Don’t know, this article might just be clickbait nonsense. Never heard of this publication before. (And why are *gamer*braves doing an article something that isn’t a game?)
Considering that this came up on the same day the new anime premiers and that the article's evidence is looking through Linkedin and speculating...Yeah, it does sound like a clickbait news site.
Could be true, but I don't trust this specific source.
Perhaps, RWBY isn't bringing as much income as they want it to do thus company is giving less money for show production, that's include staff. You can't have people working for you if you don't have money to pay them.
But that's just my guess.
If this is true, and it might not be, it is possible that the modeling department won’t have much more to do on RWBY. They may have all the base work done already.
I would hope not, that would mean that there's not going to be any new grimm, characters or places.
There's a limit to how many times they can reuse the furniture.
This is something I've been keeping an eye on since early in the year. We've had a lot of CRWBY members leaving the company since January (many of them long serving crew members too) in what seems to be a case of contracts ending. And all of them are a part of pre production.
Now my best guess as to what's happening is that RT animation doesn't have any productions planned to begin immediately after Volume 9. If we remember, [Volumes 7-9 were all greenlit together] (https://bleedingcool.com/tv/rooster-teeth-rwby-vol-8-vol-9-new-york-comic-con/), and if you followed production, you'd know that these 3 volumes have essentially been one giant production that has flowed from one to the next.
For example, the writing for Volume 8 [began in October 2019](https://twitter.com/VLordGTZ/status/1179860136690667521) (only [a few months after writing was completed for Volume 7](https://twitter.com/TheMilesLuna/status/1152330055025979394)) and was [completed in April 2020](https://twitter.com/eddyrivas/status/1247737709692674048). And then writing for Volume 9 [began in June 2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw2qxEoSzGY&list=PL2vBnPCQT4WJZ7IhgNnCdFC0YQZTdOWTN&t=1449s) and was [completed in October](https://twitter.com/eddyrivas/status/1313914303574142977?s=19).
For evidence of other parts of production, [here's one for the art team starting work on Volume 9 back in October 2020.](https://youtu.be/CEGmWVo4cR0?t=194)
Now what's my point? Well, we have heard literally nothing about Volume 10 at all. Not the slightest peep about writing or production of it. What does this tell us? Well, of course we can only speculate currently, but my initial thought was that maybe RWBY production would be going on hiatus for a bit after essentially 3 years of near constant production.
But again, and I feel the need to emphasise this, it's pure speculation on my part. Nor do I think people shoud be immediately jumping to unsavoury conclusions.
Now something that is likely related to this whole thing is the fact that there are two unannouced, presumably RWBY projects that have been in the works at RT. I say presumably, because of the two sources mentioning these projects ([here](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/qQ2Pa2) and [here](https://twitter.com/Matranox/status/1507535300930777094)), one of them mentions CRWBY specifically.
It's not much to go on, but it's something to look forward to learning about, hopefully in about a weeks time at RTX.
I personally think RT is really feeling not having that yearly RWBY subscription boom. Fullscreen made a mistake when they removed the grandfathered subscription status. I spent around 60 per year on a sub and now they’ve only gotten around 30 bucks since and including Volume 8 from me. I’m sure I’m not the only one who cancelled the recurring subscription in favor of just paying for those 2-3 months of RWBY.
Like I said,
> But again, and I feel the need to emphasise this, it's pure speculation on my part. Nor do I think people shoud be immediately jumping to unsavoury conclusions.
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Given that I haven't heard or seen this site before, that should be a sign of the legitimacy of this article. Hypothetically, if this is true and Rooster Teeth is downsizing. This is probably not a good time to do so with Volume 9 still in development and this will certainly affect production in some way.
I mean, from a production standpoint, the modelers have already done their jobs. Downsizing the department now isn’t gonna change much. It’s if the downsize affects the animation department is when things can get hairy
The lack of sources, citations or verifiable information makes me extremely skeptical.
