This Killed Rooster Teeth

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  • @MogulMail
    @MogulMail  Місяць тому +7086

    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

  • @bilboswaggings
    @bilboswaggings Місяць тому +2648

    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

    • @mikec2845
      @mikec2845 Місяць тому +112

      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.

    • @WARnTEA
      @WARnTEA Місяць тому +39

      @@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.

    • @Yerocco
      @Yerocco Місяць тому +19

      @@WARnTEASmosh had to learn the hard way.

    • @mikec2845
      @mikec2845 Місяць тому +19

      @@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.

    • @wahidpawana424
      @wahidpawana424 Місяць тому

      ​@@mikec2845this. There is different market for different medium. I was glad that i still could discover a smaller size UA-cam with a much more humbling setup that I find entertaining even though UA-cam home screen could be better at it.

  • @KadenJ
    @KadenJ Місяць тому +1284

    man literally my childhood consisted of rage quit, minecraft lets plays, countless gta videos. man it truly is a sad sight to see

    • @GiovanniRKT
      @GiovanniRKT Місяць тому +26

      i hear ya. but all that good stuff stopped like 5+ years ago. they've been on a downward spiral for a while now.

    • @canadianbluepants9446
      @canadianbluepants9446 Місяць тому

      @@GiovanniRKT legit covid hit and all their spark left

    • @Cm0N.
      @Cm0N. Місяць тому +4

      @@GiovanniRKTit basically stopped the second Covid hit and they had to stream from home

    • @Gazmus
      @Gazmus Місяць тому +6

      LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETS PLAY! It was great...all downhill since they moved the achievement hunters in to the bigger office 🤣

    • @KadenJ
      @KadenJ Місяць тому +3

      @@GiovanniRKT 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.

  • @maryjohernandez
    @maryjohernandez Місяць тому +708

    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.

    • @ticklord
      @ticklord Місяць тому +71

      Turns out infinite profit growth isn't realistic. Who woulda thought?

    • @Spraytaint
      @Spraytaint Місяць тому +31

      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 UA-cam content and making everything first exclusive while their website has always sucked ass.

    • @thejusmar
      @thejusmar Місяць тому +6

      @@ticklord Not even infinite growth. Several channels collapsed and those that remained pulled in a 10th of the views.

    • @archer1088
      @archer1088 Місяць тому +5

      @@Spraytaint You have to make money dude, youtube content after the adpocalyse made youtube extremely unviable

    • @X4zerm4n
      @X4zerm4n Місяць тому +13

      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.

  • @jasonubalde
    @jasonubalde Місяць тому +1431

    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

    • @matKilla9801
      @matKilla9801 Місяць тому +76

      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.

    • @kendra5062
      @kendra5062 Місяць тому +23

      I watched them religiously. Their videos were so fkn good. Was sad to see it decline and decline

    • @blindfire3167
      @blindfire3167 Місяць тому +41

      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.

    • @jasonubalde
      @jasonubalde Місяць тому +7

      @@blindfire3167 it's still part of RT

    • @LiquidEspionage78
      @LiquidEspionage78 Місяць тому +4

      just remember it as it was trust lmao wont be the same

  • @fenrir7525
    @fenrir7525 Місяць тому +605

    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

    • @dementedbean7407
      @dementedbean7407 Місяць тому +62

      They really are one of the best Channels this year!

    • @Xeroc_
      @Xeroc_ Місяць тому +21

      Ditto!!! Love those guys and i hope everyone checks them out

    • @mulle0930
      @mulle0930 Місяць тому +42

      Wheres grandma at?

    • @fenrir7525
      @fenrir7525 Місяць тому +11

      @@mulle0930 where is she?!?!

    • @dangerousbeans
      @dangerousbeans Місяць тому +52

      Yabagoobie!

  • @robbierobbster
    @robbierobbster Місяць тому +1113

    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

    • @AbyssalArts_
      @AbyssalArts_ Місяць тому +10

      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...

    • @dracugla
      @dracugla Місяць тому +45

      @@AbyssalArts_a show they produced; pretty good i never finished it tho

    • @AbyssalArts_
      @AbyssalArts_ Місяць тому +2

      @@dracugla thanks, and I kinda figured it was a show but what's it about?

