PokéCommunity Tutoring Program

I sign up for the STUDENT POSITION

PokéCommnity Server Username(s): heLLkitsune
Time Zone: +1
How active are you? [NOTE: "Active enough to do this" is NOT an acceptable answer.]: I'm online like... 2 hours a day, sometimes even more
Is there anything you want us to know about you? [optional] I like Ninetails :D.
What experience do you have playing Pokémon competitively? I've been on Shoddy for 3 months now.
What do you feel like you need to improve on to become a good battler? I'd like to improve my judgemental skills (prediction), my team building and EV spread skills and my knowledge about the Metagame, also, I'd like to improve my skills in the NU/UU tiers.
 
Only tutor applications are allowed to be posted from now on. Any student applications will be deleted.

We have enough student applications, but we want 2 more tutor applications before we close registration entirely and select the participants. Thanks for all of the support!
 
Okay then... :<

TUTOR

PokéCommnity Server Username(s): Wolflare

Time Zone: GMT [-5] (or -4 for DST)

How active are you? [NOTE: "Active enough to do this" is NOT an acceptable answer.]: Usually between 1/2 PM - 12 PM for school hours, and it depends on how much I have to do. I am able to change my schedule around since I'm homeschooled. 11 AM - 12 PM for weekends, logging off every once and a while.

What makes you qualified to be a tutor? In other words, why should we choose you?

I have been battling for over a year now and I feel that I know a good amount of battling enough to apply to be a tutor. I understand the metagame by a good extent through learning from Smogon and here. I love to help other members with their teams, from displaying threats and how to fix the team to where the team can handle its threats to fixing EVs to where it does not waste any in a certain stat when it can be added to a different stat while still accomplishing the same goal. S&M has been my favorite forum in PC and the most active one I have been in, while Smogon being a side forum I visit often. I spend a lot of my time battling and/or learning whenever I have the chance to, mainly because it has been a huge interest of mine.

What do you consider to be your specialty when it comes to competitive Pokémon?

Definitely customizing movesets, I am able to to spot threats that the Pokemon will encounter when sweeping/stalling and fix the moveset to where the threat can be handled to some degree without losing its efficiency. I can also change the EVs to outspeed Pokemon that can outrun and KO/cripple it without wasting 24 EVs or so when those can be added to another stat. (But, is that even special lol?) I can teach the basics of battling and prediction as well.
 
Izanagi said:
I take it you need wifi to participate D:
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No you would need shoddy battle which means you have to have a computer and a internet connection which since your posting one these forums you have
 
Tutor

PokéCommnity Server Username(s): Ooka
Time Zone: GMT -4
How active are you?: I'm online every day from 4-8 P.M. usually.
What makes you qualified to be a tutor? In other words, why should we choose you?: Well, I've been battling for about 3 years now, and take pride in the fact that I was one of the original members. I tend to battle on a slightly differentiated side of Pokemon, but I still keep basic concepts in mind, and know the current metagame and the workings of it.
What do you consider to be your specialty when it comes to competitive Pokémon?: Well, I like to think that I know a good move when I see one, so I suppose I'd call that, good direction when actually in battle (As well as prediction)? I also know what I'm doing when constructing a team, as in, getting good synergy.
 
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I didn't see Ooka's post. Anyway, we will make our decision and post it soon. Until then, this thread is locked.
 
We've selected the participants!

Tutors

1. Dark Azelf
2. Anti
3. Britney Spears
4. Jake♫
5. Aurafire
6. Wolf.

Students

1. Vrai
2. .Aero
3. Skip Shot
4. natedogg
5. ƒαstεr thαŋ α bullεt
6. yankee0724

The tutor-students pairs (as determined by random draw) are as follows.

Dark Azelf / .Aero
Anti / ƒαstεr thαŋ α bullεt
Britney Spears / natedogg
Jake♫ / yankee0724
Aurafire / Skip Shot
Wolf. / Vrai

We'll hammer out the details of how we'll proceed soon. Until then, get in contact with your student/tutor and get ready to begin!

Oh, almost forgot. If you didn't make it, feel free to PM me if you want to know why, since there was a reason for every selection. Some of the snubs can be explained by this:

First Post said:
Also, if you are an established member of the community, we urge you not to sign up as a student, as the purpose of this project is to increase activity.
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In general though, these were actually very hard to choose, which is why it took so long!
 
I'd just like to wish good luck to the tutors and students on a great path of success. This could be a very big thing for this forum, increasing the reputation of this forums and above all, make an impact in the world of Shoddy.

But anyway, happy tutoring, happy learning, enjoy it above all.

How did Wolf become a tutor? He lost to team Vire! lol I joke. Anyway, hope it all goes well.
 
Okay guys, sorry about the delay. We can at last get this under way.

We'll organize classes soon, but first we're going to just do individual tutoring. Since you've all had more than enough time to contact your partner for this, I assume you're all ready to go. How you want to go about individual tutoring is entirely up to each pairing. Tutors can oversee their student's ladder matches and help them or simply help build teams. This is a program that is intended to focus on individual needs, so how you approach individual sessions is entirely up to you guys. Post in this thread with any questions you might have. Get to it!
 
Ah, yes, I'm with zappyspiker here. I'd definately be interested in this if there is going to be a second batch of students/mentors.
Well, good luck to those who did manage to get in in time =D
(I really hope this succeeds xD )
 
Well seeing as this one literally just started, you're probably going to be waiting awhile, and possibly for nothing. It really depends on how this test run is going to work, it it does at all (And I'm hoping it does xD).
 
For those who haven't heard, we no longer have "our" server, so this program is going to have to be postponed for now...sort of. Classes are simply impossible without a server, but traditional one on one tutoring is still very possible on Smogon. This program is in fact still going on, but the class element will be gone until we can finally solve our server issues.
 
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