Something occured to me the other day. Why are Pokemon battles soooo important. Take the Sliph.co building in the original games. Why would Giovanni stop after being beaten by your pokemon, couldn't he just tie you up and plop you on the couch even after being beaten. Thats the thing I dont really get is why you would all of a sudden bow down to someoe that beats you in a pokemon battle. The other thing i noticed when watching the anime is that people do have weapons so why not use them if you wanted to cause havoc.