@ Pink:
I myself joined smogon just to get tutored, since I had got myself Shoddy, and was a noob. At that time, if I wouldn't have get tutored, I guess I would have just dropped the whole thing and left this place. Now, I plan to start tutoring when I get good enough. So as twash said, it can be the gateway to new people.
And on that regard, I agree with it that you should have to write a bit more that what usually people have on these rounds. I myself have written up the application on notepad so I can just c/p it when the sign-up comes. Fast'n'easy. But some people have, as said, written close to nothing so they get the spot. So the current system kinda shoots itself in the leg.
I myself joined smogon just to get tutored, since I had got myself Shoddy, and was a noob. At that time, if I wouldn't have get tutored, I guess I would have just dropped the whole thing and left this place. Now, I plan to start tutoring when I get good enough. So as twash said, it can be the gateway to new people.
And on that regard, I agree with it that you should have to write a bit more that what usually people have on these rounds. I myself have written up the application on notepad so I can just c/p it when the sign-up comes. Fast'n'easy. But some people have, as said, written close to nothing so they get the spot. So the current system kinda shoots itself in the leg.