Jack Pattillo responds to Rooster Teeth Shutdown

Achievement Hunter co-founder Jack Pattillo responds to Rooster Teeth's shutdown by Warner Bros. Discovery on March 6th, 2024.
Footage taken from a Rooster Teeth livestream addressing the shutdown on March 7th, 2024.
Roughly 150 employees encompassing RT were effectively laid off and will be unemployed within a month or so, according to RT employees. The status of remaining and upcoming shows such as Camp Camp, RWBY, and Red vs. Blue: Restoration are unknown. Warner shutdown the company after being unable to sell the company and determining RT and its properties were "unprofitable." Warner is looking to sell these properties once RT is shutdown.
Please support any and all employees individually on their personal platforms. All proceeds made to RT directly now are not expected to go to any of the remaining employees as RT begins to shutdown.
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[@Zeek0079]

I used to feel like i knew all the people at RT and now i dont recognize 80% of the people up there

[@charliedriver1717]

It’s so weird.

[@louishardiman7749]

So true. Who the heck are these people 😂😂😂

[@NicaeAlgon]

Same, like I've stopped watching them around Ray left AH, and came back when the 2/3rds of the crew is unrecognizable. Add more insult to injury to what happened to Ryan and renaming themselves to Dog Bark made everything worse for me, like not surprised lol

[@Zeek0079]

@@NicaeAlgon i wouldn't even call it rebranding or naming AH had honestly died a while ago. The only semi original person left was Michael. How much can you change something and still call it the same thing. At least Ray makes entertaining content still he's been killing it with Matt recently.

[@brandonfoley7519]

A lot of them are the behind the scenes tech people, just because you don't recall recognize them doesn't meant hey have been there for 10 years​@@louishardiman7749

[@brycelynds3768]

Just in Achievement Hunter: We saw Geoff beat alcoholism Michael and Lindsay start their own family Ray became the 51st biggest streamer on Twitch Jack got married and started a wildly successful charity event Matt became a successful streamer Jeremy became a successful streamer Gavin is one of the biggest KZbinrs in the world Alfredo is streaming amongst others as well.

[@tiffanyroberts6460]

Just don’t mention the less then stellar stuff how Griffin divorced Geoff, Ray and Jeremy quit to become much more successful streamers, Matt got effectively fired for reasons unknown, Ryan got fired for very known reasons and Gavin nearly got murdered in his own home.

[@boblet132tx]

​@@tiffanyroberts6460 the Gavin part wait what?

[@ReaperOmega2187]

@@boblet132txthere was a home invasion at Gavin’s House, pretty scary…

[@tiffanyroberts6460]

@@boblet132tx a man who was stalking Meg broke into their house with a gun intending to murder Gavin, the cops got there in time but the man was gunned down in their driveway.

[@boblet132tx]

Wow i cant believe i never heard about this. Far out, just to ad more to the stress of this whole situation ​@tiffanyroberts6460

[@weaklyxonin]

Jack and Geoff for potentially the last time, man... damn. We need one last pod of all the OG's to send us off. PLEASE

[@BrxIghtside]

Theyll come back,podcasts are free

[@NotOurRemedy]

OGs are Burnie, Geoff, Gus, Joel, Matt

[@weaklyxonin]

@@NotOurRemedy JOELLLLLLL

[@willl3770]

@@weaklyxonin sadly Joel didn't leave on good terms, and as much as I like Joel and want to support and defend him, he stopped coming into work over a disagreement. Regardless of the disagreement, you have to fire someone for not showing up. I just wished he kept making videos or podcasts because I'd watch them. I'd also love to hear Matt and Burnie's take on it, even though I'm pretty sure they didn't have anything to do with his firing

[@willl3770]

The podcast department is the only part of rooster teeth that they're keeping, which works for me because I only listen to their podcasts anymore. I just hope the old achievement guides will still be up because those are nostalgic and you can't watch them anywhere else like you can with RWBY and RvB and all their other shows

[@DUBUND3AD]

Thank you RT and AH, discovered during Fails of the Weak, countless hours watched. I truly hope ya'll land on your feet

[@potatosordfighter666]

Here's hoping someone pulls the same move Mythical did for SMOSH on RT.

[@weenusdeletus8068]

Same brother. Reach days. Hooked ever since

[@HamLover17]

You should leave America too Jack you clearly hate it here

[@maxpokebruh27]

I FELT that hug with Jack and Geoff.

[@matthewpletsch7523]

I cried. Alot.

[@charliedriver1717]

Same. It hits dude. The shit they’ve been through 🥺

[@HappyGaming11]

RT died 10 years ago

[@lordzanthartehallen8963]

I’ll be generous and say 7 years

[@yetube6047]

Jack should work in home construction after RT. Heard he’s good at it.

[@riskrask3310]

Fuck it I’m gonna go build a house

[@luketj]

im gonna build a house

[@UMBChannel2019]

Jack The Builder

[@SirFooplesTheThird]

​@@UMBChannel2019CAN WE FIX IT!?

[@RaptorNX01]

DAMMIT GAVIN!

[@cstrutherskgs]

Calling the criticism “haters” and ignoring it is exactly why RT has collapsed.

[@purefoldnz3070]

and good riddance.

[@BawlsMcLathers]

After watching Let's plays from rooster teeth all the way since game time with Geoff and Burnie up until Fiona joined and it kinda became unbearable you are 100% right. That dynamic was NEVER good and now look where it has gotten them. Not at all surprised by this outcome and if anything, I'm amazed they made it this far after they fired Ryan and that whole AH dynamic shifted forever. If you like old school RT stuff check out Kinda Funny though they have never stopped being great!

