Петух Зубы

Rooster Teeth Productions, ООО

Торговое название	Петух Зубы
Тип компании	Дочерняя компания
Промышленность	Развлечение
Основан	1 апреля 2003 г ( 01.04.2003 )
Основатели	Берни Бернс Мэтт Халлум Джефф Рэмси Джейсон Салдана Гас подписался Джоэл Хейман
Несуществующий	15 мая 2024 г ( 15.05.2024 )
Судьба	Закрыто
Штаб-квартира	Остин Студиос , Остин, Техас , ВША
Количество локаций	8 (2018)
Ключевые люди	Джордан Левин (генеральный менеджер) Мэтт Халлум (директор по контенту) Джефф Рэмси (исполнительный креативный директор) Барбара Данкельман (креативный директор)
Количество сотрудников	~150 (март 2024 г.)
Родитель	Warner Bros. Discovery Global Стриминговые и интерактивные развлечения
Подразделения	Анимация зубов петуха Игры Петушиные Зубы Студия Rooster Teeth Сеть подкастов Roost
Веб-сайт	Архив официального сайта Wayback Machine (индекс архива) Сеть подкастов Roost

Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC — американская интернет-медийная и продюсерская компания со штаб-квартирой в Остине, штат Техас . Основанная в 2003 году Берни Бернсом , Мэттом Халлумом , Джеффом Рэмси , Джейсоном Салданой, Гасом Соролой и Джоэлом Хейманом , Rooster Teeth была дочерней компанией Warner Bros. Discovery Global Streaming & Interactive Entertainment, которая является подразделением Warner Bros. Discovery .

Первой постановкой Rooster Teeth стал фильм «Red vs. Blue» , премьера которого состоялась в апреле 2003 года; это третий по продолжительности эпизодический веб-сериал за все время. Из-за затрат на сервер и веб-хостинг основатели создали «Спонсорство», которое позже стало «ПЕРВЫМ», подписку на эксклюзивный и более ранний доступ к контенту и скидки в их магазине товаров, среди других преимуществ. Позже компания занялась производством короткометражных фильмов, сериалов, комедий, видеороликов Let's Play и полноценных анимационных постановок. Другие проекты включали реалити-шоу, разработку видеоигр, развлекательные новостные программы и подкасты . В 2015 году компания Rooster Teeth выпустила свой дебютный полнометражный фильм «Команда лазеров» — научно-фантастический комедийный боевик . В период с 2011 по 2023 год компания проводила ежегодную конференцию RTX в Остине, штат Техас , а ранее также в Сиднее и Лондоне .

Видео компании регулярно публиковались на ее собственном веб-сайте и в приложении, а подкасты и летсплеи YouTube также публиковались на их канале . По состоянию на сентябрь 2021 года основной канал Rooster Teeth на YouTube имеет 9,18 миллиона подписчиков и более 6 миллиардов просмотров видео. С учетом всех остальных каналов у них более 45 миллионов подписчиков.

6 марта 2024 года Rooster Teeth объявила о закрытии компании. 15 апреля 2024 года Rooster Teeth объявили, что программа First, их веб-сайт и приложения закроются 15 мая 2024 года.

История

Бывший логотип (2010–2023 гг.)

Основатели Rooster Teeth Берни Бернс , Джоэл Хейман , Мэтт Халлум , Джефф Рэмси и Гас Сорола на PAX 2009

Во время учебы в Техасском университете в Остине Берни Бернс и Мэтт Халлум вместе с актером Джоэлом Хейманом работали над созданием «Расписание » 1997 года независимого фильма . Фильм помог Халлуму и Хейману найти работу в Лос-Анджелесе, но в остальном имел ограниченный успех. Работая в местной компании Telenetwork, Бернс позже встретил Джеффа Рэмси (тогда его звали Джефф Финк), Густаво Соролу , Дэна Годвина и Джейсона Салдану; пятеро основали Drunkgamers.com, веб-сайт, на котором они в нетрезвом состоянии просматривали различные видеоигры. По словам Рэмси, группа пыталась получить бесплатные игры для обзора, но при этом «навлекла на себя гнев» нескольких разработчиков игр.

Один из негеймплейных видеороликов, созданных за это время командой пьяных геймеров, представлял собой живую пародию на рекламную кампанию Apple Switch . В этом видео Сорола играла главную роль, в качестве фоновой музыки использовалась » Петра Чайковского « Танец феи сахарной сливы , а основное внимание уделялось отсутствию игр, доступных для компьютера Apple Macintosh . Сорола и Бернс заявили, что название было изменено с «Drunk Tank Podcast» на «Rooster Teeth Podcast» по той же причине, по которой «Drunk Gamers» было изменено на «Rooster Teeth»: никто не будет создавать игры или спонсировать что-либо со словом «пьяные» в название «потому что это было так непрофессионально». Бернс сказал об изменении названия: «Мы назвали его как-то по-другому, чтобы дать людям понять, что мы собираемся делать нечто большее». Название «Петушиные зубы» является эвфемизмом слова «петушиный укус», оскорблением из оригинального трейлера «Красные против синих» , который Бернс назвал «пробным камнем для зрителей».

Офис Rooster Teeth на Конгресс-стрит в Остине, 2008 год.

Среди основных философий компании, по словам Бернса, «мы создаем только тот контент, который нам хотелось бы видеть… он исходит из очень настоящего пространства. Я думаю, что наша аудитория ценит этот голос». По состоянию на 2017 год затраты на производство серии варьируются от 15 000 до 100 000 долларов.

Бизнес-стратегия Rooster Teeth представляла собой гибридную модель, состоящую из подписки, рекламы в начале ролика, рекламы в начале ролика на YouTube, лицензированной студийной продукции, фирменных товаров и ежегодных живых мероприятий.

Студия Rooster Teeth "636", их основной офис с 2011 по 2014 год.

Rooster Teeth объяснили свой успех поддержкой своего сайта сообщества и изначально не хотели присоединяться к YouTube , заявляя, что рассматривают их как «конкурентов». В 2014 году, подписав двухлетний договор аренды, вся компания (теперь насчитывающая более 90 сотрудников) перешла в Stage 5 в Austin Studios .

Приобретение в полноэкранном режиме

В ноябре 2014 года компания Rooster Teeth была приобретена компанией Fullscreen за нераскрытую сумму. Rooster Teeth согласилась на покупку, чтобы предоставить себе «ресурсы и инструменты», необходимые для конкуренции с другими производителями. Бернс уточнил, что они считают Netflix , HBO и Amazon своими текущими конкурентами. 3 февраля 2015 года Бернс подтвердил, что Rooster Teeth откроют офис в Лос-Анджелесе. Эти офисы использовались совершенно новым подразделением Funhaus . компания выпустила свой дебютный полнометражный фильм В 2015 году «Команда Lazer комедию — научно-фантастическую » .

В 2016 году Rooster Teeth наняла трех руководителей по контенту, чтобы помочь с расширением аудитории: Луиса Медину в качестве старшего вице-президента по партнерству, Эвана Брегмана в качестве директора по программированию и Райана П. Холла в качестве руководителя отдела развития. будет управлять семейством Let's Play Было объявлено, что Медина вместе с Рэмси , включая Achievement Hunter , Funhaus и ScrewAttack, а также управлять партнерскими отношениями со сторонними брендами, такими как Cow Chop и Kinda Funny. Брегман будет отвечать за стратегию программирования и стимулирование роста на всех платформах, таких как приложения, сайт сообщества, YouTube и Facebook. Холл будет курировать график разработки Rooster Teeth и возглавить усилия по выявлению многообещающих проектов и талантов.

