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Areas of Expertise: Rate My Team, Overused, Contributions & Corrections, The Smog
Background: I made my account back in 2010 (I had a different username back then; if you want to know what that username was, ask user: Hulavuta) during the waning days of DPP OU just so I could get a team rated. During this time, I tried to get into team rating, but I found that a lack of experience kept me from making good rates. After that failure, I went to lurking the forums. Once Pokemon Black and White was released and C&C was in full steam, I stepped out of my lurking phase and took part in the BW analysis write-ups. I started by taking over Krookodile and Raikou from their previous OPs, but I ended up writing only the Krookodile analysis (uploaded 28 August 2011), since I didn't really like Raikou's prospects back in BW OU.
After that tumble with C&C, I took a year off to learn more about the BW metagame and lurk more around the forums, RMT in particular. It was also during this time that I'd post teams on the RMT forum, often on a bi-weekly basis. Come mid-2012, user: Sayonara, who was a team rater back then, convinced me to get into the team rating business. I wasn't particularly good at it at first, as alluded to previously, but I kept at it and eventually, I got better at rating. I earned my Pre-Contributor badge for Team Rating shortly before Jirachee became a RMT mod, and it remained a Ladybug for almost half a year because of my on-off rating activity. Come the end of November and an increase in activity consistency, I became a full team rater.
Skip forward another half-year, and I've written another 3 analyses (BW2 Tyranitar revamp, Custap Lead Skarmory, and Riolu) and one article for The Smog. This half-year time skip also saw my inclusion into the Battling 101 program as a tutor and the Mentorship program as a mentor (this latter inclusion is the main reason I'm making this thread). Turn the clock forward to today, and now I am a Team Rater Alumnus and a RMT Community Contributor. I help run the Practice Teams project in the RMT forum (and I'm the only non-mod actively taking part in it, currently) and I mod the Rate my Team room on Pokemon Showdown!.
Hobbies: I play Pokemon. I also play Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. As for music, I'm into drum and bass. My favorite artists right now happen to be Etherwood, Bachelors of Science, Fred V & Grafix, Logistics, Klute, B-Complex, Netsky, S.P.Y, and High Contrast. I'm also a casual manga reader and anime watcher. As of now, I'm currently keeping up with Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, and History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi.
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Good Questions to Ask Me: You can ask me questions regarding team rating and team building, as well as my thoughts on the metagame as of now. However, feel free to ask me anything. I'm not limiting you to what's in the OP.
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