So a few things have happened in a short amount of time. Let's get all our facts straight and get on the same page, shall we? MMMMMmmmmm?

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THE PODCAST

The season finale of the podcast recently landed. There were some murmurs from the fans (mostly jokes, I hope), that they anticipated the podcast was actually going to END with the finale. They are wrong.

We're already drafting up lists for future guests, and I'll be "auditioning" podcast editors in a gladiatorial battle brawl. Patreon funds will ensure that this a paid position that will pay very, very reasonably. This will simultaneously open up our schedules (mostly mine and Niall) to work on more content related stuff.

We plan to bring the podcast back in a few months, with a possible "something" tossed in there before Season 2 starts. And yes, JonTron will be a part of the season. When?! WHO KNOWS?!! oooOOOOooooo SPoooOOOKY!

Conclusion: "Was the season final actually the last episode ever?!" - No.

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STAMPER

Animator, voice actor, chef, genius, and friend, William Stamper has officially left SleepyCabin. He left a love letter for you all on the SleepyCabin website explaining his situation. I've noticed people asking for more of an "explanation". That IS his explanation, whatever information he felt like sharing is what he felt was necessary to share.

While Stamper has left the group, that doesn't mean he's disappeared off the fucking planet. We streamed together just last night, he MAY occasionally assist in a project here or there (if and when he wants), the cooking show is still very much a possibility (just on his channel, most likely).

I know everyone will miss him. I KNOW I WILL! FUCK! Me and Stamper deal with finances, website management, podcast exporting, patreon management (including gifts and mailings)... these tasks will essentially fall on me (at least, for now). He's got a teeny tiny penis, but has huge shoes to fill. Also balls so big, he flashed a horse once and it ran away blushing.

A final note on this : The feel and design, the personality of the company was/is greatly shaped by Stamper: his sense of humor, his sense of design. Not only are these facets embedded in what SleepyCabin is, but there is no intention to take it for granted. In a way, there will always be a little piece of Stamper in all we do, and in all of us. Like his jalapeno dick in our sad puckered assholes.

Also, he knows the door is always wide fucking open if he ever feels like taking up a station in the future.

Conclusion: "WHA-- Stamper left SleepyCabin?!" - Yes. "There must spicy juicy drama revolving around this occurrence!!" - No.

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THE WEBSITE

Stamper had been working on a V2 of the site for some time. This version would include the ability to implement some new features down the line. Stamper leaving may affect what is released as the next version of the site, but the features discussed (a shop, no ads in order to post without worrying about being censored, the forum) are still a go. I was on the fence about a forum mainly because it appeared the SleepyCabin reddit was a decent community board, however, there was a lot of good points brought up in it's defense, so we'll keep it on the list.

One change that may not please people is that in order to simplify the tasks that I have to manage, a more stable user/login system will likely be implemented. Currently we get at least 2 users a day having issues with signing up etc. That shouldn't be happening.

"Does Stamper leaving mean the new site and stuff won't happen?" - No. Though I may axe the forum.

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THE REST OF THE CREW

There were some concerns of other members potentially leaving. I'm not a mind-reader and I don't speak on behalf of others, so I can't promise anything. From what I've gathered from the group, no one intends on it, but most of the guys have been busy with either Hell Benders (Zach and Chris) or the new Tom Fulp game (Cory and Jeff).

Speaking for myself: I'm sticking around until the ship goes down. Hopefully it won't. Who knows. For ALL the reasons this would fail, there's even greater reasons why it should succeed! I do have another job, I have many jobs. But I've always enjoyed the stress of juggling lots of balls. Big sweaty fucking donkey nuts, just everywhere.

All I know is there's a ton of talent here, and a ton of promises that were made by a lot of people, and I'm not going anywhere til those promises are made good on (or until the ship is at the bottom of the ocean).

Conclusion: "So is everyone else leaving?" - No. No one else has hinted as much.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW!?
THE OFFICE OLD : Stamper and I have been moving shit out of the old office. I won't lie, it's a bummer. But we'd been planning on moving offices for a quite some time. While we had the freedom to pretty much burn the place down, a lack of air conditioning and poor heating had made it virtually torture to use in the dead of Winter and Summer.

THE OFFICE NEW : A lot of the shit is going to Newgrounds (as well as the work stations) til we find a new spot. But honestly, with Hell Benders blowganging Chris and Zach, and Cory and Jeff already AT the NG office working with TOM, seeking a new space likely won't resume until after the HB pilot has set sail and the guys can seriously focus on Cabin duties.

INTERNAL BIZ SHIT : There's also a number of in-house transitional things happening, as Stamper was the main account holder for literally every bill, every account, etc.  

PODCAST EDITOR DEATH MATCH : With Chris and Zach in LA, I'll be rounding up Jeff, Shad, Niall, and Cory to record this coming week. Essentially we'll be doing EVERYTHING that makes editing a podcast a fucking nightmare (screaming, talking over each other, background noise, and so forth and so on). It'll be roughly 15 minutes long, and editors will have the task of knocking out 10 minutes of audio. If they rock our asses, if they're tits are juicy, if the audio is thumbs-up good and they feel they can rock an entire 2 hours of raw audio: we've got our editor. I'm thinking of also holding a "final round" (selected editors will all get paid), but the final round would be a longer chunk, we really need to know people can handle long-form shit.  I'll be posting the "best of" for you guys to hear, so we can all weigh in.

CARTOON : Wrote a script, had it read, I've got Jeff and Niall helping with voices. Will hopefully be out by next Friday (this coming). It's a simple toon, a la the "Circle / Triangle" stuff Jeff and Stamper did for Newgrounds back in the day.

OTHER STUFF : There's other stuff. Brain is just fried and I gotta head out with Stamper now to move more shit for the day.

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Just wanted end with how awesome it is that almost all of you have been really respectful about not trying to make this about conspiracies and bullshit. We're more in touch with our fans than some folks, and (as a group) we're still living and hanging out with each other, so if stupid ass rumors did come up, we'd be the first to not only tell you you're wrong but tell you to fuck yourself right off cuz you were a goddamn attention seeking idiot.

We've always been open with you guys. And I really feel like that's helped our community be more open with us. We try to stay as connected as we can given all the shit that's going on on a daily basis.

Anyway, really fucking gotta get back to work. But wanted to drop a line. But goddamn after all this updating and shit and work and talking about LINES, now I just WANT a line, a big fat rail, a fucking baker's dozen of fat fine Colombian flour-- ok. Enough.

And with that, my friends, a many splendid and wondrous week to you all,

~ M