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I am FreaKzz aka FreaK (IG). I am 25 and have had my eyes opened to the competitive world of battling and has drawn my attention like little else has:). I haven't played honestly since r/s days, so I am very out of the loop with things. My favorite pkmn is by far gengar :). I havent actually used a forum in around 4 years so I have been pushed away from the community simply out of a fear of not being as adept at online communities as I once was but I am enthralled with my newfound goal of battle mastery, so I decided to jump in now! I have grasp on how evs work pretty well. I have a slight grasp on IVs but even less of a grasp on breeding. ORAS has inspirede to try and outlet my competitiveness via cartridge. I will admit although hace done nothing but read virtually every guide I can find to introduce myself to this AMAZING side of pokemon but still feel like I'm running into a wall of not knowing where to truly begin lol. However the harder it seems to be the more sucked in I am ge exctatic to be joining another community and be part of something I feel great!
Confused on breeding mate. If you check my signature there should be a giveaway thread which is the first link. On your smart phone like I am and can't see my signature simple solution click my picture and go to my profile and click information. First link takes you to my giveaway thread. Second post gives you a list of links with cool stuff about Ivs and EVs. Still confused after that? Feel free to VM or pm me on smogon or Skype chat me. Also wanna talk about Pokemon freely or other stuff then I recommend you skype me so I can add you to my group chat:). Wanna also battle new users well in the intro hub you can battle new users just post and ask. If you want to make a trade thread when you get a few stuff you breed I highly recommend you go to the wifi forums and read the rules. The mods will lock your thread if you don't follow the rules just a heads up. If you need something you can also message Fluke or QueBien or go to mibbit. Type in smogon at mibbit and go to the Shi chat room and someone can help you with any questions. Enjoy your time on smogon
 
Hi everyone my name is Glaceeeeon (4 e's) and I'm new to the competitive scene and I hope to learn some facts and things about competitive Pokemon.
thanks :D
also i need help on evs and ivs.. thanks
Sure i can help you out a bit to get you introduced in competitive battling i will usually be in the monotype room as hypershaymin
 
Hi, i am Narowak but you can call me Naro ^^.I am 16, playing pokemon since i am 7 or 6 maybe not sure about that really, i got into competive in early XY, i wasn't bad but i was not but all means a good player, i then leave after 6 months of playing competive and now i really want to comeback. Not from an english country so please forgive the errors.
 
Confused on breeding mate. If you check my signature there should be a giveaway thread which is the first link. On your smart phone like I am and can't see my signature simple solution click my picture and go to my profile and click information. First link takes you to my giveaway thread. Second post gives you a list of links with cool stuff about Ivs and EVs. Still confused after that? Feel free to VM or pm me on smogon or Skype chat me. Also wanna talk about Pokemon freely or other stuff then I recommend you skype me so I can add you to my group chat:). Wanna also battle new users well in the intro hub you can battle new users just post and ask. If you want to make a trade thread when you get a few stuff you breed I highly recommend you go to the wifi forums and read the rules. The mods will lock your thread if you don't follow the rules just a heads up. If you need something you can also message Fluke or QueBien or go to mibbit. Type in smogon at mibbit and go to the Shi chat room and someone can help you with any questions. Enjoy your time on smogon
Hey! Thanks a heap man! I will definitely be checking out the links and get as educated as possible. Thnks again!!
 
hello everyone
Hello welcome to smogon. Glad you decided to join. Need some help with battling well your welcome to ask me or Fluke or QueBien for some help. Want to make some trades well feel free to join the wifi forums and please read the rules. Also make sure that you know about breeding. My giveaway stuff in my signature has a few links about breeding that may help you. Wanna just talk I have a Skype and I can invite you to a group chat my username is andrew.0003. And you can talk about whatever you want. Also smogon has a chat on mibbit you should join and its under shi. Hope you enjoy your time on smogon.
Hi, i am Narowak but you can call me Naro ^^.I am 16, playing pokemon since i am 7 or 6 maybe not sure about that really, i got into competive in early XY, i wasn't bad but i was not but all means a good player, i then leave after 6 months of playing competive and now i really want to comeback. Not from an english country so please forgive the errors.
Man I'm 17 lol. Competitive Pokemon really started to take off for me in x and y and that's when I started to get decent. Wanna battle some new users on showdown then go to the intro hub and look for the battling section for new users. You should also read the strategy dex it helped me out when I was fairy new to battling. If you have any questions feel free to message me or Fluke or QueBien. Also I have a Skype if you want to battle I can invite you to a group chat and someone may be interested. Also smogon has a chat on mibbit. Type in smogon and there should be a chat room called shi.
 
