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RebelFalcon ULTRANumb from ... (Private)
#1701: Oct 6th 2020 at 5:34:10 PM

Welp. Ryan's left RT now.

Rodimus: Self-sacrifice, Magnus— It's cheap. It's a cheap way out. I need to live so I can make amends.
tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#1702: Oct 6th 2020 at 5:52:29 PM

The tl;dr is it started with a bunch of pornographic images and videos apparently of Adam Kovic leaked by an underage fan he sent the pictures to while he was grooming them.

Not sure about this one.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
RebelFalcon ULTRANumb from ... (Private)
#1703: Oct 6th 2020 at 6:00:53 PM

Bottom line is he tweeted that he's officially left Rooster Teeth today, October 6th, 2020.

Rodimus: Self-sacrifice, Magnus— It's cheap. It's a cheap way out. I need to live so I can make amends.
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#1704: Oct 6th 2020 at 9:15:26 PM

Wow. Of all the people that would do that sort of thing, I never pegged it for Ryan.

Adam Kovic seemed more like it, but Ryan?

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#1705: Oct 6th 2020 at 9:40:53 PM

To provide a tiny bit more detail; Adam and Ryan nude photos were leaked to a forum, then 4chan took those photos and spun a story about both being involved in grooming stuff before the author admitted it was made up. Since then though at least one fan confirmed to have been having an affair with Ryan.

So far no proof of anything illegal, but definitely shitty behavior from the both of them.

RebelFalcon ULTRANumb from ... (Private)
#1706: Oct 6th 2020 at 9:44:18 PM

Not really helping matters is that former Funhaus member Rahul Kohil has mentioned prior the reason for his departure being Adam, and that while he still keeps in touch with the other Funhaus members, he refuses to have any involvement with Adam, and that his only response during this whole mess is a .gif of someone having a smug face before sipping their drink, which is making people go nuts with ideas.

Rodimus: Self-sacrifice, Magnus— It's cheap. It's a cheap way out. I need to live so I can make amends.
Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#1707: Oct 6th 2020 at 9:47:12 PM

In that instance he specified his issues were from a year ago and not related to the current drama.

I know very little about FH so I haven't really had the interest to follow up more on it.

Also it looks like the Vic stans have come out again to complain of double standards or whatever nonsense they've made up.

Edited by Shaoken on Oct 7th 2020 at 4:11:27 AM

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#1708: Oct 11th 2020 at 10:24:03 PM

Double posting since there's been developments since my last post. A lot more fans have come forward with their own stories of grooming by Ryan, with at least two being underage. Several have photo evidence too, it looks like all those times Ryan would stay in a town for one day longer than the rest of AH was to meet with one of these girls.

Jack released a statement on this, on top of the rest of Achievement Hunter having done so after the past week.

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#1709: Oct 12th 2020 at 7:57:34 AM

Man, this has got to be rough for all of them >_< They worked with Ryan for nearly a decade and now all of this is coming out.

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#1710: Oct 12th 2020 at 2:13:24 PM

I can see Jack and Geoff being hit hardest since they created AH and supported the community and then a man they hired and thought a friend used it to prey on people.

And of course Lindsay is the one who gets all the abuse posting her thoughts on this. And the RT FB page has some really disgusting comments excusing what Ryan did and blaming his victims.

RebelFalcon ULTRANumb from ... (Private)
#1711: Oct 12th 2020 at 2:14:32 PM

[up]Please tell Michael is helping out Lindsay so she doesn't have to deal with all this shit alone.

Rodimus: Self-sacrifice, Magnus— It's cheap. It's a cheap way out. I need to live so I can make amends.
Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#1712: Oct 12th 2020 at 2:59:28 PM

I'd assume so given they live in the same house, but on Twitter Lindsay has taken out the trash herself. And thankfully I've seen people shit down the abuse apologists and victim blamers.

NaraNumas The Pun Dragon Since: Jun, 2011
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#1713: Oct 14th 2020 at 1:03:04 PM

Jack and Michael had a statement before the start of today's livestream about everything. Jack in particular could barely keep from breaking down in tears and Michael was just dead silent besides one or two aside comments, and neither of them looked like they have had a solid night's sleep since the news broke. The plan is to Un-person Ryan as best as they can, and that means that a lot of archived videos are about to get totally and completely wiped out.

Apparently Geoff is so heartbroken by this - as well as dealing with his own stuff - that he's gone completely off the map. The week-long break from videos has been them all being there for each other as best they can to try to be there for each other. This incident hurt them really deeply.

They also very firmly made the point - if you support Ryan or victim blame, they don't want you in the community, if you express such you will be banned from every forum you're on.

Edited by NaraNumas on Oct 14th 2020 at 3:05:24 AM

RebelFalcon ULTRANumb from ... (Private)
#1714: Oct 14th 2020 at 1:32:24 PM

Well, if they're going to subject Ryan to Un-person, that's gonna get rid of a large chunk of their archive. Namely because Ryan played a lot of characters.

