This Killed Rooster Teeth
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I BROKE MY AUDIO SO IT DIDNT PLAY DURING THE PODCAST INTRO WHICH IS BOTH EMBARASSING AND FUNNY SO YEAH THATS ABOUT IT. SEE YA
ur so valid for that
woomp wopm
okay
LMAOOOOO
booo
It's really hard to sustain when you have owners who need a cut and those owners need to give a cut to their owners... everything being owned by 20 companies is a huge problem that will keep getting worse
yup. keep things small, you truly do not have to have exponential growth to have your career remain viable on the internet. it's a tricky balance, money opens new opportunities, but also means you have more to lose.
@@mikec2845Yea this is why I’ve always hated the youtuber mentality of constantly upgrading equipment and content quality. The reason people like youtube is because it has more human charm than TV, we like things to be a little bit scuffed.
I’d much rather see youtubers keep their operations small and save most of the money they make. The bigger you get the easier it is to fall.
If a youtuber wants to keep growing something, then its much better for them to invest in building a company that would be able to stand on its own without youtube. Stuff like Feastibles, and Nectar are great because it really doesn’t matter if the owners sell it, and it doesn’t matter if their youtube channels die, it could probably survive without them.
@@WARnTEASmosh had to learn the hard way.
@@WARnTEA I'm an online content creator and it's crazy how much freedom and money there is in the top 5% instead of pushing to be 0.01%. I think most of the time people give in to the allure of higher profits and more fame, without necessarily planning long-term sustainability.
@@mikec2845this. There is different market for different medium. I was glad that i still could discover a smaller size CZcams with a much more humbling setup that I find entertaining even though CZcams home screen could be better at it.
man literally my childhood consisted of rage quit, minecraft lets plays, countless gta videos. man it truly is a sad sight to see
i hear ya. but all that good stuff stopped like 5+ years ago. they've been on a downward spiral for a while now.
@@GambitKQ legit covid hit and all their spark left
@@GambitKQit basically stopped the second Covid hit and they had to stream from home
LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETS PLAY! It was great...all downhill since they moved the achievement hunters in to the bigger office 🤣
@@GambitKQ yea that’s about right sadly. also felt like once the groups they acquired like cow chop and funhaus started going it was just signs of the inevitable.
As someone who worked at fullscreen throughout this entire thing and stayed until pretty much the complete disintegration of it. My biggest takeaway from watching all of this is that traditional media companies need to stop acquiring digital companies. They just don’t get it and shutter them. Rooster Teeth was thriving while at fullscreen, they were always a darling during the all hands meetings, but once the Warner acquisition officially went through is when things started to shifts drastically.
Turns out infinite profit growth isn't realistic. Who woulda thought?
nah it went to shit when they got acquired by Fullscreen, they were the ones who pushed all the gross monetization tactics and moving away from CZcams content and making everything first exclusive while their website has always sucked ass.
@@ticklord Not even infinite growth. Several channels collapsed and those that remained pulled in a 10th of the views.
@@Spraytaint You have to make money dude, youtube content after the adpocalyse made youtube extremely unviable
To the corporate folks, it's not enough to make consistent money. If you aren't increasing the amount of money you rake in every year, you're not doing good enough.
I love roosterteeh man. Gavin, Michael, Ray, Geoff and jack were part of my childhood. Their Minecraft series was my favorite. Need to rewatch it now for nostalgia
Listen to the F**kFace podcast instead. It's got Geoff, Gavin, and their friend Andrew Panton. It is a very funny podcast and literally the only thing from RoosterTeeth that I still interact with these days.
I watched them religiously. Their videos were so fkn good. Was sad to see it decline and decline
That's basically just Achievement Hunter who basically did their own thing and made their own money but because Geoff owned a portion of RT it was a subsidiary.
@@blindfire3167 it's still part of RT
just remember it as it was trust lmao wont be the same
I watched RWBY up until the 6 or 7th volume, I'm still obsessed with the soundtracks, but despite how little I really interacted it genuinely kinda hurts seeing Rooster Teeth come to an end especially so abruptly. It holds a lot of nostalgia for me
What is RWBY? Im genuinely curious and don't know much about rooster teeth, but for some reason I don't want to look it up...
