Gatekeeper
Call it gate keeping but I hate seeing some people enter the hobby when it’s clearly all about money for them. Can’t even name the the cards they just know it’s a hit that would sell for a lot. Might as well just put the peso bills in their binders and show those off.
I get it it’s part of the hobby and I myself enjoy watching my collection grow in price. But the fact is if it crashes and everything goes to 0 I’d still enjoy my cards. There was a sweet spot between 2020 and now where the resurgence of Pokemon was just enough for those who grew up with it to rediscover it but still under the radar for scalpers to notice. (25th celebration products were super easy to get, no early morning lines, no crowds)
Ngayon sorry pero ang jeje na ng mga tao sa hobby. Not everyone has to be a super fan from the start. I love seeing kids become fans. Specially with their parents who were fans before and now get to share it with their kids. But with all these hustlers and scalpers hopping on the trend, they’re probably gonna run this hobby to the ground. So yes maybe sometimes gatekeeping isn’t so bad.