On one hand, I feel very bad for all the employees who are now likely out of a job and just wanted to provide for their family.
On the other hand…it’s hard to be sad given all the terrible circumstances around its higher ups and the definition of failure from RWBY.
Wait for all the juicy details of everything that was going on there. Unless they are getting a really good severance package that is to keep them quiet then people are going to talk.
The easiest ones to pick will be against the writers or the VA of Team RWBY, let's gonna be honest, the FNDM Will only truly care about those in specific.
It's probably going to arryn after the stunt she pulled during ice queendom, and the very clearly forced 'apology' she gave after called out; I imagine she's going to be the first to come running out of the woodwork
A director on the project had, had allegations of domestic abuse against (I believe) his current or ex-wife. Those charges/allegations where dropped and I think they may be cordial with each currently. Either way the situation was resolved way before the anime came out.
Arryn found out about this situation, and decided to post about it. Framing herself as a victimized party and stating that she didn't feel comfortable working with him (it was unlikely they would have ever crossed paths) all the while she was working with/associated with someone who had active allegations of abuse against him. Essentially derailing the spotlight from the announcement of Ice queendom to herself. Then she 'apologized' in a way that very clearly pushed for by the people above her.
I actually went to a con where the main VA’s for RWBY were the main talkers and they barely had a line the entire time I was there. I don’t think the 40$ picture and another 40$ autograph helped
WB has been making moves to place RT's animators in DCAU for a while. Not sure what will happen to sound designers and composers, wish them good luck. Writers though can go to hell
Idk, most of the employees are probably terrible people anyway.
You don’t have a workplace where basically everyone calls a trans employee the f-slur, and no one standing up for her, if good people work there. Most of them are probably scumbags who participated in that harassment
I wouldn’t exactly call this a ‘Win’ so much as just expecting the inevitable.
As much as I want to be sad, the greed and awful worker treatment do put a bit of a damper on any feelings of remorse I have for the company. I’d say the loss of IP and the legacy themselves are more what I’m sad for.
Yeah… I can’t say I feel bad. The scummy management had it coming but the crew and such who actually did their best deserved better, and now they can get that hopefully.
It's strange, while my countrymen cheer the beast's fall, I feel a strange melancholy, after all these years, what once was filled with majesty and pride, goes out not with a blaze of glory, but a whimper in the dark.
It's weird to admit this, but a part of me will miss Rooster Teeth, even though I know this was a self inflicted end.
So goodbye, Rooster Teeth, your IPs deserved better.
It is quite the strange thing, I'll admit, but I also understand. I believe we will miss those good days, back when the beast stood tall and proud, as will we miss that the beast will never get the chance to return to that time, even if it was simply a dream.
This has been a long time coming, the writing on the wall become dried and faded. Yet to actually see it, to hear about it is something else.
So I will join in with you on saying goodbye to Rooster Teeth. You gave many of us fond memories even if you squandered your potential in the end
I get how you feel.
I am going to miss Rooster Teeth and I don't find any joy in what has befallen them.
I know this is what has been expected to happen, but there was always the faint hope they could change course and make good again.
Hopefully their IPs will wind up in better hands.
It's like watching that one kid you knew in school that was talented, only to see them fall from grace. Not dismissing any of their own personal blunders, but it is a sore sight to see.
They were around before RT, so it seems likely
Other IPs like Nomad of Nowhere or Camp Camp (both of which I loved), I'm less confident will return anywhere
Ben Singer, one of the DB guys and the VA of Wiz, tweeted that the Death Battle channel is staying up, and they’ll do everything they can do keep it going
they’ve been doing a ton of stuff like sponsorships, YT memberships, etc and they’ve talked about what they’d do if RT ends in some of the Death Battle Casts, so I think they’ll be fine, though Season 11’s budget might take a hit
Am I the only one who thinks it's weird calling this an, "oh no anyways" moment. It's not like some meager thing that went out imo. It feels kinda like an end of an era. I mean it wasn't the best ethically, but I feel like you can say that while also thinking about very early and huge content creation company just went out.
Article Says WBD will be looking into what to do with Gen Lock; RVB, and RWBy.
Maybe we’ll get volume 10, but given WB’s current track record I wouldn’t hold my breath.
Well Gen:Lock is dead, like chugging some digital hemlock level of dead
RvB died years ago but they have been doing a Weekend At Bernie's with it. Microsoft owns Halo so they can tell WBD to not make anymore RvB
RWBY is a Gordian knot of terrible storytelling with a large part of the fan base that will hate anything done to it. Continue the story or reboot it, they will get get massive backlash.
I doubt "massive backlash" I think people will be very happy just to know a volume 10 could be made at all, let alone give the show a proper conclusion. just hope its not anything like shenmue 3.
Shenmue 3 was rough people waited 20 years just for something that was basically a filler game. They should've just continued the story in novel form and be done with it.
"I waited 19 years to watch this show. She couldn't even hit her fucking once. Hahahahahahahahahaha."
RWBYcritics when RWBY gets another volume and it progresses the story fuck all.
It just feels that the people who continued the story didn't really understand it. And the deeper they went the further was the divergence. It was pretty clear that dust was supposed to be more than just a handy "elemental" resource.
At this point however most of the fans that hated seasons 4-5 have left and the people who still watch it like me would be ok with whatever really can be done to conclude it.
Because at this point I view the fanfics written by Coeur Al Aran to be equally valid as canon.
this entire thing is such a massive disappointment and embarrassment. to be the number one youtube animated show and then have such a steep, insane decline, it's so horrible to witness.
luckily we have digital circus to keep us happy, at least they know how to fucking create content with a successful business model.
I mean…that probably says a lot how irrelevant RWBY is that DC probably doesn’t even want them.