[@ranjibir3806]

Exactly. People fail to realise this. Love Jack but this mentality of his got annoying most of the time. But it never really impacted the company as he was the only person that really expressed it. But then they started hiring way more snowflakes that shared this mentality to handle other parts of the company which caused it to fall apart fast.

[@lordcommodore]

You guys are who he's talking about. 100's of people losing their jobs but you guys are desperate to come and shit on people on the internet and be dicks about it. They're real people.

[@00deathboy]

rooster teeth didnt collapse. warner Bros is notorious for mishandling their IP's. the only reason RT is being shut down and not sold is for a tax write off

[@MrFunnyManChris]

God I hate their 2024 logo. It looks awful

[@vladimirputin2398]

It’s cringe like everything else about them these days

[@GizzakOlden]

I'd say it could be worse but... Nah.. Looks like a Chick-fillet tumbler print design..

[@ffffdsd]

Looks like a fast food logo

[@MedusaRoosevelt]

On the bright side, you won't have to worry about it for too much longer

[@NicaeAlgon]

At least it's gonna die alongside this company on life support that they finally pulled the plug, god it's looks like a shitty fast food logo

[@quinnnewman9538]

Is it weird that geoff and jack represent rooster teeth more than anything

[@davemustang8173]

Geoff does. Jack represents the worst of the company with his "F the Haters" attitude towards criticism

[@Zw285]

@@davemustang8173 Jesus dude, what a way to paint the exact target that he's talking about on you back... smh

[@davemustang8173]

@@Zw285 it's true

[@derpstick5467]

@@davemustang8173I can kinda believe it.

[@davemustang8173]

@@derpstick5467 It's not anything new either. You can find evidence of his crybaby nature as far back as the Drunk Tank days.

[@derrick9605]

It's weird to see them congratulating themselves so much. This company went from sailing on success to being at the bottom of the ocean in just a few years. Denouncing any criticism as "haters" like Jack was doing in certain parts of this stream is, I think a huge part of the problem.

[@mopioline65]

almost like lighting a large portion of your audience and being able to do nothing to draw in any new audience is bad for business.

[@fsociety6983]

@@mopioline65 Yeah, they took the video game journalist approach of showing outright disdain for your core audience and then wondering why you're getting criticism

[@davismorganadhd]

Rooster teeth was never “sailing on success” lol. They were decent started out but weren’t making any money so they went the outside funding route which used to be the only way you could make something like that work. The issue is that once you go with that you can’t go back so they were stuck in that world, unable to scale down the business due to both internal and external pressure. The fact that it was around for more than a decade is a testament to the people involved. That business model just never really worked in the first place.

[@Kaipyro67ALT]

@@davismorganadhd Dude, Rooster Teeth WAS hella successful. They were THE internet channel for over a decade. Red vs Blue, Rage Quit, Achievement Hunter, the RT Podcast, RWBY-- all extremely successful. But they had controversy after controversy for the last several years, they were bought by WarnerBros., the people who started the company left while they could, etc. You are right that they got stuck in a corporate business model, but that hardly erases their years of success.

[@wildbard4112]

It sounded like Jack was just calling out the people who were being assholes, not the people who gave criticism.

[@medinajose1996602]

Theres like 2 ppl i know there tf

[@bobloblawlawbomb4054]

Hated jack the most

[@TheStormVergil]

i stop paying attention for 8 years and now this happens

[@TurboFist0]

Lol it does seem that a ton of people stopped watching right around the 2016-17 period. I stopped sometime in 2017 myself.

[@JwowCowherd]

@@TurboFist0 same

[@TheStormVergil]

@@TurboFist0 uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i feel so bad, i been watching them since the beginning almost

[@davemustang8173]

you didn't miss much. Mostly scandals and Jack being a crybaby about any criticism

[@TheStormVergil]

@@davemustang8173 bahaahahaha

[@joshualamp2438]

I remember when they used to bitch about Jack not talking and I wish they never encouraged him to talk.

[@greengoblin4391]

Looking at this room all I recognize is jack and Barbara. Wow RT has basically been completely replaced

[@tiffanyroberts6460]

They drove out all their talent and replaced them with ‘diversity’ and they wonder why everyone stopped watching

[@tobiasreinhold7642]

For me it's Barbara, Chris, Jessica, Wizard Larry, Jack and also Trevor on the front right. I also recognize Chelsea, but that's mostly not due to the video content.

[@NeonKC]

@@tiffanyroberts6460I think the ryan controversy put them in a really bad spot but they overcorrected and fucked themselves

[@tiffanyroberts6460]

@@NeonKC the ryan controversy only exposed what people were already somewhat aware of being the toxic work environment, there was already a track record of inappropriate workplace behaviour popping up. We all saw how they treated Joel for not carrying their political agenda, there was what Mica said and I don’t think it’s ever explained why Matt was stripped of his full time position, Jeremy had been in trouble with HR for the Indian flag cheeseburger golf ball gag which is still hilarious and while not confirmed it looked like Ray ran screaming from the building rather them forcing him to be in more minecraft videos. Ryan was just the cherry on top of a company that either didn’t respect its talent to the point they wanted out or allowed them to get away with abusive behaviour. I’ll just say I think it’s telling the only ‘dog bark’ member there was Trevor and the only fuckface member was Geoff.

