Seeing that you, toast are also effected by this news really shows how great a man Monty was. A whole different side of gaming and he still had some kind of an impact. Love you toast keep the rt community in your heart through this tragic time and keep making me smile. God knows I need it.
ScrewAttack! Shocked seeing U here. Just saw a couple of UR vids about 3 weeks ago on WWE 2k15. But I remember the 1st video I saw Monty N was a Full Play Michael did on Resident Evil: Revelations. R.I.P Monty
Quick little reminder that Monty is one of the main reasons why Meg & Gavin are even together. Monty knew Gavin liked her & he managed to track her down at PAX & made them take a walk together so they got to know each other a little better. He played a bit role in their happiness today. Even with the little things he made a big impact. RIP Monty. You'll be missed
skyandbray both meg and Gavin have posted journals on the rooster teeth site. Both say that Monty made them take a walk. He is truly a no nonsense guy who didn't push foot around and will be missed sorely.
Martin Cardenas Seriously, we all need a friend like that. It's so rare to have people go out of their way to do something like that these days. I can't imagine what the RT staff & his family are going through D=
Personally, we see how Monty is missing in RWBY and R&B, thanks to him i was sad the 1st time in my life in RWBY (*deaths, song+lyrics*, but when i knew he died, i was broken...) now i try to see all videos i can see to remember him, and almost 2 years passed since he passed away...and i guess he's death is not should be his death, i mean he could not die from it...R.I.P
i don't know him very well but I know he was a part of Rooster Teeth and after watching some of his animations, they are very well done. He will be truly missed. :(
Yeah you should have them react to one of his awesome action scenes in his honour and see what they make of it, that would make a lot of people happy in this difficult time
Derpis Malerpis That was not what I was saying. I think more of her for getting through what must have been an almost impossible video. I am deeply offended by what you said.
Andrew Daniels Sorry, it's just been an all around bad day for me. Didn't mean to go off on you like that, I'm just sad that something like this has happened to someone so young.
She had to have at least once while trying to record the video. I don't blame her though...they actually knew him personally... they must be all devestated.. I completely understand not posting anymore videos today though
gramer nazy Either way though...no matter who would have made the video, it would have had to take a lot of strength to not break down crying right in the middle of recording.
Agree, but it may also have been that she was one of the ones who could hold it in while making the speech to us. A lot of people would have totally broken down. Ive had family pass before (and pets), and for a good while after, so much as thinking or mentioning them, sent me rolling in tears. It was incredibly hard to hold them back. That girl there has some serious strength and self control.
I don't want to say goodbye to Monty. I hate goodbyes...instead, I will say see you soon. We'll make sure to tell you all about the successes made in honor of you. Gone in body, but never forgotten in hearts and minds.
SventheCrusader Blues not being insensitive he's being real I mean he is one of a kind never to be copied again and here we are chatting it up about see you soon and he will be there no he won't it's how life works he's gone but he will forever be remembered as an amazing person husband and family but we should just shut up and give him a moment of silence for god sakes man
Such a shame. I wasn't always the most avid of Rooster Teeth viewers, but what I did watch I enjoyed the hell out of Monty. God rest his soul. "Gamers don't die, they simply respawn in a better place."
I could feel the heartbreak in her voice, it's saddening. I never really got around to watch RWBY, but to pay my respects, it would be stupid not to watch one of his last works.
The Argument Invalidator Its a form of respect from us in the RT community. Look normally i'd just tell you to go fuck your self but because of this monty. I'll conserve my hate. Now leave the dead to rest and the community to mourn.
Zachary Osterman Sorry, I'm letting people mourn however they please.. It's just that seeing something already said over and over again makes it seem more like up-vote bait more than anything else which sort of takes away from me mourning him. Sorry if it was a respect thing to you. I decided to leave it at "eh, whatever" before because I didn't want to disrespect Monty's memory with any arguing, but now that it's out there I guess... Again, sorry if it's a respect thing to you. Just decided to let you know where my head is at.
It's kinda crazy bc literally the day before, one day before they made a post abt him being hospitalized, i watched a podcast clip with him in it and thought "this guy's hillarious, i need to find more vids with him later" and then.. RIP Monty.
I only found out abt RT's existence recently so I just know the AH Crew and a handful of others, so unfortunately I didn't get the chance to learn who Monty is until very recently.
He was one of the animators at roosterteeth watch rwby or redvsblue to see some of his best work and also haloid he made that before he was with roosterteeth
KS YK same here, only started watching rt 2 months ago and then a friend posted this on facebook. 33 is too young.... didn't really know the man but wow. Hopefully he'll live on in his creations.
What's really creepy is 2 years ago in the first few minutes of Podcast 191 Monty joked about dying to a allergic reaction. Which is exactly what happened x.x
People loose someone close to them everyday it is sad but why should monty get any better treatment than a regular person would get don't get me wrong this sucks but he's gone and i did not know him personaly so i'm not that heart broken about it
if shes set up for life its just gonna hurt even more every time she spends something with that money. someday she will have to move on from this trageddy and on that day we should help her. but now is not that day, now is the day of mourning.
I think whatever money she ends up not using to help her out after all expenses paid would be to start a scholarship, charity, or some kind of fund to help kids with the arts, like animating. I think that would be a tremendous thing. If RT started a charity/scholarship/something maybe by selling shirts or simply a donation fund that opens once a year or something would be the best. The Monty Oum Foundation. Help kids everywhere with the arts, with animating, with their creative endeavors or dreams.
Everybody remember that everybody has a different way of mourning. If people use religion to help get through it, that's fine. If somebody has to cry to somebody about it, that's also fine. Religious debate has a time and a place, this is not it. If Christians believe he is happy animating in Heaven, if Hindus believe he's already been reborn, if Buddhists believe he has achieved Nirvana, or if atheists believe he is at eternal peace and rest, these are perfectly fine and I'm sure Monty would respect all people in mourning. Nobody should be attacking each other for their beliefs on what happens after death, because the only people who do know are the ones who have passed.
***** The comments are still changing rapidly at this point. I'm sure with enough looking around you'll find that BS. Still, I'm glad we're talking about whether or not that BS is there now, than about the BS itself.
***** Trust me it is happening I've seen 2 comment chains about this bullshit, people saying that "it might be disrespectful" because they are wishing a christian belief upon him and he may not be christian. Really is pathetic.
what caused that allergic reaction? That is terrifying. I never watched RWBY and im not a big anime/cosplay guy but from everything i heard Monty was talented as fuck. And his work ethic was insane. 33 years is way too young. This news still doesnt even feel real. Rest easy Monty.
