Oh no, you beat me in a battle, but I have no money!

Vorpy

Is there some other way I can pay you?

lrdgck

Like, do my dishes?

Stormtroper

This is always my strategy for beating the Elite Four.

Bluesy_Cowgirl

clean my bathroom

Earthlight_Ray

Accompany me on a nice evening out?

Bluesy_Cowgirl

of course I will

glennmagusharvey

but you didn't lose a pokémon battle

glennmagusharvey

actually y'know it's still possible to lose half your money if you have no money

if Money_yourwallet = 0 pokédollars

then you can lose 1/2 * Money_yourwallet = you lose 0 pokédollars

and you are left with 0 pokédollars

glennmagusharvey

y'know you should go into debt before you lose a pokémon battle

have a bunch of IOUs with you

then give half your IOUs to whoever beats you in battle

because if Money_yourwallet < 0, then 1/2 * Money_yourwallet < 0 too

edit: wait, i don't think this works, because you can save money with your mom and carry only a limited amount of cash on hand and only lose half of that amount. so it's actually calculated based on cash-on-hand, not your total assets nor net of assets and liabilities. since IOUs and savings are not cash-on-hand, you can't do this.

Vorpy

Earthlight_Ray

A+

Bluesy_Cowgirl

it's a good hat

BassFishing

Hat's off to Soldier.

Vorpy

glennmagusharvey

soldier's badges are still more meaningful than david clarke's