My hobby (speedcubing) is like that as well. If you ask any semi competent speedcuber you will hear something along the lines of "Get the newest RS3M (9$) and maybe some lube (4$)". I love it for that.
(Of course it s all a foot-in-the-door scam to get you hooked so you buy other events but shhh)
My gugugaga program I m gonna finish college with fulfills the definition of AI because it implements minmax, xd