    • @imanidiotforreplyingbut7465
      @imanidiotforreplyingbut7465 Місяць тому

      ​@@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.

    • @tortillachips3911
      @tortillachips3911 Місяць тому +51

      ​@@AbyssalArts_like.... magic school fighting dark forces type plot

  • @TheJjcczz
    @TheJjcczz Місяць тому +82

    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

    • @Two-ToneMoonStone
      @Two-ToneMoonStone Місяць тому +7

      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.

    • @TheJjcczz
      @TheJjcczz Місяць тому +6

      @@Two-ToneMoonStone The Ad-Pocalypse only effected UA-cam 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

    • @Crippledsteel
      @Crippledsteel Місяць тому

      Yes and no it's not like Ryan Haywood and Adam Kovic wouldn't have happened

    • @GurrenLagann98
      @GurrenLagann98 Місяць тому +1

      @@Crippledsteel, give your actual reasoning, just saying “yes and no” ain’t shit.

    • @Crippledsteel
      @Crippledsteel Місяць тому

      @@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.)

  • @BodhiDylan
    @BodhiDylan Місяць тому +142

    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.

  • @reesewest43
    @reesewest43 Місяць тому +343

    i hope bft sticks around

    • @froot2386
      @froot2386 Місяць тому +28

      best friends no more 😢😭

    • @kettle_wooma
      @kettle_wooma Місяць тому +24

      ​​@froot2386 keep hope, partner. Best Friends Always

    • @longitudinal_wave324
      @longitudinal_wave324 Місяць тому +5

      Honestly this.

    • @grayson6294
      @grayson6294 Місяць тому +27

      OffBrand pls support BFT

    • @signls
      @signls Місяць тому +19

      offbrand BFT offbrand BFT offbrand BFT

  • @xx_yeetmiester_xx2130
    @xx_yeetmiester_xx2130 Місяць тому +162

    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.

  • @ashidagaming
    @ashidagaming Місяць тому +95

    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

    • @iLoveMeBrownies
      @iLoveMeBrownies Місяць тому +6

      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

    • @gaugea
      @gaugea Місяць тому +1

      @@iLoveMeBrownies same

  • @MartimFaria
    @MartimFaria Місяць тому +164

    RIP Best Friends Today :(

  • @SilverSkylark
    @SilverSkylark Місяць тому +86

    Grew up on Rooster Teeth and Achievement Hunter, and I just can't watch their stuff anymore :/ Still gonna miss them

    • @Birdyboys
      @Birdyboys Місяць тому

      Why is there a comment that looks exactly like this one

    • @paultyree
      @paultyree Місяць тому

      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

  • @KSan357
    @KSan357 Місяць тому +212

    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

  • @jordanabustan6225
    @jordanabustan6225 Місяць тому +141

    Maybe Offbrand could pick up some Rooster Teeth IP's like BFT

    • @shmunkster
      @shmunkster Місяць тому +46

      Somebody needs to pick them up, they basically just started

    • @dementedbean7407
      @dementedbean7407 Місяць тому +32

      Whoever picks them up will prosper

    • @MementoMoriv2
      @MementoMoriv2 Місяць тому +1

      Never heard of them

    • @SC-bc6tz
      @SC-bc6tz Місяць тому

      Who’s off brand?

    • @MarinKar1n
      @MarinKar1n Місяць тому +4

      really hope they consider it, seems like a great home for bft

  • @caz4721
    @caz4721 Місяць тому +75

    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

  • @Green0Photon
    @Green0Photon Місяць тому +30

    Ludwig making Offbrand a worker co-op is just so ungodly based. Fucking so cool.

  • @bilboswaggings
    @bilboswaggings Місяць тому +351

    We can't hear the intro of the RT podcast

    • @NicoMelone
      @NicoMelone Місяць тому +1

      Yeah man me either

    • @shlokbhakta2893
      @shlokbhakta2893 Місяць тому +4

      It was probably caught in copyright so he just cut out audio

    • @HeyBroItsBrad
      @HeyBroItsBrad Місяць тому +47

      “I’m Gus” “I’m Gavin” I’m Barbra” “I’m Burnie”, “And I’m Gus”.