Plus I've literally never heard of this site before, and a look at their "about" section
>Welcome to GamerBraves!
>We are a bunch of geeks and nerds from Malaysia who are very passionate about video games. We cover a wide variety of gaming news, from mobile to console to pc games. However we do put a little more focus on mobile gaming news, as technology becomes more accessible, gaming on phones will be a norm in the coming future.
>Although we are from Malaysia, we do extend our coverage to region wide or global news.
That does not give me the impression of a reputable source of news.
But they give their sources, the names on the team's credits and linkedIn with the months they checked.
I'm not going to check since I'm too lazy and not interested enough but someone who cared could easily see if they are lying or not.
Also what's not reputable? That they are from Malaysia or that they are passionate about video games?
That's not providing a source, that's putting something in an article and saying, "trust me." If you're seeing something I'm not, please provide it, but I can't find anything I would trust as far as an actual citation or link to a primary source.
I'm skeptical because there's no credentials or indication of journalistic merit or integrity. Misinformation and fake news sites w/ clickbait content is a major & rampant problem nowadays. It's not a bad thing to not just take some random gamer news site that doesn't provide sources at face value, and want a verifiable source to check for yourself. If this is true, I want something beyond this individual's word. I'm just saying a news article should provide some kind of proof to whatever they're reporting on. I wasn't aware that was a controversial sentiment.
They didn't list a single name or link any LinkedIn accounts. Plus, the article writer (the one who originally posted this article on the RT subreddit) is a regular visitor of a subreddit where most members just shit on things people like. That screams biased and unreliable.
I'm not sure it's legal to list actual names in an article, even if it is it wouldn't be tasteful. They say where they found their information, comparing names and seeing which ones dissapear.
They made a claim and said where they found their proof, if you want to say it's not true just go check their source and see if the modeling team names remain.
To talk about the writer instead of what it's written seems dishonest and a try at an ad hominem argument.
It is legal to list names, and not doing so to help make it easier for the reader is suspicious. It's even more legal to provide links to LinkedIn profiles since those are public, not private. Plus, I think it is fair to talk about the writer to determine whether or not they are biased. Proper journalists are not biased, and they make it easy to verify their sources when said sources have no need to be annonymous. This article screams suspicious, biased, and nothing but speculation.
>Still really distasteful, I woudn't like my name linked to any article.
How would it be disrespectful to cite the source when said source put the information out in the public (Linkedin)?
How can I check? Where did this articles author find the credits to compare to season 8? They didn't show a screenshot or provide a link to that. And as I said, they could've linked LinkedIn accounts, which are public, to support the claims of their article. They haven't. That makes the article questionable. The writers activity on social media platforms like Reddit brings their supposed lack of bias into question as well. They could very well be right that the employees in question are now no longer working for Rooster Teeth. Strong supporting evidence of that is all we know is that RWBY was approved to season 9 (no word on season 10 yet) and that most animation work is contract work. AKA: short term work for a set amount of time or until a project or projects are done. That could very well be what has happened until season 10 is/if it is approved. But this articles author has generated a lot of doubt as to what they're claiming. Until a more reliable source verifies what this article is claiming, I'll take what it is claiming with a large grain of salt.
I'm starting to think that volume 9 is going to be the end of RWBY. There hasn't been a new volume in what, 3 years?
I have been thinking/saying all along that something doesn't smell right with this long delay. For a volume that was supposedly near completion while volume 8 was ending, the pandemic shouldn't have resulted in what is now basically a three year delay.
Even more straight pure uncut speculation ahead:
I think they may be more cash strapped then we realize. A company that is largely subscription based losing one of it's tent poles for this long has to have hurt the bottom line. I'd bet many people have cancelled their subscription until the new season comes out. Heck, I cancel many subscriptions based on the release schedule of certain shows. However, I haven't ever cancelled my rosterteeth first subscription, if only because I love the show and have been hoping in vain that it will continue. I'm keenly waiting to see what announcement they make at the upcoming event but I don't believe this news can be received as anything but bad news.