Каждый год компания участвовала в Extra Life , сборе средств на игровую тематику, доходы от Rooster Teeth направлялись в Детский медицинский центр Dell в Центральном Техасе . Во время трансляции Extra Life 2017 года они собрали в общей сложности 1 209 970,73 долларов США. Поток Extra Life 2018 года собрал 1 417 288 долларов США для Extra Life и Детского медицинского центра Dell. Трансляция Extra Life 2019 года собрала 1 222 371 доллар США. Из-за пандемии COVID-19 Rooster Teeth сократили трансляцию в 2020 году до 12 часов. В общей сложности было собрано 1 163 801 доллар США для Детского медицинского центра Делл.

26 января 2018 года президент Fullscreen и бывший главный операционный директор Эзра Куперштейн был назначен президентом Rooster Teeth.

В мае 2018 года Rooster Teeth запустили пять шоу под названием Branded , Gorq's Quest , Achievement Haunter , Million Dollars, But... Animated и Rooster Teeth's Murder Room , а также анонсировали Spikeface , новое 2D/черное комедийное шоу, продюсером которого будет Роб. МакЭлхенни и его RCG Productions.

Under Otter Media

In December 2018, Otter Media restructured Fullscreen, consolidating Rooster Teeth, along with Crunchyroll and VRV, under Ellation. The companies will align sales efforts to attract advertising and partnerships. During the transition, Otter Media CEO Tony Goncalves highlighted the foundation of increased programming quality at Rooster Teeth, pledging changes to the company would be minimal in order to preserve the brand. Machinima was to be subsumed into Fullscreen.

On December 18, 2018, Rooster Teeth added to their overall content library by partnering with animation channels CypherDen and Flashgitz, premiering their future content on Rooster Teeth First.

Under WarnerMedia

On January 31, 2019, Yvonne Secretan, COO of Rooster Teeth, announced her retirement. Ezra Cooperstein stepped down as President of Rooster Teeth on April 26, 2019. On September 12, 2019, Hullum announced Rooster Teeth had laid off 13% of its workforce, approximately 50 employees. Two weeks after announcing the layoffs, Jordan Levin was named general manager with most of Rooster Teeth's founders stepping down into creative roles: Matt Hullum stepped down as CEO and became Chief Content Officer, Burnie Burns stepped down as chief creative officer to executive producer and Geoff Ramsey became executive creative director.

In December 2019, Rooster Teeth promoted Doreen Copeland to VP, Head of Production, and Joe Clary and Sean Hinz to Co-Heads of Animation, leading day-to-day operations across all of Rooster Teeth's animated productions; Clary and Hinz will report to Copeland, who will oversee all physical production. In June 2020, Heyman said that he was "laid off" from Rooster Teeth and would no longer perform in Red vs. Blue. Burns resigned in June 2020, maintaining a first-look deal with Rooster Teeth.

In August 2020, Rooster Teeth announced it was reviewing its online content library as part of a diversity initiative.

In April 2021, it was reported that AT&T was looking to sell Rooster Teeth and that the company's revenue had dropped nearly $20 million in 2019. However, no such sale occurred and the company was included in the completed merger that formed Warner Bros. Discovery in April 2022.

In the month before, Rooster Teeth and WarnerMedia Access announced the creation of the Rooster Teeth Digital Creators Program, which is intended to support underrepresented talent.

20th anniversary

On April 1, 2023, the company turned 20 years old and as part of celebrations, Rooster Teeth ran a 20-week campaign—bringing back "deep cuts, one-off episodes and fan favorites every week" according to Matt Hullum, leading up to a big finale at the 2023 RTX Convention taking place July 7–9 in Austin. As part of its twentieth year, the company rebranded, changing its logo from a rooster icon and a wind-up set of novelty teeth to a stylized "R" with the appearance of a rooster and changing to a red and blue color scheme from the original red and black. The company's new slogan is "Just Playing".

Closure

On March 6, 2024, general manager Jordan Levin notified employees that the company would close over the next several months. In an email, he cited reasons for the shutdown including "fundamental shifts in consumer behavior and monetization across platforms, advertising, and patronage", with it being reported that the number of subscribers to Rooster Teeth's "First" service had dropped to around one-quarter of their peak and that Rooster Teeth as a whole had been unprofitable for a decade. While the Roost Podcast Network planned to remain in operation while Warner Bros. Discovery sought a buyer, Warner also gauged interest in Rooster Teeth's intellectual property, including RWBY, Red vs. Blue and Gen:Lock. In April 2024, The Roost Podcast Network would be sold to the talent management company, Night and in July 2024, the RWBY franchise would be sold to Viz Media.

Some employees are still working in order to finalize the shutdown and it is unclear when the company will close entirely. Most employees left on May 10, 2024, with the website updated to a final goodbye message on May 15, 2024. Following the closure, several of the former talent and staff members from Rooster Teeth continued to work together in new ventures.

Productions

Rooster Teeth Animation

Rooster Teeth Animation was a division of Rooster Teeth that was founded in 2014, with Gray Haddock as the former head of the department. On December 13, 2019, it was announced that Joe Clary and Sean Hinz were promoted to co-heads of the department to replace Haddock.

Red vs. Blue

Main article: Red vs. Blue

In a parody of science-fiction films and games and of military life, Red vs. Blue tells the story of two groups of soldiers fighting a civil war in a desolate and isolated box canyon. Initially, Rooster Teeth expected the series to consist of only six to eight episodes. However, the series quickly became very popular, receiving 20,000 downloads in a single day, which contributed to bringing Rooster Teeth to fame. Accordingly, Burns conceived an extension of the plot.

RWBY

Main article: RWBY

RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is an anime-styled CG-animated web series that was created and directed by animator Monty Oum, and written by Miles Luna and Kerry Shawcross. The first episode of RWBY premiered on July 5, 2013, at RTX 2013 and was released on the Rooster Teeth site on July 18, 2013. The story takes place in the world of Remnant, which is filled with supernatural forces and shadowy creatures known as the "Creatures of Grimm". Prior to the events of the series, mankind waged a battle of survival against the Grimm before discovering the power of a mysterious element called Dust, which allowed them to fight back against the monsters. On February 1, 2015, Oum died due to a severe allergic reaction during a medical procedure, but the series he created continues. The success of RWBY also resulted in a secondary series by Rooster Teeth, RWBY Chibi, which features the show's main characters in chibi form, with a focus on comedic elements and humor.

In July 2024, the RWBY franchise was purchased by Viz Media, who stated their intentions to continue the main web series along with RWBY showrunner and former Rooster Teeth employee Kerry Shawcross. They also stated their intentions to produce RWBY merchandise and search for ways to widely distribute the series via streaming platforms and home video releases.

Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures

RTAA title card

In July 2010, Jordan Cwierz released the first Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures (RTAA) episode (then known as Drunk Tank Animated Adventures), featuring animations depicting stories told on the Rooster Teeth Podcast. In October 2011, Cwierz was officially hired to produce the animated shorts full-time as a feature of the podcast.

