Imagine becoming a fan of an online community at 14, being hired by that same company at 22, and watching them close their doors at 34. That is the odyssey of Barbara Dunkelman ❤

@Dragonseer.

4 ай бұрын

She said don't do the math .😂 Fr it's very bittersweet but I with the best for everyone at Rt.

@BuckeyeNut123

3 ай бұрын

There is more the Blawndee story.

@MeldrickCz

2 ай бұрын

Great story but I didn´t do the math, so...

@bhdtt54gh6

2 ай бұрын

She'll have to get a job now.

@theREALfearsKLOWNs

2 ай бұрын

It's very weird living in a world without this company in it.

It is rough when you consider that, rt has been barbs whole life

@AtillatheFun

4 ай бұрын

Time to move on and find a better job

@Le_Church

4 ай бұрын

She always sucked, added no value. All she did was repeat other peoples jokes. RT turned on their own fans. Serves them right.

@bakerct90

3 ай бұрын

@@Le_Church Nah, L take. Barbs was a real one. Gavin, Chris and a few others were great additions. Incels will be incels though. That said, even though some great content has been made in the last couple of years (like Survive Block Island imo) there's been more mid content then good content lately. But hey, if you want to be like the Star Wars fan that hates Mandalorian and Asoka, go off I guess. It wasn't all bad.

@GOWvMatchstick

3 ай бұрын

@@bakerct90 I mean I kind of agree, barb was never my favourite most of her jokes were unfunny and she had some bad takes.

@bakerct90

3 ай бұрын

@@GOWvMatchstick The standard some of the weird fans hold her to is crazy. I think there's some deep seated issues that people need to unpack with their therapist. I can't think of a single good joke Guss has ever told. I still like him on the podcast. Even some of the new talent like Bliz is decent, but dude deals with a lot of homophobic basement trolls. I think part of the problem is a large part of the RT fanbase was built on hyper halo nerd incels unforunately. People that lack empathy. If anyone gets unusually angry about an internet video because the jokes (in their opinion) were bad, they really need help.

she broke me. hearing her say that she’s scared breaks my heart in so many ways. i hope she finds a new place or project she can thrive in

@lucaschaves8308

4 ай бұрын

It's worse when you remember how much sexism she had to endure especially in the beginning. I still remember the comments on RT site and on KZread whenever she would show up at first. She had to earn respect in a way most of the guys didn't

@jaeboy817

4 ай бұрын

@@lucaschaves8308 fuuuuuck thats right. i hated all the sexism that all the funny females had got just because they were girls. they were soooo talented and they got shit on for no reason.

@NicEeEe843

4 ай бұрын

@@jaeboy817if they were so funny they could have kept RT going lmao

@JimmyNuisance

4 ай бұрын

@@lucaschaves8308 Women had it mad rough on the internet for the longest time, and it was gutting to watch.. Anyone who swooped in and called out the sexists were instantly dismissed as "white knights" rather than just people who wanted to shut down harassment and juvenile, spiteful sexist nonsense. It's better these days, but it's nowhere near what I'd call good. These virgins and incel losers need to fucking stop being emotionally fragile reactionary monsters. A woman existing is not something that should make anyone get abusive in the comments.. A woman on a youtube channel shouldn't ruin anyone's day.. I spent the 80s and 90s trying to get girls to play games with me, then girls finally got a foothold in gaming media and then people with outdated values went on a fricken crusade trying to shut them up... Broke my little heart. There was an era on the internet when reading comment sections for videos where a woman was joking around was a recipe for depression. Made me want to press my thumbs into the eye sockets of these losers Blade Runner style. Very few things makes me more angry than malicious scumbags orchestrating an attack on someone who just tries to make people laugh and have a good time. Just thinking about it makes me clench my jaws in anger. I want nothing but negative things to happen to the gamergate assholes. Super aids and mega cancer for all.

@AbuHajarAlBugatti

4 ай бұрын

Especially her considering she was burning hot. Now still okay but gonna be hard building up your own channel as a woman at 34. if you aint a ex pron actress like sasha grey its gonna be haed

Strange to think that Griff and Simmons were the last ones standing.

@RLMTrey

4 ай бұрын

Red team was always more fun than Blue

@RvBBOY842

4 ай бұрын

You ever wonder why we're here?

@killer0095

4 ай бұрын

It's kind of poetic. They were the start, and they saw it through to the very end.

@saltystick_99

4 ай бұрын

@@RvBBOY842Truly is one of life's great mysteries.

