UPDATE : Servers have been brought back online and what was finished before they were shut down has been updated into the game although development has stayed finished. Big ups to roark for bringing the game back and i hope to see you all in game
To me this is wild, I left the community right before all of this happened and was under the impression RAOT had no way but up. Now that I got back into the game I was shellshocked, tournaments are gone and development ceased, it's incredibly depressing how an incredible community can be killed by a bunch of pissy discord admins. Also, this is an incredibly well-made video, keep up the amazing work!
Bro same, I quit December 2021 and it was so fkin sad to see the game I once played in the competitive scene was now nothing but a shell of its former self.
I heard about this game a long time ago, i downloaded it 15 hours ago and have just now watched this video about what happened, its so sad. I wish i could have joined this community earlier, the fomo is really kicking in. Its like traveling to the promised land just to find out there are just remains left and hearing what happened from the survivors, wishing you got here earlier.
I agree. I played it all the time about 2 years ago but quit after a month due to getting distracted with life. I found out about the drama recently and I'm just filled with a sense of dread. so much potential wasted. honestly though, I downloaded the game yesterday to check out how many players there are, and while there are usually only 20 MAX, that still means there are 1 or 2 servers going. still incredibly fun.
Like I read in another comment, I stopped playing randomly before any of this drama popped up. I was searching videos to see how the game was doing and it’s so rough this happened to such a unique and satisfying game. At least I was able to find this video. Appreciate your commentary and work to give context and background to it all.
I remembered this game at some point and I was like "Aw yeah I bet they got marley now" Then I had a grim realization that if the game had been silent for so long, maybe it got cancelled or some drama happened. And unfortunately, I was right.
Bro same... I used to play in competitive scene but left around December 2021. I tried re-joining much later on to find that it had well... been shut down. Now that the servers are back up I will occasionally play... its just not what it once was ig.
the video style is incredible. I didn't feel like there was ever too much going on. but I wasn't ever bored either. i think you really nailed the style here. things I can say though, as someone who doesn't know this game. it got a bit confusing at times and I didn't know what you were talking about. i also feel like the icons for the voices were too big at 6:19 and were a bit distracting. great video overall though
Finally took time out to watch this video, also wanted to take a break from all the drama so that’s why I didn’t watch it sooner. I believe you covered almost every crucial point that we as a community wanted to address, and you did so in a respectful way. Thank you for utilizing your time and channel as such. Love this community and game.
A very interesting video. I wasn't fully aware of what happened in comp and what all the beef was about so this was very informative. Solid editing quality
im ywn, others may know me as yen, and boy what a shitshow this was. i remember first installing the game during the last two weeks of 1.9, first installing the 2.0 update, finding two cool people in a deathmatch, joining a discord server together then eventually starting our first team. the little seed that was FR was starting to grow. yeah, we had our highs and lows and our very very lows, but we still had fun playing this game. then we participated in what would be the last RCL tournament. raot gave me memories I'll never forget, but that's the thing; it *gave* me memories. no longer does it fill me with joy to boot up the game anymore. the entire situation (from my point of view) was a result of petty mods overexaggerating a situation and the community doing the same, so basically community mismanagement. roark clearly wasn't up for the challenge that was game development *and* managing a community. the shady decisions made by him and the staff didn't justify them hating the guts out of the community, as they had every right to be mad at them despite there being *very few* genuinely bad people. rest in piece raot, and i'm looking forward to the next game roark and his team produces, if one ever comes out
Checking this game again after a year.... I was worried that there not many people playing this game anymore, the community was small when this game start. But Bloody hell, seem like the game got too Popular that Toxicity and drama kills it. The game was so good. I didn't even get to try those new updates. I was so excited with those updates. Please, let the game be able to play again Roark.
@@TropicAOT Ooh man, Tropic, I remember watching your video. Thanks for telling me. Yup, the Game Physic feel as good as I remember. Seem like my fear become true. Playing alone. Not because it's no longer popular but because it was too popular.... Welp, at least I can play it now. Wish there are more PvE Content. Roark Odm gear x Fenglee Titan would be the best.
good video. also damn edd really kicked off the apocalypse by suggesting banning all of rqm and roark for blindly listening to it after only saying "We haven't done that before" Edit: meant so say great video, really summed up the tragedy of RAOT. God what an amazing game. RIP i don't think servers are ever coming back but oh boy if they do im going to play non stop for 2 weeks.
Damn I remember playing a lot of this game when it first released for a few months before having to focus more on college stuff. Didn't think I'd come back now and realize how much the competitive scene ruined the entire game in general. Was hoping I'd find some lobbies open for casual play, but there's barely any
Never knew such drama existed I was literally just playing the game because it had the best movement out of all the AOT games I've played. I wish I never watched this video because now I'm pretty sad.
