Not sure if he dropped of the perch, but I think he got tired of being harassed here whenever he posted a new system or staking method with some of the naysayers, as he was active on another forum for a while after he stopped posting here. Shame really, he always had managed to spark discussion, which is something this forum lacks these days.

If you look back through some of his posts, there are some absolute gems in there, and I definitely learnt a lot from him, mainly to do with thinking outside the square a bit. Some of his most left field ideas that made zero sense actually worked quite well.