Hi Elix1D!
Nice to meet you! I started Pokemon with Emerald a couple of years back, and have played every other generation except for the first two. I do plan on going back to Generations 1 and 2 sometime, but it depends... I started playing competitively at the start of XY, when my friend got me started with Pokemon Showdown. I've only just started breeding for egg moves in-game. It's not yet breeding for full competitive Pokemon, but it's a start! I use the Dex every once in a while to find a set for a Pokemon, and it helps me get a feel for what role each Pokemon has in the meta. I create my own sets often, but if I'm trying to fit a Pokemon in a specific role, I'll find a set in the Dex. Visit the Competitive Tutoring room in Showdown to learn about the metagame and competitive battling. You can sign up for the Tutoring Program I mentioned above, too, if you'd like. Otherwise, use the Questions thread or the Help form to get answers for your questions. Have a great time here!

Thanks for the welcome and for the advice, i think i'm gonna join the rookie class as soon as i can :)
 
sup everyone. my name is bobby and i am a senior at eastern michigan university studying photography. i've been playing pokemon through every generation and attempted to get into the world of competitive play when i was in highschool. didnt catch the hype and kind of gave up. i got into oras four or so months ago and have just recently started working on a few UU teams as i've always been most interested in playing that tier. i have a good fundemental understanding of competitive play altogether but will definitely be looking for all the knowledge i can gain. really looking forward to growing as a player, nice to meet you all.
 
So I am a a noob but I have been lurking for a while, I play PS under Banana Observed but haven't for a while (mainly Ubers with the occasional randbats or BH), and frankly I created this account just to participate in the lovely Create-a-Pokemon project. In (un)related news, I love Ghost types, and Mega Sableye was huge for me even though the end result was... disappointing.
 
sup everyone. my name is bobby and i am a senior at eastern michigan university studying photography. i've been playing pokemon through every generation and attempted to get into the world of competitive play when i was in highschool. didnt catch the hype and kind of gave up. i got into oras four or so months ago and have just recently started working on a few UU teams as i've always been most interested in playing that tier. i have a good fundemental understanding of competitive play altogether but will definitely be looking for all the knowledge i can gain. really looking forward to growing as a player, nice to meet you all.
Hi bobbi!
Nice to meet you! I would never have gotten involved with Pokemon had it not been for a good friend of mine, who got me started with the franchise with Emerald. I started battling competitively a few months more than a year back, with the help of Showdown. I used to be really bad, but my skills have improved a lot since then. I usually hang around the OU, 1v1, and Random Battle tiers, but I'm not afraid to delve into other tiers every so often. Take a look at the UnderUsed discussions here at Smogon and see if that's something you might be interested in getting involved with. I'm sure joining in on the discussions will help you to learn a lot about the tier. Also, check out the UnderUsed room in PS!, have you not done so already, if you'd like to make some friends in the UU community. Have a fun time exploring the site!
Hello i'm a scrub named Relaxed dedenne, i came here right near my bday just to see the people, then everyone exploded!, the end
Hello Relaxed Dedenne!
Good to meet a fellow scrub! :p Are there any particular areas of Smogon or Showdown! you'd like to get involved in? We have a wide variety of places for you to get involved in, including (but not limited to) competitive discussions, the Tutoring Program, and in-game discussions. Explore the various subforums--I'm sure you'll find a few you like! If you need help with anything, feel free to ask your questions in the Smogon Simple Questions thread, the Simple Questions Simple Answers thread, or PM me, Chesty, or Fluke. I hope you enjoy your time here!
So I am a a noob but I have been lurking for a while, I play PS under Banana Observed but haven't for a while (mainly Ubers with the occasional randbats or BH), and frankly I created this account just to participate in the lovely Create-a-Pokemon project. In (un)related news, I love Ghost types, and Mega Sableye was huge for me even though the end result was... disappointing.
Welcome Bananatron!
Great you decided to make an account! I play Showdown under this same name, although recently I have not been too active on the main server. When I do go online, I usually chill in the Other Metas room. I love the community, and its overall a fun place to be. I'm not too familiar with the CAP project, but I do admit that it's an interesting concept. You can find much information about the project and the process here. The CAP forum also has its own SQSA thread if you have any questions, but you can also use the Smogon Simple Question thread or PM me or the users I tagged above if you'd like. My favorite Pokemon type is Steel. Bisharp, Lucario, and Scizor are my top three favorite Pokemon, but Genesect is pretty close, too. I've also been playing a lot of Monotype recently, but I'm not great with a Steel monotype team, so I tend to use Bug. Anyway, have a great stay here at the forums!
 
