Sign-Up Apprentice Program Signups: SV Monotype

[Ticken]

Welcome to Battling 101! If you're seeking a tutor for SV Monotype, you are in the right place. Please read all the rules carefully and fill out every part of the application.

RULES​

• You must be able to access Discord, or whatever your tutor wants as the primary form of communication.
• You must be willing to use Pokemon Showdown! even if you are being tutored in a cartridge format such as Battle Spot or VGC.
• You, the tutee, should have at least 15 posts before signing up AND your account's age should be a minimum of at least 1 month old before signing up.
  • This is not a strict requirement meaning you may still be paired without satisfying it, so no matter what, DO NOT spam post elsewhere in the forum. That is an infractable offense and we do not encourage such behavior from potential Tutees.
• You must have battled competitively for a decent amount in at least ONE of the Smogon tiers or Battle Spot / VGC to sign up. Playing 10 or so matches on the PS! ladder is not substantial enough, ~70 or so is more reasonable. This experience does not need to be for the format you sign-up for; this is just to weed out people who have never played competitively that can improve themselves simply by using resources already available to them without needing a tutor to hold their hand.
• You, the tutee, are responsible for setting up times with your tutor. When you receive the Smogon notification informing you of the pairing, please take the initiative and post on their VM wall first. Continued scheduling and communication is key to a successful pairing!
• Use the Tutee Talk forum to complain about your tutor (or praise them if they're doing a good job). These are no longer mandatory, but if your tutor is ridiculously inactive or is a complete jackass, COMPLAIN HERE. Nobody can see your tutee talk posts except for you and the Battling 101 Staff; everything is confidential.
• Signups older than 4 months or 1 month since last login will be considered inactive. These will be moved to the Inactive Posts thread, and can be returned back to this thread by request.
• Tutors can and will drop you if sessions go badly, and significant violations may result in a ban from B101. Be active, be enthusiastic, be respectful. Make the best of your time together!

Here is the signup template, and an example sign-up post.

Username:
PS! Username:
Signup Format:
Your timezone:
Usual Hours of Availability:
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):
Are you able to use Discord?:

Username: Shiba
PS! Username: Big Sean
Signup Format: SV Monotype
Your timezone: EST (GMT -5)
Usual Hours of Availability: weekdays 8 PM - 12 AM, weekends 12 PM - 12 AM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I started playing competitively in early XY and spammed Baton Pass on the ladder. I was pretty skilled I guess. I then got more involved with Smogon and started to play in various tournaments like UUPL and later on Snake and SPL. I could use a bit more practice in this tier though, so I'm looking to get help
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes

 

[Brewfus]

Username: Brewfus
PS! Username: Brewfus
Signup Format: SV Monotype
Your timezone: GMT +1
Usual Hours of Availability: Pretty much any time after 3pm GMT +1 almost any day (uni student)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I was top 200 worldwide on the in game ranked in multiple seasons on Sword and Shield, but since then hadn't played as much. I mainly play ladders on showdown and managed to get top 30 on monotype, despite that only being because a lot of the experienced players are inactive.

Otherwise I've been playing pokemon over 18 years and know almost everything there is to know about types, pokemon, abilities and moves etc, along with being well versed with many common strategies or VGC practices.

I'd just like to learn a lot more about the format, I've found it to be very enjoyable and I like implementing all sorts of strategies when playing. (I had most success with a very very simple to use fire team....).

Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, username is the same its just 'Brewfus'

 

[HoennEver]

Username: HoennEver
PS! Username: HoundoomSorcerer
Signup Format: SV Monotype
Your timezone: New York
Usual Hours of Availability: 2-5
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): just play around on different formats on PS!
Are you able to use Discord?: no

 

[Gipemi]

Username:Gipemi
PS! Username:gipemi
Signup Format:SV MONOTYPE
Your timezone:GMT -4
Usual Hours of Availability:weekdays: 1 PM to 9 PM, weekends: 10 AM to 9 PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): i am a little new to competitive pokemon, i was training in the random game and i learned about the very basic things and i tried making a monotype team
Are you able to use Discord?:Yes

 

[GameMaggot]

Username: GameMaggot
PS! Username: GameMaggot
Signup Format: SV Mono
Your timezone: GMT-3
Usual Hours of Availability: Monday to friday, from 2 PM to 10PM
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I want to compete on the competitive scene but i want to learn before i venture further
Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[BlazeDragonZ]

Username: BlazeDragonZ
PS! Username: Zyro8080
Signup Format: SV Mono
Your timezone: GMT +1
Usual Hours of Availability: Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am to 11pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I play showdown on and off for 3 + years now. I always played for fun and used to keep up with smog tiers and make teams during sword and shield and ultra sun. But when it comes to make a comprehensive team i still need to learn more and monotype being one of my favourites i always wanted to learn how to build teams with type coverage ,strategies and stuff. Also i have not played much since scarlet and violet and i need some help with current meta and need some help with building teams ans educate me in the format
Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[SerpentStrik]

Username: SerpentStrik
PS! Username: SerpentStrik
Signup Format: SV Mono
Your timezone: GMT 5:30+
Usual Hours of Availability: Sundays and Saturdays, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I used to be a fun player 2 years before, and I now wish to be good at monotype format. Currently relying on my favourite type (grass, which is the worst type competitively I know), trying to be better at decision making and stronger coverage.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, its serpentstrik

 

[Don't ko me]