@@AbyssalArts_a show they produced; pretty good i never finished it tho
@@dracugla thanks, and I kinda figured it was a show but what's it about?
@@AbyssalArts_ the early seasons are really dated, animation wise. The fight scenes are really good so watch on of the ones from vol 1, 2, or 3 and you'll see the fights are fucking amazing but the general animation is kinda ass. Plot wise, it's fine. At least early on.
@@AbyssalArts_like.... magic school fighting dark forces type plot
I really hope BestFriendsToday makes it through this, love those guys, and they haven’t got the recognition they deserve so it’d be a shame to see them go before they do
They really are one of the best Channels this year!
Ditto!!! Love those guys and i hope everyone checks them out
Wheres grandma at?
@@mulle0930 where is she?!?!
Yabagoobie!
I still remember Burnie talking to Phil years ago about all the things they’d done to scale and insulate the company from youtube issues, the importance of multiple revenue sources, and the importance of maintaining the trust of the community because once you lose that it’s over. Flash forward to all these years later after he left the company and they managed to undo all the insulation. They sold out to a bigger company that required hire profit margins making their multiple revenue sources moot, and they repeatedly damaged the community trust they once had
Yes and no. the reality is a lot of that stuff was going away from them anyways as the internet got more and more centralized. The ad-pocalypse happened, among many other things, and the tide got away from them. I think not having Burnie's stewardship hurt them for sure, but once Fullscreen got acquired and then Otter got acquired, it was over. I'm pretty sure the same year they got to Warners was the same year Burnie left. He saw the writing on the wall.
@@Two-ToneMoonStone The Ad-Pocalypse only effected CZcams one of Burnie’s points was that RT wasn’t effected by the Ad-Pocalypse because youtube revenue was an afterthought. The problems started when they sold the company which Burnie did leave not long after. However it wasn’t until they had former employees talk about mistreatment that that started losing community trust, then the Ryan situation made things 100x worse. They never really recovered after that
Yes and no it's not like Ryan Haywood and Adam Kovic wouldn't have happened
@@Crippledsteel, give your actual reasoning, just saying “yes and no” ain’t shit.
@@GurrenLagann98
A. chillout
B. There was so much that damaged the public image of rt that allot of community trust would of eroded anyway since 2 very front facing members one behaving incredibly inappropriate in his office (Adam)and the other grooming fans (Ryan) plus a major cast member harassing coworkers wasn't great either (Joel H.)
Best friends today have so much potential and are on the verge of taking off. They need to be bought out, they will be massive if they are given a chance by someone.
Really sucks to see especially with newer shows like best friends today (which is fucking amazing) now no longer having a home. I dont know how much new stuff rooster teeth was funding but BFT has been incredible and it sucks to see this happen to them.
They need JUSTICE
now they shorter, broker, and more ran through 😞
I used to love Achievement Hunter and bunch of other offshoot RT channels. I hope everyone lands on their feet. I can't believe they all found out at the same time as us, it's so fucked
i hope bft sticks around
best friends no more 😢😭
@froot2386 keep hope, partner. Best Friends Always
Honestly this.
OffBrand pls support BFT
offbrand BFT offbrand BFT offbrand BFT
As someone who grew up wanting to animate rooster teeth inspired me to work on my own projects, especially Monty that man was a genius. Sad to see it end but I hope it shows how pivotal they were in changing the industry
I remember sitting in the bus on my way to school and listening to the shorter-than-usual podcast episode right after Monty passed and just trying to hold back tears as Burnie was talking about him.
I still think about Monty once in a while
@@iLoveMeBrownies same
RIP Best Friends Today :(
We can help them out, just keep watching!
Never heard of them
Yabagoobie 😢
so sad man. they had just created one of the funniest series on the page with Best Friends Today now we might not see a full year of content from them. would love to see BFT and other staff from RT be involved with OffBrand maybe
Ludwig making Offbrand a worker co-op is just so ungodly based. Fucking so cool.
