Hi. Welcome to the Rating Practice Teams 14! We haven't had one of these in a while, so Honus and I felt like we should start anew. The goal of these practice sessions are simple: to help improve raters and to get them moved on to the next step of team rating! Whether that be starting out rating, earning a lady bug, or earning the prestigious Team Rater badge, it doesn't matter. The point is to improve everyone involved! I've asked top players to provide Honus and I some teams from the respective tiers they play and they provided a quick description of what each Pokemon's function on the team is. I would like to give a huge thank you to Jirachi, PK Gaming, Molk, FLCL, and Blarajan, because without them this wouldn't be happening (I provided the Ubers team). How this will work is rather simple: if you wish to participate, you simply write up a rate to whichever teams you want. You MAY do more than one time provided that you know what you're talking about. The best raters will be remember by the rating staff and will possibly gain rewards listed below. This is an exercise that helps everyone! There is a team from each prominent Smogon tier, so everyone from every tier has a chance to participate. If you do decide to, an official Team Rater will check over your rate, even the formatting of it, and reply to what you did right and wrong. Be sure to do well since you well be getting attention if you do! Good luck.
ALL PRACTICE RATES SHOULD BE PM'D TO PRINCESS BRI, JIRACHI, HARSHA, AND HONUS BY NO LATER THAN JULY 8th. RATES RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE WILL NOT BE ANALYZED. PLEASE INDICATE THE RATED TIER SOMEWHERE IN THE PM. YOU MAY RATE MORE THAN ONE TEAM.
Before you start rating, reading the How To Rate thread would be really useful; it will help you with rating in general, and it contains what we look for when we see a rate.
Fruits of your Labor:
By participating in this project, you're setting yourself up for some prestigious rewards and acknowledgement from the official Team Raters who decide upon which users get the badge.
ALL PRACTICE RATES SHOULD BE PM'D TO PRINCESS BRI, JIRACHI, HARSHA, AND HONUS BY NO LATER THAN JULY 8th. RATES RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE WILL NOT BE ANALYZED. PLEASE INDICATE THE RATED TIER SOMEWHERE IN THE PM. YOU MAY RATE MORE THAN ONE TEAM.
Before you start rating, reading the How To Rate thread would be really useful; it will help you with rating in general, and it contains what we look for when we see a rate.
Fruits of your Labor:
By participating in this project, you're setting yourself up for some prestigious rewards and acknowledgement from the official Team Raters who decide upon which users get the badge.
- Doing well in this project can get you closer to earning the Ladybug (
- The users who send in the best rates can earn a bold user title.
- The users who send in the best rates can earn VOPs in #ratemyteam on SynIrc.
- The users who participate in this project become more experienced raters and gain useful feedback from official Team Raters, so you can become one step closer to gaining the badge!
- Ubers Practice Team by Princess Bri
- OU Practice Team by Jirachi
- UU Practice Team by PK Gaming
- RU Practice Team by Molk
- NU Practice Team by FLCL
- LC Practice Team by blarajan