Gabe better be immortal.

I really wish the company would talk more about the post-Gabe transition, or at least begin to give us a rough indication of where the company plans to go.

Those of us who have been customers over 20 years often have a pretty significant investment in Steam content, and Gabe is getting old.

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ecshafer 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

AFAIK his son has been working there for quite a while and is the heir apparent.

	▲	seanw444 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't know anything about his son, but hopefully "don't screw up your father's legacy" is a core tenet for him. That news gives me slight hope.

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kgwxd 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No company will ever do that. Even if they did, no one on the planet should expect it to play out as described. The whole anti-DRM position is based on the fact promises aren't worth a damn thing.

	▲	giobox 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Publicly announced succession plans happen fairly regularly, especially for a company as stable as Valve. Tim Cook is 65 and just did so for Apple. The announcement of Ternus was hardly a bolt from the blue, either. Gabe is 63, and there is little to no indications.

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deafpolygon 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They have a vat with brain hookups[0] waiting to place Gabe in, so immortality is nigh. No post-Gabe transition needed.

[0]: https://imgur.com/a/2XbM18n

edit: fixed image link

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wvbdmp 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

He’s going to die in a fucking scuba diving accident, I have nightmares about it constantly

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vablings 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I highly doubt it for a number of factors.

- Most of his dives look to be rec depth

- He isn't running any crazy gear like a CCR

- He has instant access to a chamber, so any DCS worries are virtually zero

- There is no go-itis for him. If weather is bad, he just packs up and sails to somewhere nicer

Out of all the rich people hobbies, scuba is about the safest

	▲	dghlsakjg 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Scuba diving is a pretty risky activity on the scale of things that rich people do in their everyday life. Golf and cycling are a lot safer. Scuba fatalities fall into a few buckets, the big two are inexperience/bad decision making, and older folks with health issues (underwater heart attacks/respiratory distress, basically). As a former dive pro, an overweight 63 year old is someone that I would keep a very close eye on while diving. The odds are pretty low, but there is a reason that many life insurance companies exclude scuba divers from their coverage. That said, I'm happy to let him live as dangerously as he wants, he deserves it.

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nialv7 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Have you warned Gabe about this

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kgwxd 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Hope Linus isn't on that same expedition.