On October 8, 2014, Rooster Teeth debuted Let's Play Minimations. It features highlights from Achievement Hunter's Let's Plays, initially using 3D animation that resembles the sandbox game, Minecraft and later machinimated using Grand Theft Auto V.

Camp Camp

Main article: Camp Camp

Lindsay Jones, voice actor on RWBY, with Jordan Cwierz, co-creator of Camp Camp

On April 1, 2016, Rooster Teeth announced Camp Camp with a trailer that aired on their website and YouTube. The series premiered on June 10, 2016, as part of Rooster Teeth's Summer of Animation promotion. It focuses on a young boy named Max, voiced by Michael Jones, who is forced to go to summer camp but makes two friends there who help him constantly torment their camp counselor, David, voiced by Miles Luna. It airs on Fridays for Rooster Teeth First members and Saturdays for site members. The show was created by Jordan Cwierz and Miles Luna. The first season was extended by two episodes due to positive reception, for a total of 12 episodes in its first season. Camp Camp's composer was Benjamin Zecker, with Miles Luna writing the outlines for "The Camp Camp Theme Song Song" and "Better Than You." The DVD/Blu-ray combo pack of the first two seasons were released on May 22, 2018, with its third season premiered on May 25. Its fourth season announced on May 20, 2019, and premiered on the Rooster Teeth site on June 1, 2019. On July 7, 2023, at Rooster Teeth's annual convention RTX, it was announced that Camp Camp would return with new episodes on March 1, 2024.

gen:LOCK

Main article: Gen:Lock

At RTX Austin 2017, Rooster Teeth Animation announced that they would be making a new series called gen:LOCK that is a mecha action drama series by RWBY producer, Gray G. Haddock. It was teased at New York Comic Con and RTX London. It was originally set for a late 2018 release, but was pushed back to January 2019. On May 21, 2018, it was revealed that the main character, Julian Chase, is voiced by Michael B. Jordan. Jordan co-produced the series through his production company, Outlier Society Productions. The series premiered on January 26, 2019. The first season concluded on March 9, 2019.

On October 24, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered first on HBO Max on November 4, 2021, and concluded on December 23.

Others

In May 2004, at the E3 gaming convention, Rooster Teeth was introduced to The Sims 2 and realized that the game would be suitable for a series that parodied reality television. The game's publisher Electronic Arts allowed them to continue with the project. The result was The Strangerhood, a comedy series that centers on eight strangers who awake one day unaware of where they are or how they arrived there. Its first season of 17 episodes completed on April 27, 2006. In 2005, the group collaborated with Paul Marino on Strangerhood Studios, a spin-off commissioned by the Independent Film Channel. This spin-off was the first machinima series to be commissioned for broadcast and won an award for Best Editing at the 2005 Machinima Film Festival. The second season premiered on September 29, 2015, after the stretch goal was reached for Lazer Team's Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.

In 2006, Rooster Teeth partnered with Maybeck Productions to create PANICS, a short series filmed on F.E.A.R. that chronicles the misadventures of Bravo Team, a group of soldiers sent to investigate a paranormal disturbance. The four publicly released episodes were released between September 27, 2005, and October 18, 2005, and a prequel was released with F.E.A.R. – Director's Edition. The mini-series won an award for Best Writing at the 2005 Machinima Film Festival. Rooster Teeth's other machinima productions are 1-800-Magic, a four-episode mini-series created in 2006 using the game Shadowrun, and Supreme Surrender, a 2008 mini-series made using Supreme Commander. On February 13, 2017, Rooster Teeth premiered the teaser trailer for their upcoming animated series titled Sex Swing featuring members of their Funhaus division based on a recurring joke in their videos where they portray a fictional band of the same name.

Ray Narvaez Jr. and Gavin Free cosplaying as X-Ray and Vav

At RTX 2014, a new animated show called X-Ray and Vav was announced, starring Ray Narvaez, Jr. as X-Ray and Gavin Free as Vav. The show is directed by Lindsay Jones (who also voices Hilda) and Jordan Cwierz, with art direction by Patrick Rodriguez. The first episode was released on November 27, 2014. The second season premiered on July 19, 2015. Narvaez and Free reprised their roles as the show's titular heroes, with the addition of Michael Jones as the anti-hero Mogar, Jessica DiCicco as news reporter Ash Samaya, and Ryan Haywood as The Mad King. When asked by a fan if he would return for a third season if asked, Narvaez stated, "Not interested. I am happy with how Season 2 ended, plus as fun as voice acting was I have no interest in doing it anymore."

A new 2D animation show was released on Rooster Teeth First on March 16, 2018. Created by Georden Whitman, Nomad of Nowhere is a western-fantasy hybrid focused on a mute wanderer hunted for being capable of using magic to give life to inanimate objects.

On February 15, 2019, it was announced Rooster Teeth would partner with Hasbro for a 2020 animated Netflix series based on the Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy toyline.

Live-action production

Rooster Teeth Shorts

Rooster Teeth first ventured into live action in 2009 with Captain Dynamic, a mini-series to promote the online game City of Heroes. The series tells the story of a team of writers hired to use the new in-game content creation tools to promote the title character, Captain Dynamic, the 'worst superhero in the world'. Directed by Matt Hullum and written by Burnie Burns, the series starred Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies, who is a long time friend and fan of Rooster Teeth. A number of Rooster Teeth employees were present throughout the series, notably Joel Heyman as Captain Dynamic's primary writer. Actor Shannon McCormick appears as the series' antagonist, Great Face. The series also led to the release of an iPhone app called the Awesome Button.

Following the positive reception of Captain Dynamic, Rooster Teeth began producing another live-action series, Rooster Teeth Shorts, a sketch comedy which parodies life at their offices in a similar fashion to the webcomic. The series features the staff of Rooster Teeth, who all play caricatures of themselves, as well as occasional appearances from voice actors from some of their machinima series. The first season ran for twenty episodes, which along with Captain Dynamic has been released on DVD.

The second season of RT Shorts debuted on April 23, 2010, with new episodes released weekly via the Rooster Teeth website until a hiatus during late July 2010, during which the team focused all their efforts towards Red vs. Blue episodes. With production on Red vs. Blue complete, weekly RT Shorts episodes began again on August 28, 2010, until the second season's conclusion with its twenty-fourth episode and DVD release in early December. Shortly before season two's conclusion, Rooster Teeth collaborated with the team behind Mega64, a video game-centered comedy series. Together they produced four Rooster Teeth Shorts episodes, which were released on the Rooster Teeth website as the beginning of season three.

Halfway through season four, Burns announced the cancellation of Rooster Teeth Shorts for several new series. However, on April 1, 2013, Rooster Teeth announced Rooster Teeth Shorts would return with a fifth season, on the same day, the season premiere episode Reunion was released and marked the tenth anniversary of the company.

On August 22, 2013, Rooster Teeth released six 6-second mini-episodes exclusively through the video sharing service Vine. Six more were published on September 13, 2013. The third set was released on October 11, 2013, followed by a fourth set on November 8, 2013.

