Hello everybody and welcome to "ZU Player of the Week"!. I am Jettrem, or Jett for short, and I will be your host for this edition of the project. This project will feature interviews from some of the most prominent personalities in ZU so that we can discover more about their Pokémon and personal lives. I am grateful that I will have the chance to interview so many amazing ZU players and I hope that you enjoy these as much as I do. I've rambled on for a bit now so without further ado, let me introduce our first interviewee, ZU's newest Voice...
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*dit to*
Jett is confused!
This isn't a Quagsire.
Ditto used Transform!
Ditto transformed into Quagsire!
*quag*
oh...
Jett snapped out of its confusion!
Hello mr quagsgone, how are you doing today?
Doing very well, thanks for asking! What about urself?
That's great to hear. I'm doing pretty good as well.
To kick things off, can you tell the community and I a little bit about yourself outside of Smogon?
Hell yeah! Im 21 years old and live in Norway very close to the capital. I currently work as an electrician and love to go to work every day. The goal is to have my own business one day. I play a lot of sports like football, tennis and lately have been playing a lot of padel as well. Really love cooking, board games and video games too. My life isnt super interesting right now because of covid, but looks like stuff is about to open up so im very excited!
Ah ye, the past year hasn't been great for activities because of the pandemic unfortunately, but it's great to hear you love what you do as a job :>!
C:
What's the inspiration behind your name?
Well i used to go by the name reverse aim, because i watched a lot of pokeaim vids when i was younger and thought he was very good, so figured reverse aim was a good name for me. After rocking with that name for a while a suspect test for Quagsire in ORAS PU happened and it got banned. People in chat kept asking if quag is gone yet, so ended up randomly calling myself quagsgone :D
Oh that's really interesting, both of these names have pretty interesting backgrounds and both have a funnier side to them.
How did you first get into PS! and ZU?
I first got introduced to PS by a friend back in 2014 i think. We both wanted to get good at this game so we rolled up with Ninjask baton pass in AG and thought this was the best way to play the game. After getting tired of that I really liked the idea of using the worst mons possible so ORAS PU was the best tier i could find at the time. After playing that for a few years i needed a break from this site, and when i came back i really loved how SM ZU looked since it was very similar to ORAS PU. Since then ive pretty much only played ZU and NFE.
You've been through quite the journey damn, going from the metagame that allows every Pokemon to ones that allow the fewest.
Yep and i must say i like using the bad mons waaay more
Haha that's really cool c:
Now moving onto UMPL, you're currently 3-0 in ZU and 4-1 overall, and patiently waiting for your opponent in the finals. How have you been enjoying tournament so far?
This tour has been a blast so far. Really like my teammates and we are so hyped for the finals! Would be really cool to win the first edition of UMPL. And yeah im very happy with how it has went so far. The goal now is to go 10-0 in ZU with my man 5gen.
That's awesome to hear!!
I'm looking forward to seeing you play again next week
Gonna be a fun one for sure C:
What are your thoughts on the current ZU metagame? Are there any Pokemon you believe should be suspected in the near future?
I really enjoy the meta right now. Personally i would wait a bit with suspecting stuff since we are still early in the meta and it will change quickly once we start to adapt. Examples of that are Thwackey and Tangela. Very rare to see before UMPL, but now they are everywhere. I really dont like the idea of suspecting mons that previously has been banned. Cant we wait for that until we have a more stable meta? If we lose Garbodor in the next shift(July) for example i predict that the meta is gonna look way different. So yeah i think that we should wait a bit with suspects in general since i feel like the meta right now is very playable and fun.
oo that is a pretty interesting take. Personally, I think the only Pokemon that may deserve a suspect is Silvally-Ground.
Vallies in general are so strong and near impossible to prep for with that coverage. If I was forced to suspect something it would be Silvally-Ground but since there is no need to i would wait since meta is fine rn
Onto pokemon in general could you pick your favourite moment from playing Pokemon and perhaps your greatest accomplishment in competitive Pokemon?
Damn good question. My favourite moments from playing Pokemon in general must be the times when everything was new and I had no idea what was in front of me. I remember going though those caves in FireRed without Flash(the move) so i could barely see a thing. Thinking about those moments now is really funny to me and brings back great memories. I dont have that many accomplishments in competitive pokemon honestly. I am very good at getting to finals or semis, but then i usually find a way to lose! Lets just hope this UMPL turns out different!
Ah ye, it's always funny to look back when you were clueless about things in-game. Would love to see you finally win a team tournament given how much effort you put in to them.
Is there anyone you look up to as a player?
Ooo cool question. As i mentioned earlier i used to love watching pokeaim videos so it kinda has be him. I honestly learned a lot from that guy and he is such a nice person too. I have also always tried to get as good as possible in the tiers i have played so looked up to someone like Frisoeva too.
Aim was one of the earliest Pokemon youtubers I watched as well. No wonder you're so nice.
Now onto your other interests. Do you have a favourite song, movie, or TV show?
Ahh i love listening to music. Honestly i dont have a favourite song, but if i had to choose 1 it would have to be Mr.Brightside. That song is a banger. My favourite tv show is probably Breaking Bad. Started off very slow in season 1, but once u get into it oh man is it good. Favourite movie for me is so hard to choose, but the lord of the rings movies will always have a special place in my heart.
All very good choices, expected no less from you :P
:D
You mentioned earlier that you like to play a lot of sport. Do you also watch any sport and are there any teams that you support or are fond of?
I love to watch sports too! I support my local football club called Lillestrøm, and i also really like to watch the english league and i support Manchester United there. Would love to go on a game there someday C: I watch other sports too like tennis and hockey, but football will always be number 1 for me
Ah that's really cool that you support your local club as well. More of a Chelsea Fan myself but Manchester United are alright I guess.
Hope u guys beat City in the champions league final tomorrow!
I'm hoping for that to happen as well!
A slightly more odd question now; which fellow ZU voice would you want with you if you were stranded on a deserted island? And why?
Ooof thats a tough one to answer. Would probably end up with greg because i have a feeling he has some insane surviving instincts.
Ah yes, Greg sounds like a name who would be prepared for such a circumstance
LOL
Could you perhaps share a team of your own design that you are especially proud of?
Will do!
This is a gen 7 team I made when Torterra first dropped. 6-0ed almost every E4 member with SD + Synth Torterra.
I wanted to try Poliwrath, Rotom-Fan and Bronzor as a defensive core because it covers so much of the meta. Also i felt like it has no way of breaking Bronzor and i really wanted a Toxic Spike absorber too since its pretty much needed in the meta so Grimer-Alola was perfect fit. Silvally Dragon was the best Defog option here since it helps soft checking alot of pokemon this team might struggle with like Combusken and helps alot in Altaria matchups. Tort was also perfect fit in last slot since i wanted to have an electric immunity with some nice breaking power.
Having used this team, I can confirm it's awesome. Lastly, is there anyone you'd like to shoutout or anything else you want to say to our viewers?
I have so many good friends on this site that deserves a shoutout. I cant really write tons of names because then this would be way too long so im gonna keep it as short as possible. Shoutout to the people in SUU. Makes this site way more fun to be in. CUNOS ty for being great team mates. This tour has been so fun with u guys. Also big shoutout to ZU and NFE community for being super nice and fun to play this game with. Pokemon would not be the same without u C:
That wraps up the first player of the week of Gen 8. Thank you quags for taking some of your time to answer these questions!
Was a pleasure!
Feel free to ask to Quagg any questions you want!
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