Lol.
Yeah Gather was just a fun thing that we came across.
Here are some benefits in my mind for Gather compared to Discord:
Lower barrier to entry
Not EVERYONE has a Discord, or wants to have one
With Gather you just go to the url and pop in a name for yourself
Fun little traversable world
We can build cool little atmospheric rooms and the like, tailor-built to specific purposes
e.g. a "Game Room" can actually LOOK like a game room
e.g. I've used it to run a work event, and I built a "dungeon" with a full-on maze; fun stuff!
Something to do "between rounds"
Say we're playing Smash Bros and it's not your turn, you could walk around, maybe even go off to another room very temporarily w/ someone else to chat privately (winking emoticon)
That's it really.
Maybe it doesn't appeal to the group, maybe you hate it, maybe Discord is fine. That's cool too. We're just experimenting with something we thought was fun and engaging. If people don't like it, we can just use Discord again, no harm no foul.