And there's no better way for the two of you to prove a point without setting up a semi-decent team (for now, the two of you has some rather silly suggestions that's best to be ignored should that person plan to competitive battle.) How hard can it be to beat the ingame trainers that you need specific Pokemon? Just high level, and let even Pokemon like Beautifly single-handedly sweep the entire Elite 4...
As for the quote, yeah I guess that it's only 90% true... Some truths are worth celebrating about, yet within the realm of strategy and gameboy games in PC, it's definitely 100% true. The more it seems "insulting" to you, the more likely it's the way to go. Afterall, we don't netbattle with nothing. Or try to netbattle any of us and test whose skills come out top.