@haydenbennett3547

4 ай бұрын

Should've stayed out of politics

I know it doesn't help that much, but 21 years really is an insane run for RT. I mean its unheard of in the internet age that they helped build. It sucks all of these people lost their jobs. That is awful and shouldn't have happened even with that long run, but at the same time what an amazing accomplishment to make it that long. Despite the drama, they made it that long for a reason and its the people who actually work there.

@kyle26091

4 ай бұрын

The bad part is, roosterteeth would probably still be going strong on its own and doing amazing if the management actually delt with all the sexium and harsh work environment instead of ignoring it and forcing some of their best people to leave.

@nightmarelyoko

3 ай бұрын

No ot wasn't endless controversies takes alway any fame they claim to have

the memories........barbara just casually chilling in a box, and then ray shows up and dropkicks her

She broke me. Hearing her say I’m scared for the future hurts so much. She’s the woman who helped me understand men/women and sexuality with Always Open. Without her, I probably wouldn’t be married to my wife and I wouldn’t understand my sisters. I love you Rooster Teeth. Especially Barbra, you helped me understand the opposite sex. Which is an almost an impossible task

@chinoloco117

4 ай бұрын

Someone else literally said the same thing. I hope your not a bot account.

@rushpatriot2866

3 ай бұрын

She's a rich white lady with a massive following she's scared of having to do a real job now that's why she's scared. No more pandering and virtue signaling as a job

Grew up listening to Barbara and seeing her grow and change since the tinychat days. She is the realest, older sister we could have asked for as a community. If you see this Barbara, thank you for all you've done and shown us BY JUST BEING YOU!

@tomwozne

4 ай бұрын

Bro these are pixels on a screen. Touch grass

Micheal, Ray, and Barbara will always be my RT goats

@TurboFist0

4 ай бұрын

Gavin???

@AguyWhoLikesBananas

4 ай бұрын

Jack? Gavin? Ryan? Geoff?

@V3RT1C0N

4 ай бұрын

@@AguyWhoLikesBananasdefinitely NOT Ryan 😂

@ThatIdiotPurple

4 ай бұрын

@@AguyWhoLikesBananas Someone hasnt heard about ryan. Tldr, Cheated on his wife by sleeping with underage fans

@blakespinelli6969

4 ай бұрын

@@AguyWhoLikesBananas ew, ryan

Barbara pouring her gratitude out to everyone and Geoff broke me. I hope every one of them can find decent work after RT shuts it's doors 😭

@bhdtt54gh6

2 ай бұрын

Starbucks is hiring

@the_question

Ай бұрын

They're all skilled employees, no need to be a jackass​@@bhdtt54gh6

Thank you, Rooster Teeth, for being my introduction to internet content creation. I'll forever be happy that I was lucky enough to enjoy it while it lasted. I'm sure all of the people who made the company great will continue to do great things. The end of something old is the beginning of something new.

I haven’t been so emotionally about all this but hearing Barb talk about Geoff made me shed a few tears. He has always been someone to look up to for me and has been an inspiration in so many ways (such a parasocial way I know). His casual support for the people he loves, like it’s just the natural thing to do, is such an inspiration. His dealing with alcoholism has mirrored mine and looking up to him has got me through tough times. It was very emotionally satisfying to hear someone give him the credit he deserves for being such an awesome motherfucker. If you read this Geoff, your impact has improved the lives of so many people. I hope you know how loved you are.

I'll remember RT as the RT that Barb fell in love with. The fun and unique and beautiful group that was so important and influential to me when I was young, and not what they became. The closing was inevitable, the real tragedy was the decline.

Thank goodness RT and WB are trying to sell RT’s Shows

@ringkunmori

4 ай бұрын

They could have very well Coyote vs Acme'd the whole IP

@JimmyNuisance

4 ай бұрын

That's good to hear. Didn't know they were doing that. Rooster Teeth has too many good crews to just implode the whole thing and forget about it. Funhaus must be protected at all cost... It's one of my favorite groups of people on the internet ever. This whole thing is just super sad. Super duper sad.

@kraevorn7483

4 ай бұрын

@@JimmyNuisancewhat makes Funhaus appealing to you at least and other fans?

@JimmyNuisance

4 ай бұрын

@@kraevorn7483 They're good people with great chemistry. Their humor is right up my alley. Just a very feelgood crew.

@ross9804

4 ай бұрын

@@kraevorn7483 They're funny people that are also good individuals. They're not afraid to be somewhat "edgy" while also being socially aware and not alienating vast portions of their fanbase.