Comrade Lud!
Maybe Offbrand could pick up some Rooster Teeth IP's like BFT
Somebody needs to pick them up, they basically just started
Whoever picks them up will prosper
Never heard of them
Who’s off brand?
really hope they consider it, seems like a great home for bft
Grew up on Rooster Teeth and Achievement Hunter, and I just can't watch their stuff anymore :/ Still gonna miss them
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Have you tried to? While their content channels might seem rough, if you want that nostalgia listen to F**KFACE, it's a podcast with Geoff, Gavin, and hidden gem of achievement hunter Andrew
Really tragic end for RoosterTeeth. I think we all knew the end was coming, seeing as the company has been deteriorating the past few years from the many controversies, the pandemic, Burnie leaving the company, but man I wasn't expecting this to happen now. It's like hearing about the death of a family member you haven't seen in years. I've only kept up with some of their podcasts recently, but at their peak, that company dominated my teenage years. Every single day I would come home from school and watch hours of Achievement Hunter like it was TV. I would fall asleep to the sounds of the RT Podcast. Some of my biggest idols were the RoosterTeeth founders. What they were able to build from just a spare bedroom, that over the years grew into a massive company with a loyal community, numerous shows, movies, games, podcasts, and even an annual convention...I don't think we'll ever see something like that again. The company was far from perfect obviously, but man what a legendary run. Very bittersweet to see it go.
SAVE BEST FRIENDS TODAY!!!
We can't hear the intro of the RT podcast
Yeah man me either
It was probably caught in copyright so he just cut out audio
“I’m Gus” “I’m Gavin” I’m Barbra” “I’m Burnie”, “And I’m Gus”.
@@shlokbhakta2893 he pinned an explanation
it's so fresh that it would not be claimed yet, he just oopsied
I can hear it in my heart still...😢
Geoff tried so fucking hard to keep this company afloat when everyone else jumped ship
and then they pushed him out fir his political opinions(he wasnt liberal ENOUGH)
@@X3nophiliacYou're mixing up Geoff with Joel. And Joel wasn't fired for "not being liberal enough". He was fired for tweeting that he was "praying for cancer to win its battle with John McCain". Wishing a painful death on people you don't like isn't a political issue. It's just evil.
@@HotCrossJuns McCain deserves it for all the crimes he has done. You people love to defend the elite. McCain wouldn't look twice at you if you were bleeding out on the street.
@@HotCrossJunsHe also wasnt fired for that. He was fired because he said he was glad someone tried to murder gavin because gavin is anti gun
@@maregondrako Source please
I always appreciated The Yogscast for having that sustainability mindset instead of endless growth and emulating/merging with legacy media. They just keep chugging along, keeping it real and local and having fun. They've kept that edge and charm. Basically the The Office UK to Rooster Teeth's The Office US
The edge isn't there near as much, and the Sjin incident will likely linger for years longer, but their ability to hang on to Sips and Duncan, plus with the OG two not leaving, has kept them going.
Yogscast being a corporation of basically independent contractors than a single company in a single location really helped surviving the chaining digital entertainment industry
Rage quit, achievement hunter videos of gta, Minecraft and halo were my first truants into CZcams gaming content. Sad to see them go but I will still continue to follow the content creators that made that company so special to me.
Rip rvb was truly an og
Honestly, it's best seeing RT get laid to rest. Seeing it's almost lifeless corpse just flopping around for the past few years was just pathetic, and sad.
i know Funhaus was very late to the roosterteeth party (originating from Machinima as "Inside Gaming"), but i loved both Achievement Hunter and Funhaus. they even collaborated sometimes which was like my dream come true.
It honestly really sucks how many people past and present at FH, have said that everyone at that place was awesome except Adam and a few bad eggs at RT. A few people can ruin a great thing.
