Welcome to the forum. I haven't been here long myself, but have come to enjoy and greatly appreciate the wealth of knowledge and experience represented by this forum. As has been mentioned, anywhere there are human beings involved, you will find your range of "characters", but on a whole, the tone here is very friendly. I feel that the "senior" collectors here (not neccisarly a note on age

) genuinely care about the hobby, and enjoy sharing it through the education of the new, not the discrimination.
Again, welcome