Babs is normally a bright ball of sunshine, it hurts to see her like this

Barb is an OG of the company and she's never changed who she is. She is an embodiment of what RT has always strived to be. Even though I didn't follow the company as much the past 5 years RT will always hold a special place in my heart. It still feels like yesterday since the RWBY red trailer came out and they were truly at peak internet days. No internet production company will ever match that content during those days across all mediums. From the original AH crew to RVB to RWBY they killed it across the board. Thank you Barb and the rest of the crew over the years. You achieved something not many companies like yours did or ever will. Be proud of that and I wish you all the best of luck in what you do.

@TS-uc4hi

4 ай бұрын

"Even though I didn't follow the company as much the past 5 years" that kinda makes you one of the reasons this happened lol. Millions of their fans/former-fans are like that, which is why their videos in 2014 pulled 2,000,000 views while videos in 2024 have 20,000 .

@trystin87

4 ай бұрын

@TS-uc4hi so what's your point? I'm simply addressing them shutting down as a long time fan. I'm not some random person who never supported them. I was a FIRST member for years, I helped fund Lazer team, and I have so much merch from them over the years. They still made it longer than they probably realistically should have, but don't come at me saying I'm part of why this happened. They made bad financial decisions, and their content became less watched due to quality. Some very important people left over the years as well, which pulled numbers away from them. There's a lot of factors. Let people just express their feelings.

@btun324

4 ай бұрын

@@trystin87 what hes saying is exactly why they eventually shut down, they had such a massive peak period (2007-2014) that Warner Bros acquired them and as soon as they became a long term financial loss (last 5 years) they got dumped, anyone who stopped watching is a part of the "problem"

@Theinen84

3 ай бұрын

​@@TS-uc4hiso you blame the fans of what they were, which skyrocketed the company, for not liking the monstrosity they became? Honestly not that surprising in 2024. RoosterTeeth shutting down is RoosteeTeeth's fault. They are the entire problem.

@hunter121347

3 ай бұрын

@@TS-uc4hi what a twisted way of looking at it, they stopped hiring people like barbara, michael, ray, monty and gavin who were either passionate and involved in the community/ just genuinely funny people with iconic personalities. and instead hired people like haywood and kovic when AH already had the strait man/ foil that was geoff and jack. crazy concept that a company built on a foundation of personalities goes down the shitter with corporatized resume hires. but ya its my fault they added boring and uninspired people to AH, the podcast and even their shows and animations

Im so old I remember Barbara, Ray(brownman) and Micheal as Chatter on the site video player, Not even mods. But For every book there a final chapter and it felt like after all the layoff and new cast and scandals the senseless rebranding od sub groups. It was like the book's writer died the story was never the same. Between the " this isnt an airport you dont need announce your departing" and the scandals. It overcorrected and became a meatsuit.

@dirtydirtyshisno7284

Ай бұрын

The more control corporate got the more they sucked the life out of RT, WB acquisition was a turning point towards the downfall

It really hurts to see Barbara like this. I hope she finds a new outlet because people will absolutely follow her.

It was a messy company with messy stories that probably should have been addressed better especially during this livestream, but the live stream was sweet and I feel for people losing their jobs

So whats stopping them all from starting a new company together? Burnie, Gus, and Geoff all hated the name RoosterTeeth anyway and said they would absolutely change the name if they could. Now they can.

@Likeomgitznich

4 ай бұрын

Nothing other than funding and the risk of legal disputes over IP which would make getting funding difficult.

@R0gueM

4 ай бұрын

@@LikeomgitznichGofundme. They’d pull in a ton of fan funding.

@saltystick_99

4 ай бұрын

I don't think Burnie has any desire to leave his Scottish farm for what is effectively a RT 2.0.

@rrchicken117

4 ай бұрын

​@@saltystick_99that coward ran

@saltystick_99

4 ай бұрын

@@rrchicken117 I think he more abandoned the sinking ship. The Ryan allegations came out a few months later after Burnie left, so I think [Burnie] dodged a bullet there personally.

Stay strong Barb. We’re here for you❤️😊👍 #RWBYLiveson

@Tony73727

4 ай бұрын

What's going to happen to Rwby?

@claysmith9287

4 ай бұрын

@@Tony73727 From what I’ve seen, some other company is going to buy it and the story will continue. At least that’s the hope.

I’m glad that she was found and we got to see her grow and pun her way through her career.

I’m sorry she’s suffering. I’m not sorry RT shut down.

Really hope she gets the chance to finish RWBY. I feel like she put a lot of effort into that character. Would feel like a waste for and the rest of the cast and giant disservice to Monty for it to just disappear. I hope someone who has respect for it ends up with it if it sells so the team to finish with a bang. I don't know what she does, moving forward, though. RT has been her life for so long. Moving onto another online space.or exiting it altogether for some random job feels like it would hurt too much. Good luck to her and the rest.

We love you Barbra thanks for always being the glue!

