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Areas of Expertise: Pokémon Showdown!, Contributions & Corrections
Background: I originally joined Pokemon Showdown back in September-October in 2012 after being linked to on Smogon, which I found from a Google search when looking for competitive Pokemon sets. When I first joined PS! I was only interested in battling, and it was a time when rooms did not yet exist. In January (a few months after joining PS!), I joined the Smogon forums to create a Rate My Team thread for my OU team as I really wanted to improve. Interestingly, I had planned on working in the RMT section of the site, but my interest quickly dwindled. I rarely used the Smogon forums, but still spoke in PS! lobby chat at times.
On June last year I created my first edition of the Beginner's Guide to Pokemon Showdown. It was a project I had often considered doing, but never really got to starting until the PS! forums were created. I was then Voiced on June 12th, but humorously missed my promotion as I had just logged off. I was relatively quiet on both Smogon and PS! up until October of 2013, only posting in the Overused forum on occasion. When XY came out, I began work on Pokemon analyses, with Reuniclus and Wobbuffet being my first. I also updated and almost completely rewrote the Beginner's Guide to PS! as I felt that its then-current state was not up to standards.
I received my first badge (Pre-contributor) on January 13th for my work on OU analyses as well as contributions to some QC (quality control) discussion. A few weeks later, on January the 28th, I was promoted to a Driver on Pokemon Showdown. That's my story.
Hobbies: Outside of Smogon, I enjoy sport (soccer, a bit of cricket) and running. I also love writing and hanging out with my friends. Some of my other interests include psychology and listening to music.
Favorite Pokemon: Suicune
Good Questions to Ask Me: You can ask me pretty much anything you like. Should you have any questions about Smogon, it's probably best to ask me them about PS, C&C, or perhaps OU. If you're interested in participating more in the Pokemon Showdown! community, then I could also be of assistance to you.
Thanks for reading! I look forward to answering your questions.
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