The Dragonite thing was because most people would imagine the Prof as being the grandmaster type deal. I see where you're coming from with his team, and I think that it seems very balanced, and is pretty well what you'd imagine from the Prof. I assume you're going to build the team as if it were built for Gen III competitive? Fire Blast/ExtremeSpeed Arcanine, Dragon Dance Gyarados, etc? And I like the way you're thinking with building the team, so I'm certain you'll do it well. Also, as the Gen I Prof, it is quite understandable that Oak would only have Gen I Pokémon, and seems quite fitting. And I never intended to come off as saying the fight should be mandatory, as that idea is almost scary, because I was imagining something around the high 60s, low 70s. Perhaps tiered like the E4 so that after a certain number of battles he becomes comparable to Red on Mt. Silver in difficulty. I'm really glad you liked my idea, and can't wait to see it happen