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"All the gear, no idea."

You fool, you have not ascended in your hobby yet. The true best gear is the gear you end up using and it is never the most expensive gear you have or could have

Whales. Although whales applies to people who just spend a ton of money regardless of experience.

Mike sounds like a douche to be honest. Fuck Mike.

richginners, P2W hobbyists, hof-rince's.

Where I'm from, it's called a showbag because it looks expensive but there's nothing inside. All the gear; no talent.

Isn't that just a noob?

This word already exist.

In the cycling community, we call them “dentists”.

We see this a lot with skiing. I grew up working at mountains to afford it and my equipment is decent.

Then Joey (not sure where the name originated) will bomb past you on $5000 worth of equipment and end up in traction after wiping out on the first icy patch they see.

So the word we use is a Joey.

I had a coworker who was a sneaker head (traded in limited edition shoes). They called people who bought bad deals or was generally inexpirenced "Timmys" because the persons orders looked like a kid with their parents credit card.

Payforwinners.

But yes, if it doesn't specifically hurt the community, then prob don't gatekeep.

Invited a new guy to MTG Commander night. Showed up with a deck full of expensive cardboard because a deck he found online had all of them. Cool dude and still plays with us with more reasonably priced cardboard now.

Tourists.

In RuneScape it's a choob

Warhammerers?

The initial buy-in, especially at a Games Workshop/ Warhammer store is astronomical.

You'll need paintbrushes to start - here, try these, the most expensive paintbrushes you'll ever buy. And paints too, how about our mindboggling range of expensive paints?

When I took up mini painting again as an adult, with dirt-cheap acrylic paints and brushes, and achieved far better results than I ever did as a kid with the "proper" stuff, it was a real eye-opener.

all the gear and no idea

In cycling, this person is called Fred or sometimes Dentist.

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.

fast pass tourists

Pay to fail

Dilettante

Very surprising to see so many peole lashing out at "gatekeeping". Frugality is a very important thing (something something global warming?), a beginner can not get any meaning out of the very best gear, diminishing returns are a thing.

Wasting resources because you are unable to resist the temptation of marketing is dumb, selfish and harmful.

No, of course I'm not talking about safety gear. No, I'm not advocating for buying the cheapest stuff.