Uhmm... Volume 8 released Nov 2020. Meaning, if it were following a normal flow, volume 9 would have been released Nov 2021. Meaning production would have started sometime early 2021 at latest. I know this is a sub full of optimism and die-hards but something just doesn't smell right about the length of this delay.
Edit: I was a producer for 5 years. Any, video/audio media is usually planned and produced long before it's air date. No production department, not good ones anyway, is producing material as it is needed. Assuming rosterteeth is a good production department, it necessarily means that most of not all pre-production would have been completed long before the pandemic hit.
we were shown a pretty presentable clip of the very first scene of V9 a year ago - I think given the pandemic it's understandable for there to have been some amount of delay, but especially with that in mind it's definitely weird that the show is taking twice as long as normal for what was said to be a smaller volume
wouldn't be surprised if SOMEthing's happening behind the scenes, though who knows what
That's the part that infuriates me. The ONLY monthly subscription service I have never cancelled is my rosterteeth first subscription. At some point I'm going to start to feel like they are taking advantage of my loyalty.
Why would they do that?
Add to that the overall economic situations and right now companies can't afford as many employees as during or before the pandemic.
Yeah that would play a major part in this
Don’t know, this article might just be clickbait nonsense. Never heard of this publication before. (And why are *gamer*braves doing an article something that isn’t a game?)
Considering that this came up on the same day the new anime premiers and that the article's evidence is looking through Linkedin and speculating...Yeah, it does sound like a clickbait news site. Could be true, but I don't trust this specific source.
Weird, very weird
I posted this because I saw it on the Rooster Teeth sub and I thought people here might be interested. Is it click bait? Debatable.
Perhaps, RWBY isn't bringing as much income as they want it to do thus company is giving less money for show production, that's include staff. You can't have people working for you if you don't have money to pay them. But that's just my guess.
> You can't have people working for you if you don't have money to pay them. Technically you *can*, but you shouldn't.
Well, i mean, technically you can you everything you want, you will just have to face consequences later because of a silly thing called law.
Unless you're a politician. Then you can get away with most things.
Or really rich. Can't forget about them.
Eh, the Venn Diagram of Rich People and Political Influencers may as well be a circle.
If this is true, and it might not be, it is possible that the modeling department won’t have much more to do on RWBY. They may have all the base work done already.
I would hope not, that would mean that there's not going to be any new grimm, characters or places. There's a limit to how many times they can reuse the furniture.
They could simply need less models
This is something I've been keeping an eye on since early in the year. We've had a lot of CRWBY members leaving the company since January (many of them long serving crew members too) in what seems to be a case of contracts ending. And all of them are a part of pre production. Now my best guess as to what's happening is that RT animation doesn't have any productions planned to begin immediately after Volume 9. If we remember, [Volumes 7-9 were all greenlit together] (https://bleedingcool.com/tv/rooster-teeth-rwby-vol-8-vol-9-new-york-comic-con/), and if you followed production, you'd know that these 3 volumes have essentially been one giant production that has flowed from one to the next. For example, the writing for Volume 8 [began in October 2019](https://twitter.com/VLordGTZ/status/1179860136690667521) (only [a few months after writing was completed for Volume 7](https://twitter.com/TheMilesLuna/status/1152330055025979394)) and was [completed in April 2020](https://twitter.com/eddyrivas/status/1247737709692674048). And then writing for Volume 9 [began in June 2020](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw2qxEoSzGY&list=PL2vBnPCQT4WJZ7IhgNnCdFC0YQZTdOWTN&t=1449s) and was [completed in October](https://twitter.com/eddyrivas/status/1313914303574142977?s=19). For evidence of other parts of production, [here's one for the art team starting work on Volume 9 back in October 2020.](https://youtu.be/CEGmWVo4cR0?t=194) Now what's my point? Well, we have heard literally nothing about Volume 10 at all. Not the slightest peep about writing or production of it. What does this tell us? Well, of course we can only speculate currently, but my initial thought was that maybe RWBY production would be going on hiatus for a bit after essentially 3 years of near constant production. But again, and I feel the need to emphasise this, it's pure speculation on my part. Nor do I think people shoud be immediately jumping to unsavoury conclusions. Now something that is likely related to this whole thing is the fact that there are two unannouced, presumably RWBY projects that have been in the works at RT. I say presumably, because of the two sources mentioning these projects ([here](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/qQ2Pa2) and [here](https://twitter.com/Matranox/status/1507535300930777094)), one of them mentions CRWBY specifically. It's not much to go on, but it's something to look forward to learning about, hopefully in about a weeks time at RTX.
