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Well I never, I have an Avaya phone sat on my desk next to me, all this time and never knew Chris worked for them.

Really is great to read something nice after reading through that 1299 thread earlier, thanks for sharing @Mort

Nice one Mort, thanks for sharing this, really appreciate it. Knowing he was well liked and respected for his knowledge has made me feel a little better. Thanks mate When Chris passed I just felt so sorry for him. It really affected me, it was such a shock. I’d never met him, I think that’s what upset me so much. This guy who had given me so much and I didn’t even know what he looked like, yet I felt like I knew him. He will always be deeply missed around fme. Such an honour to have known and interacted with him on the forums, I really have to thank him for getting me back into my design work back in early 2000’s when I was broken due to fruit machine addiction. His mfme tools inspired me to get involved and use my skills again ;). J

Thanks for helping join the dots .Most appreciative.I always assumed that he worked in fruit machine industry.Maybe at some point some of the members here who knew him will share their thoughts about him.I have 2 people specifically in mind but its up to them to come forward.As I play the emulator almost every day I think about Chris daily and the sadness that happend as i think most on here do.

Many thanks for that Mort. Since Chris passed I have wished on several occasions that we knew more about him, that he'd let more of 'himself' out on the forums and suchlike, but obviously he just wasn't inclined to do so and ultimately we have to respect that. As such it's especially nice to hear from people who knew him IRL and it seems he was a thoroughly decent chap, but at the same time still kept his private life private. An enigmatic genius for sure. Thanks again for sharing Mort.

@Mort I want to thank you, Mark and Ainsley personally just to get a glimpse of what Chris was like irl so for that please pass on my gratitude for them sharing, it is one of the best things I have read in a long long time. None of what he achieved surprises me really as the magnitude of Chris's intelligence and not just MFME goes much much further than some think, what a pleasure I have had to have known him if only for a couple of years. You have made my day and helped me in the acceptance. Gone but never forgotten. Thanks again from the bottom of my heart