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A Sad Announcement: A Big Cast Change to Roll Players
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Hey folks, today I want to do a quick announcement about a cast change on Roll Players and other Funinstallers Projects. After some recent events, Justin will no longer be in future episodes of Roll Players and affiliated projects. In this description is an episode to Sharesalot which explains in further detail as to why. We will work to continue the show but it will be different. We're not sure what will happen just yet, but please be patient. We'll figure out. We always do!
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Transcript
Announcement of Changes
00:00:00
Speaker
Hi folks, it's your buddy Adam here. um This is going to be a very poorly or non-edited episode, or rather a an announcement. It is not an easy announcement to make, and I'm going to try my damnedest to keep this quick. I actually just deleted a whole entire original version of this, because I went for like 13 minutes, and that is not what I wanted to do.
00:00:21
Speaker
So the long and short of it is this. um Due to some things that happened in life extremely recently, There will be no existence of Justin moving forward on this show.
00:00:36
Speaker
um I'm not going to erase anything from the past. I don't believe in erasure. um What happened happened, and we had some good times, and this isn't any sort of way to demonize anybody, but just things happened that i needed to make a decision on, and it was not an easy one to make.
00:00:54
Speaker
And
Coping and Continuation
00:00:55
Speaker
I don't know what roleplay is look like moving forward, but I want you to know that it will continue in one iteration or another. i don't know if we'll continue doing the Diceys, but with a different GM, or if we'll just start something fresh. So I apologize for getting a couple of things started. We do record this and post it probably weekly or biweekly. So it's usually as true to form in our timeline as we can be, as opposed to batch recording a ton of things.
00:01:22
Speaker
So that's kind of the risk you take when you do that though. And, um, And I'm really sorry about that. I don't really know what that's going to look like. I still have to talk to the team about what's going on with that.
00:01:34
Speaker
um But I am extremely sad about it, and I have been trying really hard. You may notice that the intonation in my voice is that I'm very matter-of-fact and trying to inflect in different ways because...
00:01:49
Speaker
I am actually very quite sad right now, and um it is the only way that I can force my face from scrunching up into ah the form that it makes when tears are allowed to squeak out of my face holes.
00:02:01
Speaker
So this is how I have to do it. I just have to be very... um yeah had to i have to have a certain kind of diction so I can get through this without cracking. So... Yeah.
00:02:14
Speaker
The roleplayers will continue. In what way, I don't know. In what form, I don't
Team Updates and Gratitude
00:02:19
Speaker
know. And with whom, I don't know. But from what I can gather, I know Cass is still on board. i believe ah David is still on board. Adrian will return when he finishes his travels later in the year. And I'm very grateful for all of you. i don't know if you all listened to this, um but I'm so, so grateful.
00:02:37
Speaker
And I've had a ton of people checking in on me, which has been just invaluable. And And a lot of them don't even know the full story, but they just said, we're here for what you need. And that's what a good friend does. And that's what I'm learning is that i have not set the right precedent in other friendships.
00:02:56
Speaker
And I realize it's because I never thought I had to. But when you meet good people who want to reciprocate that friendship, they will. And i am hitting a a new threshold in my emotional growth where I'm realizing I can let people help me. I can be helped.
00:03:13
Speaker
Um, I don't have to be the one that always tries to redirect the energy back to your problem right away, even though I do care. And it's okay to say, tell someone you, you need help and it's okay. You know, a lot of people feel like, oh, that person's only doing that to make you feel better. i'm like, well, good.
00:03:28
Speaker
That's okay. That's great that someone wants you to feel better. Even if that's the motivation, that's wonderful. That's beautiful. Whatever. ah love it. And I love all of you who've been checking in after everything going on. Most of you don't even know what's going on. And you're just like, I know that you're devastated, Adam, and that's what we care about. And that means so much to me. All right, keep your diction, Adam.
00:03:50
Speaker
That means so much to me. And um I just am so grateful. And... um
00:03:58
Speaker
So here's what I'm going to do because I know a lot of people are curious and I typically wouldn't do this, but there are a lot of people who have a stake in some of these things and interactions and conversations and projects. And also, I'm sorry for all the mouth noises. Usually I would edit those out, but I'm not, I still have the head space to edit a quick announcement.
