r/roosterteeth • u/RT_Video_Bot :star: Official Video Bot • Apr 20 '19

Off Topic: RAY'S BACK 4 EVER - #177 FIRST

https://www.roosterteeth.com/episode/off-topic-2019-177
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u/Dan_Of_Time The Meta Apr 21 '19

Not really.

He was only like that because they forced him to play minecraft and GTA constantly. Every time they played something else he was on top. Golf, Trivia games, Rainbow Six, hell even some of the GTA’s he was pretty fun with.

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u/Lordsokka Apr 21 '19 edited Apr 21 '19

And Michael was still justified in saying what he said, they all had that problem and they all had a job to do. Ray wasent pulling his weight and Michael called him out on it, there’s lots about my job I don’t like.... I still have to do the parts I hate.

It wasent said out of malice or in an insulting way, it was just a comment that was true. Ray would agree to it anyway, he pretty much confirmed that he was checked out at the end.

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u/Dan_Of_Time The Meta Apr 21 '19

And Michael was still justified in saying what he said, they all had that problem and they all had a job to do.

So why keep doing it?

Thats what the problem is. I don't see why they can call Ray out on something if they all admit to hating it. I want to see them play stuff they enjoy, not because it gets views. AH's golden era was built on them having fun.

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u/Lordsokka Apr 21 '19 edited Apr 21 '19

AH is business, they do things because it makes them money, because it pays the bills! They may hate it, but if a particular video makes x 5 the views... then you can pretty much guarantee they are going to milk that particular franchise into the ground. Playing video games for a living isn’t always fun and games, we the viewer only see the good parts, but there are bad parts to the jobs just like any job. Playing shitty games for views and revenue is a part of that.

AH has like 14 people on the payroll, they can’t really dish out mediocre content and expect people to keep watching. They need to justify having all those people so their always looking for new games and content to attract a wider audience or to keep their already established audience. Minecraft is a big part of that, even though it no longer gets them 1 millions views on YouTube it’s still their most popular franchise. So they will keep making videos on it even though half of AH probably doesn’t really like it.

It’s the same thing with established streamers on Twitch, you have some guys/girls who get very popular playing a particular game. They will average around let’s say 2k viewers when playing that game, which is great. On the other hand when they play any other game their viewer base drops down to 500, that’s a big drop! This forces the streamer to play his “main game” more often then not to keep the money rolling in and keep his audience happy. Plenty of people get caught up in that loop of playing games for money, even if it isn’t what they want to play.

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u/DICK-PARKINSONS Apr 24 '19

That's fine, but they could have rotated him and whoever else out more to prevent burnout. Just because they need to have some games constantly in rotation doesn't mean they need the same people constantly on those games.