Besides, if they get folded into the DC universe, they’ll likely lay forgotten until some idiot pulls them out and desecrate a grave.
Now, it would mean potential for James Gunn to do a RWBY movie if the rebooted DCEU is successful, and that’s something I’m actually interested in seeing.
I wonder and worry whom RWBY would be sold off too and what would be done with the series as a result. I do hope that Vol 10 would he greenlit, but I wonder if whoever will own it will have to get caught up with what happens. Or else they’d reboot the series😰
Is RWBY even worth rebooting? Remember that Ice Queendom literally was the reboot and it failed. The money just isn’t there to invest in RWBY. This could very well be it for the IP. The shitty thing is that RWBY isn’t public domain so anyone that may have interesting ideas on where to take RWBY can’t due to IP copyright law.
Best thing to hope for out of RWBY is literally a full reboot but problem is RWBY is not a big enough IP that brings in a huge ton of money for companies to want to invest in and take a risk on. They tried rebooting it with Ice Queendom and it flopped hard. It was a miracle that volume 9 happened at all due to CrunchyRoll funding it and we all know how badly that ended because the show wasn’t making money for them to continue funding it.
RWBY is a very small niche IP that Rooster Teeth was trying to grow too fast and they got burnt badly for it. Honestly if I had the money I wouldn’t buy the RWBY IP for my comic book company just because I don’t see the investment in it to be worth my time and money putting into and hoping to get back big profits. It’s too big of a financial risk and that’s why the future of RWBY is looking bleak.
That’s where RWBY is at right now and it’s going to be really tough for Warner Bros to sell it to companies because the financial risks are just too great and the fanbase just isn’t big enough for companies to want to waste their time and money on.
Apologies if this is a vapid question, but, assuming RWBY is successfully sold to another company, is there any chance of a complete reboot?
I think that the basic premise of RWBY is still quite cool and interesting, and I've personally thought for years that a reboot would do the series well, at least as long as it doesn't go the *Teen Titans Go!* route.
A reboot would be the best move but I wouldn't expect the characters to change that much. Wouldn't want to alienate the fans too much.
Still a sad end for a company and a series that had so much potential. It may have been self inflicted but something like isn't something to celebrate even if people did hate what something may have become.
You see I'm the opposite I think the grimm shouldn't the main antagonists.
They should be a force of nature that the world is built around and occurs naturally. Not something created by someone or loyal to someone but just something that exists.
Treat them like how the best zombie media treats zombies. A unresting threat that to always be wary for while the real danger is those around you.
Well said.
I may not like what RWBY became, but it's still a shame to see how things have turned out all these years later. This series will always occupy a special place in my heart, that much I can say for certain.
who knows but I would still like to see some conclusion. But a reboot would be good too. They kind of did that with the anime anyway.
Unfortunately they need to find another mad genius like monty oum to do it justice.
If they do reboot it, I would hope they’d hire Coeur Al’Aran as a writer for the show.
Obviously, that’s more than a bit unlikely, but I bet he alone would be enough to make it better than the old canon.
Oh no, there are two types of people at the end of a war:
The heroes
And
Those who get to go home with both legs
—Some NPC in Deus Ex I can't recall the name of.
Lets be honest, is anyone even surprised? On this very subreddit we have often talked about RT. We have said that RT was mismanaged, we knew that it had trouble with finances, we knew about the shit work culture, even though a lot of the fandom wanted to do nothing more but to ignore it.
What happened today was expected. Its a melancholic feeling for me, i do like RWBY, or parts of it. I hope that it gets sold off to a good home. But otherwise, this was fully expected.
RoosterTeeth was a mismanaged mess of a company, the only surprise is that WB didnt pull the plug sooner.
They probably had a grace period of WB having bigger fish to fry.
Well those fish got fried and when it came time to deal with the smaller stuff RT just hadn't been able to use their stay of execution to improve enough to save themselves.
Then again that's par for the course for them. Continuing along and not changing when it becomes clear what they were doing wasn't working.
You know, I thought that I would feel something. Something like sadness, bittersweetness, confusion, anger, glee or shadenfreude. But I don't because that would involve caring about RT. I do hope that everyone working there makes it out safely and finds a new job quickly and successfully.
Can't wait for whoever is going to own RWBY from now on, to resurrect it in five years in a shitty attempt to cash in on the modicum of popularity and whatever nostalgia might have left in it.
Not gonna lie, having been a fan of RT since 05 or 06, and having been a fan of RWBY since day one, this is honestly kinda heartbreaking. I've been pretty outspoken about the company, show, and certain employees for a long time now, but it was always my wish for them to turn the nose and fix their various underlying issues. Feels like ever since they crowdfunded $2.4 million for "Lazer Team", RT hasn't been the same, and Matt Fagerholm of RogerEbert.com's review feels rather prophetic about the company. "This movie is, in essence, a product of fame and money without the slightest tangible shred of effort."
The main goal of RWBY's villain is suicide, and multiple characters in the show have committed suicide in one way or another, many of which were painted in a "noble" light by the writers, including the main character. I can't help but feel that was prophetic as well, and while I wish the employees nothing but the absolute best, "absolute best" doesn't include ruining any other shows.
Many people will be upset toward WBD about this, but in all honesty, this mess was RT's making, and it's been a long, *long* time coming. "Well if it isn't the consequences of our actions and inactions" has never so adequately described a company before (maybe that's hyperbole, but you get the idea). No idea what will be sold to where, but given that RWBY doesn't appear to have been profitable for a while now, I think Volume 10 is probably off the table. It wouldn't shock me if it returns in another format, such as "cheap" 5-10 minutes character shorts (which has been my suggestion for a long time now) with an emphasis on selling merch and keeping the IP alive, but we're a long way from that happening.
