For this debate, “utilitarianism” is the view that an action is right if and only if it maximizes the total well-being of all those affected by it.

A “gated community” is a residential area with roads that have gates to control the movement of traffic and people into and out of the area.

For this debate, “community-driven development” of an esports game is when independent players, modders, or organizers play the main practical role in creating and shaping a game or its competitive scene, rather than the publisher centrally and continually directing those processes.

Community-driven development was most prominent in the 1990s and 2000s, but declined in relative prominence in the late 2000s onward and became much less central in the 2010s.

“Below-cost pricing” means offering a consumer-facing product or service at a price lower than the provider’s per-user cost of supplying that product or service over the relevant billing period.