Henbot yea I think Im going to watch it now just to see his work. He seems like he could've been really successful even without the help of Roosterteeth
thelankytank TH-cam "Dead Fantasy" and "Haloid". Those were some of his earliest creations that got him noticed in the community years and years back. He did those by himself, he self taught himself 3D model manipulation to make them just because he was bored. He was a genius who passed too soon.
What an awful week for animators. First we lose kitty0706 (one of the greatest G-mod animators to ever walk the planet), and now Monty. Terrible news. I hope they both are at peace now.
I found it hard enough to believe Kitty0706 had passed away. That one hurt a lot. But Monty... There just aren't any words for how bad this year has started off.
hey try watching this in 2016 and not use the excuse that someone's cutting onions. All love and respect To Monty Oum, one person who truly deserves a spot in heaven
Wow...I didn't expect this to be the outcome. Monty has been such a major part of RT for years and I regret never walking up to him at a convention to say hi and tell him how great his work was. I'm such a shy person and it's because of this that I missed the chance to share a moment with an outstanding and talented guy. Rest easy Monty. Lemons will forever cower in fear of your greatness.
Monty will be missed the RT Community has lost one of its brightest but let us honor him by living our days to the fullest. Treat everyday as though it were your last
+Biruh Haptu I know the feeling. I'm... not new to Rooster Teeth, but I'm not very well acquainted with many of the staff members. I watched the first several seasons of RvB through Halo Waypoint back when that first started up because I was too young at the start of RvB and then I kinda forgot about RT. I started watching their news stuff maybe two years ago and only started watching their other work recently. I didn't even really know who he was and now I feel super guilty. Worse still is finding out he did Haloid, which I remember watching and I never followed up on the rest of Monty's work.
I cant see how those feelings were fake, majority of youtubers are not actors. I really felt bad just watching her since its real and.... I miss him he did what he loved I guess atleast thats a comfort.
**Published by montyoum in Blog on October 6th, 2012** Can you match my resolve? If so then you will succeed I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death. So I've finally a moment to gather my thoughts of the events this past summer: The date is June 24th 2012 and I'm about to board a plane, my mother had just died a few days ago. Off the grid as I have been described for many years now. Even my family of four older brothers and two older sisters expect little response from me. My most convenient of excuses is that I am just always busy, though I say that quite literally. I find it laughable in conversations whenever other people equate there ground to mine when they say "yea I'm busy too, everyone's busy." No I am busy. If you see your friends or family more than once every 3 or so years, if you live outside of more than a 1 mile radius, if you see your girlfriend of 15+ years only perhaps 3 times a year. My day consists of: 1. Wake up 2. Brush my teeth 3. Drive to work (across the street) 4. Work 5. Eat something at my desk while working 6. Skype "quality time with girlfriend" while working 7. Watch something together while working 8. Work till I'm tired 9. Shift my category of work to something I can do while half conscious 10. Go home (back across the street) 11. Shower 12. Sleep 13. Start over This process goes on every day of the week, throughout the year. I am quite literally at my desk whenever I am not sleeping or in the shower. If you are not a complete prisoner of yourself, you are not my kind of busy. 2 months earlier voice messages and emails had started showing up about mom's condition. That she had taken a turn for the worse and I should come home. My initial reaction, like my reaction to anything that takes me away from my desk is, "but I'm too busy." For the uninitiated the easiest way to describe what I do is animation, a category of storytelling that consumes every ounce of my being. I've made a name for myself by working hard, not something I was known for growing up. I can't recall if I was simply disinterested, or if the formula I've found that keeps me going is simply too pacifying that it makes things like dealing with the real world a passable hindrance. "Workaholic? Please. That's sounds like something lazy people would say." So my mother, the one who gave birth to me is dying. Frantic emails and voice messages from my older brothers and sisters biding I drop everything and go home ASAP kept flooding my inboxes. Now this year happened to be perhaps one of the most pinnacle years for RvB. We are in our tenth season, and we have a monstrous amount of work ahead of us that we're uncertain we'll be able to finish by deadline (despite tripling the size of the team.) Considering I play a huge keystone role to this whole project. It's perhaps the worst time possible for me to cut and run. Is she dying right now? Oh there's still time? Maybe I can fly next week. With the most inappropriate amount of hesitance, I started collecting my work to take with me. I booked a ticket. I started creating shots that I could work on offsite. No joke, in a perverse level of dedication I planned to be working while my mother was on her deathbed. Was this my way of not dealing with it? In my head unlike the rest of my family who were mourning, I thought it better that I honor my mother by doing her proud. I think this was true. Only time will tell. It's June 22nd 2012 and my flight approaching. I check my messages to find that they have changed. My mother had passed. Oh and it's also my birthday. I can't recall what it was that I felt upon hearing the news. There was pause, and then logic in its ugliest form reared itself. "Well why am I even flying now?" Did I really think that? Yes I did, not only did I think it, I said it, to Matt, to Kathleen who were both aware how in the thick of it we were with RvB. Both of them being my friends (and human) understood the weight of a parent passing. Apparently more so than I… I think. 2 days after I've turned 31 I'm in Providence Rhode Island with the rest of my family. It is pretty difficult for my large family to be together all at once. We've thus scattered about the world onto our own lives, some of us also not being able to actually afford flying. But somehow all 8 of us manage to be together again for the first time in over 10 years, minus our mother. Going home and being with my siblings in this time of remembrance conjured up old thoughts in me as well as brought new ones I didn't realize were always there. Because everyone was this mode of old tales, we talked about things mom used to do, how she lived, I discovered how she was in her final days. I found out they had to take the starter out of the car to keep her from going grocery shopping. They told me how despite having help in the house she would get up every day to cook and clean and work. And that it was impossible to stop her despite her organs failing one after another. Up until her body stopped working she didn't. I started to realize I of all people understood her the most. Work isn't a choice, not when it comes to surviving. There have been moments the past few years where I'd felt cursed by our family's upbringing. I'd often say that we were born poor, and that we were raised to think like poor people. Most of my brothers are unemployed or in debt, and I wasn't an exception for many years. I felt some pride of being able to break our family's mold by taking a chance on living what I thought was a different life than what I was raised to be. But I understand now that I still learned something very important without even realizing it. 33 years ago my parents dragged our family here from the war on their own two feet, it was a matter of survival. We came to this country with no money, and not being able to speak the language. My mother pregnant with my older brother, and then myself a year after, found a job, learned the language, and provided for our family. My father who had suffered from post war syndrome was little help. So all I can remember of my mother in those early years was the she was never around. She was never around because she was busy fighting, she fought for our family to survive, because she had no choice. That's why you work, because the alternative is unthinkable. I realized that at a level beyond excuses my mother's spirit lived on within me. Perhaps long before now that she passed on surviving with no alternative. I recall it was the 8 years ago when we first realized