[@NeonKC]

@@tiffanyroberts6460 interesting comments what do dogbark and fuckface employees mean

[@souperman72]

Who the fuck are these people? I haven't seen any RT shit since maybe 2018 and all I recognize is Jack and Geoff.

[@298enterprise]

My heart is with Geoff right now. So many memories of watching and being a part of this community was the best part of my childhood. watching Fails of The Weak, Red Vs. Blue, Immersion, Achievemnet Hunter, and RWBY were the best parts for me to be a part of this community. #neverforget #Letsplay #RTFOREVER

[@Znaffers]

I started Achievement Hunter watching Jack and Geoff do Halo Horse and it was nothing short of the best time of my life. I can still look over at my brother any time two things collide and just go "HEEEEEY GEEEOOOFFF" and we'll laugh. I hope nothing more than that they all find their place on the internet again, and this time better than ever. If there's any group that deserves a rebirth it would be this one

[@maymayman0]

You know literally yesterday, I was reminiscing randomly about the time I saw Jack at a con and he was eating subway. I didn't wanna bother him but my dad encouraged me to go over and ask for a pic. He didn't act annoyed at all that I was interrupting his food, even though I'm sure he was. I'm really thankful for something so small like that. He is a great dude and he has always been my favorite AH member

[@JustAJinx-ci6hg]

It's Jack. Be glad he didn't wind up eating you too /j

[@Cheshire9k]

Same Jack who keeps telling fans to fuck themselves if they disagree with his political views?

[@JustAJinx-ci6hg]

@@Cheshire9k More like tells them to fuck off when they try to argue with him about it and bitch when he doesn't pander to them... Yes, that Jack.

[@derpstick5467]

@@Cheshire9knever meet your heroes as they say, especially in this case if you don’t share the exact same political views as them

[@animemagicartguy]

I owe rooster teeth and achievement hunter alot for my 360 days for helping me for completing an achievement on xbox and then get pulled into their other vids such as fails of the week or rt life, RT made an achievement for my life which was my childhood 30G

[@frankiebluethgen4291]

i get why people are sad for the big names like jack and geoff, and it does suck for them, but honestly i feel awful for the hundreds of people who worked behind the scenes there. hoping and praying that the hundreds of people who dont have a public persona to fall back on find their footing

[@300Walk]

Its a shame how many employees they ended up hiring

[@strategystuff5080]

I stopped watching when Ray left. Sad to see them go, but from what I heard they already went past the point of wearing out their welcome.

[@ginahatim3088]

Ray left 10 years ago

[@fsociety6983]

@@ginahatim3088 Then he stopped watching 10 years ago. Quite a lot of people did.

[@gotzmadskittlez3406]

@@fsociety6983Rooster Teeth has existed longer without Ray than it ever did with him. "Stopped watching when Ray left" is like saying "I stopped watching TV when they added color" lmao.

[@GizzakOlden]

@@gotzmadskittlez3406Damn, why gotta make us all feel like fossils like that? xD

[@EvilParagon4]

I say if you're interested in watching more, Ray's "replacement", Jeremy, does a great job in the role. Watch until Trevor and Alfredo join and you'll get most of the good stuff.

[@canadanionerdo5434]

Wow Jack is STILL saying Thing.

[@The_Marine708]

Seeing Barbara cry when Geoff hugged Jack crushed me completely...

[@chrisbuttonshaw2088]

the OG crew {well Version 2}

[@davemustang8173]

it was crocodile tears. Barbara and Jack are part of the reason why the company is as bad as it is

[@derpstick5467]

⁠@@davemustang8173i know you said Jack is an asshole when it comes to political opinions but Barbara? What did she do or how does she act that would cause RT to crumble?

[@patrickevans368]

@@derpstick5467it’s just Dave being the exact kind of person who Jack was talking about.

[@ultimatecrawler6927]

@@davemustang8173you should never have tapped on the video if that’s your reaction to this.

[@inopig]

Thank you so much for archiving these. I came to the strean late and was so heartbroken that it didn't stay up afterward.

[@derbydriver]

Leave it to Jack to bring angry ranting into an otherwise positive and uplifting moment.

[@derbydriver]

@@WAH2.0 Except that he had a history of running his mouth at the most inappropriate times and it’s one of the reasons people stopped watching videos he was on.

[@ChaosGod144]

Yeah looking back now over the 21 years of RT, Jack was the patient 0 of hen pecking people over jokes and politics. Like I remember him discussing on the RT podcast that the word gyped was offensive to Romani people, but the irony being I think that was the same episode where Burnie straight up says the N-word with a hard R. Personally I do think RT went corporate then got too arrogant from success, Burnie even mentioned the excessive drinking at one point, and hired pretentious young staff who just leaned into politics without realizing that the founders of RT had all posted/said Libertarian or moderate sentiments years prior. Which currently the only thing extremists hate more than their opponents is moderates

[@derbydriver]

@@WAH2.0 The problem is, and always has been, that certain people at RT are so much more eager to attack the trolls in their audience than they are to recognize the outpouring of love and support. Jack says NOTHING about the people who have been crying for RT and it’s employees, but is sure to take his time on stage to rail against trolls. Typical of Jack and several other key players at RT.

[@thelizardking3807]

Jack was always terrible, boy did he get toxic as time went on

[@blackrose8418]

He was always toxic, nothing changed

[@codygreene9067]

I wanted to care but I don’t even recognize most of the people on that stage anyway so who gives a fuck.