It's so hard hearing her talk. She's literally like, one of THE faces of RT. It's gotta hurt, especially after she and Trevor tied the knot. Talk about a rollercoaster of emotions.

*sniffs and wipes tear* God damn it Barb

Good luck to everyone

Awww Barbara I hope we find you somewhere new. You really were the heart and soul in lots of ways ❤️

I wish we could do something, rooster teeth is exactly 9 days older than me, and i cant imagine what the internet or me would be without all the people that were a part of this

She was a fucking trooper for sure and knew what she was about. Some damn good content throughout the years from her. Surely she will find something great next

thanks for posting this; I didn't know the company was being closed down until today! :o

She’s literally been there so fucking long crazy. Sad for all the OG cast and crew who made me love the company. Good luck everyone I hope to see you guys somewhere else making kick ass content. Love you rooster teeth thanks for all the amazing memories and laughs I don’t think my life would be as good without having watched let’s play growing up and RvB. End of an era

I grew up with barb, Gus, gav, ray, Michael, jack, Geoff, burnie, and so many others, this hurts.

Which stream was this of the goodbyes

Are we ever gonna get an explanation on the mica situation

What do you expect when you hold onto a ship that’s very obviously sinking for a long time. You act shocked when you end up in the water?

@davidfc7136

3 ай бұрын

Why choose to be a dickhead when someones clearly going through a rough time?

This is so hard to hear, from Barbara of all people. RT was very much many of our first foray into comedic content online well before KZread/TikTok. I'd come from school to catch on the latest comic/video/post of the next exciting thing the company would make. Many of my favorite cinematic scenes were from RT more than any other platform. To hear it being shuttered is like seeing my favorite childhood place closed right in front of me. I'm fearful what this means for independent creators in the future. My heart breaks for Barbara and the others than made RT home for me, and I wish them a healthy transition to a new home.

@malchir4036

4 ай бұрын

I'm way too old for this shit apparently. I was legal to fuck when meatspin came out in 2004 and Barbara was just an average blonde prop-girl to me.

I wish all these people the best. I’m sure they are scared right now but I have no doubt that things will work out in the future. They usually always do.

Im glad its over. I believe the company brought this on themselves and the fact they tried to bow down to bigger companies. No more struggles and hopefully they can all move on to something theyre passionate about again. Also whoever buys RWBY please reboot it for the love of GOD

I'll be keeping Barb and all of the other RT employees in my prayers. I can't imagine how difficult this time is for them right now, but I have to believe that there are great things waiting for them in the future. They're a group of wonderfully talented people, so I can't wait to see what they do next.

Think Barbra has plenty of talent to continue into voice work. Think her and most of the voice cast will be fine. Just hope everyone else who works at Roosterteeth will be ok.

It’s still hard to believe that it’s over. I mean, the very first vol. of RWBY was my introduction to Rooster Teeth, and I’ve been a fan ever since. From the multiversal/galactinc hijinxs of Red vs Blue, the awesome fantasy/sci-fi fights and adventures of RWBY to everything else in between, they just made amazing content and always managed to put a smile on my face. However everything always comes to an end, and I know it wont be easy. I honestly don’t know what I’ll miss more; you guys, the amazing content you create, the unfinished stories you had planned for your series (especially RWBY), or maybe all of the above. I know I should feel sad, but I also feel happy that you guys just show how much this means to you and how while it may not be easy, you come to terms with this in some way and I know you guys will do great things in the future. Also Barb is definitely one of favourites; she’s honestly one of my favourite people and she just always finds a way to make me smile…and seeing her like this instead of her usual bright ball of sunshine attitude was just heartbreaking. It was sad to see her like this, but she still showed strength in getting through this tough time. I hope you guys find a way to heal from this and that you go on to achieve great things in the future like I know you all will. You should be proud of your achievements and everything you gave us over the years. Goodbye Rooster Teeth…and Thank You.

I do hope they pool up an dmake an independent version of what they are after. No screenplay, no WB. Just them.

I wish the best for the, now former, RT crew. May they find more successes, and may their paths cross again.

Rooster teeth was epic channel

Don't worry, Barbara. I'll support you as Yang.

Barbara was always one of my favorite people in the company, her having joined around the time I started following them. Smart, witty, and hella funny (we have a shared love of puns), she was one person whom I looked up to in the company. I wish I had the ability to afford going to RTX at least once, if only so I could meet her and share some of my favorite puns with her. Seeing her like this also broke me, as it did with many others here. I can only hope that she and everybody else there lands on their feet and finds success and happiness down the road. And if it is meant to be, that they end up forming a new company to carry the torch, bringing the original Rooster Teeth's creative vision back to its roots, with a renewed focus on gaming, comedy, and bringing people together as one big community.