she had brain cancer that I started getting my ass in gear. Back then they told her she had perhaps months to live at best. I remember her being in the hospital, hole in her head, only to come home and be walking as soon as she could stand. The cancer had come back several times over the last 8 years only for her to literally walk it off each time. In choosing between laying down and dying, and getting up and doing something, there was no choice. She went down swinging, she achieved something great, there were no other options. I feel the same way about my work, because I have no feelings about anything else. It is now sunday, it's raining, the wake is upon us. I don't think I've ever seen a corpse before, not sure how I should act about it. Of course it was quite, somber, the air was thick with the pretense of formality. Some of it is real, wasn't sure where I stand. Finding my mother's corpse, she looked peaceful. I felt peaceful. I began thinking that saying goodbye, and mourning over someone passing. That's something you do for yourself. Somehow coming here and seeing her one final time, all I could do was smile. Everyone took their time paying their respects, somehow I didn't feel odd in the slightest being the only one in the whole room smiling ear to ear. I can't recall if it was pride for her or myself, maybe there wasn't a difference at this point. Seeing her empty vessel I only felt that I'd finally managed to do something right. All the time she's known me I'd been a delinquent and a failure. Even though I was known to be intelligent and perceptive, somehow my report cards ware always bad news. From being left behind a grade, to failing out of multiple schools, the things I did spend my time focusing on, Legos, videos games, drawing, no one would ever think it would amount to anything. At least at the very last minute I was able to pull it together and rise above my lifetime of failure, and make her proud. She managed to see me on stage accepting an award for a show in something. In a category of work that she could have no understanding of. And nor did I do it knowing she would've seen me do it; the only thing I had to focus on was doing it. And to my delight I was told she managed to see it. The answer to why I came? To find out something I kind of already knew. To confirm it further. From seeing her body to when we carried it to the fire, I could not stop smiling. I suspect some even found it odd as I caught a few curiously tilted heads. It's a tad odd, even I found it a little surprising. Upon my mother's death I left work only focused on what I should be doing. I returned to work without missing beat, but with a better understand who I was. Going from slight uncertainty about my level of appropriateness. To what was honestly my natural reaction to her death. And then being completely certain I was honoring her in my own way best possible. I work because there is no alternative. Getting away from my work pretty much equates to paralysis, I simply don't know what to do with myself when I am away. I hope the same for others, because I've always said the world looks very different, when you're pushing yourself every second you've got. Have I succeeded? I've succeeded in being more than I was. Only to understand it all looks no different from yesterday, just a little bit clearer.
Aswimmin'Otaku Of course :) I think it really helps me put this event into perspective. It makes me sad to see such a talented and smart individual leave us but it also adds to the whole feeling of "life is short" that generally accompanies death's wake-up calls.
Five months without Monty Oum. Five full months. I remember when I first saw this. I had just gotten out of school, and my friend gave me a few words on Skype. "he's gone. monty's gone." I knew something was up. Went to rt.com. And found the journal. I had to walk home with eyes filled with tears, eleven days before my birthday. I got home, sat around for about an hour, and eventually lost it. I cried for literally an hour. I was extremely sad and just felt sheer depression. Hey Monty, if you're seeing this, how's Heaven?? I hope it's nice up there, bud.
ElainaFrostbite10 Same happened to me. I'm still sad he's gone but I hope he knows that even in death he has inspired many people. I love in his tribute video he says he feels so lucky to do what he loves and he thinks about that everyday. Monty is someone I want to base my like on. R.I.P
I was in school when my phone buzzed it said something about a Twitter notification and Monty I was happy maybe he was alive When I open it it linked to the journal I read that while trying to hold back tears in front of my whole class My friend knew something was up and when I showed him the journal he had the same response
***** Just because you don't know someone, doesn't mean you didn't look up to them. People looked up to Monty as in inspiration, and when he died it shook the community. You're right, I didn't know him personally. But it's still a touchy subject for some people in the fandom. (also, funny how you bring it up almost a year after his death. probably just a coincidence, but who knows :0)
Just found a quote from monty "I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death."
I honestly think the whole company should take a break from recording to digest this situation...they should still post prerecorded stuff if they think it is appropriate but I think us fans would understand if they took a break to morn the loss of a friend and colleague so young and talented...RIP Monty
Just watched the RTpodcast dedicated to Monty. Burnie said at the end that if they missed 2 podcasts in a row, due to Monty's work ethic and determination for efficiency, Monty wouldn't like that one bit.
***** I meant for like content reasons. Personally I'm not as funny when I'm upset so I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't either...but if they want to continue right away then I say go right ahead
Troy Ricks Well I mean I assume for AH there are hundreds of prerecorded sessions they can post so even if a break occurred, there shouldn't be any issue with content. BUT with LT and a whole bunch of other projects with deadlines happening, I'm sure they're going to work through it all.
No. The company shouldn't shut down production over Monty's passing. He wouldn't have wanted that. Life goes on and so shall we. Sometimes diving into your work is the best therapy.
It's been 8 years now. 8, long, hard years. I still remember hearing the news that Monty had been hospitalized. How every member of Rooster Teeth - fans and employees alike - came together in unison to pray for his health and well being. I remember Googling his name every other hour to finally hear the good news that he managed to recover from a sudden, unfair illness. I remember all the forums and threads dedicated to letting him know how excited we all were to get him back eventually and that we were there to support him in any way possible. But then a morning finally came that he didn't get to see. The thing that we had spent so much time convincing ourselves that COULDN'T happen, DID happen. Monty Oum was gone And no one knew what to think. No one knew what to do. I remember the tears that were shed, the holes that were left, and the overbearing, monumental sense of loss that was shared by a group of people who were genuinely driven by the creative force that this one person had achieved for himself. I even remember hurting like I was attending the funeral of one of my own family members, which is not something I say lightly. But the one thing I'll always remember above the others is what came next: With wet cheeks, unsteady hands, and trembling lips, we started walking. Even when we thought it was the most impossible, that something irrevocably precious had been stolen away, we mustered whatever strength we could gather and shuffled onwards one step at a time. Because that was what he taught us: "Keep moving forward." He would always say that as long as you keep trying you've never truly failed. He would say that as long as you don't break your stride, regardless of it's length, you're never really wasting yourself. To refute that by constantly wallowing in our pain would have been the greatest disservice to him and his memory. So we didn't. It took a while, granted. But we still didnt. We let our hearts bleed for him, then took a deep, slow breath, and then said "Is that all you've got?" while glaring life straight on with bleary eyes and strained voices. Really, I guess what I'm trying to illustrate is how much I miss him and how much he inspired me (and so many others) to be both brave and passionate in the face of apathy or despair. And if there really is a "big DDR machine in the sky," I hope I can finally have a proper match with him someday.
