Hi,

I'd watch your tone a little bit.

On topic, I think you're going to find competitiveness anywhere you look. Within the job field, at school, and especially in any kind of game. People have an urge to want to stand higher than others, to be better than others.

It is a shame that others' competitiveness is drowning out your fun. Perhaps you could distance yourself from those groups or form your own place to play with your own specialized rules.