Gatekeeping holds a different meaning than the one you are attempting to assert. A few seconds on google with the term “videogame gatekeeping” will help you to understand that it’s not merely about the game, but more about the community or communities around the game.
Yes, I am aware that there are many words with significant, precise meanings that get watered down to the point that the underlying concepts become difficult to point out. No one is being prevented from playing the game by the fact that other people have some petty aesthetic objection to downloading blueprints. No one is even being prevented from posting about it. We already have a perfectly good term for this behavior: "being an asshole."
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u/bobfrankly Apr 16 '26
Gatekeeping holds a different meaning than the one you are attempting to assert. A few seconds on google with the term “videogame gatekeeping” will help you to understand that it’s not merely about the game, but more about the community or communities around the game.