Yeah, after that, a lot of people were saying that they hadn't been seeing him around as much. Then a couple of people at SRK had logs of when they went to Japan. They said they only saw him a few times at his usual locations. Then a few said he had gotten obsessed with Mah Jonng, then started workin at a parlor and makin lots of money. After that, I think even players in Japan said they hadn't seen him around. This was around the time I was getting out of fighting games, so I stopped following. Maybe he did just get tired of it though. I did
I don't think he even played in SBO this year.