TUO

1. Hi there! Who are you and could you give us a little introduction of yourself?
I'm TUO. A 16 year old guy from the Philippines that plays some LC,VGC, and some Doubles. TUO stands for 'The Unlucky one' but tbh I don't think that name applies for me anymore. Outside of that, I'm just a typical School/Video Games player and play games like osu! and League in my spare time.

2. Could you tell us a little more about your username? Where did it come from and why did you stick with it?
Before I made my Smogon account, I decided to play a BW OU game on PO with my old name of superwii64cube. It came down to my Air Balloon Heatran with 35% against a Scarfed Jirachi Iron Heading to win. I lost that game, and the salt lead to me naming myself The Unlucky one. I stuck with it since it still sounded cool, and TUO had a nice ring to it.

3. When did you start playing competitive Pokémon, when did you start playing competitive Doubles, and why did you stick around?
I started playing competitive Pokemon 3 years ago playing BW OU and BW LC. I was pretty good at both tiers but was a lot more successful in LC. I always played a small bit of Doubles throughout XY, but only really started playing it seriously when Winter Seasonal came around. The DOU community is pretty nice, so that definitely helped. It might make me start watching some anime again.

4. What is your favourite Pokémon to use competitively and why? What is your favourite Pokémon overall and why?
one	Outside of Murkrow in BW Little cup, I really like Talonflame in both VGC and DOU. It's such a nice blanket check to a lot of things, and the Tailwind support comes in really handy. My favorite overall Pokemon is probably Bellsprout, since it has a WHOLE FUCKING TOWER made/named after it, which can't be said for even some legendary pokemon.

5. Do you think there's a Pokemon or set that is currently underrated in the meta?
Salamence is so underrated that it might almost be overrated, but that Pokemon is really good. I think Suicune is something a lot of people haven't been using as often (just from what I see) but that Pokemon is really helpful since it can get more than 1 Twind out in a match while burning threats with Scald.

6. Do you believe there is anything broken or suspect worthy in the current metagame?
I'm not the best person to ask but overall the metagame is pretty fine right now. There is no VGC Smeargle that is totally cancer. There are a lot of strong mons that are fun to use, but none of them really seem too strong to deal with.

7. Could you give us a team that resembles your playing and building style and give a little explanation about it?

8. If you could change anything about Doubles, what would it be and why?
1. I would make it so I'll actually get my $20 for winning seasonals.
Why - I want my money
2. It might be wishful thinking but it would be nice if the ladder was better/more challenging.
3. oh yeah, rock slide isn't fun so maybe some luck based elements would be better if it had less of an impact.

9. What do you play outside of Doubles, what are your favourite metas and why?
I used to play a lot of Little Cup, but haven't played as much (will play more for POWC though). I also am starting to play a lot of VGC, even if the '16 meta isn't the best. My favorite metas are definitely BW OU and BW LC. It's hard to explain why I like BW LC so much since a lot of others don't like it, but all the centralization doesn't ruin it for me at all. I like BW OU quite a bit even though I stopped playing it since the whole weather dynamic was actually pretty enjoyable for me, and I had this really sick SD Jumpluff sun team back in the day that SLAYED (it was totally competitive, I swear).

10. You've won the Winter 2015 Seasonal, how does it feel to win it?
Feels nice, especially since I told Memoric after r1 that if he gave me teams I'll win

11. Who was the toughest opponent you have faced in the Seasonals?
It's hard to choose who the hardest one was, since some people I faced lead to some fun competitive games like my series with n10sit, while other games it was all about somehow salvaging my own chokes like vs @Flame Road and @Serapis. I'd say my series vs @n10sit was tough skillwise but the two series against Flame Road were kinda tough since I had to deal with hax-based tilt in the first series.

12. Who do you think is going to win this Seasonals, who do you think is going to do well and why?
SamVGC is really cool and is a solid VGC player that is getting interested in dubs, so I think he'll do well, apparently Memo is in losers but that doesn't matter since he'll win SPL anyway. This early into the tournament it is really hard to pick a winner but i'm definitely rooting for Sam/L51/Memoric.

13. How do you feel about Smogon Doubles Premier League? Do you think you'll get drafted?
I hope I'll get drafted since Doubles is really fun. SDPL seems great and a lot of people seem hype about it so it will definitely lead to some fun games and team dynamics.

14. What do you think of the players in the Smogon Premier League right now? Do you see yourself in that tour in a year?
I don't see myself in SPL unless something crazy happens. I think the players in SPL are really solid, and it is nice that the VGCers are doing solid but the Dubs mains are doing well too. I haven't been paying too much attention to SPL though, so I'm not the most credible person. I did learn that the person that gave me teams must be an alien, since HE IS SIMPLY NOT HUMAN.

16. What are your hobbies outside of playing Pokemon? What are you interested in?
I'm starting to have fun playing Pokemon TCG, even if I'm not a very good player and have a suboptimal deck. I also play a lot of MOBAs like Dota 2 and League of Legends (yes, both), and some osu!. Outside of video games I play some badminton when I can.

17. Is there anything else you would like to say or speak about? Is there anyone you want to shoutout?
shoutouts to all the DOU community since you're all p cool I guess, Memoric for giving me teams and the Little Cup community people since they are pretty awesome.
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Thanks user @TUO for taking the time to do this interview! And sorry for being about 3 weeks late and being a lazy nerd :(