Yeah, I'd thought of having him do a video announcement as well, but text was an easier format for him because he was trying to hide the fact that he was really, really ticked off about what happened in Goldenrod. Plus, it's a pain to have to switch to text to link and then go back to video.

He'll... probably have a video post in the future about his business, though, which... totally encourages the whole fighting thing. :|b

As for a ghost contest-- maybe the people in Lavender town are getting harassed by ghosts and are willing to give a prize for the person who catches the most dangerous/obnoxious/something ghost.