    • @bilboswaggings
      @bilboswaggings Місяць тому +7

      @@shlokbhakta2893 he pinned an explanation
      it's so fresh that it would not be claimed yet, he just oopsied

    • @nickschabacker5380
      @nickschabacker5380 Місяць тому +4

      I can hear it in my heart still...😢

  • @kkmadmanmines
    @kkmadmanmines Місяць тому +56

    SAVE BEST FRIENDS TODAY!!!

  • @obsidian_oki
    @obsidian_oki Місяць тому +30

    Rip rvb was truly an og

  • @dragonsbreath223
    @dragonsbreath223 Місяць тому +30

    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.

  • @citogonzalez8177
    @citogonzalez8177 Місяць тому +47

    Geoff tried so fucking hard to keep this company afloat when everyone else jumped ship

    • @X3nophiliac
      @X3nophiliac Місяць тому +5

      and then they pushed him out fir his political opinions(he wasnt liberal ENOUGH)

    • @HotCrossJuns
      @HotCrossJuns Місяць тому +20

      ​@@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.

    • @Solo.Vitality
      @Solo.Vitality Місяць тому

      ​@@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.

    • @maregondrako
      @maregondrako Місяць тому +14

      @@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

    • @cartoonhanks1708
      @cartoonhanks1708 Місяць тому +4

      @@maregondrako Source please

  • @christhed8679
    @christhed8679 Місяць тому +6

    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

  • @J4j4yd3r
    @J4j4yd3r Місяць тому +3

    They had just started a new season of Camp Camp, too. That must be really hard on the team that was working on it.

  • @FORDEMOCRACYANDSUPEREARTH
    @FORDEMOCRACYANDSUPEREARTH Місяць тому +121

    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

  • @grapefruite6688
    @grapefruite6688 Місяць тому +28

    Giving my support to bft, hope they can make it through all this.

  • @ohwhatsarcasm4393
    @ohwhatsarcasm4393 Місяць тому +10

    RIP Monty Oum still on god i miss him

  • @LA-Knight-YEAH
    @LA-Knight-YEAH Місяць тому +10

    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.

  • @theschmeez8767
    @theschmeez8767 Місяць тому +13

    Rage quit, achievement hunter videos of gta, Minecraft and halo were my first truants into UA-cam 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.

  • @ImHeadshotSniper
    @ImHeadshotSniper Місяць тому +26

    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.

    • @barducapepper4063
      @barducapepper4063 Місяць тому +3

      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 UA-cam Subs kept them alive all last year

    • @ImHeadshotSniper
      @ImHeadshotSniper Місяць тому +3

      @@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.

  • @LeNZian
    @LeNZian Місяць тому +13

    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

    • @LoganChristianson
      @LoganChristianson Місяць тому +1

      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.

    • @archer1088
      @archer1088 Місяць тому +3

      Yogscast being a corporation of basically independent contractors than a single company in a single location really helped surviving the chaining digital entertainment industry

  • @tecumsehtv
    @tecumsehtv Місяць тому +8

    i cry every day for best friends today

  • @HeyBroItsBrad
    @HeyBroItsBrad Місяць тому +82

    They still have great podcasts to this day. Hope the find a way to continue them. RIP RT

    • @bucky13
      @bucky13 Місяць тому +7

      F**kFace is so good.

  • @alenor210
    @alenor210 Місяць тому +25

    I think everyone saw this coming years ago but it still hurts to see

  • @Xeroc_
    @Xeroc_ Місяць тому +25

    I really hope BestFriendsToday keeps making stuff love that channel and they're so new

  • @Aelinbunn
    @Aelinbunn Місяць тому +27

    Rip Roosterteeth, thank you for all the times. Hoping everyone there finds a bright future and another home ❤

  • @Ashar121
    @Ashar121 Місяць тому +7

    Roosterteeth and, more specifically, Achievement Hunter was my first introduction to UA-cam 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.

