Geoffrey Lazer "Geoff" Ramsey, is a voice actor for Rooster Teeth, which he co-founded.
He also co-founded Achievement Hunter, a division of Rooster Teeth which he manages.
Background Geoff grew up primarily in the Mobile, Alabama
area where he attended elementary and high school, but lived in Florida and the outlying
areas of New Orleans when he was younger.
He was a semi-pro bowler in his teenage years, and enlisted into the United States Army before
graduating high school, beginning basic training at Fort Jackson in South Carolina shortly
afterwards.
His service lasted from 1993 to 1998, though he would go on to serve as a photojournalist
in Kuwait; he was based out of Fort Hood during that time.
After his military service, Ramsey secured a job at the tech support company TeleNetwork
Partners, where he met Burnie Burns.
Prior to working for Rooster Teeth and TeleNetwork, Ramsey worked as a production assistant for
View Askew Productions, and before that as a roadie for the band Catch 22.
He also co-created the web site drunkgamers.com with Gus Sorola, hiring Burns shortly afterwards
to run the site.
Ramsey currently resides in Austin, Texas with his wife Griffon Ramsey and daughter
Millicent "Millie" Ramsey.
While changing his surname to his stepfather's, "Ramsey", he was informed by the court that
it would not cost any more to change any other of his names.
As a joke, he changed his middle name to "Lazer".
Career
Ramsey is one of the original voice actors for Red vs. Blue which premiered in 2003.
Since then, he has gone on to become an Internet celebrity, regularly appearing at conventions
such as PAX and Comic-Con.
He has attended every iteration of Rooster Teeth's own convention, RTX, from 2011 to
2014.
Ramsey used to frequently join fellow RvB actors Burnie Burns, Gus Sorola, and Joel
Heyman on the "Drunk Tank Podcast".
He has not appeared on the podcast since September 2011.
In 2008, Ramsey started Achievement Hunter, a new department of Rooster Teeth Productions.
Achievement Hunter was originally just Ramsey and colleague Jack Pattillo, but it has grown
rapidly and has twelve members as of October 2014.
While originally focused on achievement guides and easter eggs, Achievement Hunter has since
shifted their attention to comedic Let's Plays and other game-related videos.
Most achievement guides are now produced by fans under the "Community Hunter" name.
Achievement Hunter also releases a weekly video highlighting the next week's game releases
and news in gaming called Achievement Hunter Weekly Update which is usually hosted by Ramsey
and Jack Pattillo.
Ramsey and Pattillo created a game through Halo: Reach's Forge mode, called "Achievement
HORSE", based on the rules of the original game.
Gamers sent in maps they had created and Geoff and Jack played them every Wednesday.
Time limitations occasionally shortened the spelled word to "Pig".
In October 2011, a company-wide HORSE tournament was held; Ramsey was eliminated early on.
In 2012 another tournament was held, but he was once again eliminated early on in the
tournament.
On April 18, 2012, Ramsey and Pattillo started playing Achievement Horse in Trials Evolution,
using racing maps submitted by viewers.
Horse was eventually changed to HUNT in order to more closely tie into the Achievement Hunter
name.
HUNT can be played in any game, and on several occasions it has been a live-action recording
of non-video game competitions.
Ramsey and Pattillo also started the highly popular "Halo Fails of the Weak" series; compilation
videos of fan-submitted gameplay footage from the most current Halo game, released every
Friday.
An excessive volume of videos allowed the 'Fails' series to expand into the separate
component GameFails.
Fails of the Weak has expanded to include fails varying from many different games regardless
of genre.
Filmography References
^ Drunk Tank Podcast ^ Biese, Alex.
"Taking on a life of its own".
App.com.
Retrieved 2012-01-18.
^ Sal Basile.
"Halo: Visit Blood Gulch With Geoff Ramsey".
UGO's The Goods.
UGO Entertainment, Incorporated.
Retrieved 2010-06-12.
External links Geoff Ramsey at the Internet Movie Database
Roosterteeth.com/Geoff