou ssnl. Sorry for reposting this lol. Are you able to use Discord?: caesar#0364 or caesarz.
Username: Orangex PS! Username: Orangex733 Signup Format: SV 1v1 Your timezone: GMT+1 Usual Hours of Availability: anything past 5pm weekdays, anything on weekends Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I’ve played quite a bit of SM 1v1 and some SS 1v1. I have a lot of experience in other OM’s, VGC, and 2v2. Mainly looking to get better at teambuilding in 1v1 in general Are you able to use Discord?: yes (orangex733)