Username: dont ko me
PS! Username: dont ko me
Signup Format: SV Mono
Your timezone: MNT
Usual Hours of Availability: any time really
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I play showdown on mainly, i used to play alot of gen 8 dou was top 300 at one point, i wanna ladder in mono this gen. I got into pokemon comp scene due to a mono discord server i found 3 years back. I wanna get better at playing comp. My fave mono types are dragon then water
Are you able to use Discord?: yes its mikewazowski0303

 

[SkiForLife]

Username: SkiForLife
PS! Username: SgruBru
Signup Format: SV Monotype
Your timezone: UTC+1
Usual Hours of Availability: I am usually available during weekends, mostly on Saturdays. I have much less time during weekdays, but will most likely be available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've played all formats across the board, from Monotype to Gen6,5 and 4 UU. While I have experience since I started playing competitive Pokémon about 4 years ago, I lack general tier knowledge, but of all the tiers that stand out to me the most, Monotype is really special to me. I liked playing some Snow/Hail teams back then, I guess. As for my general performance and actual level, I'm not sure if I'm good enough, I have a lot of questions about that because I want to see my level and how much I can progress. I'd say I'm pretty far away from a competitive level, but I'm willing to improve and participate in a Monotype tournament if it happens.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, hayaa_le_retour

 

[Dreenk Watah]

Username:Dreenk Watah
PS! Username:Axeal
Signup Format:SV Monotype
Your timezone: GMT-6
Usual Hours of Availability:Usually available anytime from 8:00 am to 10:pm, CST
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):Started playing casually in 2015, back in the Origin PS days. After commiting to it for a while I became the leader of Psychic for a while,followed by Ice. Im not privy to the new age of Pokemon and Showdown, but im eager to learn and master it again.
Are you able to use Discord?:Yes, Dreenk Watah

 

[swapasdf]

Username: Swapasdf
PS! Username: Swapasdff
Signup Format: SV Monotype
Your timezone: UTC +10 (Chamorro standard time)
Usual Hours of Availability: Anywhere between 4 to 8 PM as i am still a student
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): not too good but i have enough knowledge to try. build a solid monotype ghost team to start. love to think outside the box for teams
Are you able to use Discord?: yes, my username is swapasdf

 

[ElliottTheDM]

Username: ElliottTheDM
PS! Username: elliottthedm
Signup Format: SV OU
Your timezone: EST
Usual Hours of Availability: Generally, I'm available on Saturday and most weeknights past 5:30pm except for Tuesday.
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I've loved Pokemon basically my whole life and my favorite in the series is Black/White, but I've never fully gotten involved in competitive. I really love the community-led tournaments on Smogon and PS!, and I want to play to be able to understand team building, Pokemon roles, and the fundamentals of it so I can appreciate it more. I haven't played much monotype and I understand the battles on a very surface level. My goal is to be able to grasp the intermediate and advanced concepts to be able to compete in some tournaments from time to time, possibly in more than just monotype.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, my discord tag is @ confuseddungeonmaster

 

[alex032591]

Username:alex032591
PS! Username: phanom tax
Signup Format: monotype
Your timezone: gmt
Usual Hours of Availability: 4-8pm
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences):I've been doing some randomizer challenges recently and everyone I've played has been really nice. I wanna learn monotype cause it's the most natural to me cause I play mostly monotype in the mainline games. I've been having fun using pokemon showdown because it helps me actually learn how to battle when I can't afford Nintendo online. I want to be better at playing but I can't feel bad about losing when the people here are so nice. I've been enjoying finding new strategies to counter meta or just mess around.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes

 

[goodisgood]

Username:goodisgood
PS! Username:goodisgood
Signup Format: MONOTYPE gen 9
Your timezone:east
Usual Hours of Availability:weekdays: weekend and friday maybe some other days
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): im semi new to pokemon but kinda new to competitive pokemon i just wanna get better to not always get first rounded in tournaments, monotype seems really fun and i enjoy it alot so i want my skill to match the love i have for monotype, my elo is like 1145s so i also want to get better at ladder and just monotype competitive overall
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes add me on garifield

 

[Apple]

Username: Apple
PS! Username: Apple
Signup Format: Monotype
Your timezone: UK (GMT+0/BST)
Usual Hours of Availability: Weekdays around 6:00pm onwards, Weekends almost whenever)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Have not played competitively since Gen 6. Even then was more casual. I want to just kinda get the ropes and try my best rather than aim to be the best y'know.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes.

 

[Wilsondude]

Username: Wilsondude
PS! Username: Wilsondude
Signup Format: SV Monotype
Your timezone: GMT +6 (IST timezone)
Usual Hours of Availability: 10:00 PM - 1:00 AM (mostly)
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): Well I started off playing Monotype since September 2024 and started off with mono steel. Now I'm just a mono rock user.
Are you able to use Discord?: yes (Username: magnesiumyt)

 

[Chris Chien Pao]

Username: chriscp
PS! Username: chriscp
Signup Format: SV Monotype
Your timezone: 5.5+
Usual Hours of Availability: full day
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): i play a lotta mons specially old gens and in current sv meta i have interest in sv. Would like to learn more
Can use discord: yes.

 

[Molemitts]

Username: Molemitts
PS! Username: Molemitts
Signup Format: SV Mono
Your timezone: PST (GMT-7)
Usual Hours of Availability: Varies, weekends: all day, weekdays usually past 10pm i’ll be available
Tell us a little about your experience in competitive Pokemon (min. 3 sentences): I’m new to competitive battling but have been playing mono for about a year now I want to say. When actively laddering I’m usually in top 25 if not top 10 of SV mono ladder, peak is #2. I’ve been engaging in roomtours more recently to get more experience in tournament play.
Are you able to use Discord?: Yes, but I sorta feel weird about voice chat. You’d probably be able to talk me into it though.