Welcome to the newest round of rating practice teams. If you're an aspiring rater, then these will hopefully allow you to pick up on and address any problems with your rating, provide you with experience rating teams that have been specifically made to be as tough to rate as possible, and make you think creatively in order to find the best changes for the team. Any rates we receive will be replied to with personalized feedback by an official Team Rater. At the end of the round, we'll give some general hints and feedback on how things went, and post the best rate that we received as an example of how to rate the team.
After the official TR provides feedback for the rate submitted, the person who submitted the rate will have the option to take on the rater as a tutor for a couple of weeks. Over this period the TR can work with the tutee on the aspects of their rating that need improvement and give them the advice they need to become high quality raters. If the person's practice rate seems to be on the right track and they still want to take on a tutor, then it's up to the tutee to describe to the tutor what exactly they would like to work on. Keep in mind that tutors are limited and spots will be handed out on a first-come first-serve basis. If you would like to be assigned a rating tutor, be sure to make that clear in your PM.
If you would like to participate in this round, PM your rate to celticpride no later than Monday, June 13th. You may rate more than one practice team, but make separate PMs for each team you rate. Don't forget to indicate which tier your rate is for in the title!
Please note that in the event of ongoing suspect tests you are not rating for the Suspect metagame, and as such make sure you account for Alakazam, Mega Steelix, etc.
If you don't see a team for your tier of choice (such as Doubles OU, PU, or Ubers), PM me (celticpride) and I'll see if I can work something out. A lack of submitted rates in tiers like Ubers led to them being cut from the regular rotation of Rating Practice Teams. However that's not something that can't be fixed!
Practice Teams by tier:
After the official TR provides feedback for the rate submitted, the person who submitted the rate will have the option to take on the rater as a tutor for a couple of weeks. Over this period the TR can work with the tutee on the aspects of their rating that need improvement and give them the advice they need to become high quality raters. If the person's practice rate seems to be on the right track and they still want to take on a tutor, then it's up to the tutee to describe to the tutor what exactly they would like to work on. Keep in mind that tutors are limited and spots will be handed out on a first-come first-serve basis. If you would like to be assigned a rating tutor, be sure to make that clear in your PM.
If you would like to participate in this round, PM your rate to celticpride no later than Monday, June 13th. You may rate more than one practice team, but make separate PMs for each team you rate. Don't forget to indicate which tier your rate is for in the title!
Please note that in the event of ongoing suspect tests you are not rating for the Suspect metagame, and as such make sure you account for Alakazam, Mega Steelix, etc.
If you don't see a team for your tier of choice (such as Doubles OU, PU, or Ubers), PM me (celticpride) and I'll see if I can work something out. A lack of submitted rates in tiers like Ubers led to them being cut from the regular rotation of Rating Practice Teams. However that's not something that can't be fixed!
Practice Teams by tier:
- OU Practice Team by p2
- UU Practice Team by Adaam.
- RU Practice Team by Arifeen
- NU Practice Team by DennisEG
- LC Practice Team by tcr