Immersion

A car with a blacked out windshield and a video screen, used to test driving a car with a third-person perspective in the Immersion pilot

Immersion is a series in which Burnie Burns and Gus Sorola (Griffon Ramsey in the first season) test the concepts of video games in real life, such as whether the heckling that sometimes occurs in multiplayer video games would negatively affect the performance of real soldiers. Burns joked in the Rooster Teeth podcast that the series started as an "elaborate way for [them] to do fun stuff and get paid for it." Geoff Ramsey and Gus Sorola were the test subjects throughout the first season. Gavin Free and Michael Jones served as the test subjects from the second season onwards. Various other Rooster Teeth employees have served as test subjects in certain episodes including Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross, Blaine Gibson and Chris Demarais.

During PAX East in late March 2010, Rooster Teeth released a teaser trailer for a series with a pilot episode that tested how easy it would be to drive a car from a third-person perspective. Nothing was mentioned of Immersion until October 2010, when Burnie Burns stated during the company's podcast, The Rooster Teeth Podcast, that production had begun on further episodes.

Soon after, on November 23, 2010, the company released pictures on Reddit of a door in their office turned into a safe-room door from the video game Left 4 Dead to build hype for the series' debut the following day. The post became the most popular post of the day on Reddit. Rooster Teeth re-released a tweaked pilot episode the following day to begin the weekly series, which concluded with its seventh episode on January 5, 2011.

A new episode of Immersion premiered on June 17, 2011, after five months on hiatus. The episode's filming took place on May 29, 2011, during Rooster Teeth's convention, RTX, as well as 400 participants dressed as zombies. The episode shows Geoff Ramsey and Gus Sorola defending themselves from a horde of zombies.

On June 17, Burns said during a panel at Supanova Sydney, that they would be producing a second season, and they were developing concepts. They also confirmed that Gavin Free and Michael Jones of Achievement Hunter would be joining the cast in the second season, replacing Sorola and Ramsey as the test subjects. In the Rooster Teeth Podcast, it was confirmed that the second season began production in 2013. Burns stated in an episode of the Rooster Teeth Podcast that several television stations were interested in picking up the series for its second season.

During RTX 2015, Burns announced that there would be a third season of Immersion. The third season premiered in November 2015. Airing on August 3, 2019, Burns, Free, and Jones did an episode of Immersion for Discovery channel's Shark Week. Along with being shown a demonstration of mechanical shark jaws, it involved them riding a mechanical shark, surfing on the back of a shark-like boat, and ultimately ended with both of them diving with sharks with shark expert Luke Tipple. The episode is available to watch on the Discovery website.

The Slow Mo Guys

Main article: The Slow Mo Guys

Attendees of RTX 2013 pelting The Slow Mo Guys hosts with water balloons for a slow motion video.

The Slow Mo Guys is a science and technology entertainment web series from Thame, England, United Kingdom created by Gavin Free, starring himself and Daniel Gruchy. The series consists of a wide variety of things filmed in extreme slow motion using a range of Vision Research Phantom high-speed cameras, capable of shooting over 1,500,000 frames per second. The series premiered on October 15, 2010. On February 20, 2013, Free confirmed that the series had been picked up by Rooster Teeth and that further episodes of the series would be released on Rooster Teeth's website, as well as the series' existing YouTube channel. A best of compilation episode was released by Rooster Teeth Productions for home video on September 10, 2013.

Day 5

Main article: Day 5

Shooting of a scene in Day 5 in downtown Austin during RTX 2012

At RTX 2012, 1,800 fans were used as extras for a scene in post-apocalypse short series called Day 5, which initially followed a man fighting to stay awake after a virus spreads that causes anyone who falls asleep to die. The trailer premiered at RTX 2014. While the premise was kept the same, the overall story and characters were later changed drastically. In March 2016, the cast was announced, with filming starting that same month. The first episode premiered on June 19, 2016, on both Rooster Teeth's website and YouTube, though the rest of the series was released exclusively on Rooster Teeth's website for FIRST members, making it the company's first premium exclusive show. Its first season concluded on July 31, 2016. Showrunner Josh Flanagan held a Reddit AMA the following day, answering many fan questions about the show. In February 2017, a second season of the show was announced, along with a second season of Camp Camp.

Million Dollars, But ...

Million Dollars, But ... is an ongoing series in which three Rooster Teeth employees or a special guest each come up with a typically difficult scenario—which the cast comically re-enact—as a condition for which they will be given a million dollars; for example, the person has to date Adolf Hitler for a year. The early episodes usually featured Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, and Barbara Dunkelman, but as time went on, the cast became more varied. The pilot episode premiered on May 21, 2015, with the series continuing on July 9, 2015. The series now features special episodes devoted to specific themes, such as animation, with all the scenarios revolving around animation. Million Dollars, But ... has developed a card game that had a very successful Kickstarter, reaching their goal of US$10,000 within 2 minutes and later surpassing $1 million. The card game was released in mid-June 2016.

On the Spot

On the Spot logo

On the Spot is the name of the Rooster Teeth game show that involves members of the Rooster Teeth cast and crew, split into two teams of two people, playing various improvisational games to gain points awarded by the host Jon Risinger. The winning team is awarded a golden trophy that resembles Gustavo Sorola, affectionately called "The Golden Gus". Although promised to the winner, after being broken several times, the trophy now does not leave Risinger's desk. A frequent theme of the show is the chaotic humor; contestants will frequently attempt to annoy and antagonize Risinger, and to mock his show. The points are assigned arbitrarily and inconsistently based on the random whim of the host, as well as being assigned by the broadcast team that is running the show. In an effort to bring variety to the show, the next few seasons have been themed, with the first themed season being "On the Spot goes to Hell!", where Jon, his show, and his contestants go to hell because his show was too bad. The second themed season is "On the Spot: Lost in Time" with each episode being set in a different time period due to a break in the space-time continuum caused by Chris Demarais. The third themed season involves a "family friendly" version of the show titled "On the Spot: The Happy Room", where each episode has a learning subject such as weather or family which the game prompts are based on. The latest themed season, "On the Spot and Chill", has a TV show theme.

Commercial and external partners

In 2014, a bi-weekly series premiered called Happy Hour. The series chronicles the drunken adventures of Geoff Ramsey, Gavin Free, and Griffon Ramsey. The series ended on September 24, 2017.

Created to test elaborate social experiments, Social Disorder follows Chris Demarais and Aaron Marquis as they compete for points as a game show. The first episode, The Body Bag Experiment, debuted on September 15, 2014, in which Demarais and Marquis had to drag each other around in a body bag trying to get bystanders to help them out. Points were awarded for making up reasons as to what was in the bag or why they were dragging the bag in the first place.

Crunch Time was a web series that initially aired in September 2016. The original trailer was featured on The Nerdist's announcement article, and depicted university students creating a machine to allow them to enter other people's dreams. The show stars Samm Levine, known for Freaks and Geeks and Inglourious Basterds, as well as Good Neighbor's Nick Rutherford; it also starred Jessy Hodges and Kirk C. Johnson, who starred in Rooster Teeth's first feature film, Lazer Team. Supporting the main cast is comedian Brent Morin and True Detective's Michael Hyatt as agents Hobbs and Mullins, respectively.

On Halloween 2012, a partnership between Rooster Teeth and Blip was announced, with the premiere of their new 10-episode, reality game competition series sponsored by GEICO. The Gauntlet followed gamers from around the United States competing in contests of skills, concentration, agility and stamina, inspired by reality competitions Wipeout and The Voice. The first season was hosted by Ali Baker and Burnie Burns. Season two was hosted by Burns and Joel Heyman and began on September 7, 2013.

