Do you mean Geoff, not Burnie? 'Cos I've thought this for quite a while. If/when Geoff decides to retire I think Michael will pick up his role. And yes, I'm aware that Lindsay took over management duties from Geoff. However Geoff is still the "leader" of Achievement Hunter.
“What do you miss!!” Ok, things I miss: -X-Ray and Vav -OG Team Lads (and team lads action news team) -The team chemistry he brought -Someone who is actually competent and can play video games well -His brand of sarcasm -An energy that’s not screaming and chaotic 24/7 -the classic “LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLETS PLAY!” Intro -The inside jokes he brought
@@alldayagain its not that you can't get most of what Ray brought to the crew on his streams. its more of how Ray interacted/responded to/joked with the other crew members who were ALSO unique in what they brought to the team chemistry (the other 5 AH main crew members specifically), as well as the different settings in which Ray made content under RT (whether it's in the form of lets play, podcast, AHWU, live action/animated shows, etc.). The crew that he streams with now via Discord (like nagz, chibi, matt, etc.) is all well and good; but its definitely far from as good as when he was with AH. Ray even said himself during the 10 years of content reaction stream that in terms of team chemistry, achievement hunter was unmatched. Yeah, Michael had a point in this clip, and also other clips where he makes jabs at the fans who miss Ray, about him just being quiet a lot of the time in a video, claiming he is about to die but then doesn't, etc; but there is so much Ray offers than these generalizations of what he contributed (as pointed out in the initial person's comment). Hell, I'll even add to that list: - Reverse minecraft camera shot of ray jerkin it in a corner - "WOW NUMBER 7 WAY TO GO CHAMP" - Gavin(speaking on ray's r6 vegas character model): you look like ur mother was crushed when she gave birth to you. Ray: yeah? you look like you have 2 *bleeped* (speculation: dads) Geoff loses it Gavin: You know what i meant; what did Ray mean? Ray: *all bleeped* (speculation: your parents are *insert acronym for Freaky Alien Genotype Slime*) Everyone loses it - Scooter Patrol/Motocop (GTA IV cops n robbers?) - Geoff: Seriously, practice safe s*x, lets play over Ray: nah, puerto rican pullout, dont be a b*tch - Ray re-enacting the "WHO AM I" hill shot with Gavin doing camera panning from helicopter in the GTA V Prison Job video - Ray being a tissue bandit in one of his final team lads action news team segments thats not even 2% of my favorite Ray moments when he was still with AH. Granted, the Ray moments he makes during his streams are still a plenty over his streaming career to keep me almost as happy as back then. It's just that its at a lower rate and, again, not with as funny of a crew.
The irony in Michael's impression of Ray, which was spot on, was that Ray's dead pan delivery (as well as his witty remarks) was one of the welcome contrasts with the usual yelling by Michael and the stupidity of Gavin and is what made him a perfect fit at Achievement Hunter.
AngrySmurf He issue was that it only happened once in a while. Ray never spoke often which is why before he left, a lot of people thought he was quite boring. There's actually a huge difference in old Ray and About to quit Ray. The old Ray was the straight man, but he was never deadpan. He was just whatever and he was funny. Sometimes he yelled a lot, other times he was just fucking weird. However, towards the end, Ray probably said a total of 10 sentences per video which weren't even funny. Ray quit of his own accord, and honestly, everybody is fucking tired of asking if Ray will come back. Michael is pointing out that Ray as he is now, would be no different than how he was at the end. He'd be quiet, bored, and downright forgettable. Even Ray gets annoyed by the questions and just shuts them down or makes fun of the situation. Both parties moved on so the questions should stop. Right now, it's the fans making things annoying when it should be a dead toppic.
Ray had his deadpan delivery moments but you're right, he was a mix of different humors and it worked extremely well with Achievement Hunter. But it's also been two years and I've long made my peace with Ray leaving and never coming back. Which sucks but it is what it is.
well its not that ray became boring, he was just tired of playing gta and minecraft over and over when they had already run out of ideas at the time and ray being overly quiet and depressed in videos made a lot of people think he was actually dealing with depression at the time (not that it wasnt possible its just tthat he wasnt happy where he was)
I love how any Ray-related questions just automatically get vollyballed to Michael since he seems to be the only one willing to be real about it. To be fair, Ray was one of my favorite AH members and he's my favorite Twitch streamer and it would be awesome to have him make a Let's Play cameo BUT I absolutely adore Jeremy. Like I can't imagine the group anymore without his Rimmy Timness and his Hap Hap Hap ness so it's all good either way right now.
To be fair, Michael and Ray are actually friends, and have been since before Ray worked at Achievement Hunter. The whole internet box podcast all consisted of friends of Michael
The thing that I always loved about Ray, which you really don't get with his Twitch stuff, was when shit was hitting the fan, or people were yelling, or having their own conversation. Ray would be by himself, talking to himself, making jokes, and the best part is he would set up a joke, then 30 mins into the video finish the joke. Everyone would be like, "Okay?" but if you listened to Ray prior your laughing your ass off.
Why are people still asking this? Ray left because he wanted to leave, everyone complains about it as if he got fired for an unjustified reason. Without a doubt when he worked there Ray was one of my favourite Rooster Teeth employees, but at the end of the day, it was his decision to leave. If you miss him that much then go watch either his Twitch channel, or his CZcams channel.