[@philipjdry1234]

Dam if i was in their HR, i woulf have yell at all the assholes, clean house and set the talent to be good mentally and doing the right things

[@Razgriz85]

I only know 5 faces in this crowd. RT began to lose its luster when Monty died.

[@BuckeyeNut123]

For me it was when they nuked the Forums.

[@derpstick5467]

@@BuckeyeNut123when did that happen?

[@GizzakOlden]

I think it was in phases. Each branch kinda fell off one at a time for me. AH and Let's Play I fell off of when GTAV came out. Podcast I dropped when Burnie left. RvB lost it's shine after s10 for me, stopped totally after s12. RWBY's all I kept up with cause I have a group I watch it with.

[@derpstick5467]

@@GizzakOlden why’d you fall off with AH and let’s play when GTAV came out? They had some good videos with that game.

[@GizzakOlden]

@@derpstick5467I'm not really sure. Hard to put my finger on it. Just got to a point where when a new video popped into my sub box, I put off watching it in favor of other things. Then at some point, I think around the heists, trying to jump back in to any given video just felt like.. I was missing a lot that had happened. So I just kept checking in less and less until I just didn't watch.

[@zackscarborough6402]

Love them talk about how all this new talent the people that literally killed rooster teeth you forced our your old fans

[@aidencrawford9704]

Its weird how Jack kind of represented allot of the worst parts of the RT approach to succeeding at making content from a smaller company.

[@gamefish451]

Jack killed my experience for AH and let’s play with his rants and constant politics in podcasts and games. And yet again here he is angry ranting and cussing up a storm. I miss early 201* AH, those were the glory days

[@itz_deoxys]

The day ray left rt is the day the downfall started

[@Zeek0079]

That year was definitely the start lost Monty then Ray

[@notnotjake]

I’m not surprised they’re going under seeing how they’ve changed

[@j_frop]

Jack blocked me on twitter years ago and to this day I still don’t know why lol. I’ve never tweeted or replied to anything he’s ever posted.

[@davismorganadhd]

Jack has literally aged backwards since joining Rooster Teeth. He looks incredible.

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

To his credit, yeah.

[@GizzakOlden]

Getting to a healthier weight makes a big difference, even just energy levels now that you aren't carrying as much weight around, breathing is easier, etc. And just more confidence. ..Sometimes a bit too much confidence. But still..

[@discoprince9065]

0:48 That right there, is one of the *many reasons* why RT fell, always having that adittude is why so many people would criticize them, and why they would leave when people like Jack makes an ass of himselfs... sure the big controversies are nothing to over look, but its also in the little moments like this, generalizing large portions of their community thinking enough will stick around to support them (they didn't).

[@GizzakOlden]

Ok but like... there's a difference between saying "I'm not a fan of what you're doing with your IPs, you've had legitimate controversies that soured my view on your company and I'm taking my viewership elsewhere" and saying "Every single person at this company doesn't just deserve to lose their livelihoods, live and die in ditches, you're all monsters." I would maintain using the block button on the latter is completely valid.

[@ArnulfoSalgado]

Hems clearly referring to the aholes who are celebrating the downfall of the company and shitting on all the people losing their jobs. He’s allowed to call that out, the fuck?

[@discoprince9065]

@ArnulfoSalgado Jack and others at RT have a history or generalizing large groups of people (including their own fans at times) and spitting in their faces, so to speak. And if people were toxic (the internet is a vast ocean, I admit there will always be "that one asshole") he should have just blocked them and spent more time not being spiteful, if anything that just draws more attention, but from Jack & RT's reputation, many people know he's spend his time getting mad a Luke warm stuff, He has a history.

[@cobra1060]

It's sad to see this happen and people to lose their jobs without a doubt, but these guys the RT gang and AH gang were in their prime and at their best when it was a a small group of guys and gals just doing what they wanted to do when they wanted to do it. Shout out to Jack, Geoff, Joel, Gavin, Bernie and the others for making my teenage years bearable.

[@JohnE9999]

Get woke, go broke..

[@RsChrisG]

The boysss Jack/Geoff/Ray/Michael/Gav mannn this channel was TV to me during my teen years. Love you guys so much.

[@Lusiggy]

Jack was honestly the first person I thought about when I heard the news.

[@superarbychief1]

I basically grew up with these guys, hell still to this day I want to go back and watch all the old content and compilations of the RT podcast and AH vids ( even with Ryan still in them ), but idk its just bitter sweet at this point

[@slider903]

Jack can’t drop his self-righteous ego for one darn second. He is part of the reason they sunk. Good riddance.

[@michaelredford5389]

Thank you for posting these clips. Like. Many others here, I don't really consume RT content like I used to. So it's nice to just pop in and out of clips from the specific people we know from good times gone by.

[@xTheRedShirtX]

It amazes me I only know 3 people in this video. That shows how long I haven't seen RT.

[@barneyismyhero1]

Jack Pattillo sad the company the shutting down. Also the same guy who said if you don't agree with us politically don't support us, can think of a few reasons why this dogshit company got shut down.

[@ct5625]

This ain't about you MAGAts.

[@OurStL]

If you don't like it, don't watch. Idk how many times I've heard them say that.. I guess everyone stopped watching.😂

[@MysticWorldShorts]

Jack and Geoff have that bond that nobody can ever break. I fell out from RT and AH a while back, but over the years checking in, especially after Geoff lost Griffin, and fell down that path of serious depression and alcoholism, I noticed Jack was the brother figure in Geoff's life and helped him get back on track! Everybody within the company worked cohesively like a family. So sad to see the crew splitting up!