00:04:17
Speaker
But anyway, um, but also for me, because for my own mental health, there are things that happened that I don't want to have to relive too many times.
Mental Health and Transparency
00:04:26
Speaker
Um,
00:04:29
Speaker
And I've told this story a couple times already, and i don't and i need to be careful with how I choose my words because I don't want to come off the wrong way. But for my own mental health and explaining it and for those who have a stake or want to know in it, I want people to know so they can understand it and know best how to approach the conversations or how to approach support. So what I'm probably going to do is if I'm posting this, it means I very likely have posted an episode of what a podcast I have called Shares A Lot.
00:05:02
Speaker
Now, it is spelled just like sounds, Shares A Lot, all one word. And if you see the logo, it's a picture of a brain and a heart with a smiley face on it. And um that was my first podcast that I started way back when, for those you who don't know.
00:05:17
Speaker
during the lockdown in March. And actually, no, I started it in January because I wanted to, my New Year's resolution was to start a podcast from January 1st all the way to the next year. And I did that. I recorded 52 episodes and then a few throughout.
00:05:34
Speaker
And even some earlier episodes I started, um you'll hear the first conversation I had with Adrian, which is a fun little time capsule if you go back. But anyway, I often lately use it just every now and then for a journaling device um to get my thoughts out.
00:05:50
Speaker
I'd be lying if I said it was like an A-plus podcast. It's mostly me just rambling about things I thought were cool or mental health subjects or physical ailments like stuttering, cluttering. I have an episode about sex.
00:06:02
Speaker
I have one about a dog rescue. There's just a bunch of different random ones. Um, but sometimes it's just me journaling about stuff that happened to me. And, um, yeah. So I'm very likely going to revive it again and post an episode to go deeper into what happened. And, um, yeah, I, uh,
00:06:24
Speaker
I don't know what that's going sound like. I don't know what I'm going reveal, but I just want you all to know that if you are listening to this, it is very possible that I have already posted an episode for that. And I will try to remember to put it in the show notes of this announcement.
00:06:39
Speaker
Now, if I don't and my brain fog is pretty bad right now, then just go ahead and look up shares a lot and it'll be the most recent episode.
Support and Interaction
00:06:47
Speaker
but I'm going to try to remember to do that, but that's it. I don't want to go any longer.
00:06:51
Speaker
at least need to cut the original runtime by 50%. So we're right about there. I'm so grateful for all of you. Please utilize your friendships, utilize your support networks when you have them. It's so important. It's okay to get help.
00:07:04
Speaker
Um, I just know that I'm grateful for those of you who still listen. I'm grateful for the feedback. I'm grateful for the friendship. I am just so grateful. And even though my heart is a miserable mess right now, um,
00:07:17
Speaker
I wouldn't be able to get through this life without people like you. So, um, almost lost it. I'm good. So thank you. And, um, I don't really know how else to end this, but again, just reiterate role players, isn't going anywhere. It's gone through different iterations before. If you want to go back and listen to some other episodes, maybe find some time gel episodes that you like, just cause frankly, it'd be nice to get those listening numbers up while I work through this. It could be a week or two, maybe longer.
00:07:44
Speaker
I would really appreciate it. And of course, if you do want to do me a favor and boost my serotonin levels a little bit, or my dopamine levels, please review the show, leave comments on the episodes if you're on Spotify and all those other things, and if you go to podchaser.com and find roleplayers, you can leave comments there and reviews, and that would really make my fucking day, if I'm being honest. So I'm going to leverage my sadness to hopefully get some more interaction with our show, because that's just who I am this week.
00:08:12
Speaker
Um... Anyway, that's it. i'm go to cut it off there. Thank you guys so much. I love you. And um we'll be back sooner than later. Just give me some time.
Final Thoughts and Self-Care
00:08:22
Speaker
ah In the meantime, take care of your mind, take care of your heart, and most importantly, for the love of all things holy, take care of each other.
00:08:29
Speaker
We'll see you soon.