Gabe Newell hat sich nach „Portal 2“ von der Entwicklung von Spielen bei Valve „zurückgezogen“, weil alle weiterhin seiner Meinung waren, als er „Teil des Teams sein und Ideen entwickeln wollte“.
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/gabe-newell-stepped-back-from-making-games-at-valve-after-portal-2-because-everyone-kept-agreeing-with-him-when-he-wanted-to-be-part-of-the-team-and-come-up-with-ideas/
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honestly respect for being self aware enough to recognize it. most people in that position would just enjoy being right all the time and never question why nobody pushes back anymore
You don’t get to be “part of the team” when you are the boss of the team.
Everyone wants power but no one wants the tradeoffs of power.
To me it feels like EVERYONE stepped back from making games at Valve
It sucks not getting real feedback and having real conversations.
I’ve run into this, where everyone just goes along with my ideas because they tend to work out. However, that can’t always be the case, and it really impacts your work.
Most people just enjoy going with the flow
Whoever put all those adverts and pop-ups on games radar should have taken a step back from the team
[I imagine the meetings went something like this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iFxUCSTfRU)
Self awareness at this level is rare.
To be fair though. Portal 2 still slaps.
This reminds me of a key and peele skit with stan lee
whereas Musk did a Nazi salute, Bezos built a giant dick rocket & Zuckerborg raved about the metaverse …
TIL Gaben was the only person at Valve making games
What were his ideas? Maybe they were all good as everything in Portal 2 is amazing.
If he really did want to get honest feedback then he could have had everyone put their ideas in one place anonymously and then read them all to the broader team.
The George Lucas comparison makes it really clear what the consequences of not behaving like this are.
Certainly a good thing to see from any leader.
That being said, maybe he should get back into the game because portal 2 is truly one of the best games of all time.
That’s actually not entirely correct.
He wanted to change a lot of Valve’s traditions and have them do more volunteer work, so the rest of the team voted to start the “No Gabes Club” and bar him from entry.
When Gabe Newell pointed out that Gabe Glumplich was in the club, they replied that their sign said “No Gabe**s**,” with emphasis on the plural, stating that they were allowed to have one Gabe.
Should have made a fake identity and hired himself as a “remote consultant”
Must be tough to recognize that as a problem. Seems like he has good ideas.
Portal 2 was the last real game they made. So maybe Gabe should get back on that.
Props to Gabe continuing to be the best in the business in all regards
But serious question… what has valve released since portal 2?
Now he masquerades as Ben, the remote worker on the east coast who only chimes in every couple weeks
One day he will retire. That very much worries me.
This man for sure has some secret accounts somewhere so he can just be treated like a normal person online
Whoa, a CEO (and Billionaire) who actively avoids sycophancy? Incredible, no wonder the dude is still making good business and good morals decisions.
He aint perfect but hes about as good as it gets with billionaire CEOs and he will definitely be missed when his time comes
Of anyone in the industry, I actually believe it’s possible all of his ideas were actually awesome.
Dota underlords left dead in the water
Tho seriously… If I was Gabe… I would hire someone to be my stand in. I would have a mic in their ear all day and they would just say what I tell them to say. Like he is rich enough to do that. How fun would that be?! A super secret spy. Don’t blow the cover because then people will know that you are privy to conversations. But you would be able to contribute to development. If I was rich like that, I would be doing silly things like that.
I could be forgetting something but I feel like all of Valve stepped back from making games after Portal 2
„Let’s make half life 3.“ Sounds great Gabe.
„Let’s make portal 3.“ Great idea Gabe.
„What about another team Fortress and left 4 dead game while we’re at it?.“ Loving these ideas Gabe.
„Okay I know you guys are just agreeing with me at this point I’m out.“
BUT WHAT IF IT WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD IDEA………….