History of the Let's Play Family [2006 - 2017]

[@BruceGreene]

Really excellent job on this!

[@thomas76943]

Thanks so much!

[@nmdjoan30]

BRUUUUUUUCCCEEE

[@tilerdurpen4135]

PapA

[@kabztunes]

Uncle Bruce!

[@alexsnap9647]

Bruce can I have your babies?

[@JTM]

Very cool video! Thanks for putting that together!

[@thomas76943]

Thanks so much guys, means a lot

[@HangTimeCrew]

This was very cool to watch. Thanks!

[@frainivar6541]

Game Attack y'all hiring

[@CrushDani]

They're looking for an intern in the DFW area. Check their reddit for details.

[@davidtaylar8870]

Parker doesn't age o_o

[@lindsaym.8267]

Can yall get this to everyone else in the LP Fam? I think they deserve to see this. Especially being the new year.

[@MainGoldDragon]

It was really weird that you left Let's Play/Rooster Teeth and became independent. Even if I hated you guys because you all acted like douchebags.

[@NoburoTV]

The Creatures was probably the saddest fall I've seen in a KZbin group.

[@vsc3380]

It was mostly sad to me because it didn't even have to happen, mistakes were made.

[@plootoisaplanet]

to be fair, jordan fucked up everything. it was no one else’s fault but his

[@boxmanbox6387]

Ive heard Jordan, Ive heard Jordan and Dan, Ive heard Jordan Dan and Spencer. There are too many people there to blame just one man.

[@michaelli7003]

Boxman can anyone briefly summarize what happened

[@xJAKE308x]

But it gave birth to cowchop

[@philjohnson5154]

I don't think Craig had any idea how true his words were when he said "Day 1 of a gaming revolution baby" back in 2006.

[@chocolatemoose7761]

Sideburn Brett, holy cow

[@The_Dailey_Gamer]

Chocolate Moose *holy cow.....chop

[@watermelon8676]

Chocolate Moose ikr he looks so weird

[@mwillarocks]

a SNACK

[@zoobify112]

That man straight out of the 70s

[@anonymousally9783]

In one of the scenes you can see him kissing Adam and Bruce when they announced that they left Machinima.

[@EruptionFang]

Such an amazing video, Well done!

[@alecgiroux]

EruptionFang Eh! Fancy seeing you here!

[@ideklastkings2594]

Hey it you my brudda

[@agiammarco94]

I never knew Peake worked on Robot Chicken

[@ProjectMayhem69]

He talked about it in an openhaus awhile back

[@SoulmetalKeyblade]

This is so well put together! Serious kudos for all the hard work on this, and super informative!! Really glad you included all of the LP Family too, and not just the "main" members.

[@AlecPrice]

Goddamn this is cool, I appreciate the amount of work this must have been. Great work!

[@aiwash2766]

Holy shit. This was amazing. Nice trip down memory lane especially for old time fans like myself. Awesome video!

[@KuraiCry]

R.I.P The Creatures

[@Fool1000]

Rip The Creatures #wasthepussyworthit

[@666Isolated]

Dude I remember seeing you everywhere on there videos and on Afk's channel

[@fryguy2k657]

Man I remember watching fails of the week growing up with Jack and Geoff...then came the Cops and Crooks let plays, and now I'm onto Funhaus😂

[@abigailpaulo2259]

Man I used to run home from school to watch Cops and Crooks!

[@johnknoneborg]

Yeah that channel used to be good

[@davidallen234]

John Knoneborg They went downhill a year and a half after Ray left.

[@Xris_TM]

Okay let me just say, I seriously had no idea that alot of the normal people i watch were also apart of lets play! Like seriously! I remember when jt joined but criken and Bedbananas! Wow! This video was actually really nice to watch and just remember. Now i may not remember stuff from 2008 but alot of the stuff 2010+ I was all about that. Stay beautiful RT/LP And thank You Thomas For this amazing video!

