I accepted every number on SS. I thought it was pretty cool that some of the trainers gave you good stuff (like elemental stones) and have always found rebattling them to be a nice way to make some money and earn some experience. Their Pokémon did eventually get higher leveled and evolve and stuff, which I thought was cool. Also Silver and Crystal were my favorite Pokémon games as a kid, so when SS came out I was super nostalgic about all of it and the annoying phone calls from Youngster Joey & Co. just have a special place (next to his hundreds of murdered Rattata) in my heart.