Announcement The Smogon Discord would like you to become a rater!

[Bobsican]

Discord: bobsican
Metagames to Rate: NatDex Ubers, Shared Power
Experience: Extremely active C&C and tier co-leader for NDUbers, wrote multiple analyses for the tier and far more QC checks, participated in all suspect tests so far, this post I made also highlights well general recent knowledge of the meta, for Shared Power I've managed to become a council member by doing multiple decent posts for the tier (1, 2), participated in all of its suspect tests so far, made multiple sample teams that got accepted (as linked next and the OP of that thread), and peaked ladder over there twice.
Entrocefalo can vouch for me in NDUbers, while KaenSoul can vouch for me in Shared Power, if required.

 

[gulch]

Discord Name: yungjorts
Meta I'd like to rate: UU
UU Room Mod
UU Tutor
Played in and was a primary builder for several tours, including UUWC and the most recent UUSD (which I was on the winning team for)

 

[RodentTamer]

- .bishoptakesknight.
- Monotype
- Active player in the monotype room in showdown, (I come in 2nd and 3rd in nearly every tour i’ve been in, you can always check my stats). I’m always willing to help people who need help making teams for the said format and i’m always kind to people as well. Despite some people considering me annoying. I’m always active on the smogon discord, pretty much everyday, and giving my best advice and tips to help people build better teams. boomp and Neko can vouch for that, even though they correct anything i’ve missed so that I don’t forget later on. I’ve also won a lot of tours in the official discord server too. Gimmicky and Bella can vouch for that also.

 

[Duck Chris]

Your discord name. TheDuckChris
The meta you'd like to rate. SV OU
experience Followed tier since start, enjoy analyzing high level play and usage trends through spl and other tours.

 

[Les2BG]

Your discord name : lsda
The meta you'd like to rate : Godly Gift (GG)
A brief summary of your experience in that meta :
I started playing at the end of 8G and have continued to do so to this day, all the while improving my results. I was also a Helper in a team during the last OMPL (the team with Gholdengo, whose name I've forgotten).
Ways you've demonstrated knowledge of the metagame :
- GG Council
-Finished 2nd in the GG SSNL
-I built teams for Career Ended in the Championship Playoffs with which he won the tournament
- Created samples
- Tierlist and meta document

 

[adem]

Your discord name : aadem
The meta you'd like to rate : ndubers
A brief summary of your experience in that meta :
started about a month ago and built quite a few solid teams which have had solid tour exposure, then explored some new mons and got them all ranked and cosigned by my good friend Runo
Ways you've demonstrated knowledge of the metagame :
made a sample
farmed Runo multiple times with basculegion
invented basculegion and landorus t
helped out a bit in rmt with the teams there and have not gotten a SHUT UP yet from bob or runo

 

[cyberacc]

Cyberacc/quarkonline
SS OU
QCing every stall build for SS OU's demo team thread
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/ss-ou-demo-teams.3734229/
Written the Unaware Clefable dex entry

 

[leng loi]

Your discord name : lengloi
The meta you'd like to rate : SV OU
A brief summary of your experience in that meta : been playing since the gen started. numerous #1 peaks and played in tournaments.

Ways you've demonstrated knowledge of the metagame : am a tutor and team rater for SV OU

 

[sufys]

Your discord name: sufys
The meta you'd like to rate: SV PU
A brief summary of your experience in that meta: only started playing at the end of march, but have very much immersed myself in the tier since, qualified for pult and reached semis, and have also topped ladder
Ways you've demonstrated knowledge of the metagame: the above + asa can vouch for me

 

[Mr.GX]

Discord name: mr.gx
Meta: VGC
Brief Summary: Been playing VGC since 2015, consistently topping Showdown ladder and grass root tournaments, along with multiple Smogon placements.
Proof of Knowledge: Please refer to my signature

 

[Ineros]

Your discord name: ineros0135 (my @ is Inhaler)

The meta you'd like to rate: Gen 9 National Dex OU

A brief summary of your experience in that meta: I’ve been playing NatDex for almost a year now and I’ve been pretty active in the community I think. Building / meta knowledge has been my main strong suit I feel. I’ve been active in ND room (being staff there too) and in the forum projects that the nd forum has, like teamcomp, the Luantics’ Workshop (I’m a builder for that too), and the former project teams of the week.

Ways you've demonstrated knowledge of the metagame: I got pre-contributor from maining and being active in ND C&C and apparently making good posts in the NatDex VR and metagame discussion threads, so that’s something I think.

 

[Slither Wing]

Your discord name: time2bonk
The meta you'd like to rate: SV AAA & SV Mix & Mega
A brief summary of your experience in that meta: I've been an active member & player in both tiers since Home-meta last year, I've peaked both ladders and have been playing both tiers in tours for similar amounts of time.
Ways you've demonstrated knowledge of the metagame:
For AAA: I'm on AAA Council, an active QC member, and have both built and played AAA extensively in tours including AAA Ssnl, AAA Open, AAALT, as well as having been an active presence both on forums as well as on Discord, including both the official OMcord as well as Smogcord.
For MnM: Active QC member, built MnM in tours such as MnM open, OM Majors as well as assisting in OMPL, also an active presence in both previosly mentioned Discords
Can provide vouches from trusted members of each respective metagame if necessary

 

[bumboclaat]

Your discord name: Grand Cayman

The meta you'd like to rate: National Dex Ubers

A brief summary of your experience in that meta: I've been an active player in the meta since shortly after it was created. I've peaked the ladder recently, came in second in the winter seasonal, and was on the winning team for our recent trios tour. I've also participated in all of our suspect tests and am quite active on both the forums and NDUbers discord.
Ways you've demonstrated knowledge of the metagame: I am also a council member and run the teambuilding competition and next best thing for NDUbers. I also write and have qc'd a lot of analyses for our section of the strategy dex. Any of the council members can corroborate.

Edit: Edit to include this post about building balance in NDUbers