On my way home from work I saw a quote on a wall that said, "artists never truly finish their work, they just abandon it." I feel that that's how Monty lived. He was never finished with his work. And that's so inspiring to me. Like many fans, I'm here if anyone wants to talk. Instead of worrying about the continuation of his projects, I think we should enjoy what's made and appreciate the outcome of whatever happens next in Monty's honor. May we all find peace in our own time. I sent all of my regards to Rooster Teeth. You guys didn't have to tell us anything, but I'm honored to understand that you cared about your fans enough to keep us in the know (light puns aside). I love you all.
First, how the fuck could anyone dislike this. Secondly and more importantly, Monty was an inspiration to us all. Monty gave as close to 100% as he could physicly give to his work, making some of the best pieces of work I have ever seen. Monty wanted people to be creative, to match him. In his memory I will strive to push myself in my creative endeavours, to write what I love a maybe one day match the creativity of Monty Oum. Rest in peace man, we love you.
Some people would dislike this because liking the video that reports on the death can translate to liking that they died, so instead they dislike the video because they dislike what is being reported on. But thats my guess
yeah, a few days ago i saw people posting that monty was in the hospital, and i thought it was a joke. but then i saw burnie's journal entry. and i nearly cried.
This is all very sad...but we shouldn't be sad right now... I'm not going to pretend I knew Monty, but he left an amazing Legacy when he was alive, and he made so many friendships with Rooster teeth members, Ross and The other Grumps, Markiplier and his fans, We can't all be sad about what he left, but we should be happy with the things he has done. He made everyone smile, he was a working machine, and a talented Animator and Writer. I wanted to meet him and a lot of the other members of RT, but I guess death had other plans, but people like Monty inspire me to work, inspire me to try new things, say and do things that others will think are stupid or wrong, I was sad when I heard this a few hours ago, but I and We the RT community and the RT members, NEED to stay strong, Monty wouldn't want us to be sad, he wants us to be happy, he wants us to keep on believing in ourselves and work hard on what we want to work on and make others smile. So smile for Monty. Smile for the RWBY Cast. Smile for Sheena. Smile for Monty's Family. Smile for all of the fans, friends and family of Monty Oum, I know it'll be hard but it's what he would want... RIP Monty Oum.
I do agree with what you say, but I also think this is the time to be sad, and be aloved to grief, and then when the healing process has begunn, then we can watch RWBY and all that he have left uss, and think back at Monty and smile! beacuse altough he wont be making more content, he will always be remembered for what he have already given uss!
You have it mixed up, you celebrate a persons death and life when they die by natural cause or they are just old and had a fulfilled life. Monty was only 33
Hes also leaving his wife behind. His wife will never sleep next to him ever again in her life. How can you smile at that. But i get what you are trying to say, but no, not everyone is going to smile when someone passes, even if its to honor his legacy or whatever. This is the hardest part of life.
Rest in peace Monty. I actually got into animating because of him and to be honest I don't really have anything to show for it, but I always hoped to thank him for getting me into it.
Losing a member of roosterteeth feels like losing a member of my own family. Condolences to the roosterteeth staff and the rest of his friends and family. Even never having met him personally this is a heavy loss.
What fucking heartless bastards could dislike a video like this? A very important person, and friend to a lot of people has passed away, and you just go and dislike because you don't respect others paying their respects to a friend that they loved and that they were close to? Fuck. You. Rest In Peace, Monty. You will always be remembered.
I understand your anger, and sympathize. The RT community now needs to be there for the people who brought so many shows, and such into the public. We support you RoosterTeeth.
I dislike the video due to not liking the fact he died. I'm sure if the dislikes go half and half with likes im sure people will realize, ohh shit they disliking cause he died.
Monty was a pleasure to meet on the scenes of Gauntlet S2. He was charming, funny and kind from what I got to know him as and I regret nothing in terms of ever knowing him. Monty was a true hard worker in the face of RoosterTeeth and he showed off his true performance with many accomplishments, most commonly known is the creation of RWBY and a splendid job was done there. A heavy heart sinks into my chest knowing that this is not a sad prank, but a true moment in time. Like losing a best friend you've known since childhood, Monty was a great friend behind the scenes and in person to everyone he met, a very respectful and inspirational person. He knew how to work hard and get things done, but also knew when to try and enjoy himself (even though he worked to the bone a lot of the time to get things done because that's how he was). I think I speak for many when I say we will miss you Monty, and we love you with all of our heart. Your spirit and name will live on in infamy and we will never forget your dedication/hard work and most importantly, YOU in general. Love you Monty, Love you RoosterTeeth *Big Hugs*
Laezur Inc. It's totally understandable, it's never easy when someone you know even 0.01% passes, especially at such a young age (his prime basically) and if I could give you a huge hug I honestly would because it's ok to feel sad/hurt. Sadly life can be a bitter mistress, and this is what we lose today, such a damn shame.
Laezur Inc. Didn't we though, After all this time. We do know them. We will miss him. The pain we feel is not one of losing a figure, but a person we laughed with and watched and understood so much.
I actually found out he was hospitalized when I logged into RT looking for news of RWBY season three. It was unexpected, the story had only been posted twenty-two hours ago. Considering his apparent lack of previous health problems, I had expected a recovery. Just unexpected, I suppose.
This is beyond sad :( Red vs. Blue gave me so many hours of laughter. He might be gone but his work will live on and continue to shape animation into the future. R.I.P you awesome creative spirit you!
Mr. Pokirby I know what he meant, grieving while looking thru vids...but u can't be all moopy and sad all day. Death is a part of life ..not saying u shouldn't b sad but u need to be happy that he's not sick or suffering ..he in a wayyyyyy better place. I go by what I say monty week! If he could pour is soul into his work..the least everyone else can do for him is honor what he did
R.I.P Monty. I never really watched RWBY but I can say that Monty was a really awesome dude, he loved making content for RT and he loved his job there. But look at the bright side, he's probably partying hard over at heaven with Abraham Lincoln and Steve Jobs. We'll miss ya man.
Chris The Epileptic steve denied his doughters existence despite the fact that they were proven to be them. monty was an amazing person whom no man could hate
I have asbergers so I never found it easy to form attachments to others, but Monty was a generally likeable person. He was my first and only role model and inspired me to take up animation as a career. I can't imagine how his family must feel. I hope the Internet never forgets him.
I have the same issue as you, but I agree with happybunnyntx, I could have never said that better myself. I don't think you sounded robotic or unempathetic at all, I can tell you admired him. I did as well. His death affected us all. I wish there was some way I could help uphold his legacy.
People are saying shit about how the RT community has gone to hell in recent years but, I disagree. The fact that people have raised almost $200,000 in just three days (4x's what was originally asked for) is bewildering to me and kind of beautiful. My heart and thoughts are with Sheena and Monty's siblings & Co-Workers & Friends in their time of need.