[@Count3d]

That was great! Nicely researched!

[@omegaplayscok9561]

Gotta give you mad Creds for this man. Really love seeing the ups and downs of each group and things. Hit me hard with the Creature and Cow Chop stuff. Good job!

[@gigashad_]

Seeing the Inside gaming crew come together brought back a lot of memories and then seeing them all leave for Funhaus was a trip. Crazy how much time has went by. Nostalgic af.

[@comfyasf]

the first ssohpkc video hit me in the nostalgia

[@whatsmyusernameagain]

Patrick Lydon made me cry

[@Robotwarrior1000]

2017 been wild all my favourite youtubers came together. Its almost like its a Marvel movie

[@goose9693]

The greatest and saddest video I've seen in a while. Amazing job! Cried almost the whole way through! James and Slyfox were the first two I found out of everyone... Stuck with it and here I am! Love everyone in the video :D

[@CasualRicer]

Holy shit, a lot of people knew eachother from way back then and work at different channels of lets play.. Pretty amazing. And I learned all the old news / machinima stuff I watched when I was little was by people I watch now, like Adam Kovic.

[@thomas76943]

It goes deeper than you might think: Greg Miller, Kovic, iJustine and FreddieW were a team on RT's "The Gauntlet" Season 2, half of The Creatures have been on the old iteration Inside Gaming daily, there were lots of appearances in The Creatures' convention videos from IG/ETC and even AH. Also, ScrewAttack used to own GameTrailers where Elyse Willems worked before its back catalogue handed over to IGN, where Kinda Funny worked. Steven Suptic was partnered with Machinima for many years and had Minecraft collabs with everyone under the sun, Creatures included. Literally everything stems from RT, ScrewAttack, Machinima and IGN.

[@JustDee22]

5:39 the seeds of Demo Disk were planted long ago

[@vicentealmazan2533]

The Covert Owl s e e d s

[@Dr_Pickle]

InsideGaming regularly looked up rule34 stuff during their Steam Roulette. Not much changed.

[@canaryyell0w1]

awesome! I started with UberHaxorNova back in 2009 with his SvR series, then followed him up to the creatures and beyond, it was the creatures who introduced me to Rooster Teeth and then AH

[@davidallen234]

Liam7391 Go watch the old RT and AH vids those were 10 times better than the ones out now. I’d suggest between 2011- 2015

[@mastermoustachio282]

Seriously an amazing video. Like I can't put into words how much I love this so I will just say thank you so much for all of this.

[@thomas76943]

Thanks, honestly means a lot to me that people have been enjoying it

[@ryanrosen_]

Joined around 08-09 this brought so many memories, thank you for making this mate.

[@AtlasKP]

I love these kind of videos because you get to see the evolution and changes of people we've all grown to love over the years and see how far they've come and all the friends made along the way.

[@Scheherazade2k]

Im almost in tears, all of this made up my whole childhood man... Thank you so much

[@connorgriffiths3174]

My god, I couldn't help but smile the whole time, what an awesome community to be a part of

[@branimirgacina4]

Great video but damn the creatures hit me hard, my childhood heroes slowly leaving and falling apart made me tear up... i grew up with these guys and ill never forget the amazing moments they had that i enjoyed, love you creatures, all of you

[@melvinfuchs1130]

branimir CLASSIFIED childhood???

[@branimirgacina4]

well not really childhood but like, when i started watching youtube, they were some of the first and they imprinted on me so much, brought me so much joy and happiness, so sad seeing them fall apart

[@worldpeace1081]

Melvin Fuchs Late childhood for many people, I started watching the creatures when I was like 12ish I'm almost 19 now so they were a big part of my life.

[@ShepherdsSolarGuy]

this made shed a tear man... thank you so much for this

[@bishop3660]

It’s funny pretty much all the known machinima employs that are known now work for rt

[@TasmanDevil13]

It’s crazy to see how in the end they all sort of end up working under the same company but much happier. Thanks for the amazing video dude!

