I've come to give notes regarding
RoosterTeeth's "Update" video where they are totally in denial that the company is fucking dead. It has been archived, but I expect it to be DMCA'd because it's quite honestly embarrassing for everyone involved.
(shoutout to
@Punished Neco for the clip)
Naturally, the first thing I'm amused to point out is that the fat lady mentions Kiwifarms once, and never again. I'm assuming someone off camera points out to not do that again. Another notable thing that I picked up on is the old fag (who I will keep refering to as such because I cannot be fucked to remember his name) sitting in the red chair immediately turns his head at the mention of both 4ch and Kiwifarms.
The next person to speak is Trevor Colins, the current husband of Barbara Dunkelman, who is known for being the one who neutered and lead to the death of Achievement Hunter, one of Roostreteeth's most successful youtube ventures. He goes on to talk about the "amazing talent" that surrounds him, the same group of "talent" that has led to the death of the company, including himself, for leaning so hard into progressive ideals and DEI hires.
Next up to bat was Barbara. She was a fan since she was 11, so she states. She has never worked another job outside of Roosterteeth productions. This is a recurring theme with a majority of staff working there, who've never done any production outside of Voice Acting, and in her case, a
few onlyfans shoots. She was constantly made fun of in a sexual manner and rumored to have only gotten her position by being ran through by most of the then male staff. She goes on to speel over the fact that reality is finally hitting, and that her freeloading job of running podcasts and crappy voice acting is finally done.
Up next is a stagehand, whose name I can't recall ether, going on with a speech about everyone being friends and helping each other.
Once again, Old Fag speaks about how he's happy that as many people as possible have shown up, with Gus, one of the founder being an exception due to a medical exam, which Barbara attempts to interject with a joke about
"getting his butt checked". The joke is taken rather awkwardly.
Jack Patillo goes on next, confused to why there were yellow hearts in chat whilst Barbara spoke, and has to be reminded she did voice acting for RWBY (Yang, hence the yellow hearts). He awkwardly scratches his neck at the mention of being called a founder, as he was only an early hire. Jack then goes on to mention how upset he is over people calling his only job dead and buried and reminding everyone there is a block function on Xitter. Yes, he's always been a thin skinned cunt.
- Old Fag jumps in to defend Jack's position, reminding us "haters" to support our creators, otherwise, they'll be gone. Again, it is worth noting that a RoosterTeeth exec went on to state that their subscription service membership was
not enough to keep the bills paid anymore. Jack then states that he wants to steal an item that belonged to Warner Bros. Extra Life will still be occurring from what Jack also states. There is discussion as to what is the state of the many, many podcasts they have going on, which is still to be decided.
Next to speak is Chris Demarais, he joined RoosterTeeth a decade prior to his own surprise, and managed to last as long as he did, as he is often
the jester of
the office. Chris has done writing for shows, and their movie Lazer Team, whilst also having the honor of being the topic of the last ever Rooster Teeth Animated Adventure, about how his dog, who he named Booger,
ate his airpods.
Next person of interest to speak is Armando, one of the DEI hires who took over the Rooster Teeth main podcast and ran it into the ground. He also has no Wiki page, which shows how little anyone in the RT fandom even cares about his presence despite how desperately the execs shoved him out onto the podcast.
The next to speak is Patrick Salazar, who goes on to reminisce about how he was able to help out (see: probably forced to volunteer for staff) RT eXpo and was shocked to meet a fan who even knew who he was and who thought he left. Another stagehand talks, but it's un-amusing.
Next is Larry Matovina, who was in charge of Let's Roll, and begins to
immediately breakdown in tears. His story is not amusing, but his inability to hold back the tears over losing his only job is. Jack takes notice to the fact that the camera is zooming in and recording their breakdown to which one member on the camera panel takes the blame for.
Next up are Sammie and Will, two more DEI hires who are effectively the kids caught in the middle of a divorce. They both sit there awkwardly as everyone around them breaks down in tears, seemingly un-invested as they were hired less then six months ago for DogBark. Barbara, hoping to score brownie points, reminds the DEIs they are so very speshul. Barbara then goes on to say "We're all family" and Trevor backs up this often red-flag corperate statement and attempts to continue the progressive bullshit message.
The next person of interest to speak is Kerry Shawcross, who, along with Miles, helped to write the terrible script for RWBY, and was a part of the issues that plagued the RoosterTeeth Animation studio. He goes on to state he still wants to finish RWBY's broken plot and hopes someone is out there willing to fund this never ending trashfire. Barbara attempts to pull the "let's be positive card" despite everyone around her breaking down over losing their 10+ year job.
Jon Risinger speaks next. He goes on to talk about how supportive everyone was when he "finally came out of the closet". Interesting note to this was the fact that for some time during Jon's divorce, his ex wife used a facebook page in their divorce proceedings, that turned out to have been a fan-created page supporting
a gay fanfic pairing between Jon Risinger and Blaine Gibson.
After some coercion from Jack and most of the staff, Geoff, who has been off camera and crying, finally steps on stage. Once again, Geoff is forced to face the consequences of his own actions. He immediately breaks down, stating he no longer has the stature to face anymore company turmoil, which was why he stood off camera.
This is the most solmn moment of the entire stream, as everyone sits there while Geoff attempts to speak, realizing the company of over 21 years, is dead, and there is nothing else to be done. I'm pretty sure the Old Fag is talking about da haturs, or maybe Kiwifarms, but at point, I grew tired of listening to him and skipped it.
Kerry goes on to suck Geoff's dick for a minute, and mentions something that strikes a cord: Despite Kerry choosing to work for RT Animation, him and Geoff remained friends. It is strange, as this didn't seem to apply to Matt Bragg, who attempted to work for Achievement Hunter up until he was forced into a part time roll. Barbara then schlops Geoff for a minute, with a very hearty "I love you" followed by "thanks for taking the criticism for us", likely referring to when Mica Burton came out with how the company ignored her harassment, which Barbara verified happened under Geoff's watch.
The fat lady who mentioned Kiwifarms goes on to state she met Geoff at 14. His physical reaction is rather telling at how uncomfortable it was for this to be brought up, likely in light of Ryan's fanfucking. It also amusingly highlights how often RoosterTeeth seemed to hire fans to do their job over experienced professionals. She goes on to state despite the multiple mergers and buyouts, she stuck it out to the end, for what little it was worth. She goes on to mention the multiple websites for fans to talk in, and leaves out Kiwifarms.
- Barbara goes on to mention Bernie and Matt Hullum, and how they wanted to hire Barbara, fresh out of college. Geoff then goes on to mention Gus as his left arm, and describes Matt and Bernie to be "less liked" by him, likely some scorn from how Bernie left when the going was good, and Matt being able to duck responsibility due to illness. Left out of the mention of the founders is Joel Hayman, who voiced Caboose. Joel was fired after voicing his final lines for RvB and despite them treating him like shit in his last moments at the company, he remained amicable and wished the best for everyone else who lost their job.
- Kerry goes on to give Monty Oum the one and only mention this entire stream, despite Monty being the creator of RWBY and the sole reason Kerry had a job at RT.
Misc notes:
- Animated projects that have been in the works are still coming out, like RvB: Restoration, Camp Camp, and some other RWBY content.
- Fat Lady tells the jannies to get ready to sweep it up (lol).
- "The chat on our website has not been stretched out like this since 2020"
- Apparently the stream was only meant to be an hour, but went past that.