The Pojo Apprentice Program

[Felix91]

If you want a tutor, PM one of the tutors listed in the next post. I don't always check this thread... So contact them.



OFFICIALLY RE-OPENED

Let's see if we can really get this thing going. This hasn't changed much from what DSP did. But I'm open to suggestions.

As most of you know, DSP left, and I'm going to attempt to keep some of his projects going. If you have any suggestions or think I'm doing a terrible job maintaining the project, PM me and tell me what I can change to make things better...

"As most of you know, Itsuki started an apprentice program here awhile back. It got off to a great start, and then it died, interest was lost, and no one continued to get help. This program has helped me gain a lot of knowledge in competitive battling, so that's why I'm trying to revive it. I've taken Itsuki's thread and just made a few changes to make it up to date."

The Pojo Apprentice Program

If you love to battle but aren't experienced, come here! This program will help Apprentices become better battlers through their Tutors. Not only that, but it will also help the Tutors become more knowledgeable.

This program will accomplish the following goals:

1) Help others learn about competitive battling and develop a solid knowledge of the Pokemon Metagame. (OU, UU, Ubers, Suspect)

2) Use experienced battlers as tutors to teach others about competitive battling.

Applying as a Tutor

1) You must show a vast knowledge of the Pokemon metagame.

2) Understand the mechanics of the game. (EVs, IVs, Moves, Ability, etc.)

3) The job of the Tutor is to help your Apprentice become a better battler by battling with them, fixing their teams, and showing them why their team is working/isn't working.

4) Post here if you are entirely sure you're a decent battler and would love to battle other Tutors or Apprentices. Explain why you would be a good Tutor.


Applying as an Apprentice


1) You must be willing to listen and show respect to your Tutor and be open to new suggestions.

2) Be willing to battle other Apprentices or Tutors.

3) The job of the Apprentice is to listen to your Tutor and not only become better at competitive battling or how it works, but to also help the Tutor is a way.

4) Post here if you want to learn about competitive battling. Explain why you want to join the Program.

The Rules/Info


Regarding Tutors/Apprentices

1) All Tutors must have time to battle and teach their Apprentices. This includes team building.

2) Tutors may choose their Apprentices. Apprentices choose their Tutors. Do whatever you want.

3) If there is more apprentices than tutors, the tutor may take 2 apprentices. Only take 2 if all tutors have at least 1 apprentice already, don't hog all the fun!

Regarding Joining

1) There are unlimited people who can join. This program is to help people.

Regarding Battles

1) You may use Shoddy or Wi-Fi. Whatever allows you to have to most practice time.

2) You may record or post warstories of your battles to show the experience you have gained. Although if your opponent doesn't want you to post or record a battle, don't do it.

3) There will be tournaments periodically to show the progress of the Apprentice and to further allow teaching opportunities.

[Felix91]

Participants


Tutors

1. Skynet - 1 Apprentice
2. -Airknight- - 1 Apprentice
3. itswezzybaby - 1 Apprentice
4. Johny2hai (Eastern Time Zone) - 1 Apprentice
5. Inu665 - 1 Apprentice
6. thefizz - 1 Apprentices
7. Tuperius (Eastern Time Zone) - 2 Apprentices?
8. DanielSuperpoke (Central) - 0 Apprentices

Apprentices

1. Freshman -Available
2. ivan209 - Available
3. Reincarnation - Available
4. pfaithful -Available
5. mewstrawberry - Available
6. Darkblader - Available
7. synchrolord - Taken
8. Shino159 - Taken
9. randomshinobi101 - Available
10. xxxWishMakerxxx - Available
11. Shatter - Taken
12. v4lor - Available
13. papuito - Available
14. kitty102310 - Taken
15. XxnarutoXD - Available
16. Shino159 - Available
17. lazymofo - Taken
18. pfaithful - Taken

Pairs

1. -Airknight- tutors synchrolord
2. SkyNet tutors Shatter
3. Johny2hai tutors kitty102310
4. Inu665 tutors lazymofo
5. thefizz tutors pfaithful

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Sign Up Form

Apprentice or Tutor:

Name:

Age:

Time Zone:

How should your partner contact you?:

Experience:

If you're an apprentice: Where do you need the most training?
If you're a tutor: What is your biggest strength as a battler?

[Felix91]

Tournament Records

Tournament 1 - No Winner Yet
Round 1 - I'll get this tournament going asap.

[Felix91]

You may now post. I'm still working on a few things though.

Tutor-Apprentice pairings from the old thread are still being used, fyi.

We need more Tutors, or we need tutors to take multiple apprentices

[thefizz]

i will apply as a tutor.

Apprentice or Tutor:tutor
Name:thefizz

Age:22

How should your partner contact you?:desu xat is perferable, or PM

Experience: loads.

If you're an apprentice: Where do you need the most training?
If you're a tutor: What is your biggest strength as a battler? team building

[Felix91]

Thanks Fizz.


I'd like to ask the current pairings... Would you guys like to continue your tournament or wait for (hopefully) more pairings to participate?