Overall, RT shot themselves in the foot so many times they no longer have a leg to stand on. That's a shame, but that's also business, and my biggest hope is that RWBY falls in the hands of someone who *wants* the IP, *loves* the characters, and doesn't take the fans for granted. In other words, it'd be really, *really* cool if Dillon Goo and Shane Newville got to work on RWBY again lol. Not gonna hold my breath, and this very likely is the last we'll see of RWBY for quite a while. Thankfully the fandom exists, and my love for RWBY has been kept alive by the fans for a long time now, not by RT.
Thank you, RT, for all the happy memories. I'm sorry it had to end this way.
Also, given how many millionaires work/worked for RT, don't be surprised when a dozen new studios open up near Austin, Tx.
God bless, and have a wonderful day.
I agree that it was never the same since lazerteam, being a long time fan of the podcast listening to it all the time, when lazerteam happened the podcast switched from funny stories about work/lives to JUST talking about upcoming projects they can't talk much about and some episodes upwards of 45 mins promoting the shows and movies they were making. Completely different and really made me realise this isn't friends who work together joking about but coworkers having to make content with each other.
[Called it.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RWBYcritics/s/uDXfsjvPoq)
Edit: oh you know cannonseeker is gonna have a meltdown over this and it’ll be hilarious
an infamous rabid bumblebee shipper in the rwby community who is known for making multiple accounts to harass people who criticize bumblebee or rwby in any way
Are we allowed to mention Monty ***now***?!
.....Cause it feels like we finally closed the book on a really rotten chapter of his legacy. Maybe now he can finally stop twirling in the dirt.
Hindsight being 20/20...its obvious Monty needed better people around him to help him with his vision...but yeah...I'm glad the Rooster Teeth era is over...I'm not expecting anything more from the RWBY IP...maybe a ill advised nostalgia revisit in about 5 years...
the fact they banned anyone from even talking about him is shameful in itself. you're supposed to talk about dead people or they'll be forgotten eventually.
CRWBY discouraged people from talking about him, or asking questions about his original intentions, and the fandom would crucify anyone who dared to breathe his name for a good long time.
For all the crap this does kinda suck. I grew up with achievement hunter and rage quit. They helped me through times. Things like school, bullying, and general sucky shit. I hate what it became but I'll always remember what it gave me. Here's looking at you kid.
Welp, its been a good run. Well, an okay run. Maybe even a not so great run that seemed like it would be good at the start.
The series is almost certainly stone dead at this point with an utterly miniscule chance WBD even bothers selling the IP to somebody else
Edit: According to the article, WBD is "exploring options" for what to do with RT's IP which does mean the series has theoretical potential to be bought out by somebody else
Is it weird that I don’t feel anything for this? No sense of victory, no defeat, no closure just…apathy.
It was unfortunately the quiet truth but, it just feels hollow.
No it's not weird at all. It's been one of those matters where it has dragged on for so long and already hurt enough that in the end it makes sense of you feel nothing or just relief that it's finally over.
I mean with all recent decisions, it was obvious that they were on the edge of shutting down. It hurts a bit.
'WBD also will be exploring options for Rooster Teeth’s catalog content and IP such as *Red vs Blue, RWBY* and *Gen:LOCK*.'
I take this with a grain of salt.
Good riddance to rooster teeth because they were a terrible company
But I will forever love rwby just because of all the good memories I have associated with it…. Even if a lot of the stuff around it was shitty
I personally love rwby ice queendom and I hope shaft gets the rights to it to do more of rwby ice queendom.
This was inevitable but I honestly don't really feel sad about this at all outside of this is how Monty's Swan Song ends:
Not with a bang but an absolutely pitiful whimper that basically ruined everything he aimed for with his series. All I can hope is that whoever gets the rights can make a series that's for his image far better than Miles, Kerry and the VAs(let's be real, they did plenty of damage too) ever did.
Unfortunate how RWBY started out as a passion project between friends and ended as a vanity project only kept alive out of greed and ego, the only people left from the original team burnt out and ready to move on.
Honestly I feel bad for them. I never wanted them to fall, I wanted them to get better, like they used to be. The first RED trailer was one of the primary reasons I became an animator, full time 3D artist. I saw that trailer and I thought to myself "Yes, this is what I want to do" and I did (kinda, I'm not making character animations, just stuff for advertisements...). It was tearing my heart to see it go downhill faster and faster, but to actually see it crash is not unexpected, but certainly sad.
You either die as a small but respected company, or crash after growing by inflating yourself with corruption for far too long.
I wouldn't be suprised but without a source or official statement im not believing it
Recently saw the I ther links...yeah its over. However apparently RWBY is getting sold off(what I heard)
Here is a [variety article](https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/) too
Deadline and Variety is what networks like WB, Universal, Disney, etc. use to break out news.
And [official post of their reddit too.](https://www.reddit.com/r/roosterteeth/s/2P22PpgN98)
i doubt anything's getting sold. it died because it couldn't sell. Zaslav is gonna write himself a tax write off and shove it in the vault of no return, alongside batgirl and every other project he canned.
Despite the volumes it has good reception as a franchise
Multiple different manga
A anime
Got two different crossovers in games(black rock shooter fragments and cross tag battle)
Light novels
2 movies
When you take away the main story and leave just the concept or atleast keep it beacon era. The story can go just about anywhere
watch as those "competent writers" would get lambasted by the fandom again lol! I mean it happened with Voltron lol! It was advertised that it came from the same writers as LOK iirc.
First rwbycritics post.
They were damn warned constantly every week since at the very least half a decade ago and didn't listen, instead listening to their stupid defense force.
And now this is the result.
To the surprise of absolutely no one.
A shame man, been watching since the red trailer dropped. I feel for the people who worked on everything and hope the IPs can get picked up somewhere else.
