Dying media company Roosterteeth's latest hire says that the golden days weren't actually golden because of a lack of diversity. /r/roosterteeth discusses

BACKGROUND

Roosterteeth (known mostly as the creators of Red vs Blue and American weebshit like RWBY) has been in decline for years, following a golden period almost a decade ago. View counts are circling the drain, and their attempts at modernising (such as by making cringeworthy TikToks) have left them looking more like CollegeHumor circa 2010 than a modern, in-touch company.

Having served as an escape from the real world for people who just wanted to watch others play video games, they recently decided to hop on the Orange Man Bad and BLM trains even though no one at the company has a level of political understanding beyond skimming r/politics headlines. As part of this bandwagoning they made cringeworthy podcasts apologising for past content, they purged a lot of old videos, and they started making diversity hires without real merit. Of course this ended up pushing out all but their most diehard burger fans, who weren't allowed to complain lest they be called racist/sexist chuds.

THE DRAMA

One department - Achievement Hunter - is a bunch of people who play video games together. They've undergone several personnel changes and recently hired three new people, none of whom have reversed the rot. One of them (Ky) posted some Tweets:

I’d like for think that we haven’t seen the golden age of @RoosterTeeth and @AchievementHunt yet

Cause let’s be honest… the golden age should AT LEAST be a time where more than five demographics are represented! I’m just sayin Woman tipping hand

She almost immediately locks replies, but not before insulting a few fans in the comments and doubling down:

Yes, Ah has had some representation, but when people typically mention “the golden age” the main cast is 6 white men and 1 Latinx man. Sure there’s a slight variation in age, but even then that does not include race, disability, sexuality, or gender.

Even the small core of diehard fans left on r/roosterteeth aren't having it:

RT and AH have entered the BIPOC age

+16 -the fact that this comment is upvoted on one of Reddit's wokest subs says all you need to know.