I might as well add my 2 cents. This has been bugging me for a while, and hopefully getting this off my chest will help. I never heard of Monty Oum until long after he passed (fall 2015, I know this cause my coworker introduced me to RWBY as season 3 was starting). And I feel bad that I never got to appreciate his work while he was alive. I'm especially sad that he died so young from something so random yet so dangerous. I like to think that Stephen Hawking is right. That there are an infinite number of universes with an infinite number of possibilities, many in which Monty is still alive (it's a nice thought). I am well aware of his insane work ethic (another reason I'm sad to have never heard of him until too late). Most of all, on a lighter note, I think Monty's getting sick of all the RIPs (Miles joked after a moment of silence that he'd want Miles to get back to work). I am well aware of my hypocrisy on this, but sometimes it is hard to let go. But I am happy that, despite his short life, he left a huge impact on the world.
Years later we still carry on his work. His work has reverberated throughout the Halo Community on Xbox, and I doubt one day goes by without a RVB role play or Freelancer role play looking for group post. Thank you Monty for the wonderful world you helped introduce.
"I love you, you were ready The pain is strong and urges rise But I'll see you, when He lets me Your pain is gone, your hands untied" -Avenged Sevenfold: "So Far Away" Rest in Peace buddy
I have a tattoo of those lyrics joe mama :) Been a fan of Avenged Sevenfold since 2003, and I got it in remembrance of their drummer the Rev, and my grandfather who passed away. RIP Monty, although I didn't follow RWBY like many others, I've heard and seen a lot about you and all the amazing work you did for Roosterteeth. Rest easy friend.
I..I just can't believe it. I never thought we'd lose a roosterteeth member especially Monty. This...this is just so unfair for everyone. I can't say I've met Monty but I feel as though the world has lost someone great. Monty was someone I respected and admired his work and I imagine that he was even more amazing as a person. In honor of Monty, I will rewatch every single thing he has worked on and try to enjoy it as I once had. I hope my fellow RT fans will do the same. R.I.P. Monty, you will be missed very dearly and we will never forget you.
Latios XD Sheena has requested that we don't use Monty's name or picture in social media like that, but seeing that posted has made me feel a little better.
Same here 17/26. I remember exactly where I was. On the schoolbus, getting ready to go home. I was scrolling on my phone and thats the first thing I saw. I couldn't believe it. After all these years, it's still hard to accept.
I also feel bad because I remember Monty getting super excited about the kingdom hearts 3 trailer. There is probably so many things he wanted to do or wanted to experience :(
It just sucks SO much! Last month he celebrated 5 years with the company, he just got married a little more than a year ago, he was saying how excited he was for RWBY and RVB and RTX. There's no use even trying to guess what other amazing things he wanted to create. This. Sucks.
its gunna be rough, and they may not even make the best videos while they are trying to get themselves together, but im still going to support them and watch them. its a hard time and i love all the RT guys and gals, so ill remember fondly the work of Monty and look to the future for more great entertainment from RT
"We're All Family, Family love each other." I feel like this quote is quite relevant right now RIP Monty Oum, he was an incredibly creative and hardworking person. ((I know the quote is 'friends' and not 'family' but I feel like this was more important))
Monty, you were, and will always be, my biggest inspiration. You have affected my life in so many ways, and introduced me to people that will be my friends forever. I owe you so much, and I wish I could have met you. We all love you, and we'll miss you forever. Rest in peace
I'm going to have a Remembrance of Monty Marathon right now starting off with my personal favorite RWBY. Hope some of you do the same as I am. R.I.P Monty.
I hope eventually RT could release a memorial video of Monty. To show the hard work & dedication to the company he truly did. Like maybe they can do this next year or around his birthday, I know that they're upset now. So they shouldn't do this now, but just please think of this as an idea.
Has anyone ever noticed that Monty had worked really hard in all the videos he's in? He's a trooper no a spartan that's what he is. His done so much for us as fans. He gave us dreams with his imagination. He gave us opportunity with having RWBY art contests. He puts the meaning in the phrase "I've been busy." He deserves something far from what we can even give him & we all know what that is. Peace.
God damn it auto corrects every time!! I hate this stupid thing!!! iPod touch my ass!!! I'm so upset right now I just want to throw a fucking fist at that guy!
I need to speak my mind about this and I doubt I will get a response from roosterteeth but I think they should hear this...for a while I was in a very dark place (I don't wish to describe what I went through but I still get nightmares about it). When I went to talk with people someone told me to watch a halo animation red vs blue because my favorite thing in the world was to play halo. Since then roosterteeth and its members have made me laugh and got me out of a extremely hard time. At a point I didn't think I could go on but the love I felt from the group kept me going. I thought of roosterteeth as my family and I love all of them deeply. When I heard Monty was in the hospital I immediately sent money over to help pay for his hospital bill and prayed for his health. I learned today that my hero has passed on. My prayers are out to his family and friends but I would like to point something out. We (the fans) got together as a family to mourn and that makes me feel a lot better about the whole scenario we are going through I know many people mourn him, the only reason I can type this is because of him and roosterteeth and I thank you guys so much for helping me you don't understand what you guys did for me and I want you to know that I'm better now because of you guys and Monty and I will never forget what he did for the community and especially for me Thank you roosterteeth and I'm sorry for your loss
I will miss you Monty you saved my life and I promise you you won't be forgotten I love what you do and the whole of roosterteeth you guys are my family and love you all..Monty was my hero I won't forget him and no one else will because of the work he's done and the people he helped
Thank you for sharing. I assume that took some pressure off your chest to say all that. Monty was an amazing person and RT will live on his legacy. I never watched RWBY or RvB, but I will to pay respects.
I haven't cried in years. Im not the crying person. But im in tears right now. We will all miss you Monty. You brought so much to all of our lives and as this person says you even saved some. My deepest regards go out to your family and i send my prayers.
For everyone who didn't see rwby or rvb I suggest you watch it they are really good plus watch it out of respect so you know what he did. I'm doing the same today
Can't believe this happend. He had his life ahead of him... and now it's all wasted. Never thought anything like this could happen to Roosterteeth :( Goodbye Monty...
But it wasn't wasted. Monty lived his life as the hardest working person anyone has ever known. He lived every second to his fullest because he loved what he did and never wasted a single second when it came to what he loved. RIP Monty Oum. Your legacy will live on in the hearts of fans all around the world. You will truly be missed and we love you Monty.
