>Be me
>6th Grade, 2003
>Kids all over the newly released RS
>Because I own Ruby, I am practically inclined to battle other kids
>One kid in particular challenges me
>I agree to it; however, it is 8th period and the day is over
>Decide to do it next day
>Next day
>By this point, I had just beaten Tate & Liza after a hard night's work of grinding (fuck that double battle)
>I have a pretty good group of mons at this point; Sceptile, Swellow, Wailord, Manetric, Zangoose, and Gardevoir
>Kid shows up
>"haha ready to fucking lose"
>Sure. I head to the PKMN Center to switch out mons
>Kid sees my team
>Stutters
>Apparently he hadn't even beaten Brawly yet; still had pre-evolutions and shitmons
>Kid makes an excuse and leaves
>Next day
>Again, kid makes excuse
>Call him out and ask if he's just faking it
>"no, i can beat you easily, i just have to [insert shit excuse]"
>This goes on forever; bragging without preforming
>I eventually give up
>Never get to fight this kid because it's endyear and he went to a different Junior High
He probably didn't know that Link Battles set all Pokémon to the same level. Though they still were all shitty Pokémon.
Who knows. Perhaps he could've gotten a decent team. But, nonetheless, he was still a lying little braggart and I probably would've won.