[b]1. Hi! Who are you and where do you come from?[/b]
Hi! I'm [name redacted] and I'm a 17-year old student hailing from the sunny island of Singapore.

[b]2. Where did your username come from, and what does it mean?[/b]
Oh geez, not this again.
So when I just joined Smogon, I was busy playing the HGSS Battle Frontier. As well all know the Battle Frontier has you playing opponents at Level 50, so, uh, I think you can see where this is going. I actually regretted the choice of name quite a lot later on, but by then I thought I was fairly well-known and a name change wouldn't go over too well.

[b]3. When did you start playing competitive Pokémon, when did you start playing competitive Doubles, and why did you stick around?[/b]
I started playing competitive Pokemon with the Battle Frontier, which necessarily meant I started off with Singles. Eventually I ended up playing RU, where I managed to land the rotating council once and then became a lot worse once Hail got banned. I also hung around the OM section a lot, where I had a lot of fun with various broken metas. I topped the BH, Hackmons and Glitchmons ladders a few times before they got any good, and one fine day I saw the Doubles thread when Pocket originally posted it. I found the irc link Pocket put in, and popped onto irc to say hello. I got in a battle with Pocket, where he destroyed my scrubby After You + Water Spout / Eruption team pretty easily, and since then I haven't really moved back to Singles. So I guess you could say I've been playing competitive Doubles since the start, but some might argue I've never started playing competitive Doubles at all lol.

[b]4. What is your favourite playstyle to use in Doubles, and why?[/b]
My favourite playstyle is technically balanced goodstuffs, since I barely / never use anything else, but given the quality of the teams I've been bringing out recently I think my playstyle is probably more suited to badstuffs / AIDStuffs, unfortunately. I guess I just like seeing people rage on the ladder, since being Singaporean, I have a taste for a healthy amount of salt in my diet. n_n

[b]5. Obviously with a favourite playstyle comes a favourite Pokémon. What is your favourite Pokémon to use competitively and why? What is your favourite Pokémon overall and why?[/b]
oooo boy. I probably have way too many of these to count; I like Togekiss for its Follow Me + Tailwind combination, and also because it's super cute. I also remember using Solar Beam Togekiss on a Sun team once to put big damage onto Rotom-W, and while I never really got to make much use of it, that was certainly enjoyable. Another big-time favourite is Gengar; I really enjoy having Shadow Tag around, since it really makes up for my somewhat sub-par prediction skills, and the possibilities with Mega Gengar are pretty much endless. Between Disable, Perish Song, Will-O-Wisp, and even Skill Swap and co., Mega Gengar is a really fun Pokemon to build a team around. That said, I think Gengar is probably my all-time favourite Pokemon overall; I remember that Gengar was the first Pokemon I ever hatched in-game with 3 perfect IVs. :3

[b]6. How do you feel like the Shaymin-Sky ban will impact the current metagame? Do you think this is positive for the metagame or were you against banning it?[/b]
Oh man I really had no idea how to vote on Skymin, I was pretty undecided right up until I posted my vote. In the end though I think I'd like to get a taste of a metagame without Skymin first before I can pass judgment on whether its ban was healthy or not. I have lost my fair share of games to flinches from Skymin, but I have also won a few off Air Slashes when I used it myself, so I can't really complain either way.

[b]7. Is there anything else that you consider unbalanced or broken in the current metagame. If yes, why do you think it's broken?[/b]
I think the current metagame is actually pretty balanced, especially now that Skymin is gone. Of course I can't say much since I haven't put together a solid team for this stage yet, but I hope that Stratos' doomsaying ways don't prove true.