  • @rrameir
    @rrameir Місяць тому +50

    The only thing that matters out of this is BFT. Someone needs to pick them up

  • @BluejaySerenade
    @BluejaySerenade Місяць тому +4

    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!

  • @ziggyhfx8202
    @ziggyhfx8202 Місяць тому +8

    So sad to see. Best friends Today quickly became one of the most fun & enjoyable shows on the internet.

  • @lelo669
    @lelo669 Місяць тому +35

    Ludwig please check out Best Friends Today.
    They are content gold, I love their dynamic.

  • @Doro0Two
    @Doro0Two Місяць тому +27

    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.

  • @AWildSofiAppeared
    @AWildSofiAppeared Місяць тому +2

    Rooster Teeth’s animated shows were some of my favorites. I really hope someone is able to continue them.

  • @iiBakedDonut
    @iiBakedDonut Місяць тому +20

    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.

    • @KrSolarRay
      @KrSolarRay Місяць тому +1

      It's not out yet RT is trying to sell the rights of RWBY to someone else

  • @michaelboyle7281
    @michaelboyle7281 Місяць тому +7

    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.

  • @RedPandaStan
    @RedPandaStan Місяць тому +2

    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.

  • @TheDeviIDogg
    @TheDeviIDogg Місяць тому +39

    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

    • @Duck_side
      @Duck_side Місяць тому +1

      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

    • @TheDeviIDogg
      @TheDeviIDogg Місяць тому

      @@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

    • @Duck_side
      @Duck_side Місяць тому

      @@TheDeviIDogg kind of. It was a combination of both but mostly their parent companies

  • @a.........1._.2..__..._.....__
    @a.........1._.2..__..._.....__ Місяць тому +16

    Machinima's fall was legit one of the worst things to happen to original game movie media

  • @originalname1239
    @originalname1239 Місяць тому +12

    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.

    • @BeyondDaX
      @BeyondDaX Місяць тому

      Doubtful, they would have to do a fundme for the final episode.

    • @originalname1239
      @originalname1239 Місяць тому +1

      @@BeyondDaX I would donate money to see a final episode. I doubt that I'm the only one who would.

  • @bruhmoment012
    @bruhmoment012 Місяць тому +5

    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

  • @tyhatch3771
    @tyhatch3771 Місяць тому +12

    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.

  • @ToastedCupcake.
    @ToastedCupcake. Місяць тому +12

    No volume on the RT video intro.

  • @caratanako9375
    @caratanako9375 Місяць тому +3

    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.

  • @TheRambler.
    @TheRambler. Місяць тому +14

    Rooster Teeth was an insperation to us all

  • @MrSkuddawg
    @MrSkuddawg Місяць тому +21

    Wow that RT intro was so nostalgic I pretty much went momentarily deaf with joy...😅 😂

  • @maxpaton6085
    @maxpaton6085 Місяць тому +7

    there’s an amazing channel produced by rooster teeth called “Best Friends Today” and i feel so bad that this happening to them :/

  • @draymondgreen4109
    @draymondgreen4109 Місяць тому +8

    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

  • @Dkgow
    @Dkgow Місяць тому +2

    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.

  • @xeterh
    @xeterh Місяць тому +8

    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

  • @dementedbean7407
    @dementedbean7407 Місяць тому +14

    BEST FRIENDS TV NEEDS JUSTICE

  • @SpookyButtz
    @SpookyButtz Місяць тому +4

    I hope Stinky Dragon Adventures will continue, I've been enjoying the podcasts and the show.

  • @weevilsnitz
    @weevilsnitz Місяць тому +5

    The archival has begun. Don't let anyone get in the way.

  • @dianeramus5702
    @dianeramus5702 Місяць тому +2

    rooster teeth got my threw the awkward middle/high school years. Red vs Blue and RWBY were my favorite
    sad to see them go.

  • @Buckacherz
    @Buckacherz Місяць тому +6

    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

    • @Electroid5
      @Electroid5 Місяць тому +1

      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….

  • @awkwardlime4726
    @awkwardlime4726 Місяць тому +7

    SHOUT OUR BEST FRIENDS TODAY

  • @TweekeeChan
    @TweekeeChan Місяць тому

    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.

