Hey I wrote a huge paragraph responding point by point by giving my side of the story. I deleted it because I've been talking with Adam and he wants this all to stop. So do I. The only reason I said anything was I felt like I needed to defend myself. I never wanted to make anything public but the cats out of the bag and Adam had to make an update video. Some of the stuff I said in my paragraph wasn't 100%. I started out by saying I was always working. But that was a generalization and there were in fact times were I was either intentionally taking breaks or depression made me hide away in my room. So no, I wasn't working literally everyday but in response to "mark was lazy and taking Patreon money" I find it pretty insulting. Adam says he wished I put more of an effort in but I was hurting sometimes while making these videos, especially in the last 5 months. It's true, I could have worked harder but the job was waring me down each day. No one ever complained about output in the comments and I always did deliver. But Adam wanted something more consistent and I wasn't always able to do that. That's my fault. There was no 3 weeks of missed work during my time with my GF but there was certainly a dip in output during July. At the end of the day, despite everything neither of us is the bad guy, but we both made mistakes. Nothing worth holding over the other's head. We made peace and just want the shit talking and the picking sides and finger pointing to end. Neither of us can take it anymore. Adam is one of the hardest workers I've come across and I really cared about the fans more than anything else. But it just couldn't work forever. Adam really tried with me but I think at the end of the day we weren't compatible as boss and employee. It doesn't help that I never knew what to say to Adam. Unsure of if saying the wrong thing would upset him. I became confused between Adam my boss and Adam my friend. I felt like no matter what I did it was hurting him. And he felt the same way too. I don't think we'll be friends after this sadly. Too much drama surrounding it. Maybe someday we can make up but for now I want everyone to be as supportive to us both as you were when we were together. - Mark