That is your choice not to watch his streams. In the words of Ray, YOLO. He is happy doing what he is doing now, and since you only get one chance at life he is not going to go back to a job where he was miserable just to appease his so called 'fans' who funnily enough only seem to like him when he was a part of Rooster Teeth, so I don't really think you can all them fans. If they where fans then they would like him regardless. Only liking him when he is in Rooster Teeth proves that they don't like him unless Gavin and Michael are there with him.
EloImFizzy EloImFizzy not necessarily. I was a fan of Ray (before he turned shit half way through his rooster teeth career). But calling fans not fans because they don't like his streams is silly. Like myself, many people find steaming boring and a marathon to watch. I like to describe them as a 'CZcams video with all the boring parts not edited out'. It the platform which is the issue, not the fans. Plus, some of the games he plays on his streams are bloody awful and dull to watch.
+PandaEyes121 Everyone's entitled to their wrong opinion, I guess... Just kidding. It's a bit sad that you don't like them, but it is what it is. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Love Ray, both AH and Twitch era, but I really did enjoy his banter with the crew, even if it was dying out near the end, it was pretty snappy whenever he did crack a joke until he started doing catchphrase. Maybe it's just me not catching him doing multiplayer games on twitch but that's pretty much why I would love to see him collab with michael or gavin. Other than that I'm just confused how it happened, there's a lot of reasons for him leaving other than him just enjoying achievement hunting on cam and with how hostile the community can sometimes get, I don't really take anything I hear about him leaving anything more than rumors...so I guess "official closure" or some shit is what some people are looking for, myself included kinda sorta? I dunno, I'm tired and on a weird youtube surf at the moment so if anything isn't clear, sorry in advance
Ray was always my favorite of the 6. His quick witted responses and pop/meme culture references were always the best part of every video. But towards the end it was bad. He was hardly there. And now that he's gone I don't watch Ray's streams or AH. When he left everything felt different. The videos weren't the same without the original 6. And at the same time, watching the old Ray by himself wasn't the same either. He doesn't have the other 5 to bounce off of anymore, and it kinda makes me sad because Achievement Hunter's videos were the highlights of my day from 2013-2015
The iconic Ray we all love and remember was actually very shortlived, I'd say 2012-2013 was peak Ray and for a solid year and a half before he left his input wasn't funny anymore. You could tell he was sick of it. People are way overrating Ray as if he would improve every video. Bollocks.
Linkmasta Gaming they're asking for a guest appearance not a return. Well, most of them are. I don't really watch let's play anymore & hardly watch any rt main channel content, nor do I watch rays twitch much at all but if he ever came back for a guest appearance in a video I'd watch it in a heartbeat.
I miss old ray. Before he just sat there saying nothing. He needs to be an intermittent guest. The constant repetition is what got to him. If they brought him in like once a month or something, it would be perfect.
Sadly, if you watch Ray's streaming now? it's honestly not much different. Most of the time he's just sat there blank faced, barely doing much and not interacting with his audience; often playing the same game over and over. Michael's impression was pretty much spot on
jijonbreaker I tried tuning into his streams and there's such a thin line of what he does now as to what he used to do. Now he just streams random games to viewers with the intention of playing through them and getting achievements, making clips, etc. Go back to the AH days when he was still a member and had like 4 other peers doing the same thing he would except it was a group effort to make quality videos. He's happy and I think that's all that matters, right?
Xander Shadow 'Blanked face and not interacting with his audience...' We are talking about the same Ray right.? Heart's Medicine is one of the better Ray streams and it happened like about a week ago? With alot of chat interaction and him not blank faced but doing dramatic readings. (Of course he can't enjoy every single game but come on.)
Everyone acts like streaming Ray is so great, not he`s fucking not. What I enjoyed about Ray was his ability to say funny random things in response to something someone said in Lps or his self deprecating humour. He doesnt do that now.
Man people put effort into 'acting' to like Ray a lot than they should lol. Enough acting effort to support Ray's streaming carrer more effectively than RT. People just have different tastes, or those tastes change after a while. Some will hate it, some will love it.
Ray is a lot happier now, it would be good to see him on more off topics though. He makes like more money then everyone in achievement hunter combined (minus gavin) doing his streaming and he gets to do and play whatever he wants, that's what made him so burnt out at achievement hunter, imagine playing minecraft and gta every week for 2-3 years Id blow my fucking head off ahaha like remember we only get to see a 30-60 min video where they could of spent 6 hours recording and setting up stuff, no thanks lol
As much as I liked Ray, Michael is right. Most of the time Ray was just mindig his own business in the game, dropping in a few comments every now and thn.
@@aodhanfitzgerald1491 he was the funniest guy in the room from the moment he stepped in the office til the moment he left, period. Ray's spontaneous reply/comeback/reference and his deadpan delivery was just too good without him, it's gotten too damn boring
At first, I was sad that Ray left because I had just caught up to watching all of AHs videos and already things were changing. But Jeremy is awesome and he's climb his way up to my fave AH. Nowadays, I find myself looking forward to videos that have Jeremy in them and feeling disappointed when they don't. Love Lil J!
I think Jack is cringiest one. I remeber when they played Overcooked and there was a racoon on a wheelchair and Jack was like ,,Gavin, that's you!" and nobody laughed.
Jacob Burks but Ray was burnt. Look at Achievement Kaneivel X or sumn, He talks like 5 words lol. Geoff points it out, I miss the 2012-2014 times too, but things change, people change. He wasnt feeling it anymore. When Ray tried, he was great, like Mini Golf or Rainbow six. But all 6man lets plays he was barely involved. Ray coming back for a couple videos would be awesome, mainly four man lets plays, but full time wouldnt be entertaining as old times.
