Yeah I really only realised what kinda guy he was after the big announcement killing Urealms. I had been watching all of his stuff for like a decade at that point
See, my take on it is a little different
Rob had unlimited potential and over the course of 15 years online made a LOT of wrong decisions, picked the wrong websites, wrong groups, wrong games, wrong projects to focus on, etc. etc.
and snapped in 2019 after an assortment of irl stuff in his life came crashing down
Everyone around him (who made different professional decisions) was wildly successfully and had a life he envied