our player of the week is !!
dex
Favourite pokemon : 
gm dex. The anti catboy association congratulates the government for taking up this interview. How has your day been so far?
It’s been alright! Got up pretty early cause I’m moving across the country.
ah good luck with that !! seems pretty scary to me tbh because i get carsick easily '-'
Alright well, tell me and the community a bit about yourself via a brief introduction, both on and off smogon. Name, age, favorite color, whatever you would like to say!
I’m dex, I used to be called dex18. The name comes from a homebrew dnd rule my dad used that required 18 dexterity to dual wield. I’m 22, my favorite color is purple, my favorite food is sushi, and my favorite Pokémon are sandslash, swablu, and spiritomb.
thats pretty cool !! How did you get into pokemon ? What made you interested in the competitive scene?
I was super into Pokemon as a kid, I remember asking my dad for a ds and Pokemon diamond and instead he got me a game boy and red, blue, yellow, gold, and silver. I was hooked since then. I got into competitive mons when I was in high school and I stumbled across showdown, though I didn’t start using smogon until the pandemic because I was bored as all hell and CAP looked fun. I stuck around in the competitive scene cause SHSP actually made the mistake of drafting me in CAP snake draft and the friends I made there (quziel, tnm, shsp) got me to want to stay and participate more.
What drew you to CAP in particular? What do you reckon is your favourite part of the process ?
Honestly I’m not sure what drew me exactly. I found the whole concept of CAP to be really interesting and I was definitely over eager in my first project, which was Miasmaw. My favorite part of the process used to be typing, but I’ve honestly become a much bigger fan of stats. It’s the easiest way to leave the most notable mark on the mon.
What are your thoughts on the current meta? Do you have any preferences in playstyle(s) overall ? on a similar note , what mons do you think are great picks rn ?
I think the current meta is in a pretty fun place, you can get away with running off meta shit cause there’s just so many different threats in the metagame. As a player, I lean towards offense in general, whether that be bulky, hyper, or weather. I honestly think that HO is really strong right now, not because of cawmadore specifically, but I think cawm+lucha+goltres covers a lot of stuff, so I’d say hawlucha is a great pick atm that’s a tad underrated. Outside of that, hail is obviously quite strong, and I think ferro should see some more usage as well.
I think the diversity is one of the reasons many people enjoy the tier :]
can you share a particular team you are proud of?
https://pokepast.es/7bbe46ebba23793d this team is easily the highest level of building genius I will ever reach. I built it semi jokingly for maroon for cappl, then he dominated with it. The team is pretty straightforward HO. Lead screens azelf, the matchup fish double dance miasmaw, meteor beam astrolotl to cover the sun matchup, GGWP aurumoth, tanga berry malaconda to catch dragapult uturning on it, and obviously the star of the show, Chinese clefable.
This is true
What are your thoughts on this successful edition of ladder tour? What other tours are you looking forward to in the future? Any long term goals ?
I was so, so happy that the ladder tour worked out! It was great seeing so many people suffer on the ladder like you and I have. It also saw the rise of the cap god poopidoopi, which has got to be my biggest success. I’m looking forward to the next team tour, which are always the most fun, and I’ll be hosting the next SS CAP Ghosting tour, which will take place after playtest. I hope to keep hosting tournaments, eventually deposing tadasuke as a tournament host and taking all his schmeckles
mamasuke will be relieved of her son's responsibilities
Exactly
what are your general tips towards getting better at the game?
Honestly, enter tournaments. It takes a couple tours of getting absolutely smacked by better players to improve. Also, team tournaments are the absolute best place for new players to learn. I would not be good at the game unless Jordy butted into all of my building sessions to call me an idiot.
What was your favourite tour experience so far ? Any cool people youd like to s/o ?
As always, I’ll shout out shsp for getting me into the cap metagame in the first place. What an absolute g that guy is. I did fairly well in winter seasonal while exclusively bringing matchup fish teams, which was funny. I also enjoyed beating Gibraltar slayer with three different rotom forms in seasonal then weather ball stratagem hail and terrain extender lele sun in Swiss.
I also really enjoyed teaming with voltage, awesome guy. Some of my favorite past teammates are quziel, tnm, snake, am, and maroon.
Thank you for this wondeful interview ! Anything else youd like to say to the fans ?
There’s three truths in life: D2 causing hair loss in italians, Indians getting banned for cat boy pics, and Rabia eating whole onions