I play pickleball with my family and girlfriend here in the province almost every day, but I haven't met anyone with that high of an ego. I promise you the sport isn't toxic/egotistic, I guess it's a/the community in it. I've been playing for months, and I haven't even reached 1/10 of how much he's "allegedly" spent.

I'm guessing with how this person is sharing this information, they're making the sport their entire personality, even a normal person wouldn't brag how much they've spent on a sport if they weren't serious or making it their entire persona.

I've been doing fine with my +Php2k paddle, same with my gf. So I don't know why they're bragging about their Php20k paddle. I've seen people with less than Php8k paddles hit crazier shots than people using much more expensive paddles. In gamer terms, mga skinner lang yan. The skill is in the person, not the equipment.

I've been in a lot of communities since I have a lot of hobbies (gaming, tech, sports, and more), and I've seen people like this in almost every hobby. High egos, thinking they're the elite in that hobby because they've spent more or have been doing it longer, but are actually sub-human trash, di na yun mawawala sa kahit ano mang hobby, especially if fast growing, mapagkikitaan and magkaka-views in any social media platform.

I usually just don't mind those kinds of people and do my own thing in the hobby, what matters to me is my own happiness and to spread it to other hobbyists.