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    I hope he has some sort of contingency plan. Perhaps he can find a successor.

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      It involves golden tickets and the unsolved disappearances of a handful of children.

      Brutal, I know, but it’s the only way.

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        I selfishly wish he had a son or daughter to carry on his legacy lol

        More generations deserve to know how good Valve is.

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          Son/daughter would be like “ugh, this is lame, I want to play real-world games with peoples’ lives. …like, corporate wars, or screw-the-smallguy.”

          Kids never handle the inheritance right, and passing on the experiences they need in order to do so is hard as fuck.

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          He has 2 kids lol. The eldest - Gray Newell, seems to be more into racing than game dev, though.

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        Chat GPT predicts one of the kids will…

        …get physically pulled into valves code? Not sure how that happens lol

        🎵 One clicked on files they shouldn’t dare Now lost in code, they’ve disappeared in air Gaben warned, but they didn’t heed Now in the depths of Steam, they’ll forever plead

        🎵 Oompa loompa doompety dah If you’re not careful, you’ll go too far Respect the rules when visiting Gaben’s lair Or vanish forever, lost in Valve’s software!

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        Yeah but whales are gonna get all the tickets. There’s no IRL Charlie luck magic.