Let round 9 begin! We have a good amount of tutees this round, and have been able to pair all who applied with tutors. It's nice to see a couple of new faces this round! It also seems that XY has completely engrossed our playerbase, so hopefully at the end of this round all of you will be well-acquainted with the new gen of Pokemon. Approved tutors should receive access to the academy lounge subforum shortly. All times are in GMT. (psst Zorodark r u alive) Please set the #Academy channel to autojoin. XY Ubers The Galician Warrior (+1) - Omega Hawk (-5) Slayer!(Thundurus) (+1) - ShowMeTheMankey (+0) Raducan (-7) - RudeStyle (+0) XY OU Sakuya Izayoi (+8) - [IMP]Leon (+5), Mike Jenkins (+5:30) Finchinator (-4) - Rioku (-6), Fille (+1) Metalgross (+1) - Fegelein (+0) MewtwoHidden (-6) - Shadow Sneak (-5) XY UU meeps (-5) - Cobalt (+0) Maxedofhaxed (-4) - Maple Syrup (-4) Celebi. (-5) - Trace Of Life (+7) Froggy (-5) - blqbird (-5) Diz (-8) - Veteran Padgett (-5) XY LC Yagura (+0) - Fletchling (+1) In case you want to know more about your tutors: Spoiler 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) 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 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 Server names: Thundurus, Zendom Tiers you wish to teach: XY Ubers About me: Ubers always was my favourite tier and I've been playing it for a long time. I peaked #1 in Ubers and I am able to build standard teams and also unusual teams. I'm also very active on the server. References: Ramiel, Fixed, ZoroDark, Monsters of Men, [hero]Lacus Clyne, Finchinator, Yagura Server names: ! HC ! Diz, ! HC ! Diztastic Tiers you wish to teach: XY UU About me: I've been playing for a few years now, but only really started battling lower tiers during BW2 , which I peaked top ten on multiple occasions. XY UU has been the only tier I've laddered seriously this gen, and am currently peaked at 1474 and 1444 on another alt. I believe I would make a good tutor because I've seen how to properly tutor someone(when Gl4ss tutored me lasted gen) and have a knack for making creative teams. References: Serebii, Chainy, Meeps, Froggy. Timezone: GMT -8 Server names: Sakuya Izayoi/DracoNinja Tiers you wish to teach: XY OU About me: I have been playing competitive pokemon since August 2012, and OU is one of the tiers that I am most experienced in. I got to page 1 on the PO ladder twice but decayed, and played with mostly semi-stall/balanced/bulky offense playstyles. Also I'm now on 1700 on PS because the PS ladder is easier to ladder and because I don't have my mac so I don't have my teams :c References: Bugzinator, Finch, Raducan, Metalgross, entire Tournaments can really attest that I'm a decent player (zoro don't laugh) Timezone: +8GMT Server names: Serebii / Bulbapedida / Arctic Fox Tiers you wish to teach: XY UU / BW UU / XY OU About me: I haven't really joined forum tours (until recently), but I've received pretty good ladder rankings. I've been around PO on various names but I'm just now starting to become part of the community. My favorite tier is XY UU, followed by BW UU, and then XY OU. UU has always been "home" to me, and it is the tier I'm generally best in. I learned OU this gen while waiting for UU to come out and made great progress. I'd like to become a tutor to help players that struggle or want to learn a tier that they don't typically play. I peaked in XY UU at 1394, and at 1478 in XY OU. References: Fille, Windblown, Sasuke Uchiha Timezone: GMT -5 Server names: Maxedofhaxed Tiers you wish to teach: XY UU About me: I'm Maxedofhaxed; I've been around for around 2-3 years. I've played XY UU extensively and I have made several teams that have been excellent. I've played in POCL and POWC and other miscellaneous tournaments on these forums. My best tier is XY UU. I want to become a tutor because I feel I could really help the XY UU community grow. References: Finchinator, Afro Smash, Windblown, MewtwoHidden Timezone: GMT-4(EST since clocks changed back last weekend) Server names: TheGalicianWarrior, TGW, Hax Waker HD and several thousand testing alts. (I'm nearly always as TheGalicianWarrior tho) Tiers you wish to teach: XY Ubers About me: Played the tier since (quite literally) the 1st day, 1st Ubers player to get to 1400 and 1500 in ladder, peaked #1 3 or 4 times (now I just ladder for testing teams and sets). Won several server tours (if that counts). And also taught the tier and helped with teambuilding to several players (can list them if needed). References: Shuckle., Fixed, Poliwrath says, MewtwoHidden, Monsters of Men, Fille, Finchinator, Rioku, Shroomish, Slayer/Thundurus, Lilligant, Shadow Sneak... Timezone: GMT +1 Server names: meeps, xclus|kland Tiers you wish to teach: bw nu, bw lu, xy uu About me: i am pokemon master i am former tutor then i kinda quit, i am gym leader i have been a top in bw nu and bw lu and i got #2 in xy uu ladder and i made some good teams well i think they're good References: zorodark, finchinator, navz, etc Timezone: gmt -5 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[/HIDE] That's all, let the tutoring begin! Don't hesitate PM me or Zorodark if you have any issues/queries.
Contaced. Will be scheduling an official session soon. He's free on Sat/Sun so we'll be getting at least one session in this weekend.
Wanted to say that MewtwoHidden is a great tutor, we've made a good amount of successful teams together and I've learned some handy tips on the tier
HI. Due to me and my tutee having polarizing timezones, we've only successfully had one session. I will try to get one or two more before the deadline if I'm free on the weekends.