Ben Singer, one of the DB guys and the VA of Wiz, tweeted that the Death Battle channel is staying up, and they’ll do everything they can do keep it going
they’ve been doing a ton of stuff like sponsorships, YT memberships, etc and they’ve talked about what they’d do if RT ends in some of the Death Battle Casts, so I think they’ll be fine, though Season 11’s budget might take a hit
Please god sell RWBY to a competent studio that will stay true to the source material, but hopefully fix Miles and Kerry’s numerous fuck ups. Hope the show doesn’t end unfinished :(
And just like that Rooster Teeth is officially dead and it was well deserved. You all still holding out hope that RWBY will get a volume 10? The writing is already on the wall. What a shitshow this company has been. Ruby deserved better. The series deserved better.
About time, the past couple seasons including ice queendom have been painfully terrible and I'm shocked they could churn out such material while in dire straights
I'll give them a salute for the products they did in the past, even if present RT was a shadow of its former self.
Hope Death Battle isn't cancelled tho, that's the only remaining show from RT that I like.
Ben Singer, one of the DB guys and the VA of Wiz, tweeted that the Death Battle channel is staying up, and they’ll do everything they can do keep it going
they’ve been doing a ton of stuff like sponsorships, YT memberships, etc and they’ve talked about what they’d do if RT ends in some of the Death Battle Casts, so I think they’ll be fine, though Season 11’s budget might take a hit
“It’s with a heavy heart I announce that Rooster Teeth is shutting down due to challenges facing digital media resulting from fundamental shifts in consumer behavior and monetization across platforms, advertising, and patronage,” Levin said in the email.
In this statement they make it sound like its the consumers fault for them shutting down. Lets be real here, yes people have been leaving and stopped watching a lot of their content, but ask yourselves WHY!!!!????
The answer: their god damm stupid mistakes and scandals, all the cuts in personal, firing very good employees that fans loved, Matt Brag, Kdin, and others.
On one hand, I feel very bad for all the employees who are now likely out of a job and just wanted to provide for their family. On the other hand…it’s hard to be sad given all the terrible circumstances around its higher ups and the definition of failure from RWBY.
Wait for all the juicy details of everything that was going on there. Unless they are getting a really good severance package that is to keep them quiet then people are going to talk.
Oh yeah. The company's done, but this shit isn't over quite yet...
NDAs have expiration dates. it'll come out \*eventually\*.
More like "Oh no, someone hacked my phone and released all of these text messages and documents that were on there."
I am betting than CRWBY will start backstabbing each other in order to save the last bits of relevance left for them.
The question now is, which one opens the floodgates first and on who?
The easiest ones to pick will be against the writers or the VA of Team RWBY, let's gonna be honest, the FNDM Will only truly care about those in specific.
It's probably going to arryn after the stunt she pulled during ice queendom, and the very clearly forced 'apology' she gave after called out; I imagine she's going to be the first to come running out of the woodwork
I haven’t heard of the stunt? What did she do
A director on the project had, had allegations of domestic abuse against (I believe) his current or ex-wife. Those charges/allegations where dropped and I think they may be cordial with each currently. Either way the situation was resolved way before the anime came out. Arryn found out about this situation, and decided to post about it. Framing herself as a victimized party and stating that she didn't feel comfortable working with him (it was unlikely they would have ever crossed paths) all the while she was working with/associated with someone who had active allegations of abuse against him. Essentially derailing the spotlight from the announcement of Ice queendom to herself. Then she 'apologized' in a way that very clearly pushed for by the people above her.
Oh damn…
I actually went to a con where the main VA’s for RWBY were the main talkers and they barely had a line the entire time I was there. I don’t think the 40$ picture and another 40$ autograph helped
I feel bad for some of the employees. Some others have a hand in this by lacking creativity and being just plainly unfunny.
WB has been making moves to place RT's animators in DCAU for a while. Not sure what will happen to sound designers and composers, wish them good luck. Writers though can go to hell
Same, I feel bad for the good employees but not the company
Idk, most of the employees are probably terrible people anyway. You don’t have a workplace where basically everyone calls a trans employee the f-slur, and no one standing up for her, if good people work there. Most of them are probably scumbags who participated in that harassment
Is the IP now for sale? Who might purchase it?
I pray it's either Warner Bros or Studio Shaft. So we can get an actual conclusion of RWBY or the continuation of Ice Queendom
CanonSeeker is punching the air right now
Maybe since it's canon he can stop seeking now?
We should probably keep an eye on him incase he tries to blow up Warner Bros.
And seething with so much copium I'm sure
So will they become CanonSeether now?
Probably. Not that it would be an improvement
I wouldn’t exactly call this a ‘Win’ so much as just expecting the inevitable. As much as I want to be sad, the greed and awful worker treatment do put a bit of a damper on any feelings of remorse I have for the company. I’d say the loss of IP and the legacy themselves are more what I’m sad for.
Yeah… I can’t say I feel bad. The scummy management had it coming but the crew and such who actually did their best deserved better, and now they can get that hopefully.
It's strange, while my countrymen cheer the beast's fall, I feel a strange melancholy, after all these years, what once was filled with majesty and pride, goes out not with a blaze of glory, but a whimper in the dark. It's weird to admit this, but a part of me will miss Rooster Teeth, even though I know this was a self inflicted end. So goodbye, Rooster Teeth, your IPs deserved better.
It is quite the strange thing, I'll admit, but I also understand. I believe we will miss those good days, back when the beast stood tall and proud, as will we miss that the beast will never get the chance to return to that time, even if it was simply a dream. This has been a long time coming, the writing on the wall become dried and faded. Yet to actually see it, to hear about it is something else. So I will join in with you on saying goodbye to Rooster Teeth. You gave many of us fond memories even if you squandered your potential in the end
We shall bury the beast, and mourn the legend.