Funhaus is the only part of RT that is still consistently funny and I hope they survive in some way or we see them again somewhere else. They really started to find their footing in 2023, and they confirmed CZcams Subs kept them alive all last year
@@barducapepper4063 ah i'm not gonna lie, i haven't watched FunHaus at all since Bruce and Lawrence left back in 2019. they were the last original members of "the gang" from the Inside Gaming days who could interact with the remaining member James Willems. the gang was over.
i welcomed additions to the gang, but too much of the gang became new people while the old gang left, of which i didn't like enough to continue watching. it was hard to leave James and Elyse though..
to me it was kind of like the idea of a ship whose parts were all being replaced, except you could tell which parts were the original, and that there weren't many original pieces left, and the ship is not what it once was.
Funhaus of 2023 is not what i watched or enjoyed, but i won't diss it since i literally never watched it.
Roosterteeth and, more specifically, Achievement Hunter was my first introduction to CZcams as my primary source of entertainment. It was the first channel I subscribed to. For years, I would watch every single video Achievement Hunter put out. I looked forward to it every single day. When I was living alone, I would put it on in the background to fall asleep.
I haven't really kept up with them in recent years. Maybe their content changed, but I know I definitely did. But, I still go back and watch their older stuff while I'm working, and I still enjoy it. I'm sad to see the company end even though I didn't really watch them anymore.
This is a real sad day for me rooster teeth have but out some of my favourite content with the podcast I listen and other amazing things they do
DEMOCRACY
Ludwig please check out Best Friends Today.
They are content gold, I love their dynamic.
RIP Monty Oum still on god i miss him
I really hope BestFriendsToday keeps making stuff love that channel and they're so new
Rip Roosterteeth, thank you for all the times. Hoping everyone there finds a bright future and another home ❤
They had just started a new season of Camp Camp, too. That must be really hard on the team that was working on it.
This breaks my heart as I really enjoyed a lot of their shows/podcasts and I'm sad to see them go. Thank you Rooster Teeth for being such an inspiration to so many people!
Giving my support to bft, hope they can make it through all this.
So sad to see. Best friends Today quickly became one of the most fun & enjoyable shows on the internet.
I hope that Best Friends Today continues to thrive even after this happens. They are one of the best channels I have seen in recent times, and I just want them to continue to get bigger and bigger.
Making Offbrand a worker's coop is honestly the single most impressive thing I heard from Ludwig. I think a lot more people in the creative space should give that model a try
The only thing that matters out of this is BFT. Someone needs to pick them up
I think everyone saw this coming years ago but it still hurts to see
i cry every day for best friends today
They still have great podcasts to this day. Hope the find a way to continue them. RIP RT
F**kFace is so good.
RWBY was my first ever "anime" inspired show that I watched. It really sucks knowing the show goes out without a proper ending. This company has made a lot of bad decisions which I believe lead to its downfall since I remember being there for it. Hurts to see it go because a lot of these shows were absolutely amazing and I hope someone takes over.
It's not out yet RT is trying to sell the rights of RWBY to someone else
If you ever watched the Achievment Hunter/Let's Play play the Oylimpic games and Remember Gavin yelling "Mark Nutt" a bunch. My summer league swim team would chant Mark Nutt as one of our chants cause my buddy on the team would just yell it so all the other kids would yell it aswell. I'm pretty sure just me and him knew what it was in reference to tho lol. Even knowing Rooster Teeth as a whole wasn't doing so hot for awhile now, now that it is no longer it feels alot more impactful than anticipated.
BEST FRIENDS TV NEEDS JUSTICE
I've been watching Rooster Teeth die over the past decades. I was there. I remember seeing them for the first time in the extra CD in the Halo 2 Special edition. RvB, Achievement Hunter, Let's Play, RWBY. It was beautiful. It was a product of it's era. It was my childhood. And honestly, it died years ago. It's been dead for a long time, but its memory still exists in the annals of my upbringing.