[@thomas76943]

Absolutely, IG were so sick of Machinima's restrictions near the end (they're partnership focused rather than production focused) and Greg+co desperately wanted to leave IGN to have complete control over their content too. Similar reason why all The Creatures eventually ended their partnerships with Machinima over the years too.

[@CausticElixr]

I remember watching the video on ryan being hired and saying "whos this guy"😭😭 so olddd

[@ghostmiyu]

Xx AFROMAN xX And most of the time had no idea whether Ryan or Jack was talking.

[@RhysClark97]

feel so dumb now that i couldnt tell them appart, feel like they sound so different when i go back and watch those

[@abigailpaulo2259]

That's how I felt when Trevor got hired because I missed the announcement. Was confused for months

[@garnetfist7868]

Wow, this video has brought tears to my eyes because of the wonderful and depressing moments in it, great video guys keep it up!

[@Deaf_Notes]

So weird seeing Brett without all his muscles lol

[@whatsmyusernameagain]

I XxslayerxX I my reaction when I realized was HOLY SHIT THAT WAS BRETT

[@SC-hj3hq]

This video is amazing! I love seeing all the families grow and seeing young Brett lol

[@RileyK1134]

That was really well made

[@TalkThisOut]

Awesome job, shed a tear this is very inspiring thanks for making this!

[@rs0wnz100]

This video is seriously my entire watching of KZbin spanning 8 years in 11 minutes, amazing!

[@gameguru1234]

This was fantastic mate! Brought a tear to my eye!

[@SgtTankDempsey]

This video was so beautiful thank you KZbin for this in my recommended area

[@OnlineAldo]

Amazing video. Thanks for making this

[@philipbaker1089]

Joel hasn’t aged a fucking second

[@MarkusDSFase]

The trip and the feels from past dude... It's been a long way!

[@RobertT1999]

You edited this together so well. Great to see the timeline of things that I know of and the same for the things I don't know.

[@OddoRocket]

Great video. Now we should get an updated version of this now that people have joined and or left let’s play

[@griff83]

Awesome video dude. Great job

[@rayraythebrew2863]

I'm sitting here at what, 1AM in the morning on a school night going down memory lane. As Im watching, all I can think of is "Who's next to leave or go? What is in store for the Let's Play community? How long will they prosper?". Its a bit emotional if Im being entirely genuine. These people had no idea the type of life's they were buulding together until so many years later, and that's amazing. Its a bit sad to watch some of these people leave, but its all well and that's alright. Im happy with the community, and while I recognize that not every body may feel the same way, it holds a very dear spot in my heart. Im glad that for a little under half of my life I have gotten to know these people. Its a great feeling. Im probably ranting, but I figured I might as well get my mind out. I love this community and want it to last forever.

[@thomas76943]

You and me both. Feels like there's more hostility from OG RT fans than anything else but that's likely a vocal minority, all the groups have awesome histories and random collabs like Inside Gaming on AHWU or The Creatures on Inside Gaming Daily were awesome. Now that they're all officially under one umbrella it's a great time to be a fan of any of these channels.

[@kf2405]

This made me tear up but also very happy? I'm proud to see how much everyone has grown since the beginning and how they got to where they are today.

[@thatguy8090]

Thanks for putting in the hidden gems like tomato and bed they are really underrated and in my opinion the best out of the let’s play family

[@Centoriun]

That Guy Tomato Sucks TBH

[@thatguy8090]

Soviet-Woah I love him I would say out of everybody he puts the most work into his videos

[@spacetimeslayergaming5018]

Awesome, lot of love and care went into this.

[@theirishviking9278]

Great video man It's going to be interesting to see what happens going forward

[@abigailpaulo2259]

You did an amazing job on this! I had no idea how much ScrewAttack had done by the time AH had formed. It was really cool to see some of the major turning points too, like I never realize Kinda Funny and Funhaus both departed from their respective old channels around the same time, because I didn't follow Kinda Funny then. This was also a great way to explain to my dad how RT works, because he's suddenly shown a bunch of interest in all the channels I watch, so this was much easier to show him then explain to him all these turning points. I hope you make a part two eventually one day!