Starting in 2014, Rooster Teeth employees Miles Luna and Kyle Taylor started playing video games and recording the gameplay and facial camera footage to create a show originally called Sponsor Play. The show was featured as part of the Sponsor Cut portion of the RT website as an incentive to become a sponsor for their production. This series was renamed to Backwardz Compatible in November 2016 along with the change of sponsorship format. The series included gameplay of Fatal Frame, Resident Evil 7, Sonic Adventure 2, Alien: Isolation, Dark Souls III, and others.

Colton Dunn, host of RT-ES

On September 27, 2015, a sketch comedy show RT-ES, or Rooster Teeth Entertainment System, premiered for Rooster Teeth First members on roosterteeth.com. The show was produced in Los Angeles, California and was hosted and created by Colton Dunn. The show consisted of Dunn giving interviews, talking about relevant topics, and showing many sketches throughout. It featured comedy, music, and games.

In a Sponsor-Only video, Burnie Burns said that RT-ES would be put on hiatus. Burns began by saying "occasionally we make some missteps," referring to RT-ES. He elaborated by saying Rooster Teeth would review audience feedback and apply it to the show in the future.

Commercial work

A screenshot from Apology, an advertisement which Electronic Arts commissioned from Rooster Teeth

In mid-2006, Electronic Arts commissioned Rooster Teeth to direct commercials for their EA Sports brand of games, including Madden NFL 07 and NCAA Football 07, for broadcast on television. Rooster Teeth released some of this work on their website. In late November 2006, controversy arose over a Madden NFL 07 commercial, when Indianapolis Colts tight end Dallas Clark complained about his depiction in the commercial. Hit and tackled multiple times in the advertisement by Philadelphia Eagles players, Clark stated, "I haven't seen the commercial, but I'm upset about it. It makes me look like a punk." In response, Rooster Teeth posted a director's cut, in which Clark plays and dominates every position.

They have also made a trailer for a free to play PC game called Loadout, developed by Austin-based Edge of Reality.

Film projects

In February 2014, Burns confirmed that the company was going to launch a crowdfunding campaign for a feature film, as a way to offer more support options while gaining publicity. In June 2014, an Indiegogo campaign for Lazer Team was launched. The fundraiser hit its $650,000 target within 11 hours and reached over $1.6 million two days later. The film was due for release in 2015. As of July 24, 2015, Lazer Team is the second-most-funded film project on Indiegogo, raising just under $2.5 million.

Production for Lazer Team began on October 9, 2014. On February 21, 2015, the first official teaser trailer was released, and on March 16, 2015, the full trailer was released. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 24, 2015, where it received a generally positive reception. It was released in theaters on January 27, 2016.

On August 5, 2016, Burns and Free announced that Lazer Team 2 had been green-lit by Rooster Teeth in partnership with YouTube Red (now YouTube Premium), who financed the film, and that pre-production had begun. In December 2016, Matt Hullum confirmed Rooster Teeth would film Lazer Team 2 in Texas during the late spring of 2017 and planned to release it later that year. Daniel Fabelo co-directed the sequel with Hullum. Nichole Bloom and Victoria Pratt also joined the cast. Filming for the sequel concluded in April 2017.

At RTX Austin 2017, Rooster Teeth announced Blood Fest, a horror-comedy film directed by Owen Egerton, and starring Seychelle Gabriel, Robbie Kay and Jacob Batalon. Other cast members include Zachary Levi, Barbara Dunkelman, Nick Rutherford, and Tate Donovan.

Video game development

Main article: Rooster Teeth Games

Rooster Teeth vs. Zombiens

Rooster Teeth vs. Zombiens is a game made by Team Chaos that features some of the main Rooster Teeth personnel in their fight against zombies in the Rooster Teeth office and parking lot. It was made for iOS, Android and Steam platforms. It has since been taken down from IOS and Android platforms.

RWBY: Grimm Eclipse

At RTX 2014, Rooster Teeth announced during the RWBY panel on July 4 that a RWBY video game was in development, under the working title RWBY: Grimm Eclipse, making this the first video game ever created by the company. An early demo of the game was available for consumers to play at the event. Rooster Teeth CEO Matt Hullum stated, "RWBY is a natural choice for us to focus on for our first in-house produced video game. Fans can expect that we will bring the same level of originality in action, comedy and design to the video game that has made the RWBY animated series such a hit."

RWBY: Grimm Eclipse was initially developed as a fangame by Jordan Scott over the course of five months. A demo version was released on April 1, 2014, to celebrate Rooster Teeth's 11th anniversary, but the demo is no longer available for download. Scott said at the time that it was not an ongoing project, and he had no plans for any future updates. He described it as a "survival-based action RPG" set in the world of RWBY.

On December 1, 2015, the game was released as an Early Access title on Steam after rapidly being approved through Steam's Greenlight feature.

Vicious Circle

Vicious Circle was first announced on episode 526 of the Rooster Teeth Podcast by Burnie Burns and Gus Sorola. It is an uncooperative multiplayer shooter and Rooster Teeth's first original IP game. It was released on August 13, 2019, on Steam.

Subsidiary channels

Achievement Hunter

Main article: Achievement Hunter

Cast members of Achievement Hunter at RTX 2014

Achievement Hunter was a video gaming channel and division of Rooster Teeth, originally created in 2008 by Geoff Ramsey and Jack Pattillo as a new creative outlet during production of season 6 of Red vs. Blue. The channel was largely based on the achievement mechanic found in seventh-generation video game consoles after being made popular with Microsoft's release of the Xbox 360 with the channels produced by a rotating cast Rooster Teeth employees. Achievement Hunter has since become its own division with a consistent cast and has become a core component of Rooster Teeth Productions. In addition to main live-action channel, Achievement Hunter hosts gameplay content on the company's LetsPlay channel. They also formerly managed GameFails and LetsPlay Community channels on YouTube, but those are no longer uploaded on and currently serve as an archive of past GameFails and LetsPlay Community content. On September 18, 2023, it was announced that Achievement Hunter would be converted into an archive channel and all members would be moving onto other projects.

LetsPlay

The LetsPlay channel has served a variety of uses since its launch, being most consistently used as the Let's Play channel for Achievement Hunter.

LetsPlay Network

The LetsPlay Network is a former multi-channel network (MCN) operated by Rooster Teeth. It was founded by Rooster Teeth co-founder Geoff Ramsey and was run by Luis Medina alongside Ramsey. Under this new venture, partnerships with several other YouTube channels, in addition to its own Achievement Hunter and Funhaus, would be established to would provide merchandise, promotion, and other benefits for its partners.