It’s crazy to see the end of an era. I’ll never forget my first time watching them which was through a very old Rage Quit video. Soon Fails of the Week, AHWU and Game Night videos became staples for me. I even remember their first ever Minecraft LP because it came out the same day I graduated high school - I was watching it as I got ready for the ceremony. I also loved their other partner channels - specifically Funhaus and Cow Chop. Rooster Teeth was a fundamental source of entertainment in my life, and even though I haven’t watched a main channel video in years, it’s still sad to see them close their doors officially.
there’s an amazing channel produced by rooster teeth called “Best Friends Today” and i feel so bad that this happening to them :/
Hey another part of Rooster Teeth’s down fall is a lack of a unified vision. They had their fingers in so many pies where they were focused on quantity over quality. For mainly looking at their animated pieces and Red vs. Blue I know a lot of the story complaints were that it felt either rushed or that it wasn’t very coherent. When your making a creative product with a brand in mind you need to have a vision. Or at least an idea for the end game. If they made their content either connected or for the purpose to refine their skills in whatever area their vision was focused on, it definitely would have lasted longer as far community investment was involved.
I've been binging through Tales from the stinky dragon since august last year. Was just about to catch up to the present day, would be devastated if they couldnt continue their podcast any longer. Really funny and talented people.
Rooster Teeth’s animated shows were some of my favorites. I really hope someone is able to continue them.
Oh man, rooster teeth was such a big part of my childhood and teenagehood, it was obvious ever since the toxic work place and the ryan SA scandals that they weren't ever gonna be the same company the I used to love but still. This just sucks
SHOUT OUR BEST FRIENDS TODAY
i was really surprised and happy to hear that youre developing offbrand as a worker's coop. its not common to see at all and am excited to see how that affects the growth and future of your company
I've been a fan since 03,I even have the thing that got me into them, a CD from s magazine with RvB on it. It's heart breaking to see this happen but we all knew it was gonna, it's no longer a mom and pop style company but more just a corporate entity. I can't imagine how the og people feel watching their baby die but at least they're not beating it into the ground
Same here except I quit being a fan of them in like 2020 when they started screwing their customers over, moving content people paid for to different websites and generally saying "hey, you're paying for this content? Great, we're paywalling that behind a second tier that costs more plus you'll need a hbo max subscription in addition to our most expensive tier, for less content than you were paying for before"
Nah, shady as f*** business behaviour. Not to mention the way the company operated was nowhere near professional and that's before even attempting to dive into the absolute shitshow that was the sexual misconduct and racist behaviour within the studio itself.
I for one am glad that toxic company is no more
@@Duck_side I pretty much stopped watching but still supported the content I liked, I don't think it was RT or the people of RT that we loved who were the ones that went bad but rather the parent company making them do it
@@TheDeviIDogg kind of. It was a combination of both but mostly their parent companies
I hope Death Battle survives and continues. They still pull in a lot of views so there’s a chance it continues. If not, I want to see an episode of Wiz vs Boomstick. Seems like the perfect sendoff for the series.
Doubtful, they would have to do a fundme for the final episode.
@@BeyondDaX I would donate money to see a final episode. I doubt that I'm the only one who would.
Machinima's fall was legit one of the worst things to happen to original game movie media
Man I just woke up and this is the first thing I see?😭 I discovered AH when I was 13 and 10 years later I still go back and watch some of their old stuff. I mean we all pretty much saw how it was going the last few years so it's not really a surprise but when something goes that long and is a huge chunk of many peoples lives you kind of trick yourself into thinking it'll be around forever. I never got involved much in the community because I was a nervous kid & none of my irl friends were interested in that kind of thing so it really was a huge part of my personal down time, never missed a video. Like Nick & literally everybody else it was seen as "the dream job" before being a youtuber was as big as it is today. Due to general anxiety & lack of interested participants I unfortunately never got to experience RTX like I wished to. No matter all the dodgy parts it's undeniable that RT was a huge foundation for content creation and effected many peoples lives, it's a bittersweet end but I'm truly grateful for even being a small part of its history. On the plus side I think many of their creators new & old will be better off with the freedom to create on their own content, so I wish the best of luck to all the staff on their future endeavours!❤
Working in the company I work in now, we recently got combined with a bigger pocket. As of now they have told us we can still work as if nothing happened, we just have deeper pockets to do what we need. So I can understand wanting to join forces with another company that can help you strive for more, because there are pockets you can use.