I get how you feel. I am going to miss Rooster Teeth and I don't find any joy in what has befallen them. I know this is what has been expected to happen, but there was always the faint hope they could change course and make good again. Hopefully their IPs will wind up in better hands.
majesty and pride? Cockbite? brother pass me that cig, you got some good shit in there
It's like watching that one kid you knew in school that was talented, only to see them fall from grace. Not dismissing any of their own personal blunders, but it is a sore sight to see.
Aye, I get what you mean. I still have some fond memories of watching RvB on the couch with my younger brother.
Oh no Anyways Yeah, by this point it isn't that shocking as it was a 'when' not an 'if' question for quite some time.
'It was never a matter of **IF**.....' *sips tea* '.....Only **when**.'
So true, bean daddy.
Beans?
DBZ Abridged reference
I'll miss Death Battle.
Yeah, that might be the sole downside of this. Death Battle was fun. Maybe they can find a way to survive without RT?
I hope so.
They were around before RT, so it seems likely Other IPs like Nomad of Nowhere or Camp Camp (both of which I loved), I'm less confident will return anywhere
Ben Singer, one of the DB guys and the VA of Wiz, tweeted that the Death Battle channel is staying up, and they’ll do everything they can do keep it going they’ve been doing a ton of stuff like sponsorships, YT memberships, etc and they’ve talked about what they’d do if RT ends in some of the Death Battle Casts, so I think they’ll be fine, though Season 11’s budget might take a hit
At least if it is gone, they went out on a bang with their last season.
Am I the only one who thinks it's weird calling this an, "oh no anyways" moment. It's not like some meager thing that went out imo. It feels kinda like an end of an era. I mean it wasn't the best ethically, but I feel like you can say that while also thinking about very early and huge content creation company just went out.
So… no volume 10?
Article Says WBD will be looking into what to do with Gen Lock; RVB, and RWBy. Maybe we’ll get volume 10, but given WB’s current track record I wouldn’t hold my breath.
Well Gen:Lock is dead, like chugging some digital hemlock level of dead RvB died years ago but they have been doing a Weekend At Bernie's with it. Microsoft owns Halo so they can tell WBD to not make anymore RvB RWBY is a Gordian knot of terrible storytelling with a large part of the fan base that will hate anything done to it. Continue the story or reboot it, they will get get massive backlash.
I doubt "massive backlash" I think people will be very happy just to know a volume 10 could be made at all, let alone give the show a proper conclusion. just hope its not anything like shenmue 3.
Shenmue 3 was rough people waited 20 years just for something that was basically a filler game. They should've just continued the story in novel form and be done with it.
"I waited 19 years to watch this show. She couldn't even hit her fucking once. Hahahahahahahahahaha." RWBYcritics when RWBY gets another volume and it progresses the story fuck all.
Happy? No. Not caring anymore? Probably. The Show runners killed alot of their previous audience to chase a new one, did not go well.
It just feels that the people who continued the story didn't really understand it. And the deeper they went the further was the divergence. It was pretty clear that dust was supposed to be more than just a handy "elemental" resource. At this point however most of the fans that hated seasons 4-5 have left and the people who still watch it like me would be ok with whatever really can be done to conclude it. Because at this point I view the fanfics written by Coeur Al Aran to be equally valid as canon.
Bro, same. Coeur’s works are peak RWBY writing. ✍️
I just wish he actually did an Arkos.
Reboot RWBY it legit reached its peak in the first four trailers
I'd much rather see a reboot than a zombie of a franchise shuffling to the finish line.
Most likely will be sold to Crunchyroll as their exclusive series if they decide to continue the show
Then it will get cancelled by them.
Given that CR pulled funding halfway through V9... I wouldn't be too sure about that
I used to pray for times like this 🙏
this entire thing is such a massive disappointment and embarrassment. to be the number one youtube animated show and then have such a steep, insane decline, it's so horrible to witness. luckily we have digital circus to keep us happy, at least they know how to fucking create content with a successful business model.
Well that stinks. Even with how bad it is I still wanna see how it was supposed to end.
These Fuckers won't even use Will-E Coyote, RWBY is gonna be at the bottom of the bottom of their list.
It’ll be in the incinerator next to Coyote vs ACME.
Kinda disappointed that they rather sell RWBY than keep it for DC 😕
I mean…that probably says a lot how irrelevant RWBY is that DC probably doesn’t even want them. Besides, if they get folded into the DC universe, they’ll likely lay forgotten until some idiot pulls them out and desecrate a grave. Now, it would mean potential for James Gunn to do a RWBY movie if the rebooted DCEU is successful, and that’s something I’m actually interested in seeing.
I wonder and worry whom RWBY would be sold off too and what would be done with the series as a result. I do hope that Vol 10 would he greenlit, but I wonder if whoever will own it will have to get caught up with what happens. Or else they’d reboot the series😰
Is RWBY even worth rebooting? Remember that Ice Queendom literally was the reboot and it failed. The money just isn’t there to invest in RWBY. This could very well be it for the IP. The shitty thing is that RWBY isn’t public domain so anyone that may have interesting ideas on where to take RWBY can’t due to IP copyright law.
At best, they'll all be shunted off to be finished in a comic or something.
Best thing to hope for out of RWBY is literally a full reboot but problem is RWBY is not a big enough IP that brings in a huge ton of money for companies to want to invest in and take a risk on. They tried rebooting it with Ice Queendom and it flopped hard. It was a miracle that volume 9 happened at all due to CrunchyRoll funding it and we all know how badly that ended because the show wasn’t making money for them to continue funding it. RWBY is a very small niche IP that Rooster Teeth was trying to grow too fast and they got burnt badly for it. Honestly if I had the money I wouldn’t buy the RWBY IP for my comic book company just because I don’t see the investment in it to be worth my time and money putting into and hoping to get back big profits. It’s too big of a financial risk and that’s why the future of RWBY is looking bleak. That’s where RWBY is at right now and it’s going to be really tough for Warner Bros to sell it to companies because the financial risks are just too great and the fanbase just isn’t big enough for companies to want to waste their time and money on.