Great video - i Think Some of the takes are a bit biased and some stuff might get left out but overall a good video. I do not agree with all of it however it comes around pretty much everything.
I was never a part of the community, but I remember having a blast playing this game for the first time, such a shame things went to shit like that, maybe there can be a successor to Roarks AOT one day
I loved the comp side of this game. I’ve never got involved in the drama cause it’s drama lol. Just wanted to play the game, this all came out of the blue for me until I read deeper into the situation. It’s a shame but all we can really hope for is the servers to come back. The VPN is getting annoying to use lol
Being one of the more troll type nember who has always been in touch with the community although not always actuve, i just couodnt help myself but to comment how much it bothers me how fast this all really went, just sime tume ago i was chilling in the vc with roark, faz, tropic, and a bunch of other dudes whose usernames i cant remember. Its just a really nice game, with a few really nice people.
fire something’s seemed a lil misconstrued but it was nice being able to watch the whole story back over again. roark should have never been in charge of the community, the task should’ve been lent to someone else who could focus on it without being affected by the criticisms to the game.
good video. nice to finally know what the hell happened to this game. although if i could make one suggestion, please turn the background music down a little. it's not so loud that it makes it impossible to hear what you're saying, but it's loud enough to make it distracting
Tbh the community was split in two between the official server and the comp server. To the point where a lot of people on the official server didn't even know the guys from the competitive server excluding a few. It was just this toxic version of the main server.
super sad the game had to end since theres almost nothing that compares to the mechanics of this game which was super fun. swammys the only aot game left but the physics dont feel right compared to roarks :/
I've met a lot of good friends through this game, and even though the game itself is shut down, I will always remember it for bringing me to my friends who care deeply about me. Also lmao I got banned from the server like 2 weeks before *this* happened
its still possible. i know that theres an archive with all of the versions downloadable. youll probably have to join the discord server and ask to find the link though
bro i rlly loved that game.. but its still going lol there will also be a third game! if u log on there are still a ton of lobbies. the server is still on there are 3000 plus ppl on discord and the server is going. ITS NOT OVER (or not for me atleast)
Zoutige was such a good guy tho he is not in the video respect to him for finding the hacking methods and helping to devs tho they got him banned after 💀
UPDATE : Servers have been brought back online and what was finished before they were shut down has been updated into the game although development has stayed finished. Big ups to roark for bringing the game back and i hope to see you all in game
download where?
To me this is wild, I left the community right before all of this happened and was under the impression RAOT had no way but up. Now that I got back into the game I was shellshocked, tournaments are gone and development ceased, it's incredibly depressing how an incredible community can be killed by a bunch of pissy discord admins.
Also, this is an incredibly well-made video, keep up the amazing work!
I personally point my finger at edd. From the sounds of it, he was already on his way out the door and wanted to bring the house down behind him.
Bro same, I quit December 2021 and it was so fkin sad to see the game I once played in the competitive scene was now nothing but a shell of its former self.
Yeah exactly that just happened to me 10 minutes ago
I heard about this game a long time ago, i downloaded it 15 hours ago and have just now watched this video about what happened, its so sad. I wish i could have joined this community earlier, the fomo is really kicking in. Its like traveling to the promised land just to find out there are just remains left and hearing what happened from the survivors, wishing you got here earlier.
I agree. I played it all the time about 2 years ago but quit after a month due to getting distracted with life. I found out about the drama recently and I'm just filled with a sense of dread. so much potential wasted. honestly though, I downloaded the game yesterday to check out how many players there are, and while there are usually only 20 MAX, that still means there are 1 or 2 servers going. still incredibly fun.
so nice seeing so many ppl from the raot community here
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Like I read in another comment, I stopped playing randomly before any of this drama popped up. I was searching videos to see how the game was doing and it’s so rough this happened to such a unique and satisfying game. At least I was able to find this video.
Appreciate your commentary and work to give context and background to it all.
I remembered this game at some point and I was like "Aw yeah I bet they got marley now"
Then I had a grim realization that if the game had been silent for so long, maybe it got cancelled or some drama happened.
And unfortunately, I was right.
Bro same... I used to play in competitive scene but left around December 2021. I tried re-joining much later on to find that it had well... been shut down. Now that the servers are back up I will occasionally play... its just not what it once was ig.