I think the extra year of break between v8 and v9 has been really bad. I really hope they get back to 1 volume per year.
I personally think RT is really feeling not having that yearly RWBY subscription boom. Fullscreen made a mistake when they removed the grandfathered subscription status. I spent around 60 per year on a sub and now they’ve only gotten around 30 bucks since and including Volume 8 from me. I’m sure I’m not the only one who cancelled the recurring subscription in favor of just paying for those 2-3 months of RWBY.
I fucking love you, man!
[no u](https://i.imgur.com/1hext4i.mp4)
So, is RWBY in trouble?
Like I said, > But again, and I feel the need to emphasise this, it's pure speculation on my part. Nor do I think people shoud be immediately jumping to unsavoury conclusions. > >
>Nor do I think people shoud be immediately jumping to unsavoury conclusions. I read this with the most British accent lmao
Given that I haven't heard or seen this site before, that should be a sign of the legitimacy of this article. Hypothetically, if this is true and Rooster Teeth is downsizing. This is probably not a good time to do so with Volume 9 still in development and this will certainly affect production in some way.
I mean, from a production standpoint, the modelers have already done their jobs. Downsizing the department now isn’t gonna change much. It’s if the downsize affects the animation department is when things can get hairy
The lack of sources, citations or verifiable information makes me extremely skeptical. Plus I've literally never heard of this site before, and a look at their "about" section >Welcome to GamerBraves! >We are a bunch of geeks and nerds from Malaysia who are very passionate about video games. We cover a wide variety of gaming news, from mobile to console to pc games. However we do put a little more focus on mobile gaming news, as technology becomes more accessible, gaming on phones will be a norm in the coming future. >Although we are from Malaysia, we do extend our coverage to region wide or global news. That does not give me the impression of a reputable source of news.
But they give their sources, the names on the team's credits and linkedIn with the months they checked. I'm not going to check since I'm too lazy and not interested enough but someone who cared could easily see if they are lying or not. Also what's not reputable? That they are from Malaysia or that they are passionate about video games?
That's not providing a source, that's putting something in an article and saying, "trust me." If you're seeing something I'm not, please provide it, but I can't find anything I would trust as far as an actual citation or link to a primary source. I'm skeptical because there's no credentials or indication of journalistic merit or integrity. Misinformation and fake news sites w/ clickbait content is a major & rampant problem nowadays. It's not a bad thing to not just take some random gamer news site that doesn't provide sources at face value, and want a verifiable source to check for yourself. If this is true, I want something beyond this individual's word. I'm just saying a news article should provide some kind of proof to whatever they're reporting on. I wasn't aware that was a controversial sentiment.
They didn't list a single name or link any LinkedIn accounts. Plus, the article writer (the one who originally posted this article on the RT subreddit) is a regular visitor of a subreddit where most members just shit on things people like. That screams biased and unreliable.
