On Reddit, players share their messages they received from Gabe Newell when they wrote an email to the Steam boss.
Gabe Newell is the founder of Valve, the company behind the gaming platform Steam. He is a gamer himself and, despite running one of the largest gaming platforms in the world, still appears down to earth.
He repeatedly responds to fan mails, even if they contain seemingly trivial content. Players on Reddit recently shared their stories behind the messages they received from Gabe Newell.
The discussion was kicked off by user TokyoWhiskey, who posted his message from Gabe Newell on Reddit. He was visibly surprised and touched that the Valve founder had written back to him.
“He is the GOAT”
What stories do players share? Even more exciting are the comments under the post. Here, people share their stories from their interactions with the Valve founder.
User Flyingsheep_ writes, for example, that he asked Gabe Newell for advice a few years ago: “A few years ago, I sent him an email letting him know that I wanted to get into the gaming industry and asked for his advice. He gave me a whole list of resources and some really solid advice. He is the GOAT.” (Source Reddit).
Apparently, Gabe Newell also had time for jokes, as user Foursiide reports: “When I was a dumb teenager, I sent GabeN short lists of dumb jokes, and he mostly responded with his own.” (Source Reddit).
boom1ng says (on Reddit) that Gabe Newell even helped him name his cat after he received a picture of the pet.
Apparently, a response from the Steam boss does not take too long to arrive. Users Un-revealing and TokyoWhiskey share that Gabe Newell responded within 8 and 2 hours respectively.
Reddit user EgoSenatus explains the background of the messages: “It was a few years ago, but there was a rare Gab interview in which he admitted that he reads every single customer email sent to him and does his best to respond to them in some form. He said that he spends about 4 hours a day doing that.”
Besides answering emails, Gabe Newell also finds time to run his own research company: Gabe Newell plays Subnautica in real life, has his own research company, discovers new life forms in the sea