@@BoredVeon yeah
Quality video man, you really did the story of this fabulous game justice.
thanks man! hopefully itll be given another chance 🙏
the video style is incredible. I didn't feel like there was ever too much going on. but I wasn't ever bored either. i think you really nailed the style here.
things I can say though, as someone who doesn't know this game. it got a bit confusing at times and I didn't know what you were talking about. i also feel like the icons for the voices were too big at 6:19 and were a bit distracting.
great video overall though
Crazy how the cycle of hatred between staff and community would not be solved just like the manga. Then the founding titan put it all to an end.
Said like a true figglebottom
Finally took time out to watch this video, also wanted to take a break from all the drama so that’s why I didn’t watch it sooner. I believe you covered almost every crucial point that we as a community wanted to address, and you did so in a respectful way. Thank you for utilizing your time and channel as such. Love this community and game.
Also I got emotional when Baby Blue came on 😢
appreciate the support my man!
(p.s welcome to pawg
A very interesting video. I wasn't fully aware of what happened in comp and what all the beef was about so this was very informative. Solid editing quality
im ywn, others may know me as yen, and boy what a shitshow this was. i remember first installing the game during the last two weeks of 1.9, first installing the 2.0 update, finding two cool people in a deathmatch, joining a discord server together then eventually starting our first team. the little seed that was FR was starting to grow. yeah, we had our highs and lows and our very very lows, but we still had fun playing this game. then we participated in what would be the last RCL tournament. raot gave me memories I'll never forget, but that's the thing; it *gave* me memories. no longer does it fill me with joy to boot up the game anymore.
the entire situation (from my point of view) was a result of petty mods overexaggerating a situation and the community doing the same, so basically community mismanagement. roark clearly wasn't up for the challenge that was game development *and* managing a community. the shady decisions made by him and the staff didn't justify them hating the guts out of the community, as they had every right to be mad at them despite there being *very few* genuinely bad people.
rest in piece raot, and i'm looking forward to the next game roark and his team produces, if one ever comes out
Ywn the best TS we ever had
Don't ever say it's over if I'm breathing.
Racing to the moonlight and I'm speeding
I just wished he added titans for us to kill...
Checking this game again after a year.... I was worried that there not many people playing this game anymore, the community was small when this game start. But Bloody hell, seem like the game got too Popular that Toxicity and drama kills it.
The game was so good. I didn't even get to try those new updates. I was so excited with those updates. Please, let the game be able to play again Roark.
You can play it again right now
@@TropicAOT Ooh man, Tropic, I remember watching your video.
Thanks for telling me.
Yup, the Game Physic feel as good as I remember. Seem like my fear become true. Playing alone. Not because it's no longer popular but because it was too popular....
Welp, at least I can play it now. Wish there are more PvE Content. Roark Odm gear x Fenglee Titan would be the best.
@@kien9350 No problem - You gotta wait untill people figure out its live again - and then hit the sweetspots of when people play
Very good video, thanks for making it. I hope it reaches people outside our community aswell.
good video. also damn edd really kicked off the apocalypse by suggesting banning all of rqm and roark for blindly listening to it after only saying "We haven't done that before"
Edit: meant so say great video, really summed up the tragedy of RAOT. God what an amazing game. RIP i don't think servers are ever coming back but oh boy if they do im going to play non stop for 2 weeks.
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Users host games by themselves, so there is still some online
Damn
I remember playing a lot of this game when it first released for a few months before having to focus more on college stuff. Didn't think I'd come back now and realize how much the competitive scene ruined the entire game in general. Was hoping I'd find some lobbies open for casual play, but there's barely any
fr fr. i never would've thought around 5 years ago that the game would end up as a player vs player multiplayer. its so different now
gotta love to see staff sitting in their tc madling over nothing, such a classic official staff L.
dang this video randomly popped up on my feed- really missed raot it had so much potential
Never knew such drama existed I was literally just playing the game because it had the best movement out of all the AOT games I've played. I wish I never watched this video because now I'm pretty sad.
I just discovered this too, so far I wasn't playing, but now I'm discouraged
Great video - i Think Some of the takes are a bit biased and some stuff might get left out but overall a good video. I do not agree with all of it however it comes around pretty much everything.
