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Fat Cat Lim 83th Post
 
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| "The text" , posted Wed 19 May 07:19
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quote: Fellow FAQ-writers,
It is with much regret that I have to announce the untimely passing of my brother and good friend Chris MacDonald on May 17, 2004.
Chris wrote about 60 FAQs all told under the pseudonum 'Kao Megura' and left quite a legacy in terms of inspiring other FAQ authors to work harder by raising the level of quality in his writings. I'm sure people familiar with his work will recognize the popular "Final Fantasy 7 layout" he invented that so many other FAQ writers adopted. I'm still coming across FAQs myself that have some nice words from the author about how Chris inspired them - there are so many of these. His influence on the FAQ writing community was more widespread than I think anyone could imagine.
Chris always spoke fondly of the GameFAQs community. Not only did he value friendships with other FAQ authors, but the one group he had the most praise for were the contributors. Anyone will agree that you can't have much of a FAQ without contributions from other people, and Chris always took the time, for any contributor, no matter how big or how small the information provided, to credit them fully.
I wish I knew the names of all the contributors he spoke so fondly about, but I sadly do not. What I can say is that to everybody that helped him out, he truly appreciated what you had to offer.
I myself would like to thank the GameFAQs community for providing a place for him to do his very best work.
Friends and acquaintances are welcome to send comments to `cgfm2 at hotmail dot com'.
Regards,
Charles MacDonald
Mysterious. Debonair. Criminally Fruity.
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