We got to Perth, and I mean, talk about people that hate themselves,
it's like...
"We're awful, why did you come here? I can't believe it, Perth sucks,
"it's the worst place ever, thank you so much for coming..."
- I don't think it's that bad. - Love yourselves.
Roster Teeth started in 2003.
3 friends making content about video games
in their spare bedroom in Austin, Texas.
It's now a global business worth millions.
I am Lindsay Jones and I am from Rooster Teeth
I am Michael Jones also from Rooster Teeth.
The same exact company actually.
I started watching Rooster Teeth on YouTube.
I first discovered Rooster Teeth, like many other people,
through Red Roosters Blue. I, in my early 20s,
started making YouTube videos on the side just for fun,
and, lo and behold, Rooster Teeth contacted me about it,
and said "Hey, we saw your stuff, do you want to make videos for us?"
Oh, god! It went in my mouth!
What was the conversation like? Who's this angry kid from New Jersey?
- We found this angry kid, guys. - Yeah! Yeah! - We need him now.
This real angry piece of shit from New Jersey.
Everyone's too happy, we need some anger up in this.
You didn't catch it!
Remember why I say it was gonna break?
Is it weird to go from being a fan of something
to being part of that thing that you're a fan of?
It's a little surreal, definitely.
Yeah. For me, I had 2 guys that flew from Ireland,
come to RTX and they were like,
"Just having a drink with you made it worth it."
I'm like "I've been making videos for 5 months."
Like, I'm not even a part of this company.
I have drinks with you every day, I don't know if it's worth it.
You know it isn't! It's bullshit.
Get the hell out of here, man. I know what I'm doing.
Let's crank this baby up to 100...
Next!
One of your biggest fanbases, globally, is here in Australia.
Does that seem bizarre to you guys, considering the distance physically?
- Yes. - Yes.
I'm not sure how that happened. Somebody compared it to...
David Hasselhoff in Germany. They just love us. We don't know why.
Here in Australia we have a fanbase for Rooster Teeth called Rooty,
as in roosters but kangaroos so it's like we've kind of mashed it together.
It's terrible but I love it.
My name's Amy Searle, I'm 21 years old,
I'm from Melbourne and I'm a huge fan of Rooster Teeth.
So this is my room.
I've got some... just behind my bed...
Rooster Teeth's star RWBY.
I've got my RTX... that I got at the con in Austin.
Behind my door I've got my beloved boy band poster
of the Achievement Hunter crew and then I've got some more...
4 years ago now I found a video of one of Michael's Rage Quits
and I was like "Who is this lunatic screaming about this video game?"
Gee, I wonder why the name of this game is Give Up?
The name of this game should be Go Fuck Yourself.
I'm a huge Rooster Teeth fan.
My name is Arvin Mendoza, I'm 24.
I admin the Rooster Teeth Facebook group.
To me Rooster Teeth means something that I could share immediately
with other people
and instantly connect.
It's me finding friends through that.
So what's the craziest thing a fan has ever done?
Probably the craziest thing I've ever signed
is we signed someone's insulin pump once...
that was connected to them, like, the tube was in their body
and he pulled the little pack off and he handed it to me
and a lot of times people will hand you badges
and you instinctively pull it towards you to sign them
and I pulled it and he went "Ergh!" and it yanked inside of him
and that freaked me out a little bit.
- You had to sign inside of someone. - Yes.
If you think of Rooster Teeth as a record label
Achievement Hunter would be their bestselling boy band.
- Go, go, go! - Oh, man.
Oh my god!
I started working in the live action department and then slowly but surely
worked into Achievement Hunter where I work with Michael now.
- You tell me what to do as the boss. - Yes, now I am the...
Somehow, I was there first and now I work for her.
That's how it works. It's 2015, baby.
So you two are married.
- Did you guys meet at Rooster Teeth? - We did.
Did it bring you together essentially?
I would say so, yeah.
It's a funny story, the first conversation that we had...
Allegedly, allegedly had. I dispute this conversation ever took place.
We were in the office kitchen, I noticed his tattoos,
I'm a huge video game nerd so I said "Cool, legend of Zelda"
I like your tattoos and he goes "Cool."
And then he walked away and I was like "What an asshole."
- But... - What do you want from me?
- Exactly. - What do you want?
- I wanna learn more about that guy. - I said "Cool". I could have said nothing.
I made the effort.
She's gonna talk about uggs,
you guys talk about periods, it'll be good, hey.
Welcome to Ladies of Rooster Teeth.
As the company's expanded
it definitely has a much more diverse content and audience,
like, for example, RWBY, they're a really big animator,
is pretty much a mostly female cast
which is cool to see that they've done something like that.
In a post Gamergate world it's so unbelievably refreshing to see
these women being so strongly represented on such a big platform.
Thinking back to when I was a kid I watched anime a lot,
video games, and I was considered a loser
and now it's very hard to find anyone who isn't involved
in video gaming or pop culture phenomenon in some way.
I've always been of the mentality
that gender should not keep you from doing what you want to do.
What is next for Rooster Teeth? What's next to conquer basically?
Oh gosh, people talk about a live action RWBY movie,
people keep mentioning that. It has not officially happened
in any capacity but that would be awesome.
I have no idea, I don't know what we could do from this point.
I couldn't imagine three years ago what we're doing now.
Thank you, guys, so much for coming on the show.
Thank you for having us. Appreciated.