[@scottp4077]

Yes, hundreds of people lost their jobs...but they had it coming!

[@JustMeandLife]

I understand Jack’s frustration about people celebrating RoosterTeeth’s demise, but yes, many people lost their jobs. But Jack needs to understand that the company did it to themselves! RoosterTeeth destroyed itself. After 2016 that was it. They began the downfall in a hard way. It sucks. But go woke and go broke!

[@Omega-qi4kn]

wrong

[@slider903]

@@Omega-qi4kncan’t handle the truth?

[@Omega-qi4kn]

@@slider903 nothing true was said snowflake

[@goldwave3032]

​@@slider903 Using woke go broke automatically makes you look stupid to anyone with half a brain.

[@JustMeandLife]

@@Omega-qi4kn no I’m right. You’re just delusional.

[@blackrose8418]

Roosterteeth became so Trash that i didn't even know they shut down, and this video was a month ago. They got no one to blame but themselves

[@RyanMK666]

Calling criticism haters shows us why the company collapsed. Some things just didn’t work and true fans wanted to point that out. Nobody was hating. Just pointing out stuff that just REALLY wasn’t working

[@geraldpeach1194]

I recognize 3 maybe 4 people in that video. Jack, geoff, Trevor and i cant remember his name ( glasses in the back, he was the guy doing the introductions during their board games)

[@crushingit5128]

If you arent part of the FunHaus staff its safe to say that these RT individuals are the ones to blame for the bad decisions and negative profit margins.

[@GizzakOlden]

I mean you're assuming WB exerted no control over them. Given how many projects WB is killing lately. I don't think ALL the fault for this lies on RT. They've literally canceled 2 big DC movies that were in post-production in like as many years. But also I haven't watched anything but RWBY since RvB 12. And nothing other than those 2 (And Always Open) since Burnie left..

[@TheNightxSky]

@@GizzakOlden AH in particular videos went from getting over 1 mil views to like 80k a few years ago. They weren't pulling their weight under WB, and I can understand why WB would cut them loose because of it.

[@GizzakOlden]

@@TheNightxSky Oof yeah that's a big drop off..

[@abigpickle6069]

Jack denouncing anyone who criticizes RT as just being a "hater" and blocking them like a child as well as the comments like "He did the smart thing by getting out of America" really just shows you why RT has been in decline for the past few years thus resulting in them getting shut down. They went from pioneers of an industry to a bunch of sniffling cry babies that get red in the face and rage on live streams anytime someone hurts their feelings. They built up an audience in the late 2000s and early 2010s and then have done nothing but shit on said audience for years driving most of them away. I used to love RT back in the early days of RvB and RWBY but it really is time for it to end.

[@thebritishviking]

Guessing you're one of the people he blocked.

[@abigpickle6069]

@@thebritishviking nah I don't really follow the RT people online outside of KZbin

[@GizzakOlden]

Not what he said though. He just said "To everyone celebrating that all these people losing their jobs, I no longer want to see you on my twitter feed". Saying "You all deserve this" because you don't like people like Jack (Who yes, definitely does dismiss criticism often) etc. without considering the contract workers, animators, sound designers, composers, editors, light engineers, graphic designers, technical support workers, etc.. is being just as dismissive, if not more so, than you are accusing Jack of being. You're lumping alot of people just working a 9-5 in with select on camera talent.

[@NicaeAlgon]

​@@GizzakOldenAh yeah, the workers that have to deal with the shitty working environment, crunch time that's unpaid and the accusations of homophobia and transphobic in RT by it's former employee. Ngl, good fucking riddance lol

[@spoopyfly3418]

I found RT and AH in 2012 and it helped me get through a lot. I fell off around 2019/2020 but would try to check in once in a while. I wish everyone there success in where ever this leads them next. As soon as Geoff walked into frame to hug jack it was instant water works. Rooster teeth will be long talked about and reminisced after its gone. Love you RT

[@loulou3887]

The only good thing about this news is knowing jack will never get another job because no one else in their right mind would hire someone that lazy.

[@sethblack8261]

“F**k right off” Yup, can’t see how this company failed- at all.

[@GizzakOlden]

Ok but he said that about the people who are celebrating hundreds of people losing their jobs. If Hello Games responded to the dozens of death threat letters the same way, it would have been received just as poorly because people were mad about the product when they sent it. But like I think rage blinders off, few years later, we can agree maybe the people sending death threats kinda deserve to be told to f**ck off? Hating parts of something doesn't mean it's the best thing in the world to be awful to everything attached to that thing yeah?

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

​​​​​​@@GizzakOldenOh, I see. You replied to my comment too. You're one of those AH god-defenders. Well, I dunno about you, but I don't like being told to "f**k off" by people I used to come home from high school to watch everyday. I see your replies to other people's comments regarding what led to RT closing on here too. You're full of cope, aren't you?

[@motherbird470]

@@GizzakOldenbro they are NOT going to recognize you, clearly as their viewership has drastically dwindled RT/AH's failure to talk about serious internal topics in a legitimate capacity or abstain from bringing up politics consistently and then when fans who either wanted genuine closure or just wanted to watch their videos as a means to relax. Being told multiple times to "F**ck off" by people they grew up with, respected, and looked up to hurt a lot of fans (many of which I highly doubt proceeded to launch death threats, that can likely be attributed to haters and trolls and in addressing that populace, especially the way that they did, by telling them to "F**ck off" or blocking anyone that is even remotely critical of them on social media as a blanket cure all) very clearly by the thousands if not millions of comments about how so many people felt spurned by the content creators that they cherished in their formative years for pointing out flaws/hypocritical behavior/giving genuine advice All these people you keep replying to are NOT the people that you think they are nor are they advocating for people sending death threats and etc. The reality is that the only people that the RT crew reached with any of their "F**ck off" statements only reached their fans and when they were told to leave, they did.