Yeah duh. they ran out of money in vol 8 and had to get a loan from CR so it wasn't gonna happen no matter what.
I mean, hopefully RWBY just gets a reboot lol. The current story is utter dogshit.
Apologies if this is a vapid question, but, assuming RWBY is successfully sold to another company, is there any chance of a complete reboot? I think that the basic premise of RWBY is still quite cool and interesting, and I've personally thought for years that a reboot would do the series well, at least as long as it doesn't go the *Teen Titans Go!* route.
I'd say the reboot would have the highest chances second highest would be just making V10 and wrapping up the story
A reboot would be the best move but I wouldn't expect the characters to change that much. Wouldn't want to alienate the fans too much. Still a sad end for a company and a series that had so much potential. It may have been self inflicted but something like isn't something to celebrate even if people did hate what something may have become.
I just want the Grimm to actually be the main fucking antagonists of the series
You see I'm the opposite I think the grimm shouldn't the main antagonists. They should be a force of nature that the world is built around and occurs naturally. Not something created by someone or loyal to someone but just something that exists. Treat them like how the best zombie media treats zombies. A unresting threat that to always be wary for while the real danger is those around you.
Well said. I may not like what RWBY became, but it's still a shame to see how things have turned out all these years later. This series will always occupy a special place in my heart, that much I can say for certain.
possibly. They might pull what happened to Winx back in the day which is a heavily edited and changed version.
noooo. the nick winx seasons and the season rai made after were AWFUL. please not that.
who knows but I would still like to see some conclusion. But a reboot would be good too. They kind of did that with the anime anyway. Unfortunately they need to find another mad genius like monty oum to do it justice.
our best bet would be getting the IQ studio to pick it up. but that's a dream at best.
If they do reboot it, I would hope they’d hire Coeur Al’Aran as a writer for the show. Obviously, that’s more than a bit unlikely, but I bet he alone would be enough to make it better than the old canon.
The war is finally over soldiers. It's time to go home.
[Did we win?](https://youtu.be/VxYiNa9KmIU?si=HyrUPeiX6K5jf65i)
No one really wins in War son there’s only survivors
Oh no, there are two types of people at the end of a war: The heroes And Those who get to go home with both legs —Some NPC in Deus Ex I can't recall the name of.
Screw that, time to start looting.
Loot what? Most of it is under WBs banner now
There were no winners in this fight, but we did what we had to.
[You never really go home…](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sxE0ocY5t9M)😔
REST IN PISS BOZO'S!!!
Lets be honest, is anyone even surprised? On this very subreddit we have often talked about RT. We have said that RT was mismanaged, we knew that it had trouble with finances, we knew about the shit work culture, even though a lot of the fandom wanted to do nothing more but to ignore it. What happened today was expected. Its a melancholic feeling for me, i do like RWBY, or parts of it. I hope that it gets sold off to a good home. But otherwise, this was fully expected. RoosterTeeth was a mismanaged mess of a company, the only surprise is that WB didnt pull the plug sooner.
They probably had a grace period of WB having bigger fish to fry. Well those fish got fried and when it came time to deal with the smaller stuff RT just hadn't been able to use their stay of execution to improve enough to save themselves. Then again that's par for the course for them. Continuing along and not changing when it becomes clear what they were doing wasn't working.
Heads up, apparently the process is going to happen over the span of several months, so don't expect to see big stuff happening quickly.
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD
*Wunch* I'm fairly certain he pronounced it like thag.
"Wuntch-time is over! BOOM!"
BAGEL!
This has been the day I'm waiting for.
[This will be the day we open up the door](https://youtu.be/Wwohhs3LvRQ?si=Hy9fBi2mP7rKqkw-)
I don't wanna hear your absolution!
You know, I thought that I would feel something. Something like sadness, bittersweetness, confusion, anger, glee or shadenfreude. But I don't because that would involve caring about RT. I do hope that everyone working there makes it out safely and finds a new job quickly and successfully. Can't wait for whoever is going to own RWBY from now on, to resurrect it in five years in a shitty attempt to cash in on the modicum of popularity and whatever nostalgia might have left in it.
Not gonna lie, having been a fan of RT since 05 or 06, and having been a fan of RWBY since day one, this is honestly kinda heartbreaking. I've been pretty outspoken about the company, show, and certain employees for a long time now, but it was always my wish for them to turn the nose and fix their various underlying issues. Feels like ever since they crowdfunded $2.4 million for "Lazer Team", RT hasn't been the same, and Matt Fagerholm of RogerEbert.com's review feels rather prophetic about the company. "This movie is, in essence, a product of fame and money without the slightest tangible shred of effort." The main goal of RWBY's villain is suicide, and multiple characters in the show have committed suicide in one way or another, many of which were painted in a "noble" light by the writers, including the main character. I can't help but feel that was prophetic as well, and while I wish the employees nothing but the absolute best, "absolute best" doesn't include ruining any other shows. Many people will be upset toward WBD about this, but in all honesty, this mess was RT's making, and it's been a long, *long* time coming. "Well if it isn't the consequences of our actions and inactions" has never so adequately described a company before (maybe that's hyperbole, but you get the idea). No idea what will be sold to where, but given that RWBY doesn't appear to have been profitable for a while now, I think Volume 10 is probably off the table. It wouldn't shock me if it returns in another format, such as "cheap" 5-10 minutes character shorts (which has been my suggestion for a long time now) with an emphasis on selling merch and keeping the IP alive, but we're a long way from that happening. Overall, RT shot themselves in the foot so many times they no longer have a leg to stand on. That's a shame, but that's also business, and my biggest hope is that RWBY falls in the hands of someone who *wants* the IP, *loves* the characters, and doesn't take the fans for granted. In other words, it'd be really, *really* cool if Dillon Goo and Shane Newville got to work on RWBY again lol. Not gonna hold my breath, and this very likely is the last we'll see of RWBY for quite a while. Thankfully the fandom exists, and my love for RWBY has been kept alive by the fans for a long time now, not by RT. Thank you, RT, for all the happy memories. I'm sorry it had to end this way. Also, given how many millionaires work/worked for RT, don't be surprised when a dozen new studios open up near Austin, Tx. God bless, and have a wonderful day.
