PokéBeach Tutoring Program - Season One

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PokéBeach Tutoring Program

Are you new to the competitive battling scene? Or maybe you’re an experienced battler, but have been away from the game for awhile. Whatever the case is, your welcome to sign-up for the PokéBeach Tutoring Program. If you are accepted as a student, you will be taught by one of PokéBeach’s best battlers. They will teach you everything you want to know about the competitive scene. Whether it is how to build a team or how to predict to a higher standard, they will do their very best so that by the end of the month you will be able to become a respected battler on the PokéBeach Forums as-well. Unfortunately, we will only be accepting players with access to Shoddy Battle.

One Season = 3 Weeks

Meet the professors:

Dragon9 has been on PokéBeach for a very long time. Dragon9 specialises in OU, Ubers and VGC. Highlights of Dragon9's Pokémon 'career' would be making Top 8 at the United Kingdom's Video Game Championships, as-well as finishing runner-up in the "Fourth Official PokéBeach Tournament". Dragon9 has also reached Top 4 in a Smogon Ubers Tour and Top 8 in an OU Tour. Dragon9 is more of an offensive player, but has adjusted to being able to play Stall.

Dragonexpert is one of our new tutors. Dragonexpert specialises in Ubers and has made a name for himself by reaching fourth on the Shoddy Ubers Ladder. Dragonexpert also plays OU, he is a consistent and solid battler.

Gamercal is one of the most respected battlers on the PokéBeach Forums. Gamercal specialises in OU and is known for his 'strange' but effective sets. Gamercal has proven himself to be one of the top battlers on the forums by winning "The Fifth Official PokéBeach Tournament" and proving his consistency by achieving a high position in previous tournaments.

Kevin Garrett is likely to me the most influential Video Game player ever to mod the PokéBeach Forums. As far as I know Kevin Garrett can play most tiers to a high standard, this is shown in his most recent achievement in finishing second in the Smogon Tour finals. Kevin Garrett has also won a number of tournaments on PokéBeach and has never gone out in the first few rounds. Kevin Garrett has also been top of the Shoddy OU Ladder several times.

Limitless has played Pokemon ever since the early stages of DP, and has really gotten to see the metagame shift many times. With these shifts, he has built a large majority of his teams based on the logistics of countering these metagames. In terms of achievements, Limitless has won many tournaments on Smogon and PokeBeach (won an official PokeBeach Tournament). With relation to laddering, he has gotten 8 accounts over 1640 in OU, 2nd place in OU Suspect, and a rating of 1730 in UU. However, Limitless will only be tutoring someone he feels is ready to make that next step, so give him a PM if you're interested.

The Assassin is another one of our new tutors. The Assassin, started off a beginner and has gradually made his way up the ranks. The Assassin specialises in OU and UU, although he is a strong VGC battler. The Assassin likes exploiting his opponent's lack of knowledge by using UU Pokémon in the OU metagame, which his opponent is unlikely to have come across very often.

Plato is a newer tutor, who has proven himself to a be worthy of his position as a tutor. -More information coming soon-

Pride is one of PokéBeach's veterans and is one of the strongest battlers around. Pride specialises in OU and has been ranked second on the OU Shoddy Ladder. Pride is also a tutor on Smogon, so he has a lot of experience. Pride is in charge of organizing tournaments on PokéBeach which is a lot of responsibility.


Application
Shoddy Username:
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?):
Timezone:
Experience in competitive battling:
Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises):

Once we have recieved a good amount of applications, we will then pair a tutor with an applicant. In the unfortunate event that you do not manage to get a place this season, you will be given priority next season. Also if you sign up and do NOT contact your tutor when they are assigned to you for a week, you will be dropped.
 
Shoddy Username: PDC
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?): I have IRC. But I perfer Skype or AIM. My AIM is [email protected]. Skype is pdc-alex.
Timezone: East. CT NY ect
Experience in competitive battling: A pretty decent amount. I've been tutored in OU before by Reverb, I feel as if i've become a pretty good player. A tier though that I really would like to play in though is UU.
Request a tutor: Pride. Or Blake since it says he does UU. I've never done UU before so be warned.
 
Shoddy Username:Batui4
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?):My Im is Batui4.
Timezone:Cst
Experience in competitive battling:pretty good in ou but want to be a better player in it
Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises):Dragon9 or Gamercal
 
Guys can you please post what your actual IM name is? It does no good for us to know you have it then you don't list it. Thanks.~Mark
 
Shoddy Username: Steadfast
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?): AIM- SteadfastPB
Timezone: GMT -5 (Est)
Experience in competitive battling: Quite a lot actually. I have been playing for a few years now and have gotten 1500 on smogon. Although I do have quite a bit of experience, the one thing I want to focus on is advanced team building (as advanced as it gets. Still not quite an expert at it). Not only that, but I also want to learn bulky offense. I want to learn the advanced strategies in bulky offense, and wish to learn the most advanced team building skills that I can in bulky offense.
Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises): I would like to have specifically gamercal for this if possible. No offense to anyone, but he provides what I need a bit better than the other tutors, so that's why I would like to request him.
 