Rooster Teeth started to die when fullscreen bought them and they refused to listen
And that was TEN years ago.TENNN
They made a lot of bad corporate decisions which fans of certain shows very much disliked. It was very much expected for RT to fall.
I know noone is talking about it but i was so excited for the next season of camp camp they said was for this summer, now i'm just sad
I mean two episodes are on their website for first members currently for First members, and they’ll become free to watch for everyone else after a week. Only thing you have to deal with there is their godawful video player they never fixed even after a decade of complaints.
Oh and several VA changes….
Seems like a lot of our first introductions into youtube was AH/RT :( sucks that its gone and the place turned into a toxic work environment but it did inspire a lot of people which is cool to see
rooster teeth got my threw the awkward middle/high school years. Red vs Blue and RWBY were my favorite
sad to see them go.
It is sad to see Rooster teeth go but the signs of this happening has been around for a long time now. I am sad to see an OG internet grandfather is gone and I wonder what happens with RWBY as the last thing I really cared about.
No volume on the RT video intro.
Its bittersweet because I remember watching so many different series over the years, achievement hunter, shenanigans, lets play, rage quit, ahwu, RVB, etc. Im convinced at the end of the day that the controversy related to certain core individuals collapsed the entire dynamic. Ill be honest, I probably wont miss the company itself more then the people working for it, because so many who worked for them did great work but it was overshadowed by the issues and the various controversies.
Rooster Teeth was an insperation to us all
I hope Stinky Dragon Adventures will continue, I've been enjoying the podcasts and the show.
There will always be 5 more years
Dude it was heartbreaking hearing Rooster Teeth had shut down this afternoon. RT was genuinely the first content I consumed through their RT Shorts and RTAA, It has absolutely shaped the comedy and content I create myself. Currently doing my dissertation and final project for university and my final project is a comedy sketch in the style of old RT Shorts.
The content they made was incredible, I got into Achivement Hunter through AHWU and then through them found Cow Chop which I became such a big fan of. It sucks to see how RT went but I'd be damned if didnt say they did so much for so many people. RIP legends
My only wish is that Camp Camp survives. I wasn't there for Red vs Blue or RWBY but i fell in love with Camp Camp
bro RIGHT after the 5th season 😭😭
I’ll miss Funhaus the most!!!
I watched RvB first, but FH stayed with me longest. Those old videos from a decade (!) ago still remind me of better days
Rooster Teeth killed Rooster Teeth.
Definitely.
I've poured so many hours into watching various Rooster Teeth content over the years. It's shitty to see them closing their doors but it makes sense.
Hopefully their past content remains available to watch.
Red vs Blue is incredible the first CZcams videos I watched, heavily inspired the game im working on
Rest in peace Monty.
This was so unexpected and so sad..
goodbye roosterteeth was fun when i was young, all those friends i made from you and all those laughs i got from you, but there was also some very very bad times, but i hope everyone there will be taken care of
The archival has begun. Don't let anyone get in the way.
WB didn't kill Roosterteeth, they did that to themselves.
Ryan was the beginning of the end. Losing someone so big to their gaming, livestreaming, and live event cast, while also forcing them to deleting a high percentage of their best performing videos, while also giving so much negative press to the company, started the first real exodus of viewers. I genuinely dont think they ever properly recovered
Hopefully best friends today sticks around somehow
ngl, RT and Achievement Hunter got me through high school and helped connect me with the friends I had then. I haven't watched their content since before COVID, but it does break my heart a lil to see this sad, but envitable, announcement.
It really wasn't surprising. They've been going SO FAR down hill for how many years now, their latest video was just "Our parents react to our cartoon" like what? I feel bad for people who just worked there, but I feel nothing for the people who changed it as much as they did, how much they decided to make massive changes that ended up being far worse for quality over most of their subsidiaries. It's sad, but it's just expected when they had what 30k views on avg every single video. They absolutely wouldn't have been able to turn it around if Covid didn't happen. They dug their own graves turning content only for money instead of being entertaining (like how AH went from being a group of friends being dumbasses making/having fun with each other to a group of people who just had a small podcast and were acquaintances but just didn't merge like the older groups did....they were all funny in their own ways, but they weren't funny with each other and it just wasn't entertaining to watch).