That has to be brutal as a fan turned employee. A dream come true coming to an end. Worst of all this has been a long time coming. I hated watching this company slowly lose great people and lose quality. RVB and PANICS forever!

First job loss is always the most difficult to process. But after multiple instances of losing work for various reasons in one lifespan eventually it will harden your mind & soul to accept that nothing in a "career" is absolute; it's all temporary for satisfying the personal requirements at that time. One becomes numb to personal belonging of work and the sudden epiphany dawns upon them: the skills and efforts are all that an employer seeks, not the personality behind it. Better to keep your well-being to yourself and not to any one company, ever.

@Roc_Official

2 ай бұрын

Perfectly said! Relatable 💯

38 here.. feeling sad about this. Really hoping rwby continues.

lowkey she was one of the resons for the downfall considering she was one of the people who could never take any constructive criticism

This makes me care less about how their channel fell off, I don’t think they deserve this.

Oh girl....we are all sorry. She's a good person.

And I can't watch the video Hearing her just sniffle with tears forming is enough for me to say Ain't strong enough to watch the rest Tragic all around for RT

@JimmyNuisance

4 ай бұрын

Same! I don't have the emotional fortitude to deal with this right now. Just slapped that pause button and wrote a few lines of support in the comments. So sad.

it's so sad indeed, but all their sadness is NOTHING compared to the depression this series gave me after the finale of volume 8. I took it so personal. I was crying for weeks! and it made cursed the Rooster teeth hoping they'll also feel the same depression I felt. I guess THIS IS IT! It's payback time.

The biggest mistake they made was selling the company in 2015. I've been out of touch with most of their newer content (from late 2020 to present), but it was easy to see that the cutain had already started to close. With that said, I'm going to cherish the memories growing up with RT and AH. But Im happy that its coming to a close. While it sucks for everyone that will be unemployed, over the past few years there was definitely a sense that they were unhappy with some of their projects. Im going to miss the gang and all the office shenanigans, the podcasts and lets plays. Its been hard watching the fall of RT and the brand they made, but damn they definitely made an impact on all of us fans. Farewell Rooster Teeth, you blazed your path on the internet, and you're now leaving a Blood Gulch sized hole in all of our hearts.

It's really sad that this company has closed down for good. RWBY was my favorite show and was the only show from the company that I would ever watch. I'm sad to see the show get cancelled.

Time to get the box wine out

So crazy idea but since the internet still exists and content creators are still doing their thing then why don't they just keep making content and start the next company.

@AbuHajarAlBugatti

4 ай бұрын

Yeah. German game tv show moderators did that. Started the first 24/7 hour channel on twitch and made themselves a entire games channel and turned into a big company and then bought the rights to the TV show and made a remake on side for TV and KZread which is still running at episode 800 something. Game one was the first europes videogame tv shows name. Then they opened rocketbeans on twitch as that enormous project never seen since and run GamesTwo TV now

Dude this sucks I am sad. I am sad for these guys I hope to see at least some of them continue to make content together on a smaller scale.

Crazy. She and Jack are the only ones I recognize in this

@rudyhernandez4962

4 ай бұрын

You don’t recognize my boy Chrissy D right behind Barbs? Mad disrespect bro.

@danterodriguez03

4 ай бұрын

Not even Chris?

Yall did it to yourselves

@YeahDudeTwo

Ай бұрын

You make a media company that lasts 21 years, go ahead if it's so easy.

@andrewsanger3489

Ай бұрын

@@YeahDudeTwo old news dude move on

@YeahDudeTwo

Ай бұрын

@@andrewsanger3489 lol "oh you're calling me out on something I could never back up.....move on, dude!" Typical hater.

All I can think about is how you treated your own fans Barbara!! No criticism, you’re always right huh Barbara! Don’t cry now you made the bed.

What sucks the most is that while f**facke and face jam will go on, giving me a weekly dose of gavin, michael, geoff, andrew, jordan, etc. I have no idea where to go to see gus, barb, jack, chris, miles, blaine, and everyone else

Start Fowl Dentures, inc. and get a kickstarter going! Time to do it again!

Closing vs handing ip to the employees if they want to continue blows my mind

Rough subject but I like to find the humor in dark times: Barb giving massive professor Trelawny being banished from hogwarts vibe. Going to miss RT but I'm excited for the future of the creators sans WBD's corporate shackles.

I remember when we gathered around to watch all the yellow, black, white and red trailers back in 2010 for RwBy sad to see it go but they played themselves big time when they invested a lot into Gen Lock

This whole situation is really sad. I don't think any of them deserved this. But it is a cautionary tale about selling out

@dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970

4 ай бұрын

They definitely did. The way they treated their paying customers, this was needed.