Welcome Bananatron!
Great you decided to make an account! I play Showdown under this same name, although recently I have not been too active on the main server. When I do go online, I usually chill in the Other Metas room. I love the community, and its overall a fun place to be. I'm not too familiar with the CAP project, but I do admit that it's an interesting concept. You can find much information about the project and the process here. The CAP forum also has its own SQSA thread if you have any questions, but you can also use the Smogon Simple Question thread or PM me or the users I tagged above if you'd like. My favorite Pokemon type is Steel. Bisharp, Lucario, and Scizor are my top three favorite Pokemon, but Genesect is pretty close, too. I've also been playing a lot of Monotype recently, but I'm not great with a Steel monotype team, so I tend to use Bug. Anyway, have a great stay here at the forums!

I've actually lurked the CAP forums for a while, so I somewhat understand how it works.

and YOU are the reason I cannot use Bananatron on PS?! You are my new mortal foe (not really)!
 
hello everyone
Why hello there! welcome to the smogon community! :) Nice to meet you!

Hi, i am Narowak but you can call me Naro ^^.I am 16, playing pokemon since i am 7 or 6 maybe not sure about that really, i got into competive in early XY, i wasn't bad but i was not but all means a good player, i then leave after 6 months of playing competive and now i really want to comeback. Not from an english country so please forgive the errors.
Hey Naro! Welcome! Nice to meet you!
 
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Hey Everyone! You can call me Sean and I've been playing Pokemon since i was able to hold a gameboy upright, I've always loved Pokemon from games to cards to the show to action figures I was (and debatably am) the biggest poke-nerd that i know, other than that i'm an art student and i love to talk to people so feel free to message me thanks!
 
Hello all! I'm just another guy looking to find people to battle. If I get really involved in the community, then so much the better. I've been into pokemon since the first gen, and I have been into competitive battling since the fourth. I've tried a few facebook groups to get my battling fix, but that didn't work out very well, so I'm here now. I might also post on threads that discuss things outside of pokemon, as I'm interested in other games and other things such as movies, anime and manga, etc. Anywho, hope this all goes well and that I might get to know a couple of you.
 
Hey Everyone! You can call me Sean and I've been playing Pokemon since i was able to hold a gameboy upright, I've always loved Pokemon from games to cards to the show to action figures I was (and debatably am) the biggest poke-nerd that i know, other than that i'm an art student and i love to talk to people so feel free to message me thanks!
Hey Seanonthemoon! welcome to the community :) ooooo you like art too? that so cool! should give me some pointers some time.

Hello all! I'm just another guy looking to find people to battle. If I get really involved in the community, then so much the better. I've been into pokemon since the first gen, and I have been into competitive battling since the fourth. I've tried a few facebook groups to get my battling fix, but that didn't work out very well, so I'm here now. I might also post on threads that discuss things outside of pokemon, as I'm interested in other games and other things such as movies, anime and manga, etc. Anywho, hope this all goes well and that I might get to know a couple of you.
Welcome to the community Psychomew2! i think alot of people in our community will be interested in competitive battling :D Head over to the Competitive Discussion forum and wifi forum and check it out!
 
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Hey Everyone! You can call me Sean and I've been playing Pokemon since i was able to hold a gameboy upright, I've always loved Pokemon from games to cards to the show to action figures I was (and debatably am) the biggest poke-nerd that i know, other than that i'm an art student and i love to talk to people so feel free to message me thanks!
Hey seans i was barley able to hold a gameboy upright till like 5 lmao
 
Wow I've been here for awhile but, uh, I don't think I posted here?
So I'm ArcaneCitrus, and I hang around the art room on PS! and in the Forums. I might've already posted, I'm not sure.
GDI
 
Wow I've been here for awhile but, uh, I don't think I posted here?
So I'm ArcaneCitrus, and I hang around the art room on PS! and in the Forums. I might've already posted, I'm not sure.
GDI
Hey ArcaneCitrus! well its nice to meet you, even if you have been lurking in the artist den :P :) Nice to meet you! Wonder if you can help me? do you know an 'app' equivalent to Paint.net on mac's? If not its all goods! Welcome!
 
Hello everyone! Im a late twenties dude from Sweden. I've been hooked of the amazing wonder that is pokemon since the advent of blue/red and I am a proud gen 1:er that dared to start with a Bulbasaur. I've never really played competitively, just enjoyed the vanilla play-through of the games but I have always been intrigued with the viablility lists and such of these games. Well anyways, been lurking on this site for around 5 years I guess but since I have still zero experience of competitive gaming im still just gonna lurk some more but felt I could atleast introduce myself.

Cheers!