I did not plan on signing up for this initially, but Ubers is the only tier I cannot yet call myself adequate in, so I want to become better in that tier.

Shoddy Username: CCloud
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?): AIM: Implosion15 / IRC: CCloud (will be more active on IRC)
Timezone: Central
Experience in competitive battling: I have been playing sporadically for four years now, ever since the R/S/E era and when NetBattle was king. I have had several hiatuses which, I believe, kept me from being even better than I am now.
Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises): Because I want to learn Ubers, dragonexpert.
 
Shoddy Username: Freak
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?): AIM: Pokemonfreak359 Skype: Pokemonfreak359
Timezone: Hawaii
Experience in competitive battling: I have been playing in competitive battling for about a year and I have improved from where I first started. However I'm not satisfied with my battling skills and I would like to reach the levels of Pride, Cal, Blake, D9, Dragonexpert, CC, Steadfast, Limitless, and other really good competitive battlers. (Sorry if I forgot you I'm just looking at whoever posted and the tutors and stuff.) Well as you can see I really want to be tutored and I promise you that I will be a really good student and I learn very quickly. :)
Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises): I want to learn OU so anyone is fine.
 
Shoddy Username: B of T/Blue_Thunder
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?): AIM: Shaymin492
Timezone: CST
Experience in competitive battling: I've been playing off and on for about 2 years until this summer. I was never really that good. However, I started playing again this summer, and I've made a little progress, but I still feel I can get better. I'm stuck at an "average" playing ability...and I'd really like to finally reach "good"...and join the ranks of PokeBeach's good battlers.

Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises): No request.
 
Application
Shoddy Username:JaySee, Juliacoolo
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?): Skype: Ajmpwn23, AIM: Ajmpwn23, IRC: JaySee
Timezone: Eastern Standard
Experience in competitive battling: Playing for around two years now. I'm very active in competitive battling, and wish to learn, and grow more in the field.
Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises):
 
Shoddy Username: Flare
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?): Yahoo: [email protected]
Timezone: Central
Experience in competitive battling: I've been doing it for a while, but I've always been pretty average.
Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises): Since I mainly want to do Ubers with a little OU, dragonexpert.
 
I will now be tutoring also.

However, I will only be tutoring someone I feel is ready to take that next step, so give me a PM if you're interested.
 
Shoddy Username: oyeah1988
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?): IRC name: oyeah1988
Timezone: EST (GMT -5)
Experience in competitive battling: Well I have been playing since the 2nd Pokebeach tourney. Lost Round 1 to Bentendo, due to not getting past a SubPunch Breloom. Since then, my knowledge of battling has increased quite a bit but I can't seem to pull off many wins. I still battle to this very day, and only quit when I am not having fun, (which seems to take less than 3 battles on average.) I really want to learn better strategies and to be able to pull off said strategies, even when I am in a bit of a pickle.
Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises): Gamercal or The Assassin, since I like to keep my opponents on their toes, and apparently it seems that's their forté.
Thanks
 
Shoddy Username: Zenith, Sigrun, Siggy
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?): overlordryu for AIM, [email protected] for MSN, sarachiel-zenith for Skype, and yes I use IRC.
Timezone: EST
Experience in competitive battling: Quite a bit, actually. I've done well in a lot of tournies and I've been playing since third gen.
Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises): gamercal. dragonexpert is okay too.
 
Shoddy Username: ArcanineDog or Glacymr
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?): MSN: Glacymr.gmail.com IRC: I am Arcanine on #Pokebeach
Timezone: CST, -6 GMT
Experience in competitive battling: I have been with the game on a near competitive level to say the least for only a short time (I only first learned what EV Training was when Diamond/Pearl was only a couple months old.) But I really think everything about myself from battling to building teams is highly off. I have however put great lengths to become better but no amount of effort has proven to be enough for me. I think it's probably because I have a really bad learning curve.
Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises): Beggers can't be choosers. I am fine with whoever.
 
Shoddy Username: None~as I don't use it
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?):
MSN: [email protected]
FaceBook: Please PM me before adding me Linkage to it
Timezone: GMT+10 (this can change round Sep/Oct due do DLS~which will be GMT+11)
Experience in competitive battling: just a little bit....as we don't have VCG in Australia (yet).
Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises): Anyone who's willing to take on a rookie.
 
Shoddy Username:Monpyro97
IM Address (Msn/AIM/Skype/Or do you have IRC?):Msn ;[email protected] (if there is any problem with this i get IRC)
Timezone:GMT +01
Experience in competitive battling:pretty good in OU Want to be a lot better and learn Ubers good
Request a tutor (We cannot make any promises):Dragonexpert or The Assasin
 
Thank you for all your applications.

You will find out if you have been accepted shortly.
 
monpyro97 - Dragon9
Lenny - Dragon9
oyeah1998 - Gamercal
Steadfast - Limitless
palkia dialga clash - Pride
CCloud - Dragonexpert
Flare - Dragonexpert
Zenith - Kevin Garrett
Freak - The Assassin
Blue Thunder - Plato

Please make it your priority to establish a method of communication with your tutor. It's not your tutor's job to go looking for you, it should be the other way round.

Thank you.
 
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