Sometimes valuable things just fall in your lap–a winning lottery ticket, an inheritance from an unknown relative, and even a gold master StarCraft source code disc. That last one really happened to a Reddit user, and his good deed in returning it to Blizzard ended up bringing a treasure trove of goodies.

Khemist49 was bargain shopping on eBay and found the 19-year-old disc in a box of stuff he purchased that apparently had been squirreled away in a storage unit and was forgotten. After posting about it, he wasn't sure what to do with it and was getting enough conflicting advice to drive him nuts. Some of the more unscrupulous types suggested he make the code public, while others said he was "scummy" if he didn't return it. Of course, Blizzard got wind of it, and its lawyers asked him to return the "intellectual property." After seeking legal advice, he chose to return it. And that's when the fun began.

First, Blizzard sent him a copy of Overwatch and dropped $250 in store credit on him. And then, out of the blue, a Blizzard rep calls him to invite him to BlizzCon. He said he had never been and didn't have the money to attend since he lives on the East Coast, but Blizzard took care of it will an all- expenses-paid trip, including drinks with the team. And if that wasn't enough, he got another huge box of Overwatch and Diablo PC swag and peripherals.

Blizzard “wanted to show an appropriate level of appreciation to the player for doing the right thing, not just from Blizzard, but on behalf of the large and active community of players who still enjoy StarCraft today,” the company said in an email to Kotaku.

So now we know the whole story on how StarCraft Remastered came about. Ok, maybe not, but the tale does show that in this case, honesty paid handsomely.