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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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        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.

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        Worker co-op. Non-profits are pretty easy to rig for the benefit of the C-levels.

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          Easy-peasey to rig. Worker co-op isn’t a bad idea.

          I vote that as a second to finding a successor, and giving the whole thing to them, sans whatever kickbacks to family etc that he wants.

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            Well I’m glad we’ve all found an equitable and legally binding way to divide Lord Gaben’s assets on his death!

            And they say the Internet never solved anything.

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          He’s been on 4chan since before he started the company. Why do you think they got so popular so quick?