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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 8421263" data-attributes="member: 6988941">They had an (allegedly) mutual separation of which the exact details have never been&nbsp; publicly shared. We know he had a drug problem. We also know he (in some people's estimation) displayed a variety of behaviors in game, on stream that many would find problematic, including general powergaming, main-character syndrome, suspiciously good rolls, and some off-color remarks that others in the group seemed to not appreciate, but what, if any, of this in front of the cameras behavior may have contributed to him leaving the group and what else happened behind the scenes is unknown to us. Naturally observers trying to speculate as to what exactly happened try to parse the on-screen &quot;drama&quot; but that may be virtually the whole story or just the tip of the iceberg. And much of the on-screen &quot;drama&quot; is very much in the eye of the beholder.Whatever happened, after leaving the show Orion kickstarted a spin-off series of audio-dramas about his character. There were accusations of mishandling funds, and he did and said some toxic things online. There was also some controversy over his (now non-player) character being killed off in the campaign.I will note, however, that the Briarwoods arc this series deals with is the very same plot-arc he tried to derail in one of his final episodes on the show by insisting on trying to use his noble status to attempt to call in an army to just do all the work for them, when it was a whole elaborate plot-arc centered around another character's backstory. Had I been the DM we would have had to have a serious and uncomfortable talk after that, even if nothing else he did on the show was enough.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Benjamin Olson, post: 8421263, member: 6988941"] They had an (allegedly) mutual separation of which the exact details have never been publicly shared. We know he had a drug problem. We also know he (in some people's estimation) displayed a variety of behaviors in game, on stream that many would find problematic, including general powergaming, main-character syndrome, suspiciously good rolls, and some off-color remarks that others in the group seemed to not appreciate, but what, if any, of this in front of the cameras behavior may have contributed to him leaving the group and what else happened behind the scenes is unknown to us. Naturally observers trying to speculate as to what exactly happened try to parse the on-screen "drama" but that may be virtually the whole story or just the tip of the iceberg. And much of the on-screen "drama" is very much in the eye of the beholder. Whatever happened, after leaving the show Orion kickstarted a spin-off series of audio-dramas about his character. There were accusations of mishandling funds, and he did and said some toxic things online. There was also some controversy over his (now non-player) character being killed off in the campaign. I will note, however, that the Briarwoods arc this series deals with is the very same plot-arc he tried to derail in one of his final episodes on the show by insisting on trying to use his noble status to attempt to call in an army to just do all the work for them, when it was a whole elaborate plot-arc centered around another character's backstory. Had I been the DM we would have had to have a serious and uncomfortable talk after that, even if nothing else he did on the show was enough. [/QUOTE]

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