I'm glad he had so many friends here! I was a bit worried that no one had posted this before I did...I found out over the weekend, but I hesitated cuz I wasn't sure it was my place to post about it....but after seeing all the responses, I'm glad I did...as he truly had a lot of friends that post here.
When I first met him, I remember he was so proud to show me his AC/DC BIBLE - he said, and I'm paraphrasing - "AC/DC has the WORST sound I've ever heard in a game...I had to do something about it!" I was like "Don, I have an AC/DC Premium and the stock sound is fantastic" "NO WAY! IT'S SHIT!!! Check this out!" So he opens the coin door and there's a massive audio amp of some sort inside...he turns it on, hits start...BLRRRRP BLRRRRRRP BLRRRRRRRRP...it's nothing but distorted farting bass - you couldn't even hear lyrics or anything else...just BASS. He gives me an 'aren't you impressed' look and says "YEAH!?!?? Doesn't that sound incredible!!?". I'm like "Don...I gotta be honest...this sounds like fucking shit! It's nothing but bass!". He says "Oh yeah? Hmm...well, I went to so many concerts over the years, I can barely hear anything anymore...it sounds good to me!"
He loved modding games, whether he was good at it or not. The CSI I bought from him had the XXX titty translite (which I immediately removed) and a completely messed up LED job. Instead of replacing them one at a time, he had pulled all the light sockets out and put most of them back in the wrong spot...so almost nothing made sense lol. He never noticed that the inserts had nothing to do with what was actually happening, or that it had a board problem which caused a bunch of lights to malfunction...as he was more interested in modding it than playing it. To his credit, he had paid Laseriffic to make a really sweet custom topper - he claimed he had the only one like it! I should dig up a pic of it. Anyway, I can't complain...after pointing out all the goofy stuff, he gave me a great price - which I gladly paid and fixed the game after I got it home.
I never bought another game from him after CSI - but whenever I had a game for sale - he always Emailed or called me to see if I was interested in a trade....and that's when we'd shoot the shit and catch up. He definitely had his eyes on pinside like a hawk!!!