How could, let me see, 610 people?! 610 PEOPLE DISLIKED THIS?!?! Six hundred.Ten. People disliked this. How can you dislike something that was so heartfelt as her telling us the news on Monty Oum?! That is not right, not at all right. There a level of troll that surpasses this: It's called being a dick. What could've POSSIBLY ticked you off so much that you had to dislike a video that was a very, very personal video that RoosterTeeth had no obligation to make. Hell, most of us are telling to NOT make videos just so then they have time to mourn! Damn does the TH-cam Community piss me off. RoosterTeeth Community: Keep on shining my comrades! Remember: Keep pushing forward past your everyday stresses and you will achieve greatness. Together, we can achieve such a thing as Monty Oum did.
I think people genuinely misunderstand the dislike button. I know there are some assholes but I'm sure most of these 610 people meant to dislike what happened to Monty, not the video itself.
how could anyone possible like this video? its heartbreaking news. i don't want it to be true... i'd give almost anything for this to be some sad sick joke... i can't like this video.... i hate it! i don't want it to be true... he was only 33!! thats not fair!! he was just getting started!!
luxord2654 Maybe they dislike the fact that monty is dead.. "MONTY IS DEAD!?! I CAN'T FUCKING BELIEVE THIS, YOUR LYING. I'M DISLIKING CUZ YOU GUYS ARE BULLSHITTING ME!"
I couldnt agree more, its not funny disliking a video like this. Even the worst troll knows that one shouldt make fun of people passing away. Im dissapointed beyond words that some of you could even think of doing that.
So this may sound like a sob story but its a true one. I would like to start by saying I think Monty saved me. So about a year or two ago I was in a deep depression and short story is it lead to me considering suicide. Around this time RWBY came out and it truly help to take my mind off it. And the all around positivity of the fans of it really helped me out. RWBY wouldn't have came about without Monty. I know a lot of people won't care about this but I felt that It needed to be said. Monty Oum. You will be missed.
Er....eh, ugh. Usually I dislike these comments, just because i don't know if they're true or not (even if you say they are) but now....it doesn't matter. All that matters is Monty.....and he will be missed. RIP
What you just said, this entire paragraph, fits to me 100%. RWBY and monty saved me and to think he and RWBY is gone hits me hard. You saying that shows i am not alone and i respect you man. I will miss you monty.
yea again. someone JUST passed away and people still feel like they should talk about them selves. even if its showing how he has changed your life or whatever, still doesn't mean you really should do it. at least not this soon. people need to stop being selfish and think about others for a change
This... struck home. I'm a great fan of Mr Oum's work and hearing this... I just can't believe it. I hope I'm not offending anyone when I say this: May God welcome you into his heaven, Monty. You will be missed. By fans, by family and by friends. Rest in peace...
God the youtube community is just the worst... I just hope the video's dislikes have come from those who 'dislike' the awful, sad news it contains. RIP Monty - My thoughts are with those close to him.
I can't even process this right now. The hearts of the fans go out to his family and friends. Thank you for all you have done Monty. You will always be my favorite Rooster Tooth. I've never before been inspired by one who has so little to say. I've been a fan since your Fantasy series and you have always found new ways to amaze us with your outstanding talent. He will never be forgotten. I can't fucking stand these comments, though. Nobody would blame you guys for deleting a few that managed to get enough attention to rise to the top.
Eight months and 15 days later. I still cry to this. He is dead forever. Monty is not coming back. He is never going to come back. I can't deal with this as a fact even though it has been over eight months.
Well technically, of enough time passes by, it may be possible that a civilization trillions of years into the future could make machine that can trace the history of all matter in the universe, then they could reconnect the matter of all Living things at their prime. Basically there is no guarantee that anything is forever, even your existence. The universe will be here for a long time, and before it reaches an equalibrium, there will have been a perfect copy of earth made.
Time is innfinate. Hes not dead forever. Something will eventually happen to bring him back eventually. Its theoretcaly impossible for him to be dead forever. He'll be back. Eventually.
You know when I found this out I was devastated because I love Monty's work and to hear him die at 33 is to much. I loved watching rwby and rvb because they were so good and now I feel like that a star so bright brighter than some died I just can believe it. Then I went to my counselor to grief and she told to forget about Monty and he didn't leave a legacy and when I heard that I just left because his work in rvb and rwby is his legacy and that leaves the biggest impact someone can leave when they die Monty we the RT community and your friends and family will never forget you because your in our hearts, your dead when we have forgotten you
***** the reason is that that my parents arnt fans of monty and the rest of the rt communtiy and some of my best friends at school dont know rooster teeth and my counselor is my biggest supporter of what i wanna do in life so that why i went to him and i grieved because i found out during school
This has broken my heart. I just can't process it. Monty was one of the biggest inspirations to me. He is the whole reason I have started to animate and even if I come close to being as good as he was one day I will be happy. We all love you Monty
Part of you still thinking he'll pop up in a video somewhere, "Yeah, sorry guys, it wasn't a coma, I just worked too hard and did some serious powering down." Like this can't be happening. He's not gone. He can't be. Right? I mean.... it's Monty Oum. He cannot just be 'gone'.
Ah isn't that one of the many qualities of death one second your talking to someone the next there gone to be buried in a hole or burnt to ashes it's quite strange
***** Because through all the trolls and idiots on the comment section all the Rooster teeth watchers and workers are a family hell i even cried at a get well soon video for the guy
***** Human empathy? Big fan? Admired his work? Got to meet him at a con and talk a bit? There's plenty of reasons someone would cry over the passing of someone they never got to know. I personally admired Monty for his talent and personal views, I'm not sobbing, but the tears are definitely there. Mostly it's just that he died so young and left behind a wife, and his talent is now lost to the world.
***** why? i have seen so much of Monty's work it leaves me in awe and gets me so excited. He is the reason i plan to go into animation. I look up to him i wanted to meet him, when i made my dream and thank him,but that will never happen. I wont be able to see what work he had in store for the future. no more because he is gone now. it feels like part of me has died but i will still carry on and let my tears wash away my sorrows.
I didn't know Monty at all; I'm just a guy who watches the awesome stuff he and the Rooster Teeth produce. Despite this I shed my share of tears for Monty, his family and the rest of the RT family at that studio. The world is a little less amazing today. Despite this there is always good things in the future. Keep doing what you do; make others laugh and get excited like you have done for years and you will keep Monty's dream alive with you. He will be missed, but never forgotten.
Holy shit. A hero just died. I wanted to go to RTX this year and shake his hand for his work on some of the most awesome and awe inspiring things ive ever seen ;w;
***** Hey! He was a hero to me as the most inspiring animator in my universe. Also a wonderful man, the hardest working, best sense of humour, amazing dancer, the coolest guy, good looking, eccentric. Just an amazing person all-round. An actual perfect person. And so I'm crying because I will miss him and the work he won't be able to continue which has already entertained me for hours, days and weeks. Everything he has worked on will never be the same because he was a truly unique individual with a big input on shows, videos, and peoples lives too.