Very well put together with lots of great points.
dose anyone have any news about the new project , i ve waited so long but havent heard anything about it
just randomly decided to redownload the game yesterday, no wonder its so inactive now
The accuracy of this video is insane, how did you find this much information?
pawg
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Brewskii how did you found this video XD
@@sgkaen8848 I was head of EU, i have to know
Its crazy seing most of the homies that i played with in this video notable mikasus, great video RIP RAOT
I was never a part of the community, but I remember having a blast playing this game for the first time, such a shame things went to shit like that, maybe there can be a successor to Roarks AOT one day
I loved the comp side of this game. I’ve never got involved in the drama cause it’s drama lol. Just wanted to play the game, this all came out of the blue for me until I read deeper into the situation. It’s a shame but all we can really hope for is the servers to come back. The VPN is getting annoying to use lol
Let's all pay our respects to the RAOT GOAT Dqme the best mechanical apg player🙏
Shut up fenny
Being one of the more troll type nember who has always been in touch with the community although not always actuve, i just couodnt help myself but to comment how much it bothers me how fast this all really went, just sime tume ago i was chilling in the vc with roark, faz, tropic, and a bunch of other dudes whose usernames i cant remember. Its just a really nice game, with a few really nice people.
Damn that sucks good video tho I appreciate it i was confused asl when I loaded up raot for the first time in months to find nothing
Wow! Another banger dude, so underated
appreciate the support my guy!
fire something’s seemed a lil misconstrued but it was nice being able to watch the whole story back over again. roark should have never been in charge of the community, the task should’ve been lent to someone else who could focus on it without being affected by the criticisms to the game.
holy shit the quality of this video is nuts
Extremely impressed with the quality of this video considering how small Raot was. It's clear you had a lot of passion for this game.
good video. nice to finally know what the hell happened to this game.
although if i could make one suggestion, please turn the background music down a little. it's not so loud that it makes it impossible to hear what you're saying, but it's loud enough to make it distracting
Damn...Only found out now about this. And I loved playin that Aot Fangame, prolly the best there is.
Yeah its a real shame. hopefully roark will be willing to bring the servers back online
amazing video, man i miss this game
Great video. Really well done!
Very well said!
Thanks for all the help my man. you made the whole process alot easier
I was only gone for a few months wtf did I miss
Tbh the community was split in two between the official server and the comp server. To the point where a lot of people on the official server didn't even know the guys from the competitive server excluding a few.
It was just this toxic version of the main server.
Oh my god i loved every second of that.
super sad the game had to end since theres almost nothing that compares to the mechanics of this game which was super fun. swammys the only aot game left but the physics dont feel right compared to roarks :/
Fantastic video brother
I've met a lot of good friends through this game, and even though the game itself is shut down, I will always remember it for bringing me to my friends who care deeply about me.
Also lmao I got banned from the server like 2 weeks before *this* happened
yes, because you sent fresh self harm pictures in general. thank you for that by the way 👍
It's been 6 months????? It feels like yesterday
@@sammylvr7912 it aint that deep sammy
Congrats to getting your channel to 3k subs, your videos look like they came from a 100k youtuber👌
thanks man! my big goal is to have that silver plaque by the end of next year. wish me luck 🙏
can anyone upload their copy of the game? is it still possible to play with friends via lan?
its still possible. i know that theres an archive with all of the versions downloadable. youll probably have to join the discord server and ask to find the link though
@@Redstuff seems like they no longer allow people to join the server. its sad that i found this game too late :(
@@Malapasta thanks man! appreciate it
@@Malapasta god damn mala what a legend
You deserve way more subs bro
Thanks man! were slowly climbing
Been following this game since its early days. Sad to see...
Bro roarks was awesome. Hope it returns
Yeah, it was a fun one year journey. Great video.
Really cool video m8ey. - Admiral
Roark really did us dirty
Imagine if there was a new main genre title, the aa games
soon you will understand
Damn the Marley map looked cool
Its fort slava lol
good vid sad it ended like this tho
Nice video man
I was just enjoying the game, i don't even know there's a drama
It feels illegal to watch videos this good.
bro i rlly loved that game.. but its still going lol there will also be a third game! if u log on there are still a ton of lobbies. the server is still on there are 3000 plus ppl on discord and the server is going. ITS NOT OVER (or not for me atleast)
Why online is so low? Attack on Titan is one of the popular anime, after i watched all 88 episodes i find this game and playing everyday.
rip, it was fun while it was lasted though
Zoutige was such a good guy tho he is not in the video respect to him for finding the hacking methods and helping to devs tho they got him banned after 💀
very good video thank you
amazing video
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Me just being happy my messages are in the video XD 7:04 7:12
Gotta wait 4 hours 8g
nice video, rip raot
Element was too good they liked the game
I'm the number 1 raot player
SEFUTY YOU'RE CRAZY 🤪 😜
you are the number 1 goofiest raot player yeah
@@daleanmonster3567 NEVER SAY THIS TO SEFUTY
Please stop
Lemme remind you the color of your skin real quick
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Look mom I'm on TV
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9:05 if someone's underrated its u lmao
AOTTG2 >
RIP GCR!!!!!!
such good times livin through all that lol.
w video