[thefizz]

pfaithful is my apprentice. dibs.

[Xonmeän]

Maybe this project will actually work this time. It was horribly inactive before.

[pfaithful]

Maybe this project will actually work this time. It was horribly inactive before.


not horribly, few people posted every once in awhile

pfaithful is my apprentice. dibs.

i like dibs =)

[Tuperius]

Tup will apply as a tutor.

Apprentice or Tutor:tutor
Name:Tuperius

Age:27

How should your partner contact you?:desu xat is perferable, or PM

Experience: loads.

If you're an apprentice: Where do you need the most training?
If you're a tutor: What is your biggest strength as a battler? team building

why thank you my good fizz sir

[pfaithful]

new thread, i gots to reapply =)

Sign Up Form

Apprentice or Tutor: apprentice
Name: pfaithful

Age: 14 and a half =o

How should your partner contact you?: desu xat~, msn works 2

Experience: *thinks* played game since came out *talkin about red*

If you're an apprentice: Where do you need the most training? predictions, team building
If you're a tutor: What is your biggest strength as a battler?*blank*

[Felix91]

By the way... All former apprentices need to repost their application.

I just want to be able to try to pair people up based on what the tutor is good at and what the apprentice needs to learn.

[pfaithful]

shouldn't we also post out timezones?

[Felix91]

Oh, yeah I completely forgot about that!

[Johny2hai]

If you need it my Time zone is EST. [Eastern Standard Time]

[Tuperius]

i live in the Eastern Time Zone USA (EST)

[Felix91]

I'm going to be gone until at least Wednesday.

You can continue to post on this thread, but I can't update it until I get back.

[Xonmeän]

Just contact a mod who is willing to update it for you, that way the project can be managed while you're away.

[Nick]

Apprentice or Tutor: Tutor

Name: Shaxx

Age:119

Time Zone: EST

How should your partner contact you?: PM or Desu xat, most preferably Desu Xat.

Experience: Enough

If you're a tutor: What is your biggest strength as a battler? Predictions Specialist!

[DaPokeManiac]

I would like to be tutored by shaxx.

[Nick]

I would like to be tutored by shaxx.

I feel so honored. lol.

[papuito]

I still need a Tutor

[Nick]

I still need a Tutor

Tuperius doesn't have any apprentices, ask him.

[v4lor]

Apprentice or Tutor:app

Name:tony - v4lor

Age:19(i juts had my birth day)

Time Zone:pacific i think.... california berkley

How should your partner contact you?:aim-- tonsmash msn - v4lor@hotmail.com myspace..... nvm why myspace 2nd msn- dumbgenuiston@yahoo.com

Experience: im restarting my brain. so i guess ill re learn anything

If you're an apprentice: Where do you need the most training? im about to give up since i have no pokemon to actually battle, and shoddy isnt my thin anyways. idk what i need training, maby alot but yeah idk

[0_0]

Tuperius was my tutor, so I would assume he would also be my tutor now?

Additional Comment:

Apprentice or Tutor:apprentice

Name:0_0

Age:um..

Time Zone: CST

How should your partner contact you?:desu xat and PMs

Experience: knows the basics, needs work on advanced stuff

[papuito]

Tuperius do you want to tutor me.

[Tuperius]

Tuperius do you want to tutor me.

what is your time zone? and do you have access to the Desu Xat?

[0_0]

Thanks Tup, we've barely started and you ditch me.

[Nick]

Thanks Tup, we've barely started and you ditch me.

He can have more than one.

[Tuperius]

Thanks Tup, we've barely started and you ditch me.

sorry for the miscommunication, i ment take on papito as my second aprentice. you're still number 1 in my <3 0_0

[Nick]

sorry for the miscommunication, i ment take on papito as my second aprentice. you're still number 1 in my <3 0_0

Awww, THAT is just TOO cute.:cool:

[papuito]

pacific and I do have Desu Xat

[Tuperius]

pacific and I do have Desu Xat

Sure i will be your tutor. I will be in the Desu xat if im on. Send me a PM letting me know things you think you need work on.

[Natha]

Can someone put me off ... thx but Ridley/Zoolander Already helped me....

[XxnarutoXD]

can i be an Apprentice
i suck at team building

[Felix91]

Natha has been removed, Naruto has been added.

[Jolteon]

Apprentice or Tutor: Tutor

Name: DanielSuperpoke

Age: 23

Time Zone: Central GMT -6

How should your partner contact you?: PM, TPT Chat, AIM, or an Xat

Experience: I have been battling for about a year now competitively, I can help you with Team Building, understanding Game Mechanics and stuff like that.

If you're a tutor: What is your biggest strength as a battler? Team Building.

Might as well join, seeing as I can't make myself leave... Also, I'll be getting wifi soon, so yeah, but for the rest of the week it's only shoddy.

[XxnarutoXD]

my time zone is Eastern Time Zone

[Felix91]

DSP added.

[Jolteon]

If you want me to tutor you, just post here. You need to be in GMT -5, -6, or -7 in order for it work out, possibly -8 (California Area).

[Natha]

Natha has been removed, Naruto has been added.

