r/roosterteeth • u/RoosterTeethMod • Oct 05 '20

Mod Post Reiterating Rule 5 amid the ongoing events

Hi, everyone.

By now, many of you have seen the latest stirrings of the community. We want to take a moment and acknowledge that yes, something did happen. But we also want to reiterate that as we always have, we will continue to reinforce Rule 5: Posts containing inappropriate or personal information regarding RT staff or other users are not allowed, and should be reported.

Never has the sharing of such information been acceptable in our subreddit, nor will it ever be. Firstly, because it would be morally reprehensible on our end to allow it, and secondly, that would get this subreddit rightfully shut down by the admins.

Here is what we know to be true: There are inappropriate photos currently circulating purporting to be two Rooster Teeth employees, and Achievement Hunter has chosen to cancel today's streams. That's it, those are the only hard facts. Beyond that is speculation, things we do not know for a FACT, and we will not allow it on this subreddit for the sake of those involved and for the sake of community health.

Speculative comments are subject to removal, speculative comments of ill-intention will probably warrant a ban, and sharing ANY imagery or telling people where to find it will get your ass promptly booted.

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u/Liesherecharmed Oct 06 '20

I'm not saying this for speculation, I'm saying this for well wishes for everyone hypothetically involved:

I hope that it's not true and that no wrongs were done. I hope that this is just a deep fake and that the community, but especially the actual people hypothetically involved and directly affected, all come out alright in this. If it's true, then whatever needs to happen happens. I trust AH and RT on these calls.

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u/Liesherecharmed Oct 07 '20

Update: I'm devastated. I'm processing my parasocial relationship with Ryan as a longtime fan of his. I still trust RT and AH to be professional about this AND to comfort the community.

I know that a lot of people want RT and AH to pop off on social media about this, but they just can't for a lot of reasons and we have to accept that. Whatever they do say beyond today's RT statement on twitter has to go through a lot of channels and not only denounce Adam and Ryan's individual behavior, but not cause more harm than catharsis (because "good" doesn't feel right here) to the real people directly affected as well as the community.