I don't think this was meant as mean. I took it as "yeah ray wasn't happy and he didn't do anything because of it" but with a mix of Michael amd "i gotta be funny, there's people watching"
The way you titled this video almost gave me a heart attack. I saw RTX 2017 and immediately thought that I missed it, didn't remember they did Sydney first.
I almost stopped watching the Achievement Hunter after hearing that Ray will leave. But after half a year, I returned and Jeremy joined. I thought he will never replaces Ray. But damn he fits in so perfectly, I adapted to his humor and move on. They need to stop asking this question
They're just as tired of this question as Ray is (look at Ray's ask fm, he gets this all the fucking time). They probably meet up on the weekends and laugh about it. I understand why people miss him, 2012/13 Ray was hilarious and entertaining, by 2014 he was slipping a bit, and leading up to his departure he basically said and did fuck all in videos, as he was bored of doing the same thing every day. Now he streams and enjoys it, if you miss Ray so much, it's as simple as going on Twitch and catching his streams, or if you missed any, he uploads them to CZcams.
Look I love Ray just as much as the next person who watched Achievement Hunter back when he was a part of it, but things change and that's okay. I still enjoy their videos as much as I did before.
FUCKING REALLY. I like Ray when I watch an old video, but I don't exactly miss him. In fact, I'd prefer Ray be gone than anyone at that table. They bring 100% to every video and I love it.
And now there is literally nothing for Ray to even consider going back to, to the point where he to an extent masterfully stole Matt and Jeremy back *from* them.
Tip for the uploader as a fellow Shadowplay user. You can turn off the now recording message in the settings. I don't know why they can keep the recording light out but that message gets left in the footage.
Michael. I love you. just so true. I do miss old ray, with the nice little "excuse miss/sir" comments and all the other things but he was tired of it all. it wasn't what he wanted in the end. he's happiest where he is, but I like that is is an open invitation to pop in :)
I don't think people are saying "BRING BACK RAY FULL TIME!!!!" (Im sure there's a few who are though) but i think its more of a "hey, it'd be awesome of ray made a guest appearance every once in a blue moon"
Everyone is bitching about Jeremy. But I genuinely like Lil J. He's funny and excited. Brings life to the content. I honestly like the crew they have now. Geoff needs to be in more stuff though, he's been dipped off for awhile.
Ray left and since then it's been a shitty random group of throw ins that scream like the other autism inducing generic youtubers that people watched Let's Play to avoid.
I loved Ray and I really like Jeremy, i feel like they both brought their own bit of flare into the group. It would be nice to see Ray in a Letsplay ot Shenanigans, but hes doing really well in his own thing. I will admit I'm not crazy about the slew of other random people though. I mean Alfredo and Andy are cool, the rest idk I just don't feel like they add much. I don't feel like their personalities shine. If anything fuck adding more people and add Lindsay into the mix instead. She's got way more personality.
As much as I love Geoff I get why he’s not in as many videos, he’s getting older, the whole situation with Griffon, Millie getting older, ( Which by the way, if Millie is sassy now, when puberty hits Geoff will be in hell) and I feel like he wants to enjoy some of his older age
my favorite Ray moments were actually the ones towards the end where he was vocal about how much he hated doing that shit anymore lol. it was the best.
Ray had his moments when he was interested in the work but for most of the time he just seemed sooo unhappy in a job itd be hard to not be happy in! Even in his last minecraft video he was dry, bored and uninterested.
I watched Ray in AH for a long time, and it will never feel the same without him, but throughout the years you can definitely see his slow downfall into boredom. He started hating Minecraft, GTA, and he wasn't having fun. Michael is right about how Ray was in the months leading up to him quitting, but before that he was amazing and funny and part of the golden age of Achievement Hunter.
I'd be annoyed at this point to getting the question all the time. Personally I'm happy with the current line up. Sure, I wish Ray would come back every once in a while for a video or two since they're so close to each other but really it's their personal choice whether they work together or not. Ray vs Alfredo though. That's what I want to see someday.
I love how jack doesn't give a shit he's just letting the laughter out and most of the others are just kinda like doing that uncomfortable laughter lol
Ray was my favourite at first. But when he got bored and quiet it went away. I still rewatch achievement hunter highlights and when they show Ray's best moments it's hilarious. But now he's gone, I barely watch what he puts out, and he was replaced by Jeremy, who maybe some people don't like, but he clearly loves working there, and it's that energy that makes him a good addition in most videos.
AH enjoyed decent success after his departure, many people consider 2017 to be somewhat of a return to form with highlights like GMOD: Murder, the Criminal Mastermind series and Jeremy finally getting settled and developing chemistry with the main cast. I personally stopped watching when they started trying to expand and bringing in Kinda Funny and everyone else, sometimes in a week you'd only get one actual Achievement Hunter video and it'd be with randoms who threw off the whole feel of the video. Plus the humour just kind of changed as time dragged on and everyone got older, like compare a 2018 GTA 5 video to the 2012 Olympics video. Night and day. 2019 was when Rooster Teeth as a whole started to struggle and lose money, and they had their first round of massive layoffs (13% of their workforce or 50 employees getting axed). Their reputation also took a massive hit with accusations of poor working conditions, soiling their image as the dream company fans were sold on. Then in 2020 when the pandemic really kicked off they entered their current death spiral, with Ryan and Adam's scandal breaking out in October of that year. Now in 2022 they're just a shell of their former selves; Rooster Teeth has 9 million subscribers but can't get more than 50k views per video (excluding RTAAs) and AH is taking Express VPN sponsorships and doing desperate clickbaity thumbnails.
