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Payforwinners.
But yes, if it doesn’t specifically hurt the community, then prob don’t gatekeep.
IDK. When I pick up a new hobby I try and go mid tier. I’m not going to buy the 1000 dollar gear but also not the 50 dollar gear.
Though I did go and buy a way too expensive camera a few years ago. But it was more a return to a hobby than a new one. Don’t regret the purchase, don’t plan on upgrading any time soon.
Dentists.
I’m in the music industry. This is the go to answer for overpriced guitars.
Can you explain this one?
They’ve always been gapers. They sit in their cool gear and gape at those that can do.
Why?
Because „being asshole because of phone“ is soooooo 2010 and gatekeeping normally doesn’t feel good enough anymore.
because being excited about a new hobby isnt cool. actually starting a new hobby is an insult to all the people who’d been real fans of the hobby before you. this is the internet.
If anyone likes what I like then it’s my duty to ruin it for them by making a hostile environment where it’s no longer fun.
I don’t have hobbies because I want to enjoy them, only to feel superior to others.
I see you’ve met MOBA players.
I am so guilty of this!
Granted, if it is a new activity or hobby where rookies don’t destroy gear, it makes sense to me. It lets me skip the constant upgrading as my skills increase.
I’ll buy a zillion dollar airbrush and learn to use it, and feel incentivised to take care of it. I didn’t do the same with my first Jeep when I got into offloading. My first one was a cheap junker that I could roll if I did a rookie move.
As for a slur for people like me…I dunno, whatever makes you feel superior I guess. If it is creative or funny enough, I’ll happily adopt it and use it 👍
You call them people with ADHD :p
“Yuppie” is already a word.
When I skated we called them posers.
The opulent newb.
In cycling we call them dentists.
But if someone is trying out one of my hobbies idgaf what gear they can afford. We all start somewhere.
Yeah I’ll admit i definitely think more highly of someone using a clearly modified bike as a newb, but it’s partly because I’m into the bicycle repair and recycling scene
In Emergency Medical Services (EMS) we have a name for them. “Wackers” or “Buffs” both being masturbatory references.
Wait are there hobbyist EMTs?
Sadly, yes. A vast amount of EMTs are volunteers. Sure, they are trained and certified but due to essential services, mostly medical ones, not working inside capitalism without ducking things up royally, some municipalities with have paid medics and volly EMTs. That’s why you hear a lot of, oh, you’re the “ambulance driver”. So a number of these folks are in it for their own interests, weither because they are in medical school or are adrenaline jockies. The blend of those two tends to breed Wackers.
Yikes. Yet another reason to avoid going anywhere near places run by Republicans, that’s unhinged levels of crazy.
Not me sitting here with hundreds of dollars in TTRPG manuals when my playgroup only meets once a week and we are in the middle of a pathfinder campaign.
I feel particularly called out because I spent all day today reading Mothership manuals and adventures and I have no idea when I’ll get to play it.
You’re good, dude. You’re trying to immerse yourself in rules and the lore. No one would say shit if you downloaded all the pdf’s for free and read them. This way, you’re just supporting paizo.
Read on and keep enjoying the hobby.
!lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world material right here.
You may have misunderstood, it’s not just Paizo. I spend a lot of time reading the books for other game systems. Lately I’ve been reading the rules and other materials for Call of Cthulhu, Shadowdark, Mothership, and Numenera. Luckily, it’s possible to find a lot of these manuals and adventures online for free, but some of them I still paid for. Also, a lot of the time I spent reading could have been spent prepping my next pathfinder session lol. I appreciate the sentiment of your comment though.
Buy hards?
Perfection
This is what I see suggested every time this meme is reposted, so I guess that’s the right answer
I like this one, but I’ve heard the term whales for gaming communities. Hobby whale is probably my go-to
Whales is the industry term in gaming lol. I do like buyhard though.
Well that’s just perfect
In rock climbing we use “Gumby” no clue why.
I thought Gumby was just a beginner.
Yeah I suppose, I think there’s a certain visual associated with it that gear plays a part of. Like big wall harness, TCPros, and chalk bucket clipped in the front, trying to top out some boulder that ends on a jug or something.