@rumham8124

4 ай бұрын

Also failing to adapt to changes in consumer and internet culture.

@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777

4 ай бұрын

​@@dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970 was it Barbara's decision to mistreat their customers? Genuinely asking, I have not been following RT for nearly a decade

@supershot9729

4 ай бұрын

​​@@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777 no one here in this thread is talking about her specifically, the company did sell out. Regardless if she was in on it or not RT did that, no one here (or anyone that is reasonable) is blaming her for it

@connerthewubbzler1062

4 ай бұрын

It's hard for me to feel for Barbara after her twitter rant of "If you don't like it, don't watch it" You made the bed, you stood by it and said it was fine, you told us we were wrong...lay in it and deal with the consequences.

Neah, you guys had it coming. We all saw it coming.

As much as I dislike what RWBY did with Blake and Yang (They could built up thei love for each other before V6 and then more before V9), I still wanna say that I hope you and the others are able to find new jobs Barbara.

Internet box comeback

I bet Barbara is really regretting doing that bumblebee Onlyfans project now, knowing it contributed to absolutely nothing 🤣🤣🤣

#saverwby #saveteeth

seeing yang cry makes me heartbroken

@FrostbiteDigital

3 ай бұрын

It makes me giggle hahaha.

@jameslazaridis4180

3 ай бұрын

@@FrostbiteDigitalget in the basement

What about the stinky dragon??!!!?

Where was the support for Kathleen Zuelch?

@randomcenturion7264

3 ай бұрын

Ooh boy was that an ugly send off.

@fluffytoaster427

3 ай бұрын

@@randomcenturion7264 I didn't realize she moved on from RT under bad conditions, what happend?

Imagine how Vic felt when they fired him, and they did not support him at all. So I can't feel too bad.

@DarkKeybladeMaster23

3 ай бұрын

yep.

@randomcenturion7264

3 ай бұрын

True

@jameslazaridis4180

3 ай бұрын

Who’s vic

@DarkKeybladeMaster23

3 ай бұрын

@@jameslazaridis4180 Vig Mignola

@thewaffle003

3 ай бұрын

​@@jameslazaridis4180 og voice actor for qrow

Karma just hit Barb like a freight train!!!

Im noticing a lot of animosity towards the company in the comments. I haven't been following RT for almost a decade now, so I definitely understand why people would be so bitter. But I don't think its fair to say that every single person in the company "deserved it" Because the reality is... Most of the people in the company really didn't bring any of this to themselves, all those bad decisions wasn't their call. And that's why some of us here feel sympathy for them despite all that's happened. because a lot of them were most likely just enjoying their job, doing their best to earn their paycheck each day, and having each others' backs through all the controversies and infamy. To see that they'll lose that familiar place just because a few higherups made some bad calls is heartbreaking, and I can't in good conscience say that they "deserved it" RT is done, our childhood is done, let the hate go with it. Lets all move on as adults and wish them a better life moving forward.

@NicEeEe843

4 ай бұрын

They weren’t making content people wanted to watch, let’s not forget

@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive

4 ай бұрын

@@NicEeEe843Now WB isn’t either, or they’re making content, finishing it, and never releasing it because another streaming service won’t bid high enough so just go for a tax break.

@Jakuuu

4 ай бұрын

I agree, and I remember in this livestream when the woman next to Barb was speaking (can't remember what her name was but she has curly hair and the laptop) she said that when Fullscreen acquired them a lot of the staff were pissed that they were owned by a corporation now. A lot of these employees were victims of higher ups decisions and now they're being thrown out and I feel really bad for all of them

@TheCrunchbite

4 ай бұрын

They became political…that’s a company killer

@jmorales6539

4 ай бұрын

​@@TheCrunchbiteThat usually happens when you get bought out by a corporation. They start changing the identity of what used to be said company.

It’s been so long since I’ve watched RT, they have grown so much. However, let’s be honest this isn’t the end. They will all either start something new or we will see multiple new different companies come out of this or they all just jump to streaming.

I luv barb

we vote we direct all of our negative emotions towards warner for selling out like a bunch of sycophants. I for one will never give WB another penny.

Make a new channel Duck Jaws

@connerthewubbzler1062

4 ай бұрын

Chicken Lips!

@RobertT1999

4 ай бұрын

All that would be is a half baked reference to "Rooster Teeth". It doesn't have a hidden entendre like it did.

I remember when she dated Aaron and then after they broke up, everyone in the company just shunned the poor guy until he had to quit.

