Would gatekeeping have saved WoW?
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 1:25:20 PM
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>>725186180
The only way to properly gatekeep mmo is by aggressively griefing the newcomers, which requires pvp everywhere, or at least in most of the regions. Which WoW never had because it's a kiddie-friendly game.
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 1:27:10 PM
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>>725186356
>>725186091
MMOs are social games, you can just ostracize them.
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 1:27:53 PM
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>>725185945 (OP)
Gatekeeping wouldn't have saved WoW when it was Blizzard that was the one killing it.
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 1:29:51 PM
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Yes, the high influx of new players that joined near the end of Wrath shifted the player base when Cataclysm came out.
The shift was clear if you played during the first few patches of Cata, where heroic dungeons and the raids were actually hard, but not retarded lightshows like retail is now. But then the forums were flooded with casuals crying because they weren't able to even beat SFK heroic with their wives, who couldn't heal for shit.
The first few patches in Cata were the best, before they nerfed, then Cata became the Cata people think it always was. Then they introduced LFR in the last patch, and it was over.
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 1:33:10 PM
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>>725186356
Just say you're black and are building wakanda and all non wakandans need to leave
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 1:34:42 PM
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>>725187135
>>725185945 (OP)
Wow killed itself.
Just look at Vanilla and the way people play it to see how fucking awful the Wow fanbase is. Even when dealing with content a literal child can clear in their sleep they still sweat like crazy.
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 1:45:02 PM
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>>725186583
this, WoW was designed by the very kind of scum that wanted MMOs to be a poopsocking genre instead of a fun adventure with friends
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 1:46:45 PM
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>>725186536
Gatekeeping mass produced entertainment products is retarded.
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 1:51:06 PM
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>>725185945 (OP)
How are you supposed to gatekeep who Blizzard hires?
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 1:59:02 PM
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>>725185945 (OP)
Gatekeeping would have saved a great many things
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 2:00:42 PM
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>>725185945 (OP)
Have you tried playing wow on a fresh account without a bunch of friends to guide you? Blizzard does all the gatekeeping needed now.
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 2:49:04 PM
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WoW was always destined to be a dadgamer game to play with their wives and children
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 2:50:25 PM
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>>725186149
Then the gatekeeping worked.
Anonymous
11/7/2025, 3:00:54 PM
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If a hobby is small and not commercially viable it's driven by passion, which creates soul. The bigger the hobby gets the more its output will be dictated by financial incentives, which creates slop.
Prove me wrong, you can't.