  • He was one of the five players in Uno: The Movie.
  • He plays Agent Miller and Agent Miller in Camp Camp, who appear in the Season 2 Finale and several episodes of Seasons 3 & 4.
  • He plays Peter Port in RWBY & RWBY Chibi, who is a consistent presence in Volume's 1-3 and makes a single appearance in Volume 4.
  • He played himself in Ten Little Roosters and Eleven Little Roosters.
  • He plays Lt. Johnathan Elizabeth Andersmith and was meant to play Agent Zero in Red Vs Blue, with Smith a consistent presence in Red Vs Blue The Chorus Trilogy and guest starred in Season 15, and Agent Zero was meant to be the Big Bad of Zero, which they are apparently having postponed because of this.
  • He played Jethro in Nomad of Nowhere, who was only a single episode appearance yes, but said episode was rather plot important.
  • He played the Mad King on X-Ray & Vav, the Big Bad of Season 2.
So if they're gonna have Ryan be unpersoned, they're gonna need to either:
  • Completely remove these roles which will give said series a Missing Episode.
  • Quickly redub every role he played in animated media.
Still, you know this is bad if they are doing this to his roles when they hadn't done that to anyone they actually fired, like Kathleen, Joel, Shane, or even Vic.

Edited by RebelFalcon on Oct 14th 2020 at 5:30:53 AM

Rodimus: Self-sacrifice, Magnus— It's cheap. It's a cheap way out. I need to live so I can make amends.
Primis Since: Nov, 2010
#1715: Oct 14th 2020 at 2:23:12 PM

[up] I didn't watch the livestream, so unless they explicitly said otherwise, I doubt any of the narrative stuff will be altered / removed. I'm betting it's just stuff like AHWU and LPs that are getting purged.

Agent Zero's obviously getting recasted, though.

maslego (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1716: Oct 14th 2020 at 3:30:54 PM

Apparently it's only stuff where he's especially creepy or it's obvious he's discussing the inccident, like an RTAA that in hindsight was an excuse for one of them. Michael acknowledged that it'd be impossible to remove him given how ingrained he was.

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#1717: Oct 14th 2020 at 3:48:15 PM

They did specify only the stuff that is questionable in hindsite, as he is so ingrained in AH for the past 8 years. If they did remove everything he had any involvement in that would be a colossal amount of their videos gone.

Dragon_Ranger Since: Jan, 2010
#1718: Oct 14th 2020 at 4:37:44 PM

Why is everyone talking about Ryan like he’s a pedophile? 16-17 year olds aren’t exactly children and one even lied about her age.

Digitalhero93 Since: Jun, 2017
#1719: Oct 14th 2020 at 4:40:00 PM

Yeah, it is impossible for them to remove all of those videos. I believe a lot of Minecraft, GTA V, Gmod, and On the Spot videos would have to be removed if they were going to do that.

Shaoken (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
#1720: Oct 14th 2020 at 4:46:53 PM

[up][up]Still legally rape. But he is definitely a predator given how he targeted girls with low self esteem or mental health issues, gaslit and manipulated the information he gave and in general abused his position and fame.

RebelFalcon ULTRANumb from ... (Private)
#1721: Oct 14th 2020 at 4:47:03 PM

[up][up][up]Because in the United States the age of consent is 18, meaning by all counts people below that age are legally incapable of giving consent, and such any sexual acts with someone legally considered a minor is considered Statutory Rape. Even if they're older teenagers rather than literal children, in the eyes of the law Ryan is effectively a pedophile and serial rapist.
EDIT:[nja]Ilia'd

Edited by RebelFalcon on Oct 14th 2020 at 7:48:03 AM

Rodimus: Self-sacrifice, Magnus— It's cheap. It's a cheap way out. I need to live so I can make amends.
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#1722: Oct 14th 2020 at 6:27:13 PM

Man, I can't imagine how hard this is hitting Geoff, especially since he basically takes anyone leaving AH for any reason as a failure on his part. I imagine that Ryan hit him especially hard because he hired the guy and never knew about this for eight years.

I hope he's gonna be okay...

Digitalhero93 Since: Jun, 2017
#1723: Dec 10th 2020 at 6:59:03 AM

So Rooster Teeth is making a new murder mystery show/contest called Dead Little Roosters. The basic premise is 10 guests are locked in their rooms at a mansion, and one of them is a murderer. The show premieres on January 8th, but First members will see the show first. So, another thing to look forward to next year.

RebelFalcon ULTRANumb from ... (Private)
#1724: Dec 10th 2020 at 7:17:24 AM

Wish they'd just have made 12 Little Roosters already. Seriously, they set up that Sequel Hook with their guest appearance from Hideo Kojima, but it's been years. And yet they still never officially said it wasn't happening. What, is it in that much Development Hell?

Rodimus: Self-sacrifice, Magnus— It's cheap. It's a cheap way out. I need to live so I can make amends.
FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#1725: Jan 22nd 2021 at 8:42:40 PM

This stuff is genuinely making me cry. I'd like to see some behind-the-scenes interviews with the writers responsible for taking a mostly light-hearted, comedic story and infusing so much pathos into it.

Edited by FOFD on Jan 22nd 2021 at 8:53:40 AM


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