Smogon Council I - Salamence

[shrang]

Ok since I have nothing better to do...

• Primary Shoddy Account Username: shrang
• Standard Ladder Rating: 1557 (CRE 1368) - Got up to around 1450 about two weeks ago, and haven't played much since
• Standard Ladder Deviation: 47
• Suspect Ladder Rating: 1602 (CRE 1285)
• Suspect Ladder Deviation: 79 - Haven't played that much on here because frankly, I hated the Suspect Ladder
• Tournament Presence: None
• Optional short paragraph:

While I'm nowhere near a "fantastic player", I have been quite active in the Suspect test process since Stage 3-2, voting in every stage apart from 3-5 (Because I voted in Stage 3-3 and 3-4). I've also voted in the latest UU Suspect Test, so I know what happens to metagames when we ban Pokemon or not, and have a good idea what Pokemon are considered broken and what are not. While I am quite an average player (probably slightly above average), I make up for this for by pro-actively arguing on the forums, getting my point across and correcting misconceptions others may have. I think I'm probably one of the most active debaters on the "Salamence Council" thread. I have used Salamence and played against it. Whatever the outcome, picked for the Council or not, I am grateful for the staff at Smogon to have given me this opportunity to voice my opinion.

 

[Aeroblacktyl]

• Primary Shoddy Account Username: Jumpman has these.
• Standard Ladder Rating: 1676.5
• Standard Ladder Deviation: 37.5
• Suspect Ladder Rating: 1738
• Suspect Ladder Deviation: 54
• Screenshot: N/A ratings were taken a week ago
• Tournament Presence: Every Official Smogon Tournament and World Cup
• Short Paragraph: Been here from the start of dawn and been at the top since day 1. No one's been through more generation and tiering changes than me and seen it's effects on each instance. I actually care.

 

[Ciele]

Primary Shoddy Account Username: jingle bells (Suspect), Ciele (Standard)
Standard Ladder Rating: 1788.5
Standard Ladder Deviation: 71.5
Suspect Ladder Rating: 1766
Suspect Ladder Deviation: 63

I cannot provide screenshots, but these ratings are accurate as I post this.

Tournament Presence: My only real tournament presence this year is playing with te Alpha Ruiners in SPL with my current record standing at 5-0: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72626

Short Paragraph: Although I have little tournament experience, I have laddered consistently and successfully all this year up until the last couple of weeks, and I feel that I have a good understanding of the metagame from this. I was more importantly of course, a frequent player of the Suspect metagame as well until recently, peaking at #2 on the leaderboard.

 

[Gil4]

Primary Shoddy Account Username: Tq47
Standard Ladder Rating: 1532.
Standard Ladder Deviation: 22.
Suspect Ladder Rating: 1609,5.
Suspect Ladder Deviation: 62,5.
Tournament Presence: none besides Smogon Frontier (1 w./1 l. for now).

Peaked 40th place on standard ladder and 13th place on suspect ladder.

 

[Aeolus]

Closed. We will announce who has been chosen for the Council once Jump and I have had a chance to discuss the applications.