I agree with most of what you said here, Joey. Just one thing I ask you to consider:
He also informed you that he was playing devil's advocate a bit.
In all fairness to Gatekeeper as well as Andrew, keep an eye on Andrew just in case he decides to play devil's advocate more than just "a bit." I have seen that occur far too many times by people on these forums in the past for it not to make me wary whenever I hear it, but it's still early days for Andrew, and he is just learning how to negotiate his way in this community, so he is bound to make a few mistakes early on. Let's see how he does after a bit more time passes.