Hey everyone,

Thank you for supporting us and sharing your thoughts and feelings with us over the last few weeks since we announced that Rooster Teeth will be closing. As mentioned, we have and will continue to share information with you as it is finalized.

Today, a lot of information was distributed to FIRST patrons via email and YouTube paying subscribers through the community tab. Below covers what was communicated as well as the finalized date for when Rooster Teeth site and apps will shut down.

All active FIRST patrons have been sent an email letting them know that their FIRST membership will no longer renew as of today, **April 15, 2024**. As we wind down our site and apps, this also includes the patron membership, FIRST.

For any FIRST members who subscribed via RoosterTeeth.com and have unused days on their membership subscription after the date of shut down, you will be provided with a refund for the unused time.

For any FIRST members who subscribed via Apple, Google Play or Roku, you have also been sent an email with further instructions on how to manage your subscription.

For FIRST members who continue to have active memberships until the shut down, they will continue to receive and have access to their FIRST benefits, including previously released FIRST content, the benefit of no ads on videos, a star by their username, and access to unique text channels in the RT Discord server. Content will continue to be released on RoosterTeeth.com, but no new FIRST-only content will be released.

For our YouTube members; Death Battle’s Champions, Funhaus’ Dog Pound, and Tales from the Stinky Dragon’s Lil’ Stinkers, a post has been shared on those individual YouTube Community Pages for those members, letting you know what are the next steps for those specific memberships.

For our Inside Gaming Twitch subscribers, an email was sent to you from Twitch on March 20, 2024 stating that your subscription has been canceled and you will continue to have access to your perks and benefits until the date stated.

For Ruby Rose Vtubing Twitch subscribers, no changes have been implemented at this time.

Should anyone have any questions, please, first read the email or message that was intended for you, then if you still have questions, leave them in the comments below or reach out to Support: https://support.roosterteeth.com/hc/en-us/requests/new.

**The Rooster Teeth website and apps will shut down on May 15, 2024** As more information regarding content, YouTube channels, social accounts and more are finalized, this will be shared with you all.

Your support over the years, as community members, Sponsors, FIRST members, Kickstarter and IndieGoGo backers, viewers, Regulation Listeners, Comment Leavers, RTX attendees, stream lurkers, and so many others has been invaluable. The news of us ending FIRST and our site and apps is a hard one to share, as it makes this situation that much more real that Rooster Teeth will be closing soon - we know this is hard, for us and you all, but just know how grateful we are to have gotten to make silly stuff with you all for 21 years

Everyone at Rooster Teeth continues to appreciate all of your support and grace as we continue to process the information, make decisions, and identify next steps. As that information is finalized, we will continue to share it with the audience and community.

Thank you everyone,
<3
Rooster Teeth
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Jrobbo11717 hours ago
What will happen to all the FIRST content and vids that were never put on youtube? Will it just be erased forever? Will they be uploaded to youtube or on another site to view? Will we be able to download them at out discretion? I would hate for things like Last Laugh and Hardcore Tabletop to just be removed from viewing forever because of the closing, alot of work were put into them, i love rewatching them and i don't want them to just disappear.
TheDarkEmperor2013 days ago
What's going to happen to the YouTube channels? Is there any news (hoping for it be positive) on RWBY's new home and future? I'm sorry if this sounds rude or anything. I'm just emotional that this is really happening and do wish everyone the best in their future.
BricBrac3 days ago
Also, is there any chance of this happening? I know the Store is pretty much sold out, but I saw there were 20th anniversary shirts that showed up in the store after the shutdown was announced. Is there any chance of a full on box set or is this something I'd have to collect and piece together myself?

I'm just wondering if it's been said clearly somewhere that there will be no more merch at all, or if that's just an understood thing?
BricBrac3 days ago
Man, I was hoping that they would at least leave everything up to be watched and viewed. Will the YouTube channels be left up? 💔
Nitrox83543 days ago
This was the best thing that happened to me I loved your guys content for years and support all the way till the last thing on the store and subscription I'm sad to see this come to an end thank you for everything 💖
Yawnski4 days ago
Appreciate your sharing this, Chelsea. For what it’s worth (which might be nothing), here's my take on all this: as long as the community still exists, and as long as the RT staff still want to create things together, there WILL be a way get through this. Whatever comes next, it obviously won’t be CALLED Rooster Teeth, but so what? The name isn’t what’s important. It’s the people behind it that count. Love and respect for you all. And thanks for the memories.
the-time-walker4 days ago
thank you for making this content i have some of my best memories with my family watching all the stuff you guys make.thank you for everything you have done.
Silverstein694 days ago
If we cancel our FIRT subscription, now, will all previous FIRT programming still be locked behind the paywall?
GRatFinn5 days ago
I can never say it enough, thank you for all the work you've done Chelsea. Including RTX, the community and more.
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