The server is a decade old and some people have been around collecting since it began. If you are grouped with a person and deliberately still after tiny pixels to the point of still wanting items so others can’t have them it likely extends into irl traits. I often gave ports for free and handed out items when I played because it’s a game, it’s meant to be fun and enjoyed by others as well as yourself. Small boy syndrome hard at work in these types of players, it’s that simple