  • @BrandonWestfall
    @BrandonWestfall Місяць тому +2

    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.

  • @the_maker1841
    @the_maker1841 Місяць тому +4

    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.

  • @GiovannisDaedra
    @GiovannisDaedra Місяць тому +16

    Rooster Teeth started to die when fullscreen bought them and they refused to listen

    • @JeskidoYT
      @JeskidoYT Місяць тому +2

      And that was TEN years ago.TENNN

    • @iiBakedDonut
      @iiBakedDonut Місяць тому +1

      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.

  • @mjlpascual
    @mjlpascual Місяць тому

    glad you're uploading more on this account

  • @lucienblake9788
    @lucienblake9788 Місяць тому

    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!❤

  • @whoreallyknows100
    @whoreallyknows100 Місяць тому +17

    I’ll miss Funhaus the most!!!

    • @markdotinc8371
      @markdotinc8371 Місяць тому +1

      I watched RvB first, but FH stayed with me longest. Those old videos from a decade (!) ago still remind me of better days

  • @din5385
    @din5385 Місяць тому +22

    There will always be 5 more years

  • @lophiilure4368
    @lophiilure4368 Місяць тому

    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

  • @TheOneTrueCheese
    @TheOneTrueCheese Місяць тому +3

    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

  • @SadToffee
    @SadToffee Місяць тому +28

    Rooster Teeth killed Rooster Teeth.

  • @paulapeno.
    @paulapeno. Місяць тому +6

    Rest in peace Monty.

  • @GabyTheGameDev
    @GabyTheGameDev Місяць тому +1

    Red vs Blue is incredible the first UA-cam videos I watched, heavily inspired the game im working on

  • @notur1angel
    @notur1angel Місяць тому

    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.

  • @Charltonnn
    @Charltonnn Місяць тому +3

    This was so unexpected and so sad..

  • @lv70rouge
    @lv70rouge Місяць тому +4

    WB didn't kill Roosterteeth, they did that to themselves.

  • @June_sucks
    @June_sucks Місяць тому

    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

  • @aze4964
    @aze4964 Місяць тому +2

    Hopefully best friends today sticks around somehow

  • @blindfire3167
    @blindfire3167 Місяць тому +3

    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).

  • @ZJasmineDragon
    @ZJasmineDragon Місяць тому +6

    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

  • @dustinnadler6916
    @dustinnadler6916 Місяць тому +1

    3:45 That would be an amazing frog sound for a videogame

  • @Skullamander96
    @Skullamander96 Місяць тому +5

    The rt podcast was my first podcast as well.

  • @scorpionsen4302
    @scorpionsen4302 Місяць тому

    I get goosebumps Everytime I hear about this topic. Just so nostalgic and a big part of my early UA-cam experience. RIP Rooster Teeth

  • @TheGhostofOnyx313
    @TheGhostofOnyx313 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @KillerTacos54
    @KillerTacos54 Місяць тому

    Thanks for making this video

  • @jim0_o
    @jim0_o Місяць тому +1

    Dang, that Podcast intro... inspiring. ...

  • @TheSwampfox64
    @TheSwampfox64 Місяць тому

    Never ever would I imagine a day I would see screwattack in a mogulmail as an old g1.

  • @shugarshack8536
    @shugarshack8536 Місяць тому +2

    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

  • @NoHandle44
    @NoHandle44 Місяць тому +1

    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.

  • @NastadonGaming
    @NastadonGaming Місяць тому +1

    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.

  • @Boris.T
    @Boris.T Місяць тому +1

    it's such a shame. I just started to watch one of their programs called Best Friends today, and they are awesome

  • @TotalxTroll25k
    @TotalxTroll25k Місяць тому

    Hadn’t heard of them until that vid last year. Didn’t think I heard of them until you reminded me that you told me about them last year😂

  • @T33nno
    @T33nno Місяць тому

    I love how red vs blue goes from total randomness to almost complete cannon by the end. But that was back in the day good original ideas were successful

  • @zaaryyy6969
    @zaaryyy6969 Місяць тому

    i genuinely believe i would still love watching ur stuff in five years time