Хм …

Sadly there’s the Gabe talking in the interviews about “games as a service”, equality for all gamers, whatever their platform or country are and independence for devs…

… then there’s the Gabe at work : the regionalization (= discrimination) on games availability, version and price (the $1=1€ thing), Kim Swift departure (ironically, in part due to the GDC design contest refusal*1)

(*1 http://www.heroine-sheik.com/2009/05/11/valve-cockblocks-kim-swifts-first-time/ )

So yea congratz to him, however I hope that all the years, money and WoW grinding won’t stop him from having strong principles and values, “wait & see”