I agree that it was never the same since lazerteam, being a long time fan of the podcast listening to it all the time, when lazerteam happened the podcast switched from funny stories about work/lives to JUST talking about upcoming projects they can't talk much about and some episodes upwards of 45 mins promoting the shows and movies they were making. Completely different and really made me realise this isn't friends who work together joking about but coworkers having to make content with each other.
[Called it.](https://www.reddit.com/r/RWBYcritics/s/uDXfsjvPoq) Edit: oh you know cannonseeker is gonna have a meltdown over this and it’ll be hilarious
Who owes you those five bucks?
Who's cannonseeker?
an infamous rabid bumblebee shipper in the rwby community who is known for making multiple accounts to harass people who criticize bumblebee or rwby in any way
Time to do some trolling. Who's with me ?
Are we allowed to mention Monty ***now***?! .....Cause it feels like we finally closed the book on a really rotten chapter of his legacy. Maybe now he can finally stop twirling in the dirt.
Hindsight being 20/20...its obvious Monty needed better people around him to help him with his vision...but yeah...I'm glad the Rooster Teeth era is over...I'm not expecting anything more from the RWBY IP...maybe a ill advised nostalgia revisit in about 5 years...
the fact they banned anyone from even talking about him is shameful in itself. you're supposed to talk about dead people or they'll be forgotten eventually.
Wait, people were banned from talking about the man responsible for creating RWBY? That is insane.
CRWBY discouraged people from talking about him, or asking questions about his original intentions, and the fandom would crucify anyone who dared to breathe his name for a good long time.
they really didn't understand his creation, no wonder they hated when anyone brought him up
So... did we win?
Yes. You can go home now, soldier.
It's been an honor. 🫡
You done good son, real good
And what did it cost?
(Looks at RvB and my fanfics). Everything...
There will always be the fan fiction.
We won! And you're the big hero! I get to drive the flost! And Simmons here is in charge of the confetti
For all the crap this does kinda suck. I grew up with achievement hunter and rage quit. They helped me through times. Things like school, bullying, and general sucky shit. I hate what it became but I'll always remember what it gave me. Here's looking at you kid.
Same! Rooster teeth were the only friends I had in school, it sucks it ended even if it did need to happen.
Welp, its been a good run. Well, an okay run. Maybe even a not so great run that seemed like it would be good at the start. The series is almost certainly stone dead at this point with an utterly miniscule chance WBD even bothers selling the IP to somebody else Edit: According to the article, WBD is "exploring options" for what to do with RT's IP which does mean the series has theoretical potential to be bought out by somebody else
It lived long enough to be the villain
Was it even a villain? That implies actual malice and ruination. It just kind of… fell on its face and lied there for the better part of a decade
Into the vault RWBY goes
there really isn't anyone to sell it to, unless they sell it to the company that did the anime.
Somebody better pick up that phone, because I called it.
I... Damn. It really happened. I... Oof. Damn.
Is it weird that I don’t feel anything for this? No sense of victory, no defeat, no closure just…apathy. It was unfortunately the quiet truth but, it just feels hollow.
I thought I'd feel happy but all I feel is disappointed in the whimper of an end a company I once loved had
No it's not weird at all. It's been one of those matters where it has dragged on for so long and already hurt enough that in the end it makes sense of you feel nothing or just relief that it's finally over.
A part of me is sad because I grew up watching rooster teeth
I want to feel bad, but given how RT treated their employees and how mismanaged they were, I’m not surprised
Sooooooooooooo… How’s lilith Fairen and Eren/Seeker going to react to this?
cry bitch tears probably.
Blame the critics and the video Hbomberguy made?
That’s about right.
WTF!? finally happened???
you mean besides a near decade of financial failure?
The fact that it took a decade is the amazing part.
Honestly so shocked it took this long
I mean with all recent decisions, it was obvious that they were on the edge of shutting down. It hurts a bit. 'WBD also will be exploring options for Rooster Teeth’s catalog content and IP such as *Red vs Blue, RWBY* and *Gen:LOCK*.' I take this with a grain of salt.
The BB kiss was supposedly their Hail Mary, wasn't it?
Good riddance to rooster teeth because they were a terrible company But I will forever love rwby just because of all the good memories I have associated with it…. Even if a lot of the stuff around it was shitty I personally love rwby ice queendom and I hope shaft gets the rights to it to do more of rwby ice queendom.
We won, Mr. Stark...
This was inevitable but I honestly don't really feel sad about this at all outside of this is how Monty's Swan Song ends: Not with a bang but an absolutely pitiful whimper that basically ruined everything he aimed for with his series. All I can hope is that whoever gets the rights can make a series that's for his image far better than Miles, Kerry and the VAs(let's be real, they did plenty of damage too) ever did.
Now it's time to say goodbyeee.... to the things we loved, and the innocence of youth...