On March 28, 2016, a partnership with Kinda Funny was announced. Members of the group appear in Rooster Teeth content, and Kinda Funny merchandise became available on the Rooster Teeth Store. Kinda Funny Live! was presented by Let's Play and hosted by Burnie Burns. A partnership with The Creatures was announced on April 4, 2016. Upon their separate formations, channels Cow Chop and Game Attack were separately confirmed to be part of the "LetsPlay family". Game Attack, which was initially spun off from ScrewAttack before becoming its own independent entity, and Cow Chop both had their own sections on Rooster Teeth's website. On May 11, Achievement Hunter announced a partnership between the LetsPlay Network and video game publisher Ubisoft. Streams and gameplay videos done by any of the Let's Play family members featuring games published by Ubisoft will be released exclusively on the Ubisoft US YouTube channel. On May 31, 2017, it was announced that YouTubers JT Machinima (now JT Music), NoahJ456, LazarBeam, and Sugar Pine 7 had joined Let's Play, with JT Machinima being the first of which to have merchandise sold through the RT Store.

On July 12, 2017, it was announced that The Creatures would be disbanding, ending their relationship with Rooster Teeth. In April 2019, Cow Chop announced a "GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE", implying the channel would disband by the end of the year. On December 31, Cow Chop posted their final video. In May 2019, Sugar Pine 7 also announced their departure from the Rooster Teeth family. On May 1, 2019, Craig Skistimas of Game Attack announced they as well were now independent, had no further business relationship with Rooster Teeth and was no longer a part of the LetsPlay family. Since their departures, content from The Creatures and Game Attack are no longer hosted on Rooster Teeth's website and Cow Chop & Sugar Pine 7's content are now consolidated under the "Friends of RT" section.

While Rooster Teeth still maintains relationships with Kinda Funny and JT Music, along with new deals with other entities, the "LetsPlay Network" has not been referenced since the mentioned departures. A similar kind of partnership with UK based The Yogscast has occurred, a deal that includes their own section on Rooster Teeth's website and apps, but the LetsPlay branding and channel has reverted to its function as the gameplay channel for Achievement Hunter.

Inside Gaming

Inside Gaming is the gaming news division of Rooster Teeth. Originally founded as The Know, an entertainment news division that discusses current events in movies, TV shows, gaming, technology, and media. It was mainly hosted by Ashley Jenkins and Brian Gaar, with a selection of other Rooster Teeth staff from each division within the company. It was initially a single news show hosted on Rooster Teeth's main YouTube channel before moving over to its own channel, where it has since expanded into several different categories of entertainment and tech news as well as several different shows, with the latest being Glitch Please, a successor to their earlier podcast The Patch, that was greenlit for a full series after six pilot episodes. Previously The Know had hosted Leaderboard, where Meg Turney had discussed esports news, The Patch Game Club, where the hosts of The Patch would discuss a new video game they've played each week, and Screen Play, a film and TV podcast. In June 2016, Turney announced on her vlog she was leaving Rooster Teeth to focus more on cosplay.

In October 2017, Variety announced Eric Vespe would join The Know as senior writer responsible for original reporting, interviews and developing new entertainment shows. Vespe had previously worked at Ain't It Cool News for 20 years.

On February 14, 2019, Rooster Teeth revived Machinima's Inside Gaming brand, renaming The Know to Inside Gaming. The Know and Machinima's social team were combined with Inside Gaming. Lawrence Sonntag, Adam Kovic, Bruce Greene and Alanah Pearce from Funhaus hosted Inside Gaming, which includes gaming news, features and reviews. Greene and Sonntag left in 2019. Autumn Farrell, formerly of Sugar Pine 7, took over Sonntag's position. Farrell and Pearce departed the company in October 2020. On January 5, 2021, it was announced that Inside Gaming daily would end and all hosts would be joining Funhaus, however, the Inside Gaming weekend round-up would continue.

Game Kids

Game Kids was a kids channel launched in 2014, until 2016.

Funhaus

The cast of Funhaus at PAX Prime 2015

Funhaus (pronounced "funhouse") was a division of Rooster Teeth Productions, based in Los Angeles, California. The channel launched on February 16, 2015, by the former cast of Inside Gaming: Adam Kovic, James Willems, Bruce Greene, Lawrence Sonntag, Matt Peake, Sean "Spoole" Poole and Joel Rubin, later joined by former GameTrailers talent Elyse Willems in November 2015 and former IGN host Alanah Pearce in August 2018. Funhaus produces gameplay videos in a similar manner to Achievement Hunter. In addition to gameplay, Funhaus also produced segments for The Know up until November 2016. It produced many shows such as Open Haus (Q&A), Google Trends, podcasts called Dude Soup and "Film Haus", gameplay series such as Demo Disk and Wheelhaus, a now-defunct live stream called FunhausTV on YouTube, and the now-defunct Sex Swing: The Animated Series. Shows produced by Funhaus for Rooster Teeth TV include "No Idea", "Arizona Circle", and "Last Laugh".

In 2016, Poole and Rubin left Funhaus. Greene and Sonntag left in 2019. Kovic departed the company after breaching its code of conduct in October 2020. Pearce announced her departure in late October 2020.

ScrewAttack/Death Battle

Main article: Death Battle

ScrewAttack was a video gaming website founded in 2006 by online personalities "Stuttering" Craig Skistimas and "Handsome" Thomas Hanley. The site grew to prominence through a joint venture with GameTrailers to host their original content such as the SideScrollers podcast, the video listicle series Top 10, and Clip of the Week. Alongside ScrewAttack's original content was the hosting of content from other gaming-based creators, most notably James Rolfe's Angry Video Game Nerd series, which was presented on the site from 2006 to 2011. In 2009, 2010 and from 2013 to 2015, ScrewAttack hosted a gaming convention called SGC (ScrewAttack Gaming Convention), which included a competition called "Iron Man of Gaming" to find the best all-rounded gamer. On November 4, 2015, it was announced that ScrewAttack would become a division of Rooster Teeth and Let's Play. Its website was updated to be consistent with Rooster Teeth's branding, along with all its previously existing users becoming Rooster Teeth users and its forums being absorbed into Rooster Teeth's forums. In 2019, the YouTube channel officially rebranded as DEATH BATTLE! and began only producing the show.

The website was primarily known for the web series Death Battle, in which they pit pop culture icons against each other in a fight to the death and determine who would win and who would die based on research of the characters (notable examples include Goku versus Superman, Mario versus Sonic the Hedgehog, Bill Cipher versus Discord, Cole MacGrath versus Alex Mercer, and Galactus versus Unicron, amongst many others). After the research is finished, a scenario of the characters fighting is shown using various distinctive animation styles (using 2D sprite-based graphics, 3D models or 2D traditional animation), and very rarely—live action. The show is hosted by Wizard, aka "Wiz" (voiced by Ben B. Singer, creator of the show), a mad scientist with a robotic arm, and Boomstick (voiced by Chad James), an alcoholic country man with a shotgun for a leg. Occasionally, episodes after the blocked Beerus VS Sailor Galaxia may include "DUMMI", based on Crash test dummies and is used to visualize combatant abilities. Other content includes a vote-based show named DBX (Death Battle Exhibition), mainly hosted by Marshall, aka "Ringmaster" (voiced by Billy B. Burson III) since season four, a behind-the-scenes podcast called Death Battle Cast, an informative show about various combatants called Desk of Death Battle which is hosted by another character called "Jocelyn The Intern" (voiced by Lisa Foiles), and a limited show based on fictional vehicles racing called Death Race with Ringmaster as the host and Wiz and Boomstick as commentators.