[@thomas76943]

Thanks very much indeed, means a lot to me that people are enjoying this project of mine. I'm unsure if it'll be episodic or a version 2.0, but I'll definitely make more in the future.

[@TheUriahKing]

this makes me feel old. im eighteen...

[@KillsToMuch]

Thank You! This was so great

[@BLACULA-Skeewoah]

It's become abundantly clear that "let's play family" was just an excuse for rooster teeth to acquire a bunch of great gaming channels to profit off their merch while only supporting funhaus and achievement hunter. There were barely any crossovers, and most of the channels were just left to fall apart or struggle while everyone in Austin texas got richer... But now rooster teeth are dead because warner bros did the exact same thing to them. Poetic really!

[@akgirl99701]

Omg those sideburns on Brett! Great video dude ☺️

[@Rookie31220]

I’m glad this was recommended for me

[@Seanster_94]

This was awesome...well done

[@guyguyguy50]

So....I appreciate this because in the past two or three years alone Let’s play went from being a sub-whatever of Achievement hunter to a conglomerate consisting of something like 8 different channels and I had no idea who the hell anyone else was. I mean I NOW love funhaus and kinda funny and cowchop, (still have no idea who the seven channel is) but it almost seemed like they were just given what rt and ah had created for them and now that I have perspective on jut how important they not only are but always have been to the community, it’s kind of cool

[@sean2sheen]

Gosh dang good work bro. There are some videos I remeber watching that I didn’t even know had specific people in it. Example: when Brett hosted the build off between aleks and Steven suptic. I had only watched it at that time because sly (my fav creature at the time) made videos with aleks. Looking back on the was s crazy experience to see how far back of a “true fan” of the rooster teeth family I really was. Nothing can beat those all rvb shorts. Again thanks for the montage.

[@robertlarson7224]

I hadn't realized how long I'd been watching some of these people. To think I can remember seeing the creatures moving into the first house like it was just a few years ago, it's crazy to realize it was 6 years ago. Wow, time flies I guess.

[@balderknight7132]

Goddammit man all the creatures leaving and the group disbanding brought back memories and made me fucking cry man

[@MattJerkhole]

As someone who's been watching shit here ever since KZbin came into existence it is amazing to me how much history there is to this site now. This was/is the birth of one of the biggest pieces of pop culture in current and coming times.

[@jeremie3427]

Very well done and very well researched this video is awesome. Must have taken a long time to put together nice work.

[@benpatterson2878]

this video needs more love its so good

[@bizijr]

How far each of them have come, and they won't be the last.

[@WhoAmIWill]

Wouldn’t the earliest stuff technically be Red vs Blue? After all Rooster Teeth is kinda the owner of it and the owner of Achievement Hunter Funhaus and Screw Attack.

[@thomas76943]

Technically yeah. An earlier version of my video started in 2003 but it felt disconnected compared to this final version. Referring to Rooster Teeth overall at the start and then never again felt really weird and the context wasn't really necessary. If this were some sort of written paper or actual documentary, of course it'd be required but this is just how it turned out I guess.

[@marshallwest5217]

I think about the let's play family is all bundled under an umbrella, and rooster teeth is the umbrella. And this video focused on the people under the umbrella.

[@alteredbeast192]

would make sense but this is the lets play family, so its just anything that is rooster teeth but isnt rooster teeth

[@Amunny]

Marshall West You described it in the best way possible.

[@marshallwest5217]

AminLuffy thank you daddy

[@ThePauseMenuVlog]

This is amazing! Wow. No words do justice

[@ME262MKI]

7:37 the best moment of RT's history

[@aditya_707]

That's the moment when Machinima knew....they fucked up

[@Feanan.]

