[Rooster Teeth Intro Music]
Burnie: Before the advent of online multiplayer, most shooters were played on a single T.V.
with a split-screen straight across the middle. And at some point, everybody - And yes, I do mean everybody,
was caught screen-looking at their opponent's view to get some kind of an advantage.
BUT - the ability to screen-look in real life combat -
that wouldn't give you the same advantage as it does in a video game,
Burnie: Or- Caleb: Or would it?
Burnie: Ohhh! Son of a bitch! He stole my line.
[Static]
[Immersion Intro Music Theme]
Burnie: SO, we've come out here to the official Rooster Teeth battle arena
to run a little experiment. Today, we're gonna be seeing how a video game splitscreen view
would affect real-life combat.
Burnie: How you doing, chums?
Gavin: Alright, pretty good. Michael: Top.
Burnie: Have you ever been in any ACTUAL combat before?
Michael: I rarely even go outside, so... that'll be a hard no.
Burnie: I think today might be a good day to take it up a notch -
these are the weapons you're gonna be using:
We have some paintball guns and, of course, some paint grenades -
Burnie: Well, have you guys walked around out here yet? Gavin: This place is caked in paint,
so I'm just gonna find a wall that exactly this color and use my natural camouflage.
Burnie: There you go... Michael: Nice.
Burnie: I'm gonna talk to Gus, do NOT hurt yourselves yet.
Gavin: I'm worried about that thing I signed. Burnie: The lawyer said it was fine, Gav-o.
Burnie: Alright so, Gus, how are we gonna pull this one off?
Gus: So the real challenge here was "How do we recreate that split-screen perspective in the real world?"
So we outfitted the top of Gavin and Michael's helmets with these GoPro cameras
then, we take THAT video signal using a Micro-HD transmitter -
we transmit it to our video broadcast system, that video broadcast system then TAKES the video signals
and mixes them together creating the split-screen effect.
then we take THAT signal and transmit it back to the guys who're wearing our patented video goggles ---
Burnie: So what we end up with is their own point of view AND their opponent's point of view
which gives them the ability to screen-look in real life?
Alright well, it should make it very disorienting for them, and highly, HIGHLY entertaining for us.
Gus: That's the plan!
Burnie: Here's how this is gonna go down: The lab rats are gonna start at opposite sides of the map
they're each gonna have their own paintball gun and paintball grenade.
Just like in a real FPS game, we have scattered weapons all across the map for the guys to find...
The first one to hit the other one three times takes the round,
the first one to get two out of three rounds wins the entire match.
What they DON'T know is that NPCs played by the lovely Lindsay and Barbara
will be hunting them down with their own paintball guns.
Burnie: Alright, let's start round one.
Michael: Oh, fuck. Gavin: Man, these graphics are really good!
Burnie: Obviously, in the first moments, the hardest part for them is gonna be getting used to the splitscreen
where they see their view and their opponent's.
Michael: (Nervously) Uhh... Gavi-i-in, where are you buddy?
Gavin: Okay - it looks like he's walking around... The buil-... Is that me?
I think he can see me...
Michael: (Strained) Ah - fuck! Gavin: HA!
Burnie: (Laughing) He really found him! Gus: Gavin taking-
Gus: Gavin taking some opportune shots there.
Gavin: He fell down a hole!
Burnie: Clearly when you're trying to look at a splitscreen view
you don't see the hole that's right underneath your own two feet.
Michael: (Nervous) Gavi-i-in where are you buddy?
Gavin: He knows I'm in this... door, but does he know which door?
Gavin: [screams] MY SPINE! Michael: Did I get'cha, buddy?
Gavin: Michael, truce! Michael: Gaviiin...
[Gavin screaming]
Gus: They both turned around the corner and didn't know the other one was there!
Gavin: WHERE'S THE DOOR?! AHHHH BOLLOCKING HELL!
Burnie: Alright, grenade getting ready... I wonder if those grenades are gonna make a difference?
Gavin: [bird noises] - GRENADE!
Gavin: It didn't work! Burnie/Gus: (Laughing)
Gus: (Laughing) That was a misfire!
Burnie: Oh - here's another grenade... This one's Michael, it looks like.
Gavin: Oh - you're gonna grenade, huh? BRING IT!
Michael: (Strained) I can't figure out how to... undo it... AWW FUCK! I GRENADED MYSELF!
Gus: Premature detonation. Burnie: Swear, it never happens to him, ever
[Gavin screaming]
Gavin: OHH JESUS CHRIST!
Gavin: Oh - I found another one! HOAH DROPPED IT! Gus: Gavin's got a grenade - and he dropped it!
Gavin: Oh no!
[Gavin screaming]
Gus: Look at that, like fish in a barrel. Burnie: Yeaaah... He's got 'em, he's got 'em.
[Gavin screaming]
Burnie: We should call it for Michael. Gus: Yeah I think that's it
Burnie: Alright, first round goes to Michael! This is round two, we now have our NPCs
played by Barbara and Lindsay, they're gonna be acting as snipers in the tower up there
Gus: Can't wait to see this.