On February 4, 2019, the ScrewAttack YouTube channel was re-branded as DEATH BATTLE! to better match the channel's main content. The ScrewAttack section of the Rooster Teeth website was turned into an incomplete archive for the channel's old content. Since his departure from Rooster Teeth, Craig Skistimas has stated that working for Rooster Teeth was "the worst three years of my life". He has accused Rooster Teeth of stripping creative control over ScrewAttack from him and making decisions regarding ScrewAttack without input from himself or other ScrewAttack members.

Events

Community-run events have occurred regularly since 2005. These included RvBTO in Toronto (the first event, now retired and replaced with Toronto:Unconventional), RvBCanWest in Vancouver, RT Philly in Philadelphia, RooTeeth in Melbourne, and SideQuest in Austin. In February 2011, Sorola announced the date for the first RTX, the company's first official fan event. Burns credited RTX "starting" with the early fan events in Canada.

RTX

Main article: RTX (event)

In May 2011, Rooster Teeth held their first official community event in Austin, Texas. Initially planned as a small gathering for 200 people, demand was so high that over 500 tickets were accidentally sold within minutes of being made available online. Since RTX 2012, each event has been held in the Austin Convention Center, with the attendance growing from 5,000 in 2012 to 45,000 in 2015. In February 2017, RTX London was announced, taking place October 14–15 of that year. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, RTX 2020, dubbed "RTX at Home", was held virtually from September 15 to 25.

Let's Play Live

Main article: Let's Play Live

Let's Play Live is an on-stage event produced by Rooster Teeth in which Achievement Hunter and members of the Let's Play family play video games and perform comedy sketches in front of a live audience. Their first event was held on February 20, 2015, at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. Beginning in 2016, LPL toured multiple cities across North America. LPL returned to Austin the night before RTX 2018 began.

Podcasts

Rooster Teeth Podcast

Main article: Rooster Teeth Podcast

The set of the Rooster Teeth Podcast as of 2015

On December 9, 2008, Rooster Teeth launched the Drunk Tank podcast. It was renamed the Rooster Teeth Podcast in 2011, due to the previous name not being attractive to advertisers. The podcast is released weekly, and has won several honors, including being the most downloaded podcast on iTunes and winning the Best Gaming Podcast award at the Podcast Awards in 2013 and 2014. As of May 2023, the podcast has over 750 episodes the same year the podcast moved to a multi segment based show featuring new hosts

The Roost

In June 2017 Rooster Teeth launched its own podcast network, called The Roost, representing creators such as h3h3Productions, Game Grumps, Shane Dawson, Getting Doug With High by Doug Benson, Tiny Meat Gang by Cody Ko and Noel Miller, and The Valleyfolk by Joseph Bereta, Elliott Morgan, and Steve Zaragoza among others. In July 2018, The Roost added The Last Podcast on the Left, hosted by Ben Kissel, Marcus Parks, and Henry Zebrowski. On September 5, 2018, it was revealed that The Roost would also support both current and upcoming podcasts from The Beam, another podcast network, as part of a partnership between Rooster Teeth and Hello Sunshine.

A.J Feliciano became the head of the network in August 2020. In October 2020 The Roost began representing prop collecting podcast The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of. Rooster Teeth and AEW partnered to create the podcast Wrestling With The Week in January 2021. Anthony Padilla, along with Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart, launched podcasts with The Roost in early 2021. As of September 2021, The Roost network has over 100 shows and receives 300 million impressions per month. Rooster Teeth said the network increased its viewership by 50% and quadrupled revenue in 2021.

In April 2024, The Roost was purchased by Night, talent management company for several big YouTubers and Twitch streamers including MrBeast. In an interview with Variety, A.J. Feliciano stated most of The Roost staff would be kept on. In the same article Variety claimed The Roost's network of shows has over 350 million views and 20 million monthly downloads as of April 2024. However they provide no sources for these numbers.

Community and website

"I think the biggest place we've had to adapt is, we've always believed we have to have our own corner on the web, that we don't try to build our own company on Facebook or on MySpace back in the day, or even on Twitter or Snapchat. We try to have RoosterTeeth.com be our destination." ― Burnie Burns, July 8, 2016

Overview

On October 4, 2004, after closing their phpBB forums, Rooster Teeth publicly launched an online community and social networking website as a way to stay in touch with fans while maintaining their own platform for distribution. This site included features such as community statistics, journals, an image gallery and a "mod point system" or "emodomy" that was meant to help members moderate the site with options to like or dislike posts. Currently, it receives 5 million unique monthly visitors and is home to over 2 million registered users of which 135,000 pay $5 per month as FIRST members.

Rooster Teeth First

To host their own videos, Rooster Teeth paid a co-location facility $13,000. The cost from server fees prompted Rooster Teeth to implement a site wide program called "Sponsorships" in 2003 (later rebranded as Rooster Teeth First members), which gave paying members access to content before being offered to the public, in addition to extra site features, exclusive videos and merchandise. Sponsorships have been credited with "keeping the lights on" in the company's early years and a "major reason" for Rooster Teeth's growth and the first way that they monetized content.

1 июля 2016 года программа «Спонсорство» без рекламы была переименована в «ПЕРВАЯ» и предлагала новую возможность перехода на еще более высокий уровень под названием «Двойное золото», который включал такие привилегии, как: скидка 10 % на все Rooster. Предметы для зубов, первый доступ к VIP-пропускам на живые мероприятия и коробка с товарами стоимостью более 60 долларов США.

Сообщество

Основатели Rooster Teeth часто подчеркивают важность сообщества и то, как оно помогает им оставаться актуальными в веб-культуре. В 2010 году Берни Бернс заявил, что «не может представить RedVsBlue или Rooster Teeth без сайта сообщества». В 2014 году Гас Сорола сказал: «С самого начала мы всегда поддерживали и продвигали наш собственный сайт сообщества, еще до того, как появился YouTube». Создание сообщества является ключом к созданию заинтересованной, активной аудитории, которой действительно нравится ваш контент». Бернс подробно остановился на этом в сентябре 2014 года, объяснив, как им удалось создать глобальную аудиторию, постоянно участвуя в двустороннем разговоре с «гиперактивным ядром» компании. В 2016 году Бернс снова подтвердил свой рост, прислушиваясь к отзывам сообщества и принимая их близко к сердцу. В 2016 году Бернс повторил, что считает секретом успеха компании их сообщество и общение с сообществом. «Наша модель основана на том, чтобы быть домом для основного сообщества и расширять его из года в год… лояльность сообщества к распространению Евангелия вашего бренда абсолютно важна» Генеральный директор Fullscreen Джордж Стромполосос после приобретения Rooster Teeth назвал «безумно могущественное сообщество» причиной, по которой они считали, что компания идеально подходит для покупки, а позже объяснил успех Lazer Team силой сообщества. В 2015 году во время создания первого полнометражного фильма Rooster Teeth соучредитель и режиссер Мэтт Халлум заявил: «Мы не смогли бы создать Lazer Team без сообщества, и я действительно не думаю, что мы бы этого хотели». В 2017 году Бернс еще раз подчеркнул, что «сообщество является краеугольным камнем Rooster Teeth» и одной из их основных ценностей, которые они прививают новым сотрудникам.

