as the popularity of the parodies and, consequently, the website increased, adams needed to find reliable writers who could help him satisfy the growing demand for new material. the first to be approached was sean "rothbart" workman, a trusted gamercast network forums member, who agreed to start preparing new articles for sarcastic gamer. shortly thereafter, matt "volkov" schmidt offered his help with the blog. adrian "lono" cherikos, who had met with adams on xbox live a few months before sarcastic gamer was created, started writing for the site after his debut on the sarcastic gamer podcast on july 13, 2007. adams also recruited his friend david cothran, who stars on the podcast with him and helps him edit the podcasts.