[b]8. Do you follow the Seasonals? Who do you think is the big favourite to win, Memoric, Tricking, Tesung or checkmater?[/b]
Oh haha I haven't actually followed this round of Seasonals because I've been busy with my schoolwork, but I think either Tricking or Memoric will take this, either by lucking everyone out or by pulling surprise azn strats. And I'M SORRY STATS WILL HAPPEN EVENTUALLY PLEASE DON'T KILL ME

[b]9. Could you give us a team that resembles your playstyle and could you give us a brief explanation of it?[/b]
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Revelations (Victini) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Victory Star
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- V-create
- U-turn
- Bolt Strike
- Final Gambit

Exodus (Excadrill) @ Focus Sash
Ability: Mold Breaker
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Swords Dance
- Protect

Psalms (Togekiss) @ Sitrus Berry
Ability: Serene Grace
EVs: 212 HP / 216 Def / 20 SpD / 60 Spe
Calm Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Air Slash
- Follow Me
- Tailwind
- Protect

Deuteronomy (Conkeldurr) @ Assault Vest
Ability: Guts
EVs: 72 HP / 252 Atk / 184 SpD
Brave Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Drain Punch
- Ice Punch
- Mach Punch
- Knock Off

Lamentations (Sharpedo) @ Sharpedonite
Ability: Speed Boost
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
Naughty Nature
- Waterfall
- Crunch
- Ice Beam
- Protect

Genesis (Zapdos) @ Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
EVs: 132 HP / 24 Def / 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 96 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 0 Atk / 30 Def
- Tailwind
- Thunderbolt
- Hidden Power [Ice]
- Roost
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so that's my 'signature' team, I used it a bit (actually a lot) in Seasonals but I guess it's not actually that good. Basically it's a Tailwind team, meaning that Stratos will probably gut me for this, so I don't think it's a great team to copy. It's probably more VGC-oriented than Doubles-oriented, so I guess at least this is a good reason why you can't import teams straight from VGC to Doubles OU. Oh well.

[b]10. If you could change anything about Doubles OU, what would it be and why?[/b]
eh, given that I've recently jumped on the cancer teams train myself, I guess you could say I've come to a better understanding of these teams: why good ones work, and why bad ones don't. I think that even teams people label as bad do require some level of plays to be made, so I don't see any problem with those at the moment. That said, wait until Haruno / TGMD build a new bunnies-type team and ask me again. Until then I don't think anything really needs changing.

[b]11. Do you have any advice for people who want to improve at Doubles?[/b]
I'm probably not the best person to ask this question, but I think that if you're just starting off, you should probably pick up a sample team rather than going SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE mode. Otherwise, once you're comfortable with standard teams, it's just a matter of practicing, gaining knowledge about the meta, and only [i]then[/i] maybe you can start trying to add your own flair to your teams. I admit I skipped a few stages in between. Don't learn from me.

[b]12. Is there anything you like to do outside of playing Pokémon?[/b]
oh yay! I'm vice-president of my school's Mathematics Competition Team, and I quite enjoy competing in Math competitions, no matter how nerdy this may sound. I also enjoy playing VSRGs (Vertical Scrolling Rhythm Games); I ran through Guitar Hero fairly fast so I picked up osu!mania, in which I am currently ranked top 700 globally and 9th in Singapore. Other than that I don't think I do anything real with my life; I should probably get outside more. oops.

[b]13. If there is one person on the world you could meet, who would it be and why? If there is one place on the world you could go, where would it be and why?[/b]
Wow, this is a pretty tough call. i don't think I could decide on just one person, though I could probably meet a lot of the people high on the list by just showing up at Worlds and meeting all the VGC players there. That said, especially since I don't go out and associate much, I don't think there's anyone who is (a) alive right now and (b) not a Pokemon player who I would really like to meet. Besides, I think meeting up with anyone remotely famous would just be really really awkward, since after I tell them I'm a huge fan there would be literally zero conversation. In terms of location, I like it just fine here in Singapore. I wouldn't mind going back to some places I've already been though; the Lake District in the UK was a really nice calm and peaceful place, so it's probably one of my favourite places I've been, and the top of Tintagel Castle is similarly high on the list simply because it was an amazing experience.

14. off-topic: could you put the summer seasonal stats online, i asked stratos and he said he already did it but its just not online