@@oscarkofoed534Now in 2024, they stopped using their Twitter, Barbara openly admitted that RWBY was no longer profitable, Achievement Hunter closed its doors, they broke off into smaller channels that no one watched, and the only thing affiliated with them that got any actual attention was Death Battle. Now when they discuss the business side of selling their IPs like RWBY, they use vague terms like, "We're on the next step after talking with people," whatever that means.
I miss Ray a lot, but I don't watch his streams because it's just not the same. I feel that he's at his funniest in a group, where they can play off each other. Someone streaming by himself is just boring, no matter who it is. But I'm happy that he's happy
Geoff seemed pretty upset by this and Ray leaving. They had such a father son relationship going on, kind of like the son Geoff never had. Geoff just really got Ray and his humor. Ray didnt have to try hard to be funny, he just said what came to mind. Its very obvious that Geoff wants Ray to come back and really hated seeing him go. Its pretty sad to see how Geoff and even Gavin have taken it pretty hard.
Ah yes Ray....I remember the day of my eardrums rupturing because Ray would scream into the mic that he was about to die...along with Micheal and Gavin
I love the yelling Michael at stupidity. Like yelling at Jack for team killing him, or Gavin for letting Jeremy drop kick the desk, and many more. He'll yell at gameplay alot, but when he actually yells at people, he is hilariously correct most times.
I wish he would be back and Lindsey would show up more often.Maybe it's too much to have 8 people at the same time,but who knows?They could show up every week at least
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Michael has him fucking pegged, that's so Ray.
That's so Rayyy-ven!... I'm so sorry, I'll show myself out.
Damm it Barb
HaloBoy74
You should've seen the impression he did back on internet box. Holy shit, Michael has known Ray for too long
I'm going to die, I'm gonna die, oh I'm not dead. HOLY COW THAT WAS PERFECT
Ha, ha. Yeah
Fucking Michael oh my god he's still so funny.
Dylan Harding he rly is he’s actually the reason I got into rooster teeth in the first place with his rage quit visa
Vids not visa lmao
I miss Gavin's team kills on Ray
Shameless self promo. No one gives a shit, i'll go watch it from the source.
I believe when Burnie retires, he wont hand over the company to his children. He'll hand over the company to Michael.
RisingAssassin but Matt's the Owner
Fullscreen is the owner. Matt is the CEO. Burnie sold the company.
Do you mean Geoff, not Burnie?
'Cos I've thought this for quite a while. If/when Geoff decides to retire I think Michael will pick up his role. And yes, I'm aware that Lindsay took over management duties from Geoff. However Geoff is still the "leader" of Achievement Hunter.
Even if they did not sell RT to full screen and even if Matt was not the CEO why would Burnie give the company to his children?
If his kids didn't own it they would still make money because of burned shares in ownership
I fucking love Ray, but that's absolutely all he did late in his AH career. He wasn't happy, and now he is.
“What do you miss!!”
Ok, things I miss:
-X-Ray and Vav
-OG Team Lads (and team lads action news team)
-The team chemistry he brought
-Someone who is actually competent and can play video games well
-His brand of sarcasm
-An energy that’s not screaming and chaotic 24/7
-the classic “LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLETS PLAY!” Intro
-The inside jokes he brought
Don’t forget that laugh
You can get most of that on his Streams. It's more he doesn't need them.
@@alldayagain its not that you can't get most of what Ray brought to the crew on his streams. its more of how Ray interacted/responded to/joked with the other crew members who were ALSO unique in what they brought to the team chemistry (the other 5 AH main crew members specifically), as well as the different settings in which Ray made content under RT (whether it's in the form of lets play, podcast, AHWU, live action/animated shows, etc.). The crew that he streams with now via Discord (like nagz, chibi, matt, etc.) is all well and good; but its definitely far from as good as when he was with AH. Ray even said himself during the 10 years of content reaction stream that in terms of team chemistry, achievement hunter was unmatched.
Yeah, Michael had a point in this clip, and also other clips where he makes jabs at the fans who miss Ray, about him just being quiet a lot of the time in a video, claiming he is about to die but then doesn't, etc; but there is so much Ray offers than these generalizations of what he contributed (as pointed out in the initial person's comment). Hell, I'll even add to that list:
- Reverse minecraft camera shot of ray jerkin it in a corner
- "WOW NUMBER 7 WAY TO GO CHAMP"
- Gavin(speaking on ray's r6 vegas character model): you look like ur mother was crushed when she gave birth to you.
Ray: yeah? you look like you have 2 *bleeped* (speculation: dads)
Geoff loses it
Gavin: You know what i meant; what did Ray mean?
Ray: *all bleeped* (speculation: your parents are *insert acronym for Freaky Alien Genotype Slime*)
Everyone loses it
- Scooter Patrol/Motocop (GTA IV cops n robbers?)
- Geoff: Seriously, practice safe s*x, lets play over
Ray: nah, puerto rican pullout, dont be a b*tch
- Ray re-enacting the "WHO AM I" hill shot with Gavin doing camera panning from helicopter in the GTA V Prison Job video
- Ray being a tissue bandit in one of his final team lads action news team segments
thats not even 2% of my favorite Ray moments when he was still with AH. Granted, the Ray moments he makes during his streams are still a plenty over his streaming career to keep me almost as happy as back then. It's just that its at a lower rate and, again, not with as funny of a crew.
