Who said i dont play? I said i stopped entering tournaments. Im usually fine on MGP, i dont generally enjoy tournaments, and back when i was entering every one it was hard some weeks to find the time to do the matches(and yes, i know they cut the number of matches per tournament). So if i dont need what the tournaments give, or enjoy the tournament process, why enter? Why not leave one more spot toward the bottom of the leaderboard(on the weeks i would do well) for someone else?

And as to why build a collection, why build a collection of mounts, orchestrion rolls, or minions? The only mount you need to get around is your company chocobo(a few others end up having story-specific reasons for existing), LoV was DoA, and you can only enjoy your orchestrion if youre sitting in your house/inn room. So thats while decorating or maybe crafting IF you have a house, and generally not at all if youve just got the inn. Some people just enjoy collecting - whether its the process, the challenge, or just having the things.