@randomcenturion7264

3 ай бұрын

Who was Aaron.

@andrewp3358

3 ай бұрын

@@randomcenturion7264he was a fit guy. I remember him

I don't know why so many people are surprised. A lot of us started to see the writing on the wall and started calling it out a long, but the community wrote us off as trolls and haters. Do you believe us now? It is a shame to see it happened. I mourned RT in 2017 when i gave up and walked away. Can't help people who don't want to be helped. Maybe it could have been different. I still miss the old RT, back when it has soul, passion and purpose.

@tomwozne

4 ай бұрын

Exactly. Imo they resisted too much change they should've gone more woke.

Imagine being p4ssed around a college culture campus and being sad it's ending 😂

Remember all the videos where these same exact people said “if you don’t like the new RT you can feel free to leave”. How’d that work out in the end huh? You threw away all your original fan for some cash grabs and now your company went under. I have zero sympathy for all these crocodile tears.

@randomcenturion7264

3 ай бұрын

This is true. It is unwise to believe you are bigger than your audience.

What did they need 150 employees for? I didnt know rooster teeth was even still around. They were last interesting 3-4 years ago and that only because of Always Open. All their other stuff was subpar

@JimmyNuisance

4 ай бұрын

They made a lot of animated stuff that I never watched. That's not easy, so they hired a lot of people. That was probably their biggest mistake overall. If they want to make cartoons, spin that shit off into another company.. Instead they drained the company of cash while making very little of the stuff that people wanted to see. Who gives a shit about cartoons on youtube? That's a microscopic audience.. And the videos cost immense amounts of money to make. 20 minutes of cartoons probably cost more than 6 months of people just playing games in front of a camera like Achievement Hunter... People wanted achievement hunter, they got cartoons....

@conormil1268

4 ай бұрын

​@@JimmyNuisanceits hard cause thats what started the company was machinamation

Womp womp

They'll bounce back. Next time don't sell to a corporate giant.

@matthewpletsch7523

4 ай бұрын

Ummm. Not surprised this kind of thing exists. A fundamental misunderstanding of WHY they sold out. It made resources avaliable too grow and be as big as they were.

@peytonalexander5300

4 ай бұрын

@@matthewpletsch7523They didn’t need to be any bigger. They became a cornerstone of the internet all on their own. Corporate greed ruins everything it touches.

@ryanwilliams5904

4 ай бұрын

@matthewpletsch7523 yes but after they sold their content started to go down, multiple personalities and didn't need a million different podcasts and channels doing the same thing. It inevitably doomed all the new partner channels from growing.

@Rizon1985

4 ай бұрын

​@@matthewpletsch7523 It made resources available for Burnie to buy a Tesla and destroy a new drone every week and laugh at poor people on the podcast. If he cared about RT or any of the employees he wouldn't have sold out 10 years ago to one of the many shady KZread multichannel companies who were vehemently against streaming because they had exclusivity deals with KZread and orders from them. Only years later and way too late was KZread gaming ready and it was one of their biggest failures. Always going on tirades how they were so much smarter than other media by putting content online and growing from being on the internet. Now they're over a decade behind on understanding how people want to watch content themselves.

@TheCrunchbite

4 ай бұрын

And don’t pander to political sides

"That's the world. Everything you build, it tears down. Everything you've got, it takes-and it's gone forever." A sad day indeed.

All that bumblebee ship shilling and they still failed, RT has done so much shady crap that i cant feel sorry for them.

They can just make another channel and start over call it teethrooster

@epnlvr9790

4 ай бұрын

Will still be a dead channel

Oh wow, all the comments on this video are bots 😂

Free ride is over sweaty. Time to join the work force.

Griff and simon last stand, good bye roosterteeth.

I loved RT from day one. I had to step away around late 2021 or early 2022. She was part of the reason why I stopped. I loved her years ago and then around Covid she and others started getting bad. Shoving the “wear your fucking masks” stuff for no reason in every RT podcast. I’m not anti masker but her and others would randomly insert that and some anti trump shit multiple times per podcast. I’m not a trump guy either I just find it annoying. I would turn to RT to escape the politics and Covid world we were in and they had to use this platform to bitch about it all the time. They can be talking about halo and then she would randomly cry about masks for 3 minutes for no reason. They caused their own downfall They would contradict themselves every week depending on what the world told them was trendy. Look at how they treated Micah and kdin then suddenly a year later they were calling gay and black people brave. Where was that prior ? Watching old videos they have flipped so hard. Then they say people don’t change yet say they were capable of change wtf

Alright let me be the one to bring sense to this situation. Their own employees are doing shit behind the scenes for years like ryan was doing. Maybe not to that extent that he did bc he got "exposed" but a large enough amount of shit heads worked there that the people on camera finally quit and said something about it. That was 2 years ago both ryan and mica. I can quote you the words from their mouths to the fans "if youre part of the problem we dont want you here, we dont want you as fans" they themselves started to alienate their own fans and viewers so much that there isnt enough money behind their company now. This is upper managements fault yes. But its everyones fault for not saying anything sooner. Calling out stuff like that. This is the culmination of everything they've (the company) done and neglected.

