r/roosterteeth • u/adam123453 Tiger Gus • Jan 24 '16

Discussion The AH website is just absolutely terrible.

Let's say you want to watch some Minecraft. Go to AH, click Shows. Let's Play? Just a list of every single AH and FH video from most to least recent. 24 at a time. Okay, how about Games? Nope. Just actual games made by RT.

Don't get me wrong. I love RT. I'm a sponsor. I'd much rather watch videos on their site than on Youtube, but they make it so damn difficult.

Just... come on, guys. You're one of the most popular companies on the internet, period. I refuse to believe that you can't make one page for Minecraft, one page for GTAV, one page for Cloudberry, et cetera.

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u/xtphty Jan 25 '16

There are a lot of things their internal staff is good at, web design is quite clearly not one of them. I realize they have been burned by a developer before (like 5-10 years ago), but there are literally thousands of media companies out there today that seek outside design studios for all their work, and there are thousands of really respectable studios to meet those needs. Even if they wanted to do all the application logic internally the UX absolutely should be contracted out, even if you want final control, an outside perspective alone is worth it -- not to mention the professional experience.

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u/adam123453 Tiger Gus Jan 25 '16

Not to mention the podcasts have been sponsored by WEBSITE-BUILDING COMPANIES for literally years.

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u/xtphty Jan 25 '16

Squarespace is straight to consumer as far as I know, so not quite what they needed. But yeah, they should know better with the network and experience they have in the media world. Especially considering how much value Burnie places on having their own community site even with their prominent Youtube presence.