Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: Old Gens OU

[No Luck No Life]

Username: No Luck No Life
PS! Username: meykell12
Signup Format: SM OU/ADV OU
Your timezone: GMT-5
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays from 8pm to 11pm. Weekends from 2 pm to 11 pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing from 2017 SM OU, I got up to 1500. I stopped playing some time later and only came back to play consistently in 2022.
ADV I started playing from 2022. I was going on the ladder as long as the hax did not intervene.
I have participated in the adv ssnl and I am currently participating in the championship, I was hoping to also participate in the SM ones but I lost the ssnl registrations.
I am currently trying to complete "SM OverUsed Ladder Achievements" and in Spirits Achievement I can't get past 1500. I want to improve enough to complete all the challenges in platinum.
In Adv I have my own and borrowed teams but I feel that he is missing something to be in the top 10.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, Meykell#7603

 

[Waldinji]

Username: Waldinji
PS! Username: Waldinji
Signup Format: USUM OU
Your timezone: +1
Usual Hours of Availability: -6:30 PM -> 3:30 AM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
I Started competitive all the way Back in 2010 Before Salamence's Ban in Gen 4 OU (sadly Never had the confidence to Enter any genre of tournament until this year) , But ever since gen 6 , I begun absolutely Hating OU (I mean , Leaving from the hell that was BW2 OU , My standards to come back were , not surprising anyone , High). And no Gen has me more filled with hatred than Gen 7's (If you exclude the desperate hell hole that's been gen 9 OU so far as I heard about)
I already Tried getting into Gen 7 OU When it started with Competitive fellows from the Early BW Days , but , even with all our testing lately for tournament and all the time we spent labbing showdown teams , Even he wasn't able to brink even the slighest of Interest for me , as I see it as Nothing more than "Oh ... koko + Hawlucha = Endgame".
What I search here is maybe another way to reconciliate with OU Metagames as a whole after dropping OU for a decade at this point , and I'd figure "if I can get the worst one off the hook , The rest will be fine to get into".

Are you able to use Discord?: yes (Fuzz #9279)

 

[oakdeon]

-Username: Oakdeon
-PS! Username:Oakdeon
-Signup Format: GSC OU
-Your timezone: GMT+2
-Usual Hours of Availability: Monday to Sunday from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
-Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): ssnl rby*2 ,majors rby.
-Are you able to use Discord?: Yes
- Do you understand how the blacklist works?: Yes

 

[Linkin Karp]

Username: Linkin Karp
PS! Username: Linkin Karp
Signup Format: GSC OU
Your timezone: CEST (+2)
Usual Hours of Availability: Monday - Wednesday evening, also afternoon if able to plan in advance
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Played RBY in 2016-18, did pretty well in a number of Smogon and PP tours (never quite SPL level). Very little tour experience in other gens including GSC. Didn't play for 5 years, trying to learn GSC now.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[wai321]

Username: wai321
PS! Username: wai321
Signup Format: RBY
Your timezone: GMT
Usual Hours of Availability: On weekdays, 10 a.m. EST to 4 p.m. EST, on weekends, change the 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I’ve always wanted to try out competitive Pokemon and watching videos on it justified my goal more. It didn’t seem easy and I was right. For the month I’ve tried RBY OU (Gen 1 is my favourite gen) and other metas, I’ve lost 90% of it. I just think I’m ladder points fodder at this point. TL:DR, I’m too bad and I’m fodder for other players, I need help.
Are you able to use Discord: Yes, waiwai9380#8101

 

[SOMALIA]

Username:Somalia
PS! Username:Somalia
Signup Format: ADV or BW
Your timezone: GMT+1
Usual Hours of Availability:Weekday evenings gmt+1, weekends free mornings or late evenings
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing for a verylong time. I consider myself to be a decent player but I havent been able to reach the higher levels in BW OU. I would like to focus on teambuilding and piloting teams. For some odd reason I was very sharp a decade ago however Ive just been on the decline ever since.
Are you able to use Discord: Yes, Somalia#7886

 

[BlackKnight_Gawain]

Username: BlackKnight_Gawain
PS! Username: BlackKnight_Gawain
Signup Format: BW/ORAS/SM/DPP/ADV (primarily BW)
Your timezone: +6
Usual Hours of Availability: prefer nights but can be a bit flexible with some daytime hours
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): been playing since cg bw, was great on ladder back then and had decent success on ORAS-SM too. I'd like to relearn these tiers since a lot of time has passed since cg and be hopefully cracked at them, while also picking up ADV/DPP which I've learnt mostly in passing but would like to know at a better level.
Are you able to use Discord?: y, HawkeLuke#7473

 

[Cdijk16]

Username: Cdijk16
PS! Username: awesomekingdrauser/Cdijk21-Alt/Cdijk21-Alt-2/ Cdijk21-alt-3
Signup format: SM, ADV
Timezone: GMT + 5:30
Usual hours of availability: 9PM-11PM my time.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've been playing since the times of early SM. In SM, I have peaked at 1728 on ladder with a GXE of 83.9%(see SM OU Ladder Achievements for proof). I regularly ladder and usually hang around 1550-1600 on ladder, occasionally dropping lower in case of bad losing streaks. However, I feel that I have plateaud in terms of skills and can't get higher than this rating. In ADV, I have peaked 1610 ELO(see ADV OU Ladder Achievements), hit a maximum win streak of 16, reached top 8 in 2022/2021 Summer Seasonals(don't remember which) and peaked at 79.6% GXE. I also play ORAS, DPP and GSC somewhat regularly, but i don't feel the need for tutoring in them.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, Cdijk16#5364

 

[Queueueuebone]

Username: Queueueuebone
Ps! Username: Queueueuebone
Signup format: ADV
Timezone: EST
Availability: nights. I work from home though, so I can be flexible.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon:
I started playing during BW, and I enjoyed the UU metagame. In Gen 6, I played little cup and air battles and achieved top 5 on the ladder in each (no idea what account this was though). I've played on and off casually since then, and recently gotten hooked on ADV. My current ladder rank is ~1670 with a team I built. However, I struggle to find consistent success with other teams. I would love to learn more about team building, piloting teams, and how to prepare for tournaments. I'm new here and jazzed to learn more!
Discord: nal#1622