Monty's the reason I started to write my own book series. I don't know if it'll ever be published (or if it's even good), but... this is going to sound selfish but that really isn't my intention, I'm sad I'll never be able to thank him for that.
***** I agree, but in this particular sense I'd say it's at least a little appropriate to call him a hero, as his work inspired many hundreds of thousands of animators.
They shouldnt, and thats not me saying that I want videos.Thats coming from someone who knows that if Monty knew people took a week off of working, for HIM, he'd turn in his grave. He worked every moment he was awake if he could, the best way to honour him would be to do what he would, and punch through it and work. I think he'd like that he'd made a difference more than anything, in fact, if it made them work harder I think he would probably laugh :)
Gibblo13 I think we all understand this but i think its still hard for the people at Rooster Teeth to fully go on normally with energy, I'm sure you can understand.
So yea, I just watch mostly Achievement Hunter stuff, but even I know Monty was known for his work ethic and perseverance. How is this honoring him. This guy would strive to go forwards all the time, not dwell in the past. Also Let's Plays that could be published may have been recorded during the autumn or even summer.
Music helps guys. I find funny, upbeat music is the best therapy after you've bawled for about an hour straight. Stay positive. Don't be sad that Monty has passed, but happy that he lived! R.I.P Monty...
Vicki, this is actually terrible advice. Studies show that listening to happy music when you feel down actually increases your depression. Listening to sad music actually helps more. www.sciencealert.com/why-listening-to-sad-songs-is-good-for-you
This was hard to watch. All the respect in the world to Meg for being brave enough to report on this - I can't even imagine how difficult that must have been. RIP Monty. The RT family and community will miss you very much.
This really is the worst thing to hear. Monty you work and art will live on forever.
What!!!! NO MONTY!!
Seeing that you, toast are also effected by this news really shows how great a man Monty was. A whole different side of gaming and he still had some kind of an impact. Love you toast keep the rt community in your heart through this tragic time and keep making me smile. God knows I need it.
Wow dude I had know idea that SoCloseToToast actually came to join us
i7887 wow it just sounds like your being selfish
i7887
Youre a piece of shit, gtfo
Love you Monty. Thank you for inspiring us and everyone who's ever seen anything you've touched.
It's nice seeing that there are companies that really care as much as the fans do
We will miss you Monty. RWBY would have never happened if it wasn't for you.
ScrewAttack! Shocked seeing U here. Just saw a couple of UR vids about 3 weeks ago on WWE 2k15. But I remember the 1st video I saw Monty N was a Full Play Michael did on Resident Evil: Revelations. R.I.P Monty
Today is sad day : (
Oh God. I mean... fuck. Rest in peace. You will be dearly missed.
Quick little reminder that Monty is one of the main reasons why Meg & Gavin are even together. Monty knew Gavin liked her & he managed to track her down at PAX & made them take a walk together so they got to know each other a little better. He played a bit role in their happiness today. Even with the little things he made a big impact. RIP Monty. You'll be missed
I'm pretty sure this isn't true because they have talked about how they got together on the podcasts numerous times
skyandbray
Read Gavin's Journal on the RT site. XB1 is spot on.
skyandbray both meg and Gavin have posted journals on the rooster teeth site. Both say that Monty made them take a walk. He is truly a no nonsense guy who didn't push foot around and will be missed sorely.
That makes me feel even more sad, yo. It's great to hear about this fact though. What a stand-up guy.
Martin Cardenas Seriously, we all need a friend like that. It's so rare to have people go out of their way to do something like that these days. I can't imagine what the RT staff & his family are going through D=
A year and a half have passed and it still churns my stomach to know that Monty is gone..
I know that feeling
ZTH - I still cry even looking at rwby and red vs blue
Personally, we see how Monty is missing in RWBY and R&B, thanks to him i was sad the 1st time in my life in RWBY (*deaths, song+lyrics*, but when i knew he died, i was broken...) now i try to see all videos i can see to remember him, and almost 2 years passed since he passed away...and i guess he's death is not should be his death, i mean he could not die from it...R.I.P
ZTH - same
ZTH - It’s been almost three years...
So saddened by this news. Thoughts to all his family, friends, and colleagues.
i don't know him very well but I know he was a part of Rooster Teeth and after watching some of his animations, they are very well done. He will be truly missed. :(
Brian Angeles Yes, please. :C
Yeah you should have them react to one of his awesome action scenes in his honour and see what they make of it, that would make a lot of people happy in this difficult time
You guys are Monty's fans?
Cierrakahana yes why ask?
To speak for everyone. You were awesome Monty, stay cool up in heaven man
He will be the coolest kid in school :)
he is in beacon now
That horrible moment when you realize something is not a joke.
JasminLeblanc see I thought it was a sick joke too but once I read matts journal I knew it was real.
You guys are a few months behind.
ScareCrow And a bigot as well
stfu you filthy animal
your parents divorce was your fault
Meg's brave for doing that report. I would never be able to do something like that
She barely did
Derpis Malerpis
i don't think he meant that disrespecfully.
Derpis Malerpis That was not what I was saying. I think more of her for getting through what must have been an almost impossible video. I am deeply offended by what you said.
Andrew Daniels Sorry, it's just been an all around bad day for me. Didn't mean to go off on you like that, I'm just sad that something like this has happened to someone so young.
we all are
Meg has a lot of courage to go under the spotlight at such a time.
She really does...I can understand why they won't be doing any videos today...they're all probably really messed up just like so many of us fans
It must take a lot of strength to not completely break down mid sentence. I wouldn't be able to do it.
She had to have at least once while trying to record the video. I don't blame her though...they actually knew him personally... they must be all devestated.. I completely understand not posting anymore videos today though
gramer nazy Either way though...no matter who would have made the video, it would have had to take a lot of strength to not break down crying right in the middle of recording.
Agree, but it may also have been that she was one of the ones who could hold it in while making the speech to us. A lot of people would have totally broken down. Ive had family pass before (and pets), and for a good while after, so much as thinking or mentioning them, sent me rolling in tears. It was incredibly hard to hold them back. That girl there has some serious strength and self control.
Spartans never die, they live on in the people whose lives they have touched, forever.
i agree
True words. :(
Truer words have never been spoken.
So true
This just put tears in my eyes man.
Man, this was 3 years ago. Seems like yesterday...
Paul Karyakos Glad to see some people still remember him.
This just came on my suggestions and l just cried a little remembering the ones we’ve lost on our way
same...it still hurts to see Meg cry. Remember watching my freshman year, and here I am a freshman again in college.
No matter how many times you watch this, you will still cry.
i know right it sad dude
It's beginning to rain...
No, I don't think so
Yes.... It is.