Kl thx......

[zdaman011]

Apprentice:

Name: Zdaman011

Age: 14

Time Zone: EST

How should your partner contact you?:

Experience: Half a year, but I am intermediate

If you're an apprentice: Where do you need the most training?
Prediction

[v4lor]

whatever happened to this program????

[Nick]

whatever happened to this program????

We all got pregnant from each other and are on maternity leave.

[Jolteon]

That's...umm...interesting.

Anyways, PM me if you me to tutor you.

[Felix91]

Sorry, I haven't had much time to update this. Feel free to contact any tutor if you haven't been added yet and want to be tutored.

[v4lor]

well DSP i pmed u and i would like help on team building.. so if anyone is still doing this, whoever helps me first will be me tutor i guess

[Jolteon]

well DSP i pmed u and i would like help on team building.. so if anyone is still doing this, whoever helps me first will be me tutor i guess

I'll be your tutor. I'd prefer to meet in one of the Xats, which one doesn't matter. Let me know when you're available and hopefully I will be too.

[v4lor]

im on desu (almost on everyday, may change when i get a job) and im on there now so whenever your free

[Jolteon]

I'm there.

[RogacXDelta7]

I would like to apply as a Apperentice

Name:RGXD

Age:15

Time Zone:EST

How should your partner contact you?: e-mail at rockinRogacki5@aim.com

Experience:i know HOW to play. thats it.

If you're an apprentice: i need the most training with the movesets and battling in general. lol

NOTE: I MAY NOT ALWAYS BE ON WHEN NEEDED. GOT SOCCER AND WRESTLING PRACTICE. SCHOOL SUCKS I KNOW

Additional Comment:

Also message me on here too! I do also check my PM's a lot on here

[PerfXtion]

Apprentice or Tutor:Apprentice

Name:Nicholas / PerfXtion ( pronounced as Perfection )

Age:16 this year.

Time Zone:+8 GMT

How should your partner contact you?:MSN or pm me here.

Experience:Been Battling for a while on marriland forums but lack the knowledge of using team strategies.

If you're an apprentice: Where do you need the most training? How to make a balanced team. Usually my teams are just too Offensive or too defensive.

If your willing to teach me, i'm ready to learn. I've made lots of pokemon for competitive battling but can't seem to build a team that's balanced.

[Nevrcrash]

Apprentice or Tutor:Apprentice

Name:Nevr

Age:17

Time Zone:Pacific

How should your partner contact you?:Pm me here or yahoo

Experience:None whatsoever.

If you're an apprentice: Where do you need the most training? Team building and battling.

Im new but eager to learn.

[Felix91]

Hey, I can't really keep up with this project any more with school and stuff. none of the tutors/apprentices really do anything so it isn't worth it... I suggest PMing one of the current tutors on the first post.

[Scouser294]

Apprentice or Tutor: Apprentice

Name: Scouser/Daiko

Age: 15. 16 next month

Time Zone: GMT London time

How should your partner contact you?: Daiko@hotmail.co.uk

Experience: Two battles and I got thrashed in both!

Where do you need the most training? Everywhere. I normaly use all out offense and make a mistake and lose from there. And I never use the right move at the right time. Oh and I don't understand IV's but I kind of know what EV's are.

I am training Pokemon for Competitive battling just now but I don't have that many and most are Ubers D=

[jiznoplyer1]

Apprentice or Tutor: Apprentice

Name: Ryan

Age: 19

Time Zone: Central

How should your partner contact you?: PM or Jiznoplyer1@yahoo.com

Experience: None

Where do you need the most training? I would like training in most aspects of battling since I am brand new to it but very interested in getting competitive.

New and eager to learn :)

[Felix91]

Hey, I can't really keep up with this project any more with school and stuff. none of the tutors/apprentices really do anything so it isn't worth it... I suggest PMing one of the current tutors on the first post.

^ My response to the last two posters here.

[+Fallen+]

Wow this is still going on. Before my computer crashed months ago I was in this....lol.

[Felix91]

Lol, it's not really functioning anymore.

[Jolteon]

Why is this not locked? I think it's pretty evident that Pojo can't pull this off after 3 attempts at it with a different user running it each time...

[zdaman011]

Really daniel?

[Jolteon]

OMAGAWD! What are you doing here?

[zdaman011]

I was bored....... Lol.

[Jolteon]

Well, it's good to have you.

Now join Team Storm.

[Oxeferlied]

I want to be an aprentice im very into cute pokemon and wish to succesfullly make a team of cuties ill be honest i use action replay in diference to others i only use it to get pokemon i want i dont modify stats or give them skills they should learn. i re bought pokemon recently to get into playing wifi again and I use the action replay to train quicker such as using it to find pokemon that give the right evs

Name oxefer
Age 18
time zone: haha same as florida
experience: i used to play a lot about a year ago
where do i need trainin: well mostly in strategies im not clear how to strategize in pokemon

[RogacXDelta7]

i am dropping out of this program. can't keep up with school, sports, church and so on. i'm just going to figure out wat works for me