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Oct. 6th, 2020 11:37 pmFor anyone wondering what 'the Ryan Haywood' thing is - yesterday some accusations started circulating that one of the let's players I follow (Ryan Haywood) and another streamer who works with him had had nudes leaked that they'd supposedly sent to fans, and the worst accusations were that they were to minors. The person who originally posted the stuff later said the minors thing wasn't true or had been proved false, but both the guys are married, and the accusations that they'd been sexting fans and cheating on their wives remained. All I ever really saw was people arguing about it on twitter - some people believing the underage thing, other people saying they were scum who'd cheated on their wives, other people saying the pictures and screenshots had obviously been doctored and weren't real. Rooster Teeth didn't say anything, didn't make any statements on twitter or their site, the stream yesterday apparently was cancelled, but they had a live podcast and didn't mention anything about any of the allegations. But Ryan Haywood has just posted a tweet that he 'made mistakes' and is now leaving Rooster Teeth to try to rebuild his family. So it seems like the cheating stuff is true.
The coincidental thing for me is that he's the Let's Player I was talking about that pissed me off a few weeks ago, and who also around the same time made some weird comments about how he tries to annoy his (working) wife around the house so she'll 'send him to his room' and he won't have to look after the kids or do any chores and can just play with electronics and make videos. And I didn't want that to colour my view of the accusations, people can say that stuff still not actually do anything shitty, but...well. I do think people who have a bad attitude towards women are more likely to treat women badly, particularly their wives. And here we are. He's said a lot of other weird stuff in the past too, but they all have, most men I know and particularly men who think the world needs to hear their voice say weird stuff about women sometimes. But it does suck. I used to really like him. And he's leaving the company, and he is one of the main members of the group I watch and their tech guy, so I don't know how they're going to change after all of this. They're supposed to be having another livestream tomorrow. I feel like maybe it's going to get cancelled too, but we'll see. They might soldier on. I still haven't seen any actual statement from Achievement Hunter or Rooster Teeth. And I don't know about the other guy, but he's not one of the guys I regularly watch. Also I found out a bunch of other stuff about Rooster Teeth I never knew before, which wasn't great. But I still enjoy them. For now. I guess.
It's extra weird because I'm also watching Kinda Funny videos, who are also part of the Rooster Teeth company, and they are criticising Ubisoft for not being more upfront and open about the accusations against them. But silence from their own company is okay, I guess.
The coincidental thing for me is that he's the Let's Player I was talking about that pissed me off a few weeks ago, and who also around the same time made some weird comments about how he tries to annoy his (working) wife around the house so she'll 'send him to his room' and he won't have to look after the kids or do any chores and can just play with electronics and make videos. And I didn't want that to colour my view of the accusations, people can say that stuff still not actually do anything shitty, but...well. I do think people who have a bad attitude towards women are more likely to treat women badly, particularly their wives. And here we are. He's said a lot of other weird stuff in the past too, but they all have, most men I know and particularly men who think the world needs to hear their voice say weird stuff about women sometimes. But it does suck. I used to really like him. And he's leaving the company, and he is one of the main members of the group I watch and their tech guy, so I don't know how they're going to change after all of this. They're supposed to be having another livestream tomorrow. I feel like maybe it's going to get cancelled too, but we'll see. They might soldier on. I still haven't seen any actual statement from Achievement Hunter or Rooster Teeth. And I don't know about the other guy, but he's not one of the guys I regularly watch. Also I found out a bunch of other stuff about Rooster Teeth I never knew before, which wasn't great. But I still enjoy them. For now. I guess.
It's extra weird because I'm also watching Kinda Funny videos, who are also part of the Rooster Teeth company, and they are criticising Ubisoft for not being more upfront and open about the accusations against them. But silence from their own company is okay, I guess.