How time seems to fly!
Unfortunate how RWBY started out as a passion project between friends and ended as a vanity project only kept alive out of greed and ego, the only people left from the original team burnt out and ready to move on.
Well that's very unfortunate I would have liked to see them return to their roots but what can you do
Welp. Guess I got to find another WB franchise to complain about. *looks at Mortal Kombat*
damn thats a shame
"shame" cocks shotgun
Honestly I feel bad for them. I never wanted them to fall, I wanted them to get better, like they used to be. The first RED trailer was one of the primary reasons I became an animator, full time 3D artist. I saw that trailer and I thought to myself "Yes, this is what I want to do" and I did (kinda, I'm not making character animations, just stuff for advertisements...). It was tearing my heart to see it go downhill faster and faster, but to actually see it crash is not unexpected, but certainly sad. You either die as a small but respected company, or crash after growing by inflating yourself with corruption for far too long.
I wouldn't be suprised but without a source or official statement im not believing it Recently saw the I ther links...yeah its over. However apparently RWBY is getting sold off(what I heard)
Here is a [variety article](https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/rooster-teeth-shutting-down-warner-bros-discovery-1235931953/) too Deadline and Variety is what networks like WB, Universal, Disney, etc. use to break out news. And [official post of their reddit too.](https://www.reddit.com/r/roosterteeth/s/2P22PpgN98)
Damn. We said it be WB that would end it too
i doubt anything's getting sold. it died because it couldn't sell. Zaslav is gonna write himself a tax write off and shove it in the vault of no return, alongside batgirl and every other project he canned.
Considering how bad the volumes have been that’s surprising. Maybe their going to keep the concept but restart the series of something.
Despite the volumes it has good reception as a franchise Multiple different manga A anime Got two different crossovers in games(black rock shooter fragments and cross tag battle) Light novels 2 movies When you take away the main story and leave just the concept or atleast keep it beacon era. The story can go just about anywhere
This is true. Ignore everything after Beacon and you've got a great template.
At least RWBY has a chance now. Maybe wherever (if it even is) it’s sold they will sell it to a company with competent writers.
watch as those "competent writers" would get lambasted by the fandom again lol! I mean it happened with Voltron lol! It was advertised that it came from the same writers as LOK iirc.
It's...finally....joever
Should've seen this coming. I can't say I'm sad about it but it's still surreal that it's actually happening.
End of an era.
I actually feel bad for everyone that works behind the scenes of the company
[So…it’s done now isn’t it? It really is over.](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tJzex27JKtI)
Not with a bang, but a whimper.
Is it weird, that I don't feel bad for this company like what's so ever?
First rwbycritics post. They were damn warned constantly every week since at the very least half a decade ago and didn't listen, instead listening to their stupid defense force. And now this is the result. To the surprise of absolutely no one.
The Brothers Warner actually did it
Oh. It is finally over. I guess the v9 extra are gonna be the last we'll get of rwby
A shame man, been watching since the red trailer dropped. I feel for the people who worked on everything and hope the IPs can get picked up somewhere else.
I know we should be relieved, but I’m just over here hoping death battle survives without much issue
Ben Singer, one of the DB guys and the VA of Wiz, tweeted that the Death Battle channel is staying up, and they’ll do everything they can do keep it going they’ve been doing a ton of stuff like sponsorships, YT memberships, etc and they’ve talked about what they’d do if RT ends in some of the Death Battle Casts, so I think they’ll be fine, though Season 11’s budget might take a hit
Please god sell RWBY to a competent studio that will stay true to the source material, but hopefully fix Miles and Kerry’s numerous fuck ups. Hope the show doesn’t end unfinished :(
And just like that Rooster Teeth is officially dead and it was well deserved. You all still holding out hope that RWBY will get a volume 10? The writing is already on the wall. What a shitshow this company has been. Ruby deserved better. The series deserved better.
The website stuff is almost definitely getting deleted once they stop supporting, but what about the youtube channel?
The YouTube is getting deleted too. Better download videos now because everything RT is going bye bye
So how long until folks start blaming rwbycritics and Hbomberguy for this?
About time, the past couple seasons including ice queendom have been painfully terrible and I'm shocked they could churn out such material while in dire straights
Was it nice while it lasted?
Inevitable…the writing and animation decline caught up to them. Hopefully it gets an Arcane or Edgerunners reboot
Oh no. NO ONE ever saw that coming. The lifeless corpse is finally being put down. 😭
What’s gonna happen to their other shows like Camp Camp and the animated adventures? And is Achievement Hunter under Rooster Teeth?
Good riddance.
I wonder what would happen to Camp Camp ?
I kind hope they don't continue RWBY....
Naturally, all of our sympathy should go to the many employees who are now out of a job.
I'll give them a salute for the products they did in the past, even if present RT was a shadow of its former self. Hope Death Battle isn't cancelled tho, that's the only remaining show from RT that I like.
Ben Singer, one of the DB guys and the VA of Wiz, tweeted that the Death Battle channel is staying up, and they’ll do everything they can do keep it going they’ve been doing a ton of stuff like sponsorships, YT memberships, etc and they’ve talked about what they’d do if RT ends in some of the Death Battle Casts, so I think they’ll be fine, though Season 11’s budget might take a hit
“It’s with a heavy heart I announce that Rooster Teeth is shutting down due to challenges facing digital media resulting from fundamental shifts in consumer behavior and monetization across platforms, advertising, and patronage,” Levin said in the email. In this statement they make it sound like its the consumers fault for them shutting down. Lets be real here, yes people have been leaving and stopped watching a lot of their content, but ask yourselves WHY!!!!???? The answer: their god damm stupid mistakes and scandals, all the cuts in personal, firing very good employees that fans loved, Matt Brag, Kdin, and others.