I'll be honest, and say I'll feel weird about Chris dying. As a fan of sonic and pokemon, and later being a lolcow person, Chris was always this sort of funhouse mirror of how fans could've ended up to me. Up until the mother fucking, I had a softer spot for Chris, and I probably always will feel for him, in one way or another. I still remember being a young teen, and my friend (who was an autistic, adult-age sonic fan) showing me Chris vandalizing his own ED page. In hindsight, there's an irony that my friend and I were laughing at, and looking down at, a guy who wasn't too far off from us, but it's what got me interested in this whole lolcow thing.
I don't remember how I was introduced to Cobes' content, but I remember everything from being shown Chris. I think this says something about Chris's presence, and it'll be weird when he's gone.