[@sethblack8261]

The problem is (that I think), is that they brought the “f**k off” attitude to their content. A lot of their content was not welcome with open arms, and instead of going *oh, that didn’t work, let’s try something different*- they just told us to f**k off, and that we’re just hating, ya know?

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

@@GizzakOlden You're an RT god defender. You replied to my comment criticizing RT as you did with this one and others. Do you have anything better to do?

[@Shak2k11]

Jack I can definitely say with confidence out of all the people, you will not be missed. The fact you had the privilege and honour to do something like this and call it a job for so long and still you think u guys were so perfect and amazing, thinking the only reason the company got shut down was bc of the "haters". Your Fuck the fans attitude and generally being unlikable is one of the reasons people don't watch

[@jayarmastice4010]

Gotta love that up until the very end they were saying “If you don’t like the new RT you can leave” that’s exactly how you got into this situation in the first place. You guys deserve everything you got in the end. Fuck you Jack.

[@R0gueM]

They really said that? Damn. I can see Jack saying that.

[@GizzakOlden]

@@R0gueMHe didn't say that, he said he didn't want to see people on twitter saying that all these people deserved to lose their jobs. He does have a history of deflecting criticism, but this is not one of those cases

[@gamefish451]

@@GizzakOldenactually during the mica Fiona situation, he flat out said if you don’t like their beliefs and what they stand for you can F Off and leave and this isn’t an airport you don’t have to announce your departure. Jack ruined the AH and LP experience for me with all his political crap. Hopefully the people of let’s play are living their best life’s now

[@GizzakOlden]

@@gamefish451Yeah, for sure, I'm just saying that's not what he's saying here. Like I said, he has a history of deflection. But even a broken clock can be right twice a day. Was kinda what I was getting at. It's possible for people celebrating hundreds losing their jobs to be jerks AND for Jack to be a jerk.

[@thelizardking3807]

⁠@@gamefish451what’s the mica Fiona situation? I stopped watching before Ryan was fired so I have no idea

[@splunkmastah4609]

So Jack, like most of the newer hires, called All criticism "hating" (some of it was, let's be clear, but not all of it) And here we are. And he's STILL Fucking saying it. I can't fathom the level of ego this false paragon must possess.

[@GizzakOlden]

Ok let's clarify, he's not saying all criticism is "hating" he's talking about people celebrating that hundreds of people just lost their jobs as if they ALL deserved it heartless. Harassment is not criticism. That said, has the company had a history of deflecting criticism? Yes. Mika and Fiona made that very clear. But he's just objectively not saying that here. Would you be celebrating Amazon workers losing their jobs because the company was demanding they work so hard they pee in bottles? No you'd want Amazon to treat it's employees better. So why is this different? Because of the scale? All companies with less than a certain number of employees means everyone at that company is evil? Contract workers only there a couple months out of the year losing a reliable seasonal income deserve to lose that just for associating with them? Janitors deserve to lose their job just for cleaning up their offices? All he said was "To the people celebrating 200+ people lost their jobs, fuck you. I don't want to see you on my twitter feed" Why is that unreasonable? He's not saying it about people talking about the disaster that was rwby volume 5, or the sharp decline in RvB since 10, or the controversies about how non-white employees were expected to just tolerate harassment. If he was, I'd be agreeing with you. There are so many things to punch at above the waist, so why are you hitting below it?

[@NicaeAlgon]

​@@GizzakOldenNot reading your little novel dude, and besides Jack is such a piss baby who goes on a hissy fit on anyone who slightly goes against on him on Twitter lol

[@GizzakOlden]

@@NicaeAlgonI don't disagree with that. Basically I'm just saying Jack being a dick and the people celebrating hundreds of lost jobs being a dick are not mutually exclusive. Both can be true at the same time.

[@reeft]

Allocating Jack with "most of the newer hires" is insane. Wasn't he like below #10 ID account?

[@splunkmastah4609]

@@reeftHe shared their mindset of "If you aren't with us, you're against us and there's no room for a constructive middle ground" That's why I rope him in with them. Yes, I know he's been there since the near-beginning, thank you.

[@orrin-manning]

As other’s have said, I think Jack was one of the more toxic influences on the culture of this company. It’s not surprising to me that as the ship is finally sinking, he’s basically the only prominent OG that still remains from the golden era of the company

[@GizzakOlden]

I think that's kinda why he's that way unfortunately. Back then their policy was just to ignore toxic and harassing feedback, so they probably bottled a lot of anger up. Then after Mika and Fiona called them out because they weren't policing racism on their platform, they started being more vocal about that toxicity and I think the years of bottling it up tended to cause the spread of that speaking out to shut out some genuine critique.

[@icephoenix452]

It’s really sad you can really see exactly when rooster teeth started to fall and it was right around when a monster was found

[@justingentry1716]

I’ll miss rt I remember when I discovered rvb fell in love instantly quote it a lot and constantly rewatch think it helps with my sense of humor…I hope extra life stay just a good tradition jake started

[@JMalaby89]

Man this is heartbreaking. Lots of amazing memories from this crew, it's sad to see them go. I hope Jack and Geoff in particular kind find success past Roosterteeth.