The irony in Michael's impression of Ray, which was spot on, was that Ray's dead pan delivery (as well as his witty remarks) was one of the welcome contrasts with the usual yelling by Michael and the stupidity of Gavin and is what made him a perfect fit at Achievement Hunter.
AngrySmurf He issue was that it only happened once in a while. Ray never spoke often which is why before he left, a lot of people thought he was quite boring. There's actually a huge difference in old Ray and About to quit Ray. The old Ray was the straight man, but he was never deadpan. He was just whatever and he was funny. Sometimes he yelled a lot, other times he was just fucking weird. However, towards the end, Ray probably said a total of 10 sentences per video which weren't even funny. Ray quit of his own accord, and honestly, everybody is fucking tired of asking if Ray will come back. Michael is pointing out that Ray as he is now, would be no different than how he was at the end. He'd be quiet, bored, and downright forgettable. Even Ray gets annoyed by the questions and just shuts them down or makes fun of the situation. Both parties moved on so the questions should stop. Right now, it's the fans making things annoying when it should be a dead toppic.
Ray had his deadpan delivery moments but you're right, he was a mix of different humors and it worked extremely well with Achievement Hunter.
But it's also been two years and I've long made my peace with Ray leaving and never coming back. Which sucks but it is what it is.
AngrySmurf People don't watch AH for witty deadpan remarks! They want a bunch of guys constantly screaming over each other!
AngrySmurf my favorite Ray moment is still in the first Minecraft let's play "there may or may not be lava on the house......WHAT!!!!!?"
well its not that ray became boring, he was just tired of playing gta and minecraft over and over when they had already run out of ideas at the time and ray being overly quiet and depressed in videos made a lot of people think he was actually dealing with depression at the time (not that it wasnt possible its just tthat he wasnt happy where he was)
I love how any Ray-related questions just automatically get vollyballed to Michael since he seems to be the only one willing to be real about it. To be fair, Ray was one of my favorite AH members and he's my favorite Twitch streamer and it would be awesome to have him make a Let's Play cameo BUT I absolutely adore Jeremy. Like I can't imagine the group anymore without his Rimmy Timness and his Hap Hap Hap ness so it's all good either way right now.
To be fair, Michael and Ray are actually friends, and have been since before Ray worked at Achievement Hunter.
The whole internet box podcast all consisted of friends of Michael
Ray... the CM Punk of Achievement Hunter
Based Salvy I’m happy to be one of the 10 people that got this joke
Tony Ferguson is the type of guy to celebrate that Ray left, just to be unorthodox
Not really. Ray didn't and never hated RT. CM Punk hated WWE.
CM punk doesn’t have any skill tho
Based Salvy, SO TRUE 😂
The thing that I always loved about Ray, which you really don't get with his Twitch stuff, was when shit was hitting the fan, or people were yelling, or having their own conversation. Ray would be by himself, talking to himself, making jokes, and the best part is he would set up a joke, then 30 mins into the video finish the joke. Everyone would be like, "Okay?" but if you listened to Ray prior your laughing your ass off.
Why are people still asking this? Ray left because he wanted to leave, everyone complains about it as if he got fired for an unjustified reason. Without a doubt when he worked there Ray was one of my favourite Rooster Teeth employees, but at the end of the day, it was his decision to leave. If you miss him that much then go watch either his Twitch channel, or his CZcams channel.
Don't get me wrong I like ray but I'm not watching 3 hours of him sitting there talking to no one.
That is your choice not to watch his streams. In the words of Ray, YOLO. He is happy doing what he is doing now, and since you only get one chance at life he is not going to go back to a job where he was miserable just to appease his so called 'fans' who funnily enough only seem to like him when he was a part of Rooster Teeth, so I don't really think you can all them fans. If they where fans then they would like him regardless. Only liking him when he is in Rooster Teeth proves that they don't like him unless Gavin and Michael are there with him.
EloImFizzy EloImFizzy not necessarily. I was a fan of Ray (before he turned shit half way through his rooster teeth career). But calling fans not fans because they don't like his streams is silly. Like myself, many people find steaming boring and a marathon to watch. I like to describe them as a 'CZcams video with all the boring parts not edited out'. It the platform which is the issue, not the fans. Plus, some of the games he plays on his streams are bloody awful and dull to watch.
+PandaEyes121 Everyone's entitled to their wrong opinion, I guess... Just kidding. It's a bit sad that you don't like them, but it is what it is. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Love Ray, both AH and Twitch era, but I really did enjoy his banter with the crew, even if it was dying out near the end, it was pretty snappy whenever he did crack a joke until he started doing catchphrase. Maybe it's just me not catching him doing multiplayer games on twitch but that's pretty much why I would love to see him collab with michael or gavin.
Other than that I'm just confused how it happened, there's a lot of reasons for him leaving other than him just enjoying achievement hunting on cam and with how hostile the community can sometimes get, I don't really take anything I hear about him leaving anything more than rumors...so I guess "official closure" or some shit is what some people are looking for, myself included kinda sorta?
I dunno, I'm tired and on a weird youtube surf at the moment so if anything isn't clear, sorry in advance
Michael's impression of Ray had me laughing so hard! 😂
This was so damn funny. "PLUG IN A SEVENTH MIC AND BADDABING BADDABOOM RAY'S BACK" Too funny I love it.
Ray was always my favorite of the 6. His quick witted responses and pop/meme culture references were always the best part of every video. But towards the end it was bad. He was hardly there. And now that he's gone I don't watch Ray's streams or AH. When he left everything felt different. The videos weren't the same without the original 6. And at the same time, watching the old Ray by himself wasn't the same either. He doesn't have the other 5 to bounce off of anymore, and it kinda makes me sad because Achievement Hunter's videos were the highlights of my day from 2013-2015
Well, you’re an idiot.
