"Just wild, the talent that they let go. Just wild that they would attack it like that the day before we release our DLC. It really felt like, you know, an attack in a way."

"I did not see it coming at the time that I was told. I just told my wife, and, well, that was not a fun conversation. She thought I was joking at first, and then she realized I wasn't. I was in shock, but she was in tears."

"I don't think I've ever cried that much in my entire life. And then I thought Monday would kind of be the end of it, but then I think the next day is worse in a lot of ways because you wake up, you kind of start going on muscle memory for your routine, and then it hits all at one go like, oh man, this adventure is over, this dream is over."

"I felt like I got hit by a freight train, and then I got run over by a bus after I crawled out from under the tracks. Like the next day, I sat on the couch, and I was just watching people play the game, and I just felt... I didn't feel achieved. I felt sad."

"And I think that that was the biggest thing, was the people that I was going to be leaving behind. I hate to say it was like a death in the family, but it's almost like that's what it felt like."

"None of us are slackers. We're all best of our best, like top of our game. So now they're all giving us the opportunity to come together and keep doing what we love to do, but kind of untethered and more collaborative. Like, I think we can really put out something special. That energy is exciting."