Michael: 'Kay no falling over this time...
Gavin: [bird noises] Gus: They're already hard at work.
Gavin: [screams] MY NOB [screams louder] Michael: Holy shit, Gavin! Are you alright?
Gavin: Yeah - that was great.
Burnie: Oh here comes Michael... Gus: They're uhh, jockeying for position...
Gavin: [screams] RIGHT IN THE BLOODY BABY!
Gus: Alright that, oh that's definitely Gavin running away! Burnie: (Laughing)
Michael: Fuck is over there? Fuck - FUCK - Fu---
Gavin: (Panting)
Burnie: Who is that - Is that Michael? That's Michael waiting...
Gavin: He's hiding like a pussy... Behind some wall... Is it that wall?
Gavin: Is it that wall? Michael: Ah!
Burnie: Gavin has him pinned down...
Burnie: Oh look at that, firing blindly. Gus: Firing blindly... at your opponent and the film crew.
Michael: GAAAVIN? Come out and play-ay!
Gavin: GRENADE!
Gavin: [screams] MY SPINE!
Michael: (Pained) Arrgh!
Gus: Michael is in the hole again... Burnie: (Laughing) The same - is that the same hole?
Gus: That's the same hole - he's fallen in again Michael: FUCK!
Gus: for the second time! Michael: God DAMN this hole!
Burnie: (Laughing) We're gonna check to make sure he's not hurt, but- (Laughing) It's still funny...
Gavin: Flanking maneuver! Michael: (Winded) Dude... War is hell...
Burnie: OH - Look at that! Brutal gut shot! Gus: Oh man...
Burnie: This round goes to Gavin because Michael was shot by the NPCs.
He was having a good time and Lindsay just took him down...
So this is round three - they each have one round a piece this is gonna decide it.
Gus: (Laughing) Michael's in the hole already! Burnie: (Laughing) He fell in right away!
Michael: (Angrily) Third time's the charm! I fell in the same hole AGAIN!
Gavin: Did you fall down again?
Burnie: Here's what we're learning: A hole is your biggest opponent in splitscreen environment.
Gus: So Michael was checking out his splitscreen there...
Gavin: OOP -- Bollocks! Bollocks! Bollocks!
Michael: Gaaaviiin... Buddy?
Gavin: (Whispering) Michael?
Gavin: (Winded) Is that me? Is that me? That's me - I can see my leg!
Gavin: [screams] Michael: Goddamn it, Gavin...
Gavin: (Winded) Michael. Michael: (Winded) Yeah?
Gavin: (Winded) Get back in here.
Gavin: Are you on the roof?
Michael: Ow -- fuck! Burnie/Gus: Ooooh!
Burnie: That was a good shot in the arm...
Gavin: BOLLOCKING HELL!
Michael: Gaviiin?
Michael: You 'round here? Gavin: Are you right behind this corner?
Michael: Here we go!
[Dramatic Music Plays]
Burnie: Alright, let's get them over here and tell them how they did.
Michael: Fuck... Gavin: That is so painful
Burnie: Well. another successful test for Rooster Teeth labs. Guys, walk us through it.
Gavin: You didn't tell us about the NPCs -- who at one point lit me up from both directions.
Burnie: You have to be able to adapt on the fly.
Gavin: I adapted to getting shot in the penis. Michael: Yeah, I got shot RIGHT in the penis...
Burnie: What was the hardest part about navigating with the splitscreen?
Michael: Uhh, I may have slipped into a a hole once, or twice or...
Michael: three times? Burnie: Wha- If- Or three times, yeah.
Burnie: But Gavin, you used it to your advantage at one point we saw you testing around a wall
Gavin: I could see him peeking around a corner, and I didn't know whether that was the corner I was looking
so I did a little bit of stuck- sticking my leg out and I saw it on his screen, so I was like, "I'm charging this corner.".
Burnie: Let's assume you guys had to go into combat,
like, we get to the lowest possible point of military reserves and you two have to go?
would you want the other team's view?
Michael: God, no. No. Gavin: Absolutely not.
Burnie: It's just better not to know?
Michael: No, just -- just yell. Gavin: No grenades.
Burnie: O-kay, well, we're supposed to award a winner, who won science this week on Immersion
Uh, unfortunately I can't give it to either of you guys, I can't give to the hole even though I'd like to...
So I'm just gonna go ahead and give it to Barbara and Lindsay, they got the most hits.
Gavin: Well, I'm gla- I'm glad we came. Thanks for having us.
Michael: Yeah, what the hell?
Burnie: Hey, listen, you guys are still alive, so I guess we have to have another episode of Immersion some point
in the future where these guys, eventually, will get killed. Thank you for watching.
Michael: Can we shoot them now? Burnie: G- oh, please, be my guest.
Burnie/Gus/Michael: (Laughing) (Snickering) Gavin: Those kids...
[Rooster Teeth Outro]