Rage Quit, Halo Reach Fails of the Weak and Halo Reach Achievement Horse were my absolute favorites way back in the day. I still would go back and watch those from time to time lol
I get goosebumps Everytime I hear about this topic. Just so nostalgic and a big part of my early CZcams experience. RIP Rooster Teeth
I thinked what killed it for me was after the controversies with the scummy people and leaked in house vids, and the cartoons and shows honestly goin' on way too long. I loved and did wanna see more of camp camp, but holy crap that was a lot of red vs blue and kinda fluff with RWBY until the storybook arc that felt like it was getting a good story arch with intention going. Though this won't ruin my memories for everything they've provided; just like with something like NigahigaTV and Tobuscus, I can always go back and rewatch, or just remember and enjoy what gave me joy back in the day.
This can't be happening can it? These guys were my entire childhood! I still remember first seeing their RvB PSA on youtube without knowing who they were. Then I saw another video on Halo Waypoint and decided to look them up and realized,
"Oh, so this is where that one Halo video I saw came from?".
And I've been watching them ever since then until I just drifted away from them.
Damn, Rooster Teeth and more specifically Red Vs Blue got me into making Machinama's with my friends around 2004-2008. I no longer watched them, but I know they inspired many of us in the Halo community back in the day to make videos.
Wow that RT intro was so nostalgic I pretty much went momentarily deaf with joy...😅 😂
glad you're uploading more on this account
Damn i remember watching all the old AH minecraft videos back in the day and i didnt even play minecraft. I'm still a big fan of Gavin and most of the AH guys. Even farther back, my friend first introduced me to RoosterTeeth through Red vs. Blue. Hate to see them go out like this, though I have to admit I haven't really watched them in years. The resurgence of me watching them was for a few years when Funhaus came out, as those were genuinely funny people that I used to watch on InsideGaming.
Another thing that likely resulted in what killed them was all of the controversy surrounding their employees as well as that rooster teeth tried to become the center hub for a number of other channels and IPs which is great theory especially when it was working but like you said when bottom lines need to be met then those IPs rather than working in conjunction with one another are competing with each other to just stay afloat and not be in the next round of budget cuts. This leads to less collaboration and talented people leaving because they don't want to be competitive with their own larger company. When the talent within the IPs is cycling in and out it made them all less distinct and everyone slowly got lost in the shuffle as the tip top IPs continued to power through. It's not necessarily over expansion in the same way a restaurant chain or clothing brand can suffer from it's more of a lack of distinction amongst expanded properties which is becoming more and more relevant in the new age of media
3:45 That would be an amazing frog sound for a videogame
The hilarious thing about RoosterTeeth (and I think LinusTechTips too) is that these companies were perpetually afraid of the day that youtube stops working, either due to an algorithm/ advertisment change or just shutting down due to not making a profit.
They were some of the first youtubers to preach the importance of diversifying revenue streams.
All of this worrying about what something from the outside would do to them, and yet they never once looked inward. Both of these companies have been damaged the most by their own actions.
I got alot of memories watching RT back in the day. My personaly faviourtes were the Minecraft and rage quit videos. RIP.
Rooster teeth in its prime was my favorite content on the internet. I loved glory days achievement hunter but once the old guard left and the new people came in I lost interest. F**kface is my favorite podcast and them taking over the let’s play channel finally was bringing back the old AH vibes I loved so much. I hope the FF crew can find a way to keep at least the podcast going.
F**kFace pulled an absolute salad cream today when they released “An Announcement” and Andrew starts off by saying it’s a good announcement.
Then within hours, the company is having a going out of business sale... I hate it, but it was so appropriate, lol.
I remember watching RVB when season 3 came out and was obsessed with it. Same with rwby when it first came out wasn’t as good as first but it grew on me but after season 13 of RVB I wasn’t fully watching and I caught up to rwby but stopped caring the only thing I watched mainly was death battle. But man it’s been a ride
Dang, that Podcast intro... inspiring. ...