(Steve) What you see in the distance is Cib's car,
late to the Rooster Teeth family reunion.
(Steve) And he just kept driving.
I tried to call him, he didn't answer his phone,
I even went down to the driveway to chase after him,
which is when I had...
my spill.
(Steve) Already a great start to the day!
Especially when we were about to go to the Streamys
and lose every single award!
(Steve) Oh, wait...
THERE'S Cib!
He went to go try on suits!
It's interesting how things work out
when people don't go where they're supposed to
and they go somewhere else instead.
It's interesting how that happens.
(Steve) We didn't tell Devin about the Streamys
because he's new to the group
and doesn't deserve to go,
so he assumed James trying on suits
was for a wedding.
James's wedding.
Speaking of which, this was recorded
about two days ago.
Ever since then, I actually haven't heard from James.
But that's a story for a different time.
(Steve) Great. I'm glad that was settled.
I was really hoping that I wouldn't see Devin
at the Streamys.
I was also hoping I wouldn't see Cib,
because he left me to die
at the Rooster Teeth Family Reunion,
where my only source of joy
was playing with the walkie-talkie.
(Steve) I was escorted out.
But that's fine - I had to go lose some awards anyway!
If there's one thing I hate,
it's being in public places with all these people.
And than also,
DEVIN KEPT SCARING ME.
(Steve) The chances of us winning anything
were slim to none,
especially when Autumn was as drunk as a mule.
(Steve) When you look around the room, you see
all these elegantly dressed professionals.
And then you get to our group.
Sure, we're dressed well,
(to an extent)
but we're goddamn animals.
Nothing about us screams industry.
(Steve) We were all pretty much ready
to lose all the awards tonight.
We had previously lost two,
for best directing & best editing,
which made sense.
We lost directing to a legitimately highly produced show,
and we lost best editing to The Game Theorists,
which is an amazing show.
So we had some pretty tough competition,
and honestly, we were just glad to be nominated!
Well...
some of us were.
I don't really think Autumn knew
what was going on the entire time,
especially after drinking 14 mahogany daiquiris.
By about one hour in,
Autumn had completely lost all motor functions.
I specifically didn't want to drink,
because I wanted to feel all the pain
of losing each award.
(Steve) You ever think that you make something good?
Like a good product?
And then you see it displayed in front of
countless other people, and you think to yourself,
'Ohh, that is not-
originally, I thought that was a lot-
a lot better than it was,
but then, like, viewing it with everybody,
and then, uh, seeing how they all react to it...
maybe it's just us that thinks we're funny?'
[INTENSE VIOLINS]
(Steve) Well, there went our only shot at winning.
Because there was no doubt in our minds:
Show of the Year was going to Philip DeFranco.
and rightfully so!
He has a great show and he campaigned hard.
But maybe we'd win something next year.
(Steve) Even though I was dead set on losing,
I was looking at all of the nominees displayed
on the screen, and I was honored
to be listed in a category with them.
So even knowing that we were going to lose,
I wasn't feeling down on myself - I was just proud!
(Steve) So...
that happened.
And then we walked up on stage
to accept the award for Show of the Year.
"If you love what you do,
you'll never have to work a day in your life."
(Steve) Well, I disagree!
No matter how much you love what you do,
you'll always have to work,
and you have to work hard.
And sometimes, 15-hour days
seems like a lot more work than love.
But some day, when you're sitting
with all the people you care about the most,
all those hours you spent working
turns into a moment like this.
{English CC by Samuel Cheffins}