The iconic Ray we all love and remember was actually very shortlived, I'd say 2012-2013 was peak Ray and for a solid year and a half before he left his input wasn't funny anymore. You could tell he was sick of it.
People are way overrating Ray as if he would improve every video. Bollocks.
Buttercup III wow, I agree 100% with you
You should give them a chance again. Jeremy fits in perfectly with the AH crew and I actually think he does better than Ray in his prime.
Grim Ø Jermey is good and I occasionally watch some videos but not as much as before. I’m glad other people still really enjoy AH tho
I wish people would stop asking and get over it. It's pretty clear all the AH guys are over it. Michael was spot on
theZbanana I guess you could say Micheal was on the spot
Adam Joksimovic BA BA BA BA DAAAAAA
Clearly the fans arn't over it. New videos are getting a fraction of the views old ones got in their first week.
Exactly I like both RT/AH and Ray but cmon this is getting old. Ray is happy on Twitch. People cant obviously let go of the past.
Linkmasta Gaming they're asking for a guest appearance not a return. Well, most of them are. I don't really watch let's play anymore & hardly watch any rt main channel content, nor do I watch rays twitch much at all but if he ever came back for a guest appearance in a video I'd watch it in a heartbeat.
Ray quit 2 years ago, if he wanted to be back, he'd be back already.
I miss old ray. Before he just sat there saying nothing. He needs to be an intermittent guest. The constant repetition is what got to him. If they brought him in like once a month or something, it would be perfect.
Sadly, if you watch Ray's streaming now? it's honestly not much different. Most of the time he's just sat there blank faced, barely doing much and not interacting with his audience; often playing the same game over and over. Michael's impression was pretty much spot on
jijonbreaker I tried tuning into his streams and there's such a thin line of what he does now as to what he used to do.
Now he just streams random games to viewers with the intention of playing through them and getting achievements, making clips, etc.
Go back to the AH days when he was still a member and had like 4 other peers doing the same thing he would except it was a group effort to make quality videos.
He's happy and I think that's all that matters, right?
Xander Shadow
'Blanked face and not interacting with his audience...'
We are talking about the same Ray right.?
Heart's Medicine is one of the better Ray streams and it happened like about a week ago? With alot of chat interaction and him not blank faced but doing dramatic readings.
(Of course he can't enjoy every single game but come on.)
Everyone acts like streaming Ray is so great, not he`s fucking not. What I enjoyed about Ray was his ability to say funny random things in response to something someone said in Lps or his self deprecating humour. He doesnt do that now.
Man people put effort into 'acting' to like Ray a lot than they should lol. Enough acting effort to support Ray's streaming carrer more effectively than RT.
People just have different tastes, or those tastes change after a while. Some will hate it, some will love it.
Honestly if ray were to show up in a video it should be a rare occasion because that’s what makes it special
Jack yelling OH FUCK always makes me laugh
Not like he was on the best episode of Off Topic ever.
Ray is a lot happier now, it would be good to see him on more off topics though. He makes like more money then everyone in achievement hunter combined (minus gavin) doing his streaming and he gets to do and play whatever he wants, that's what made him so burnt out at achievement hunter, imagine playing minecraft and gta every week for 2-3 years Id blow my fucking head off ahaha like remember we only get to see a 30-60 min video where they could of spent 6 hours recording and setting up stuff, no thanks lol
As much as I liked Ray, Michael is right. Most of the time Ray was just mindig his own business in the game, dropping in a few comments every now and thn.
Lordillidian ya ray was like this towards the end when he didn’t enjoy his job anymore but at the beginning he was the funniest guy in the room
@@aodhanfitzgerald1491 he was the funniest guy in the room from the moment he stepped in the office til the moment he left, period.
Ray's spontaneous reply/comeback/reference and his deadpan delivery was just too good
without him, it's gotten too damn boring
Codex if thats how you feel
Codex I was merely pointing out that in the later let’s plays especially Minecraft he is obviously not enjoying himself
kenny didn’t say much in south park and was a favourite; that’s th essence of ray
Michael is so good at saving awkward moments
At first, I was sad that Ray left because I had just caught up to watching all of AHs videos and already things were changing. But Jeremy is awesome and he's climb his way up to my fave AH. Nowadays, I find myself looking forward to videos that have Jeremy in them and feeling disappointed when they don't. Love Lil J!
I started laughing at the Microphone quip and then completely lost it when Michael did the Ray impression.
Jack going off at 0:40 was the funniest thing ever
Spider OG you again? Your Jack hate is fucking hilarious.
Maybe a bit. Not too much
You have weird sense of humor if thats what you get off to.
I think Jack is cringiest one. I remeber when they played Overcooked and there was a racoon on a wheelchair and Jack was like ,,Gavin, that's you!" and nobody laughed.
jack is the most cringeworthy unfunny crybaby bitch at AH
And now Michael sits on a dying CZcams channel while Ray suceeds elsewhere. What did I miss?
Ray was right, he wasnt dying
Pretty sure with Michaels personality/charisma he could leave and go solo like Ray
What I will always miss. "The Puerto Rican survives! Yay!"
"What do you miss?!" The chemistry, the feeling of a complete team.
Jacob Burks This hits me on so many levels.
Feels train guys, Anybody wants to jump in? Next station, Logan.
Jacob Burks we already got that.