Oh, and fuck Solar Power on Mega Houndoom! Most anti-fluff shit I've ever seen in this game!! >:(
 
Hi everyone! I'm Kshimimi, I've been playing pokemon since I was a small child. My favorite pokemon is Scolipede, but for awhile before that it was Ninetales. I think my first pokemon games were Pokemon Snap and Pokemon Stadium, and my first real experience with the handhelds was Sapphire, although I picked up the earlier gens later on. I don't particularly have competitive experience, my s.o. is a little more competitively minded than me, but I like to see the strategic side of things and mostly bother myself thinking about niche setups that probably aren't actually all that viable in real competition..

I'm on PS under the same name, although I mostly use it to experiment with teams and don't play much unless somebody else bugs me to. Also I'm an artist, so that's a thing.

nice to meet you all :>
 
Hello everyone! Im a late twenties dude from Sweden. I've been hooked of the amazing wonder that is pokemon since the advent of blue/red and I am a proud gen 1:er that dared to start with a Bulbasaur. I've never really played competitively, just enjoyed the vanilla play-through of the games but I have always been intrigued with the viablility lists and such of these games. Well anyways, been lurking on this site for around 5 years I guess but since I have still zero experience of competitive gaming im still just gonna lurk some more but felt I could atleast introduce myself.

Cheers!

Oh, and fuck Solar Power on Mega Houndoom! Most anti-fluff shit I've ever seen in this game!! >:(
Hey there TerraBlaze! Welcome to the Smogon community. Yes introducing yourself is a great way to start in the community :)

Hi everyone! I'm Kshimimi, I've been playing pokemon since I was a small child. My favorite pokemon is Scolipede, but for awhile before that it was Ninetales. I think my first pokemon games were Pokemon Snap and Pokemon Stadium, and my first real experience with the handhelds was Sapphire, although I picked up the earlier gens later on. I don't particularly have competitive experience, my s.o. is a little more competitively minded than me, but I like to see the strategic side of things and mostly bother myself thinking about niche setups that probably aren't actually all that viable in real competition..

I'm on PS under the same name, although I mostly use it to experiment with teams and don't play much unless somebody else bugs me to. Also I'm an artist, so that's a thing.

nice to meet you all :>
Hey Kshimimi ! nice to meet you! Interesting favourite Pokemon i have to say haha. GBA Sapphire was my first Pokemon game aswell! :) *nostalgia* oh awesome your an artist! :) we need more of those around here. Anways... a warm welcome to the smogon community!
 
Hello! I'm Arquad. I've been lurking the Strategy Pokedex and playing on Pokemon Showdown as Arquad on and off for a while now, so I finally decided to make a forum account. My first game was Gold, and I've always had fun with pokemon, though I didn't really get into any competitive aspects of pokemon until XY.

I like IV breeding and building competitive teams, though I'm somewhat amateur at the latter, and I tend to make teams that ignore tiers in XY/ORAS. I also like building teams in some of the more unorthodox metagames like OU Monos and Balanced Hackmons.

I'll probably still lurk a good amount, especially with college coming back into the picture, but it's great to meet you all!
 
Hello! I'm Arquad. I've been lurking the Strategy Pokedex and playing on Pokemon Showdown as Arquad on and off for a while now, so I finally decided to make a forum account. My first game was Gold, and I've always had fun with pokemon, though I didn't really get into any competitive aspects of pokemon until XY.

I like IV breeding and building competitive teams, though I'm somewhat amateur at the latter, and I tend to make teams that ignore tiers in XY/ORAS. I also like building teams in some of the more unorthodox metagames like OU Monos and Balanced Hackmons.

I'll probably still lurk a good amount, especially with college coming back into the picture, but it's great to meet you all!
Hi there Arquad, Nice to meet you! Welcome to the smogon community, I think i was the same as you too haha. I like IV breeding and do abit of competitive battling on the side here and there. Oh man yeah you get super busy in collage, im no exception to that haha. Anyways... Nice to meet you and study hard!
 
Hello! I'm Arquad. I've been lurking the Strategy Pokedex and playing on Pokemon Showdown as Arquad on and off for a while now, so I finally decided to make a forum account. My first game was Gold, and I've always had fun with pokemon, though I didn't really get into any competitive aspects of pokemon until XY.

I like IV breeding and building competitive teams, though I'm somewhat amateur at the latter, and I tend to make teams that ignore tiers in XY/ORAS. I also like building teams in some of the more unorthodox metagames like OU Monos and Balanced Hackmons.

I'll probably still lurk a good amount, especially with college coming back into the picture, but it's great to meet you all!

Hello! I like Balanced Hackmons a lot too, and it's cool that you're doing some of the under-appreciated metas. Nice to meet you!
 
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