[@Crazymadpsycho33]

Idk why but I feel like if they never fired Matt the company would’ve lasted longer

[@TJ_mx]

Seeing Jacks evolution overtime and seeing him step into his confidence was inspiring. Great guy

[@tiffanyroberts6460]

Then out of his confidence into being a massive jerk who helped crash the company

[@MajinBuuPlaysDokkan]

​@@tiffanyroberts6460I literally just commented the same thing 💀 He turned into the biggest psychotic political creep

[@Cheshire9k]

He told the fans to go fuck themselves and they did.

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

Jack used to be a pretty wholesome guy. Until the whole country got into a political frenzy of rage.

[@tiffanyroberts6460]

@@3rdStreetAVolitionite have a feeling he was never wholesome just left it off screen

[@ocarinaplaya]

RT was strong for a while but their TDS and predatory habits spiraled them down the drain. Jack was the most stable member of AH, but also the most boring.

[@tiffanyroberts6460]

Well when you do nothing that doesn’t personally benefit you yeah you can be stable and an asshole too, seriously this dude whined for two years about bringing back Go, did nothing then I think Trevor ended up making go-op which sucked but least he actually tried.

[@willl3770]

It's so funny how they keep saying "fresh, new talent" and ignoring that this "fresh talent" is one of the major reasons they went under

[@willl3770]

Also noting how the ugly new logo didn't last long, good

[@mrkennady]

That's what happens when you bring in diversity hires.

[@YodatheHobbit]

Does rooster teeth think that buzzing sound is more pleasant to listen to then just saying f***? Keep thinking there's something wrong with my video.

[@patrickevans368]

Pretty sure it’s because of KZbin.

[@GizzakOlden]

...You do know this isn't the RT channel right? That the clipper likely censored the clip?

[@Cory0798]

2:37 Hey, I was there! Fun memories.

[@GuruChaz]

Wow...I just found this video but I know what had happened. Not sure exactly why but I'm so sorry Rooster Teeth got shut down. I have been laid off from a few jobs in the past and it was a hassle. I can't imagine losing something like this after 15 or so years where many of your friends work. I'm so sorry, Jack, and to all your teammates.

[@GOWvMatchstick]

I'm gonna build a house

[@ThatOverkillGuy]

what was tyhis from? where can i watch the whole thing?

[@dudebroguy3357]

RTs channel

[@Martin0]

a wild, wild fever dream of existence... and now, its dead. it's all over, forever. killed.

[@max.o4543]

full vod kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGLUeGyfoMlpjpo

[@chrisjoy439]

They brought this upon themselves. I’m glad they are done

[@aaronjohnson1286]

I agree.

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

1:06 Jack, you sound like you don't know what exactly led to this happening. In fact, all of you sound like you don't get why this is happening. The "haters" were the ones giving you constructive criticism.

[@GizzakOlden]

He's not talking about critics here, he's talking about the people celebrating this news without thinking that hundreds lost their jobs. Is he good at taking criticism regardless? No. But you grouping what he's saying here as dismissing valid constructive criticism, is the same as you dismissing what he's saying here as him deflecting hate. Literally the same thing.

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

@@GizzakOlden You're still not getting what I am saying. He said "if you don't like our content, f*ck off" when views for AH tapered off. That's exactly what everyone did, if not most of the regular viewers. As for the people who lost their jobs, they should be relieved because we have heard the stories of toxic work environments and crunch culture. I dunno about you, but I wouldn't be down for antics like that because it's mighty stressful.

[@GizzakOlden]

@@3rdStreetAVolitionite Oh he's absolutely done that in the past. the comment I made even says "Is he good at taking criticism regardless? No" I'm just saying he's not saying that now. A person can be wrong sometimes, right other times. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[@mercilessrebel]

I don’t hate the guy but just like a lot of people already pointed out 0:48 is exactly the attitude that chased everyone away, even the die hards like myself. This was a big part in making them “unprofitable” and I grew up watching them.

[@dipgrizzly25]

Jack helped kill this company.😂 Dont be mad at us for seeing the obvious, ideology got in the way of your longterm success.

[@NateO123]

It’s a shame to see how sinister said ideology has been to entertainment. It’s not just roosterteeth lol, almost every major IP and entertainment company are feeling the drain that activism and political preaching has on a product. Seems like people are waking up and realizing this shit is not profitable, it’s just a shame it took the destruction of everything good to make it happen.

[@stofzik]

I havent watch Roosterteeth for year and saw alot of people complaining about it. I see the smugness of Jack, he comes off kind of just ehhh. The comment about being smart and getting out of America, it appears the company just became a bash everything I dont like company and people just lost interest. Sad to see.

[@Tomis13789]

Little conspiracy about why this year was the nail in the coffin for the company. Around this time 10 years ago is when the move to the studio happened and the maker buy-out occurred. To secure a property like that most likely came with a minimum lease of 10 years. The logistics of finding another building with their accounts drained completely and restructuring all the spaces and divisions was too much for WB to do, with their investors worn very thin over the years. Breaks my heart to see a media company that i've had the pleasure of enjoying for 13 years, made me feel so many emotions, and given me too many memories and experiences through RTX 4 years in a row, is coming to a close...Thank you to all the wonderful staff that is and has been making this thing work over all the years

[@1337Koios]

If it's due to WB having money issues, then it really boils down to (like every bad thing happening to WB recently) Zaslav and Discovery taking on debt to acquire WB, and then making WB responsible for paying off the debt.