Уважаемые члены сообщества

Члены сообщества отличились на сайте и за его пределами. Среди известных людей из этого сообщества — Гэвин Фри , Барбара Данкельман и Кент Николс . В октябре 2008 года член сообщества «Джеффсон» стал первым человеком, опубликовавшим сообщение о том, что президентская кампания Барака Обамы уничтожила рекламные щиты в версии Burnout Paradise для Xbox 360 . После публикации в его журнале эту историю подхватили крупные новостные агентства, включая GamePolitics , MTV и Wired . В 2010 году члены сообщества Achievement Hunter «AxialMatt» и «Hightower» привлекли внимание своим видео с третьего чемпионата мира в Японии . Для Red vs. Blue: Revelation компания Rooster Teeth использовала 10 членов сообщества, чтобы помочь разблокировать Halo 3 для целей производства машинимы. доспехи В феврале 2011 года Бернс написал в Твиттере, что член сообщества «madmanmoe» обнаружил, что веб-сайт Rooster Teeth не был заблокирован правительством Ливии, и вел блог о событиях на веб-сайте из Триполи во время Первой гражданской войны в Ливии . Самый старый внешний ресурсный сайт RoosterTooths существует с 2005 года и содержит стенограммы, биографии и историю титульного экрана Red vs. Blue .

Члены сообщества использовались для производства RT на каждом RTX . В 2011 году около 400 членов сообщества были использованы в качестве зомби массовки в эпизоде ​​Immersion в режиме Орды . В 2012 году 1800 зрителей были задействованы в массовке для сцены в постановке RT « День 5» , в которой говорилось о перекрытии главной дороги в центре Остина . В 2013 году сотни фанатов были использованы в качестве массовки при взрыве водяных бомб в эпизоде ​​сериала «Медленные парни» . кастинги и прослушивания на второстепенные роли в Lazer Team . В 2014 году для участников RTX были проведены В 2015 году участникам было предложено принять участие в интерактивном «повествовательном опыте» под названием « Убийство в RTX» , который включал поиск улик на подготовленных «местах преступлений». 20 июня 2016 года Rooster Teeth подтвердили, что будут снимать зрителей на панели RTX для использования в своем последнем проекте Crunch Time .

Многие сотрудники пришли из общины. В 2014 году Бернс подсчитал, что «по крайней мере треть» из 85 компаний, созданных в фан-сообществе, добавил, что это «задерживает нас на земле» и «имеет большой смысл с точки зрения бизнеса… Мне не нужно объясните им, что пытается сделать эта компания». Бен МакСвини, иллюстратор логотипа Rooster Teeth, был нанят Бернсом после того, как его нашли на форумах сообщества сайта в апреле 2003 года. Среди других - креативный директор Барбара Данкельман, композиторы Нико Оди-Роуленд и Джефф Уильямс из Трокадеро , карикатурист Люк Маккей, охотники за достижениями Калеб Денекур и Рэй Нарваес-младший, создатель Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures Джордан Квирц и сценарист и режиссер RWBY Керри Шокросс. В августе 2014 года бывший стажер и нынешний продюсер контента Блейн Гибсон привлек внимание средств массовой информации, опубликовав фотографии с предложением принцессам Диснея в Walt Disney World . В июле 2014 года на RTX было объявлено, что фанат Джордан Скотт будет создавать видеоигру RWBY после публикации снятой им демоверсии на своей странице на YouTube. Во время панели RTX 2014 Achievement Hunter также было объявлено, что охотники за сообществами Мэтью «AxialMatt» Брэгг и Джереми «Jerem6401» Дули присоединятся к AH в качестве новых сотрудников.

Споры

Обвинения в сексуальных домогательствах

Вик Миньогна

В феврале 2019 года Rooster Teeth разорвали все связи с актером Виком Миньогной из -за обвинений в сексуальных домогательствах.

Адам Кович и Райан Хейвуд

В октябре 2020 года Райан Хейвуд из Achievement Hunter и соучредитель Funhaus Адам Кович были замешаны в скандалах, связанных с утечкой их обнаженных тел; Кович расстался с компанией. Несколько дней спустя против Хейвуда прозвучали многочисленные обвинения в ухаживании за несовершеннолетними фанатами. и впоследствии он был уволен.

Обвинения в токсичной культуре труда

Анимация и кранч-культура

В июне 2019 года стали известны десятки анонимных отзывов от Glassdoor , в которых подчеркивалась негативная культура кризисов , связанная с долгим и неоплачиваемым рабочим днем, плохим менеджментом и чрезмерной зависимостью от временных сотрудников в Rooster Teeth Animation. Грей Хэддок, руководитель анимационного отдела Rooster Teeth, ушел в отставку через два дня после обвинений.

Фанатик и преследование

В октябре 2022 года Кдин Йензен, бывшая сотрудница Achievement Hunter, опубликовала в Интернете свой опыт работы в компании. Она обвинила компанию в том, что она все еще придерживается «кризисной» культуры, несправедливо платит ей, а также в гомофобных и трансфобных оскорблениях со стороны высшего руководства до такой степени, что ее прозвище в компании было оскорблением. Несколько часов спустя актеры Achievement Hunter, в том числе соучредитель Rooster Teeth Джефф Рэмси, ответили на сообщение Джензена, извинившись за свое прежнее поведение в компании, а также объявили о сокращении графика выпуска на будущее. На следующий день Rooster Teeth опубликовала заявление по поводу ситуации, в котором утверждалось, что они предпринимают шаги по улучшению своей рабочей культуры и пересматривают паритет оплаты труда в компании. После сообщения Джензена многие другие бывшие сотрудники рассказали о своем опыте работы в Rooster Teeth, добавив больше сообщений о неоплачиваемой работе и дискриминационном насилии во время работы в компании. Затем Rooster Teeth опубликовала второе заявление с извинениями за вредное поведение, перечислив изменения, внесенные с 2020 года, включая введение диапазонов заработной платы и замену всего отдела кадров.

Другой

20 ноября 2019 года Майкл Куинн, вице-президент Rooster Teeth по исследованиям и разработке продуктов, был арестован за нападение на свою жену. Куинн был уволен через три дня.

См. также

• Список постановок Rooster Teeth

Библиография

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• Бернс, Берни (сценарист, режиссер); и др. (2003). Красный против синего, первый сезон (DVD). Буда, Техас : Rooster Teeth Productions. {{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: несколько имен: список авторов ( ссылка )
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• «Объявлены победители Маки!» . 2005 Кинофестиваль «Машинима» . Архивировано из оригинала 15 февраля 2007 года . Проверено 9 июля 2006 г.
• Оливер, Кейтлин (январь 2005 г.). «Красный против синего: вопросы и ответы» . @аниме! Ионфьюз . Аниметро Студии. Архивировано из оригинала 13 июня 2006 года . Проверено 9 июля 2006 г.
• «Красный против синего: деньги всегда зеленее» . Форбс . 10 декабря 2006 года . Проверено 1 февраля 2007 г.
• «Красные против синих: Интервью наносит ответный удар» . Банги . Корпорация Майкрософт . Архивировано из оригинала 23 декабря 2005 года . Проверено 8 января 2006 г.
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Дальнейшее чтение

• Нардоцци, Дейл (16 апреля 2009 г.). «McFarlane Toys объявляет о новых эксклюзивах Halo» . TeamXbox . Архивировано из оригинала 28 июня 2009 года . Проверено 1 июня 2009 г.

Внешние ссылки

• Официальный сайт (Архив)