@assortedguts

4 ай бұрын

smh, this might be the dumbest shit i've read about this whole thing. yeah, dude, not wanting problematic people as fans is what led to their downfall. you have no clue what you're talking about. acting like anyone fucking knew what ryan was doing until it came out. jesus.

@DeathwingDuck

4 ай бұрын

Would say this contributed, but WB is ultimately burning almost everything to the ground that they own, possibly to make their losses into a tax write off from what people are speculating. They've also shut down Adult Swim Games and tons of other projects. Shit's completely fucked. I would say it was probably an easy decision for them to end Rooster Teeth.

@iuh4teducking870

4 ай бұрын

@@DeathwingDuck No doubt that Warner Bros is the biggest asshole here. For them to end Rooster Teeth I can see why because I believe I saw a graph for their viewers and subscribers decline at a certain point. Warner Bros probably saw where they were at this point in time and wanted to pull the tax-write-off card cuz they just can't be out a single dime, like any other greedy corporation

@bobthornton9730

4 ай бұрын

Life is full of inescapable truths. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, death comes for us all, and the most ignorant among us will always come out of the woodwork to make comments that have no bearing on the facts and only serve to distance others from the truth. Your small-mindedness is not particularly shocking, it's actually quite expected. It's preposterous to presume that an increased focus on diversity, which came as the company and its fanbase grew in size, led to its downfall. How many companies have increased their focus on inclusivity and not shut down? If anything, expanding the potential consumer-base at the cost of a small minority of committed racists only helped the company grow in size, or, at least, delayed the inevitable. The fact of the matter is that something as large as this company's shutdown has a plurality of causes, with no simple answer. It would be impossible to list all of the factors that resulted in the end of Rooster Teeth, but here's a few off the top of my head. Fullscreen acquiring RT was a pivotal moment for the company, shifting the company culture away from a community-driven, independent content studio to a corporate brand that alienated the supporters who had brought it so much success in the first place. Likely, a significant part of that decay was driven by a weakening of parasocial relationships. Further, Monty Oum's death derailed the long-term plans for RWBY, a major project that Rooster Teeth had a great deal of hope for, both artistically and commercially. A primary draw of the show was, inarguably, his experience and skill in motion capture and fight choreography. The show had problems to begin with, but it began to take shape in Volume 3, coincidentally, the last season Monty had any real creative input over before his shocking passing. In a similar vein, the way the property of Red vs Blue was handled post season 10 likely also contributed to a decline as well. It's no secret that when your most profitable and "iconic" piece of media starts to receive mixed reviews, your company's trajectory likely won't be as solid as it once was. I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention the changing landscape of internet content as a whole. As previously mentioned, a considerable draw to Rooster Teeth, and, as a function of it, LetsPlay, was the parasocial relationships offered by the studio, but, unfortunately for Achievement Hunter and RT, it doesn't require a full-time team, editors, and a huge cast, just a computer and someone playing some games. "Let's Play" content and livestreaming as career options took off, and RT was now competing with hundreds, if not thousands, of individual content creators and influencers, who didn't have to regurgitate the same content over and over again. I'd argue the fact that AH lost Ray to a streaming career emblemizes this point perfectly. Covid only exasperated this, as content from these sources (and others, like podcasting) grew exponentially. The landscape shifted, and RT couldn't compete. There's also the scandals that happened, ranging from Micah's outspoken criticism of company practices, to the accusations against Ryan Haywood and Adam Kovic, to Joel Heyman's idiotic and deranged behavior online and in person. Then there's the loss of key figures, like Gus and Bernie, the failure of Gen:Lock, and the layoffs. These are only a few factors, though, I'm sure there's stuff I'm forgetting or problems that I'm just not privy to that contributed to the company's downfall. The writing has been on the wall for awhile. "Diversity" wouldn't come to a rational person's mind, unless one was specifically driven by a narrative that conveniently aligns with their broader worldview. The ignorance of your comment speaks to a greater truth that, ironically, you may never grasp because of your narrow thinking: sometimes the truth is really damn complicated.

@nairocamilo

4 ай бұрын

You brought not much sense, but did bring your own baggage.