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That's a very good question! What you've described is how I tend to play it.

I'm hoping to do a rewrite of the "book" in the near future for some clarity changes like this. Thanks for asking!

Okay, so I've been consumed by getting my newest game up to snuff. But I finally got a look into the PDF of CO and the success threshold is indeed in there! It's on the CEO's page, the 2nd, under The Chaos Meter heading. It is, indeed, 7.

Ah! So sorry I missed this. It's been so long since I wrote the game I'm not sure, but I think it must've been 7 as the dice mechanic was originally PbtA inspired.