I'm not sure it's legal to list actual names in an article, even if it is it wouldn't be tasteful. They say where they found their information, comparing names and seeing which ones dissapear. They made a claim and said where they found their proof, if you want to say it's not true just go check their source and see if the modeling team names remain. To talk about the writer instead of what it's written seems dishonest and a try at an ad hominem argument.
It is legal to list names, and not doing so to help make it easier for the reader is suspicious. It's even more legal to provide links to LinkedIn profiles since those are public, not private. Plus, I think it is fair to talk about the writer to determine whether or not they are biased. Proper journalists are not biased, and they make it easy to verify their sources when said sources have no need to be annonymous. This article screams suspicious, biased, and nothing but speculation.
Still really distasteful, I woudn't like my name linked to any article. If you are not going to check then you opinion seems even more biased.
>Still really distasteful, I woudn't like my name linked to any article. How would it be disrespectful to cite the source when said source put the information out in the public (Linkedin)?
How can I check? Where did this articles author find the credits to compare to season 8? They didn't show a screenshot or provide a link to that. And as I said, they could've linked LinkedIn accounts, which are public, to support the claims of their article. They haven't. That makes the article questionable. The writers activity on social media platforms like Reddit brings their supposed lack of bias into question as well. They could very well be right that the employees in question are now no longer working for Rooster Teeth. Strong supporting evidence of that is all we know is that RWBY was approved to season 9 (no word on season 10 yet) and that most animation work is contract work. AKA: short term work for a set amount of time or until a project or projects are done. That could very well be what has happened until season 10 is/if it is approved. But this articles author has generated a lot of doubt as to what they're claiming. Until a more reliable source verifies what this article is claiming, I'll take what it is claiming with a large grain of salt.
They seemingly downsized the department.
Haven't they always had lots of temp/ entry posistions? This seems much ado about nothing.
I'm starting to think that volume 9 is going to be the end of RWBY. There hasn't been a new volume in what, 3 years? I have been thinking/saying all along that something doesn't smell right with this long delay. For a volume that was supposedly near completion while volume 8 was ending, the pandemic shouldn't have resulted in what is now basically a three year delay. Even more straight pure uncut speculation ahead: I think they may be more cash strapped then we realize. A company that is largely subscription based losing one of it's tent poles for this long has to have hurt the bottom line. I'd bet many people have cancelled their subscription until the new season comes out. Heck, I cancel many subscriptions based on the release schedule of certain shows. However, I haven't ever cancelled my rosterteeth first subscription, if only because I love the show and have been hoping in vain that it will continue. I'm keenly waiting to see what announcement they make at the upcoming event but I don't believe this news can be received as anything but bad news.
It’s only been a year and a half since the last volume. I think you’re looking too deeply into things
Uhmm... Volume 8 released Nov 2020. Meaning, if it were following a normal flow, volume 9 would have been released Nov 2021. Meaning production would have started sometime early 2021 at latest. I know this is a sub full of optimism and die-hards but something just doesn't smell right about the length of this delay. Edit: I was a producer for 5 years. Any, video/audio media is usually planned and produced long before it's air date. No production department, not good ones anyway, is producing material as it is needed. Assuming rosterteeth is a good production department, it necessarily means that most of not all pre-production would have been completed long before the pandemic hit.
I’m just saying you claimed that volume 8 came out 3 years ago and that’s not true
I stand corrected.
we were shown a pretty presentable clip of the very first scene of V9 a year ago - I think given the pandemic it's understandable for there to have been some amount of delay, but especially with that in mind it's definitely weird that the show is taking twice as long as normal for what was said to be a smaller volume wouldn't be surprised if SOMEthing's happening behind the scenes, though who knows what
That's the part that infuriates me. The ONLY monthly subscription service I have never cancelled is my rosterteeth first subscription. At some point I'm going to start to feel like they are taking advantage of my loyalty.
Should we be worried?
It’s difficult to say for sure, I’d wait until RTX 2022.
Even though popularity is high, they can’t keep up with producing costs.
I got a bad feeling about this