[@canadianbluepants9446]

@@1337Koios i think its more just roosterteeth not making enough revenue for them to seem worth the investment

[@1337Koios]

@@canadianbluepants9446 I was replying specifically to OP's conspiracy theory- if the reason was just because WB is short on money, the reason behind that is Discovery offloading the acquisition debt onto them. WB was a profitable company before Discovery fucked them over.

[@Tomis13789]

@@1337Koios Yes i agree, the parent company acquisitions like this are always messy imo. More Problem come about due to RT bleeding cash for the past 5 years or longer. KZbin ads arnt what they used to be (why they changed their tone, brand imaging, and language aprox. 5 years ago), and sponser deals only pay so much for estimated views. Also would be curious what the First programs subsribers eventually ended at.

[@dannnylad8119]

this guy thought he could slag off og fans and failing to gain new is why they are getting everything the deserve. He thought he was untouchable

[@JD-xm3vr]

Jack's response here shows exactly what happened to Roosterteeth. The first part of his respons is part of the reason why RT alienated so many people. Feeling better than your fans and having 0 connection with them. Having no clue what is going on and that you are part of the problem. Where the later part, especially after Geoff came. It shows why people fell in love with RT/AH. Family, friends and having fun. The core thing that has been missing from the content for years. I wish everyone at RT the best. (Except the people that are largely responsible for this.) It sucks, but everyone knew it was going to happen sooner than later. We always have the videos from the golden era of RT and AH. :)

[@vizioax2]

Couldn't agree more seeing this pop in my feed and he starts getting all emotional and saying screw the fans or community like yep this is why I stop caring about RT in a nutshell

[@o.b.carson1338]

​@@vizioax2good you weren't missed lmao

[@JD-xm3vr]

@@o.b.carson1338Uhm, that is exactly the problem. All the OG Fans that were there since the beginning, all of them leaving. ;)

[@tiffanyroberts6460]

@@o.b.carson1338 tell that to RT’s pocketbook lol we were the ones that actually bought their merch and funded their projects.

[@jbfarley]

You're objectively wrong and insanely stupid

[@aaagameplay2023]

Where is this shown. I gotta watch the whole thing

[@sworntoavenge]

K. "F the haters till the end" huh? You directly contributed to this Jack . You're the one who excluded us. Gfy. Let it rest.

[@nashbutler]

Glad to see he’s not happy I literally stopped watching years ago because of jack. Literally stopped because every video with him was bitching and complaining and now I come back like 4 years later and he hasn’t changed.

[@macabre101]

Wow how far they have fallen, Jack is the only person I recognize up there, who are all these other people

[@TheKingShyGuy.]

I’m only here because of best friends today So I have no idea who or what is going on. But I hope BFT continues And I wish good luck to all

[@neilk]

the real gem of RT post FH downfall tbh

[@derpstick5467]

The fuck is best friends today? How are they connected to rooster teeth?

[@canadianbluepants9446]

@@derpstick5467 ikr there seems to be so many fans but they only have a small viewership so idk

[@TheKingShyGuy.]

@@canadianbluepants9446they get millions of views on reels…

[@tjmcfadden5137]

It’s amazing that people are saying why they left and stopped watching rooster teeth and to everyone of those comments the cult of poster teeth is still showing up telling them their wrong and they somehow know better why rooster teeth failed. Guys you stayed on and kept watching RT and were the ones surprised by its shutdown maybe listen to the people who left talking about why they left.

[@SomeConch357]

Jack is part of the reson rt died he constantly attacked fans that disagreed with him politically, made all the content he was in political. that aditude is what pushed many many people away me included

[@sscool100]

I remember him making an effort to not get political in annual pass

[@VGK-Donut-XIII]

I remember finding about rooster teeth when I watched a rage quit video and had no idea at the time that Rooster Teeth was a community and finding fails of the weak and dying of laughter when geoff would die from laughing at clips going to miss the countless memories

[@tiffanyroberts6460]

I still remember my first ragequit episode ‘sir why would superman throw a car at a robot?’

[@bobosstroll9798]

Of course people are being dicks, the company we grew up loving actively made bad decisions over and over because they got greedy. The OGs saw this coming years ago and they continued to slowly kill RT in front of us.

[@JwowCowherd]

Gets the mic and instantly starts getting into it with fans lol....and he wonders why hes getting laid off. Good riddance.

[@androsp9105]

Maybe if he followed his own advice about not being an asshole they might still have an audience.

[@mewvufxz8007]

They won't be missed, RT of 10 years ago would hate how they act now.

[@ultimatecrawler6927]

@@mewvufxz8007I will

[@ViperRulerlm]

What "fans"? He was talking about the assholes that were wishing for their downfall for years now.

[@Le_Church]

@@ViperRulerlm Well yeah. Fans didnt like the new direction and turns out the haters were right cos people kept leaving.

[@mirorih2TheTrueFinnmarkWierdo]

As someone who grew up with watching RT content in the mid 2000s, this is just heartbreaking. Jack and Geoff are some of my favourite internet personalities. And RT has always been a channel I've come back to time and time again

[@lionsfan3581]

I’ll always remember when Jack found gavs chamber of victory’s 😂😂😂😂 simpler times. Love you guys rip AH and RT you will be missed. Thanks for all the memories and laughs

[@jonquirk9582]

His secret victory room with one tower of pimps in it, was the best😂

[@FakeScienceMan]

CY@ Jack! Been a long time coming.