Jacob Burks but Ray was burnt. Look at Achievement Kaneivel X or sumn, He talks like 5 words lol. Geoff points it out, I miss the 2012-2014 times too, but things change, people change. He wasnt feeling it anymore. When Ray tried, he was great, like Mini Golf or Rainbow six. But all 6man lets plays he was barely involved. Ray coming back for a couple videos would be awesome, mainly four man lets plays, but full time wouldnt be entertaining as old times.
Even if he did return and became old Ray again it wouldn't matter. They rarely have all 6 in videos anymore in less its MInecraft.
Michael and ray were best friends, it's sad to see this
An Average Cs Player, I bet if Ray saw this he would probably laugh about it though.
An Average Cs Player they still are
I don't think this was meant as mean. I took it as "yeah ray wasn't happy and he didn't do anything because of it" but with a mix of Michael amd "i gotta be funny, there's people watching"
and gavin*
The way you titled this video almost gave me a heart attack. I saw RTX 2017 and immediately thought that I missed it, didn't remember they did Sydney first.
I almost stopped watching the Achievement Hunter after hearing that Ray will leave. But after half a year, I returned and Jeremy joined. I thought he will never replaces Ray. But damn he fits in so perfectly, I adapted to his humor and move on. They need to stop asking this question
Greatest moment ever lmao Michael is so amazingly honest lol
They're just as tired of this question as Ray is (look at Ray's ask fm, he gets this all the fucking time). They probably meet up on the weekends and laugh about it. I understand why people miss him, 2012/13 Ray was hilarious and entertaining, by 2014 he was slipping a bit, and leading up to his departure he basically said and did fuck all in videos, as he was bored of doing the same thing every day. Now he streams and enjoys it, if you miss Ray so much, it's as simple as going on Twitch and catching his streams, or if you missed any, he uploads them to CZcams.
Michael's Ray impression is PERFECT
Look I love Ray just as much as the next person who watched Achievement Hunter back when he was a part of it, but things change and that's okay. I still enjoy their videos as much as I did before.
That was an impressive Ray impression from Michael there
FUCKING REALLY. I like Ray when I watch an old video, but I don't exactly miss him. In fact, I'd prefer Ray be gone than anyone at that table. They bring 100% to every video and I love it.
Michael looked so pissed to be asked lol
don't get me wrong I love ray but it's been 2 years can we stop bringing up ray
exactly. fucking thank you
Melanie A nahh
100x better than Jeremy.
He said he would come back for a lets play... and I will wait for it until the day I die. I will never lose hope.
nah fuck that I always want ray back, he's still my favorite achievement hunter
And now there is literally nothing for Ray to even consider going back to, to the point where he to an extent masterfully stole Matt and Jeremy back *from* them.
Jack gets me every damn time I watch this video
Tip for the uploader as a fellow Shadowplay user. You can turn off the now recording message in the settings. I don't know why they can keep the recording light out but that message gets left in the footage.
Michael. I love you. just so true. I do miss old ray, with the nice little "excuse miss/sir" comments and all the other things but he was tired of it all. it wasn't what he wanted in the end. he's happiest where he is, but I like that is is an open invitation to pop in :)
Ok, now we need a Minecraft LP where Michael voices Ray
Michael’s Ray impression was dead on.
Who’s here after Ray came back on Off Topic?
I don't think people are saying "BRING BACK RAY FULL TIME!!!!" (Im sure there's a few who are though) but i think its more of a "hey, it'd be awesome of ray made a guest appearance every once in a blue moon"
Everyone is bitching about Jeremy. But I genuinely like Lil J.
He's funny and excited. Brings life to the content.
I honestly like the crew they have now.
Geoff needs to be in more stuff though, he's been dipped off for awhile.
Ray left and since then it's been a shitty random group of throw ins that scream like the other autism inducing generic youtubers that people watched Let's Play to avoid.
I loved Ray and I really like Jeremy, i feel like they both brought their own bit of flare into the group. It would be nice to see Ray in a Letsplay ot Shenanigans, but hes doing really well in his own thing. I will admit I'm not crazy about the slew of other random people though. I mean Alfredo and Andy are cool, the rest idk I just don't feel like they add much. I don't feel like their personalities shine. If anything fuck adding more people and add Lindsay into the mix instead. She's got way more personality.
As much as I love Geoff I get why he’s not in as many videos, he’s getting older, the whole situation with Griffon, Millie getting older, ( Which by the way, if Millie is sassy now, when puberty hits Geoff will be in hell) and I feel like he wants to enjoy some of his older age
Geoff has been on a break-ish thing. He's been working hard since 2003 so he's been going easy.
"it makes me feel weird"
Like aroused or what?
If anything, I just wanted more X-ray and Vav. Loved that show.
Michael makes a good fuckin point, about both Ray and On the Spot xD
my favorite Ray moments were actually the ones towards the end where he was vocal about how much he hated doing that shit anymore lol. it was the best.
I dont think Ray would mesh well with AH anymore his meme/twitch community comedy doesn't really go with the AH guys
Ray had his moments when he was interested in the work but for most of the time he just seemed sooo unhappy in a job itd be hard to not be happy in! Even in his last minecraft video he was dry, bored and uninterested.
Ray was in a funhaus video once, so that's something
This is both sad and hilarious I don't know how to feel
Evidently Crunchy Potato has all the time in the world to respond to comments. I think it's nap time for you, champ.
Every time Jack screams "Oh Fuck!" I lose my shit. That man is fucking funny!