The only person that played a bigger role in my childhood than, SSOHPKC, Nova, Kootra and Sp00nerism was my mother. Every day after school or during the weekends I would binge their videos. From Minecraft to Just Cause 2 they always brought me laughs. It was sad to see them drop off one by one. From when Seamus appearances became horribly rare to when Sp00n seemed to fall off the face of the Earth. Although it may seem “Sad” or “Pathetic” to you, these people and channels played a role in my childhood like a favourite childhood tv show did, something no matter the situation, can be looked back on and remembered fondly of a simpler time. Man, I would love seeing the whole gang just having fun together, Nova, SSOHPKC, Gassy, Sly, Immortal, Kootra and even Dan, it truly was a sad day they disbanded.

[@lindsaym.8267]

This was really beautiful

[@KyroXus]

this needs a follow up!

[@brownjacketstuffs3603]

Nice job as always

[@INBCPC1994]

Amazing video dude

[@redboyboards]

great vid, man! next update in 11 years lol

[@neppgalnun]

I had no idea my boy tomato gaming joined let's play! So glad that happened! Now if only Sleepin and Shoe would come back and max would upload more often. Oh well.

[@KampferMann]

Man, this video really made me miss the G4 days,

[@goldenfade6332]

To see how close they all were but how long it took for them to create a video game entertainment juggernaut. Fuck man these guys are so much of all of us. Thanks Thomas another great job

[@NobeyAssassin]

Amazing work my boi, I can only imagine how long it took. Your vid is going to blow up

[@coreyballenger5600]

Amazing video!

[@crashbandicoot5636]

Thank you for everything and reminding me how old I am lol

[@chocolatemoose7761]

I miss Joe so much, man. Great video!

[@gbmgaming]

God damn, I remember when the Let’s Play in Mari0 came out. They’ve come so far since I first found Jack and Geoff in Fails of the Weak, it feels not so long ago but I was 8 years! They’ve become so much in such a short amount of time.

[@loosestgoose2753]

Holy shit 2010 Brett lmao. Great video dude, seems like it must have been a shitload of effort.

[@kabztunes]

I didn't know GassyMexican was involved. I just thought he was a hilarious dude to watch on Twitch. The more you know. Great video.

[@GatlingHawk]

My first ever.. I'd say introduction was in 2012, freshman year HS. Michael Jones "Rage quit" surgeon simulator on my friends phone. What an adventure it has been so far. I'm so glad to have been witnessing gaming history with the rest of the world :)

[@666Isolated]

Man, The creatures and its past members, such a throwback and basically my Childhood on youtube. All that I watched was them/members and Vlogs from ctfxc & shaycarl.

[@DanDan115]

I was a huge fan of Inside Gaming and AH/let's play. So when IG announced they were ending I was upset then a few months passed and they became funhaus with AH! What an emotional roller coaster that was

[@justreallybored6014]

Need a new one of these showing when James from Funhaus gets his hair plugs.

[@jangelm3074]

I watched the creatures since I was a kid and it was kinda sad seeing them fall apart

[@enricod2061]

same here man

[@midget_spinner8449]

And now they are all falling apart

[@cloudsRniceC0M3]

Is this how watching your kids grow up feels like

[@nahthanks1319]

It was just two years ago, how can things change this much

[@RadKozy]

This was great!

[@Crytica.]

The creature house.... Fuck me the feels. I will never have that same feeling watching videos daily.

[@nightbling8905]

Cow chop :) I’m glad you’re still here

[@joshrosenfield6546]

Tears shed for those we lost, and joy spread for those we gained

[@metallicanerd13]

Nothing more wholesome than watching the creatures collapse as the other channels grow

[@HoStallin]

Not really been so keen in recent years, but this is crazy for me. Criken was the first lets player I got into almost 10 years ago, Rooster Teeth become my favourite channel when I started watching around the same time. The fact they're collaborating now is some kind of timeline collision I never expected.