Without further ado, Round 9 of the PO Academy officially begins! XY UU is now available as a tier for tutoring! ZoroDark and I will continue to lead the Academy this round Fill out the following form if you wish to become a tutor. Please read the Mission Statement and Guidelines thread before doing so, so that you know what you are signing up for. IMPORTANT: DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A FEW SOLID REFERENCES Server names: Aliases you often use on the server. Tiers you wish to teach: Tiers you feel comfortable teaching. About me: A some information about you and why you think you are a good choice as a tutor, and why you want to be one. Good things to list would be ladder peaks, tournament victories (preferable forum tournaments), and other accomplishments. However, feel free to list other "real life" things that might make you more suitable for the position. References: A minimum of three members in good standing within the community who can vouch for both your attitude and battling prowess. Timezone: In GMT. Please send your application to me AND ZoroDark, via PM on the forums. Just to avoid confusion; once we have approved your application you may post it in the thread. Be warned that posts that are unapproved will be deleted and those applications not counted. Once applications have been reviewed, tutors will be shortlisted from those in the thread. If you were previously approved for the academy and would like to continue tutoring you may post your previous application directly in the thread, but getting re-approved is not a guarantee. Deadline (following them religiously this time): 20th March P.S - Sorry for the delay
Approved last round Server names: Raducan Tiers you wish to teach: XY Ubers, BW2 UU About me: I've played XY Ubers and BW2 UU extensively and I know what is going on. I review sets for BF XY Ubers currently. I want to become a tutor for these tiers because I want to help the Ubers community grow and BW2 UU is my best tier. References: Finchinator, ZoroDark, bugzinator Timezone: -7 (after DST)
Approved last round. Forum username: Yagura Server names: Yagura Tiers you wish to teach: BW2 LC, XY LC. About me: I have a decent knowledge on the Little Cup metagame and I want to introduce a lot of people into a fun metagame that only few people play. About the XY LC, I've peaked in the ladder and I have a bunch of useful and new movesets for the new Pokémons. References: Weavile, Arte, Rioku, Poli, Metalgross, Mike.... Timezone: GMT +/-0
Approved Last Round Forum username: ßasedVictory Server names: Rioku Tiers you wish to teach: XY LC About me: I've peaked one multiple times, and once carried three alts in the top 10 for two weeks. Anyone who has ever played me in XY LC can attest for my skill. I carried a perfect PCWC record as an LC sub/main. References: Poli, notacop, Yagura(not Obito anymore! yes), Weavile, MewtwoHidden, Caralloman Timezone: GMT: -6, Central Standard Time
Server names: Finchinator, Finch, Smogon Doubles, Ryan Lewis, Faye Reagan, Buny is da bes Tiers you wish to teach: BW UU, BW OU, XY OU, XY UU About me: I am Finchinator; I've been around for about two and a half years and have been contributing to this community for a bit under a year and a half. I have played in tournaments like POCL, POWC, and other prestigious tournaments on these forums, but I'm nothing special. My best tier is BW2 UU, but I also excel in BW2 OU, XY OU, and XY UU. I am active on most weeknights and even more so on the weekend. References: ZoroDark, Raducan, Meeps, ßasedVictory, etc. (could list plenty, but this'll suffice) Timezone: GMT-4 (EST since clocks changed back last weekend)
Server names: Froggy Tiers you wish to teach: BW2 UU, XY UU About me: Been playing pogymon for a while now and basically played uu since gen 4 uu so have been through all bw2 uu/ xy uu tiers and know my way around them. Have peaked #1 (1573) xy uu ladder, and #2 like 500 times BW2 UU ladder peaked 1607. Won a ton of scripted bw2/xy uu tours and have played in POWC, POCL and SPL for BW2 UU. (XY UU has not had official tour yet ^^) I love teambuilding, already have about 150 tested xy uu teams from when i was trying to learn tier. I am also super active again! References: Meowmix, TIWSS, Orcelot, Afro Smash, Windblown, ssased, etc... Timezone: GMT -5 Been Previously Approved for 4 different tutor rounds
Forum username: MetalGross Server names: The Crescendolls, Deer God, B∆STILLE, MetalGross (MetalGross 95% of the time though) Tiers you wish to teach: BW OU, XY OU About me: 4-2 in POCL, got to page 1 easily, know all the playstyles etc. Finals of OU SubForum, Semis of To Be A Top, Won XY OU Forum tour. Peaked #10 so far this generation, have played with and against most of the play styes. Also, I like teaching! OH AND I GOT CALLED OUT BY MIGHTY USER CASEDVICTORY SO PROUD References: CasedVictory, ZoroDark, Finchinator, Luck>Skill Timezone: GMT +1 444 posts woopwoop