Wow. This is like a punch to the gut to lose such a great member of this community and a friendly person.
My condolences to his family and friends. He will be missed.
p.s. I think we could take this as a reminder to be a little bit more like Pipz -- here on this forum, where we don't agree on how the game should be played, and in the arenas, where we compete to eliminate or counter the efforts of the "enemy". In the end, we are all members of a relatively small community of people who enjoy our hobby of Aces High, together. Sometimes it's nice to step back and remember that. (Pipz would have said it better, shorter and more colorfully, I'm sure -- but there it is.)