I watched Ray in AH for a long time, and it will never feel the same without him, but throughout the years you can definitely see his slow downfall into boredom. He started hating Minecraft, GTA, and he wasn't having fun. Michael is right about how Ray was in the months leading up to him quitting, but before that he was amazing and funny and part of the golden age of Achievement Hunter.
micheal we miss the guy who was actually good at video games
Jeremy? Ryan? Michael?
Only time will tell friends, we'll never know whether or not a cameo will happen, but anything is possible in a world so SERIOUSLY STRANGE.
*wink*
Love Geoff even more seeing him wear a TOOL shirt
By the end of Ray's stint, he really was more focused on his Twitch gaming. Everyone could see the drive to do AH leave his body.
that last bit was fucking hilarious
look at Michael's face after geoff said ray had an open invitation lmao
I'd be annoyed at this point to getting the question all the time. Personally I'm happy with the current line up. Sure, I wish Ray would come back every once in a while for a video or two since they're so close to each other but really it's their personal choice whether they work together or not. Ray vs Alfredo though. That's what I want to see someday.
I love how jack doesn't give a shit he's just letting the laughter out and most of the others are just kinda like doing that uncomfortable laughter lol
Ray was my favourite at first. But when he got bored and quiet it went away. I still rewatch achievement hunter highlights and when they show Ray's best moments it's hilarious. But now he's gone, I barely watch what he puts out, and he was replaced by Jeremy, who maybe some people don't like, but he clearly loves working there, and it's that energy that makes him a good addition in most videos.
Ray is lowkey the smartest one out of the whole group, left before the shit hit the fan
AH enjoyed decent success after his departure, many people consider 2017 to be somewhat of a return to form with highlights like GMOD: Murder, the Criminal Mastermind series and Jeremy finally getting settled and developing chemistry with the main cast. I personally stopped watching when they started trying to expand and bringing in Kinda Funny and everyone else, sometimes in a week you'd only get one actual Achievement Hunter video and it'd be with randoms who threw off the whole feel of the video. Plus the humour just kind of changed as time dragged on and everyone got older, like compare a 2018 GTA 5 video to the 2012 Olympics video. Night and day.
2019 was when Rooster Teeth as a whole started to struggle and lose money, and they had their first round of massive layoffs (13% of their workforce or 50 employees getting axed). Their reputation also took a massive hit with accusations of poor working conditions, soiling their image as the dream company fans were sold on. Then in 2020 when the pandemic really kicked off they entered their current death spiral, with Ryan and Adam's scandal breaking out in October of that year. Now in 2022 they're just a shell of their former selves; Rooster Teeth has 9 million subscribers but can't get more than 50k views per video (excluding RTAAs) and AH is taking Express VPN sponsorships and doing desperate clickbaity thumbnails.
@@oscarkofoed534Now in 2024, they stopped using their Twitter, Barbara openly admitted that RWBY was no longer profitable, Achievement Hunter closed its doors, they broke off into smaller channels that no one watched, and the only thing affiliated with them that got any actual attention was Death Battle. Now when they discuss the business side of selling their IPs like RWBY, they use vague terms like, "We're on the next step after talking with people," whatever that means.
Jack had me dying!
it be really funny that once the question was asked he suddenly walks up to the stage saying "Brownman is back fuckers!"
I miss Ray a lot, but I don't watch his streams because it's just not the same. I feel that he's at his funniest in a group, where they can play off each other. Someone streaming by himself is just boring, no matter who it is. But I'm happy that he's happy
Michael fucking nailed it.
I miss Ray so fucking much
ray on wheel of fortune and family feud was my favourite
... so I guess they're not going to make the next episode of the Internet Box?
See Michael, you're talking about 2015 Ray. We miss 2012 Ray.
Iambic Pentameter But always asking him to be in a video won't bring back 2012 ray
what do we miss? Ray kicking all you guys scrubby ass at every video game
What do we miss?
The guy who was witty & based his humour around something other than shouting as loudly as he can.
Tbh, I love Jeremy I'm glad we have him now.
I miss ray. :(
Michael's impression was fuckin' savage.
Geoff seemed pretty upset by this and Ray leaving. They had such a father son relationship going on, kind of like the son Geoff never had. Geoff just really got Ray and his humor. Ray didnt have to try hard to be funny, he just said what came to mind. Its very obvious that Geoff wants Ray to come back and really hated seeing him go. Its pretty sad to see how Geoff and even Gavin have taken it pretty hard.
the R&R connection.
what did the first person ask?
The smiles got wiped off all their faces when they mentioned his name, oh my god
We also wanted more X-ray and Vav.
It wouldn't asking much to have him come in for ONE FUCKING VIDEO
I watch this slot and it always fucking hilarious
Ah yes Ray....I remember the day of my eardrums rupturing because Ray would scream into the mic that he was about to die...along with Micheal and Gavin
Bruh I just found out that ray quit
I love the yelling Michael at stupidity. Like yelling at Jack for team killing him, or Gavin for letting Jeremy drop kick the desk, and many more. He'll yell at gameplay alot, but when he actually yells at people, he is hilariously correct most times.
Michael Jones, everybody! Give it up!
WHAT DO YOU MISS!? WHAT DO YOU MISS!?!?!?!?!
I wish he would be back and Lindsey would show up more often.Maybe it's too much to have 8 people at the same time,but who knows?They could show up every week at least
did ray ever responded to this? just curious
So why is this titled 2017 this isn't the 2017 panel O.o
1:15 I miss good comedy and content. Turns out Ray is providing plenty
did Ray quit or did he get kicked
Bailey Andrews Left to stream full-time
I think this panel sums up why ray left
Idiot