Best comment thread ever
Jackson R. Naruto reference?
***** Fullmetal Alchemist.
I don't want to say goodbye to Monty. I hate goodbyes...instead, I will say see you soon. We'll make sure to tell you all about the successes made in honor of you.
Gone in body, but never forgotten in hearts and minds.
a completely apropriate thing to say. quoting a show that he worked on. you have my respect :)
***** and dude he got that from RVB wow
True that's how I feel about anyone I care about passes away. P.S he would have probably loved hearing you say that
SventheCrusader Blues not being insensitive he's being real I mean he is one of a kind never to be copied again and here we are chatting it up about see you soon and he will be there no he won't it's how life works he's gone but he will forever be remembered as an amazing person husband and family but we should just shut up and give him a moment of silence for god sakes man
You will forget. Time does that.
Such a shame. I wasn't always the most avid of Rooster Teeth viewers, but what I did watch I enjoyed the hell out of Monty. God rest his soul.
"Gamers don't die, they simply respawn in a better place."
***** Come on dude, no need for that shit. The expression Lunar said was just a positive comment to ease the pain for those in mourning.
***** Just...... don't.
***** Dude I'm all for science and stuff but try at least to think before you write.
*****
Fuck off.
Just fuck off.
I so wanted to believe the title was a trick but while watching the video I was reminded of a phrase from a famous book: Nothing gold can stay.
He's not dead to me.....
He's just not here right now... :(
This made me chuckle then cry for Monty. Thank you
nice caboose quote, monty would of been proud
Heroes never die and he was a hero
Your right, he's not dead... He just went to another place for a while =(
+Xan Der he was more than a hero because hero's die but don't get forgotten he was a legend and they never ever die
I could feel the heartbreak in her voice, it's saddening. I never really got around to watch RWBY, but to pay my respects, it would be stupid not to watch one of his last works.
As a long time fan of RWBY, I thank you for looking into the series. I hope you enjoy it and become a fan for the whole run of the series.
Yeah man.. Meg was the right choice for this one. But you can clearly see she's having a hard time holding it together.
I, as someone who didn't like RWBY, would also like to urge you to watch it. Who knows, maybe it'll bring you some happiness that it didn't bring me.
in the first episode of RWBY, one of the first few lines is "But even the most brilliant lights eventually flicker and die..."
That's a bit... Morbid. I suppose the saying "a light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long" also applies in this case, though.
Spartans never die, they're just missing in action..
:')
If you don't say goodbye, you're not really gone. You're just not there right now
+cyberdragon1432 STOP MAKINGME CRY DUDE
+cyberdragon1432 well said my friend
amen
"I don't know, somewhere. He's just not here right now."
Michael J. Caboose
Caboose is right. Thank you, for that comment.
Zachary Osterman Really wish people would stop posting this unoriginal comment but eh whatever
The Argument Invalidator Its a form of respect from us in the RT community. Look normally i'd just tell you to go fuck your self but because of this monty. I'll conserve my hate. Now leave the dead to rest and the community to mourn.
Zachary Osterman Sorry, I'm letting people mourn however they please.. It's just that seeing something already said over and over again makes it seem more like up-vote bait more than anything else which sort of takes away from me mourning him. Sorry if it was a respect thing to you. I decided to leave it at "eh, whatever" before because I didn't want to disrespect Monty's memory with any arguing, but now that it's out there I guess... Again, sorry if it's a respect thing to you. Just decided to let you know where my head is at.
The Argument Invalidator No hard feelings, Its the internet shit like that happens all the time.
and here I sit, at the end, amongst the rubbles of what was once RT.
It's kinda crazy bc literally the day before, one day before they made a post abt him being hospitalized, i watched a podcast clip with him in it and thought "this guy's hillarious, i need to find more vids with him later" and then..
RIP Monty.
I only found out abt RT's existence recently so I just know the AH Crew and a handful of others, so unfortunately I didn't get the chance to learn who Monty is until very recently.
He was one of the animators at roosterteeth watch rwby or redvsblue to see some of his best work and also haloid he made that before he was with roosterteeth
KS YK same here, only started watching rt 2 months ago and then a friend posted this on facebook. 33 is too young.... didn't really know the man but wow. Hopefully he'll live on in his creations.
What's really creepy is 2 years ago in the first few minutes of Podcast 191 Monty joked about dying to a allergic reaction. Which is exactly what happened x.x
TheGoldenPig Time and place, Dude.
Hey as a fan-base let's help his wife. Let's donate so much that she doesn't have to worry about a thing for the rest of her life.
She's already good for awhile.
People loose someone close to them everyday it is sad but why should monty get any better treatment than a regular person would get don't get me wrong this sucks but he's gone and i did not know him personaly so i'm not that heart broken about it
if shes set up for life its just gonna hurt even more every time she spends something with that money. someday she will have to move on from this trageddy and on that day we should help her. but now is not that day, now is the day of mourning.
Nbafanla03 while that is sad, demanding or wanting something personally is pathetic
I think whatever money she ends up not using to help her out after all expenses paid would be to start a scholarship, charity, or some kind of fund to help kids with the arts, like animating. I think that would be a tremendous thing. If RT started a charity/scholarship/something maybe by selling shirts or simply a donation fund that opens once a year or something would be the best. The Monty Oum Foundation. Help kids everywhere with the arts, with animating, with their creative endeavors or dreams.
Everybody remember that everybody has a different way of mourning. If people use religion to help get through it, that's fine. If somebody has to cry to somebody about it, that's also fine. Religious debate has a time and a place, this is not it. If Christians believe he is happy animating in Heaven, if Hindus believe he's already been reborn, if Buddhists believe he has achieved Nirvana, or if atheists believe he is at eternal peace and rest, these are perfectly fine and I'm sure Monty would respect all people in mourning. Nobody should be attacking each other for their beliefs on what happens after death, because the only people who do know are the ones who have passed.
*****
scroll up. its starting. pathetically
***** The comments are still changing rapidly at this point. I'm sure with enough looking around you'll find that BS. Still, I'm glad we're talking about whether or not that BS is there now, than about the BS itself.
***** Trust me it is happening I've seen 2 comment chains about this bullshit, people saying that "it might be disrespectful" because they are wishing a christian belief upon him and he may not be christian. Really is pathetic.
just so you don't attract a shitstorm, you might want to change the word Hindus to Buddhists. Hindus believe in Moshka, Buddhists believe in Nirvana.
So much truth in one comment.
what caused that allergic reaction? That is terrifying. I never watched RWBY and im not a big anime/cosplay guy but from everything i heard Monty was talented as fuck. And his work ethic was insane. 33 years is way too young. This news still doesnt even feel real. Rest easy Monty.
His action animation is some of the best I seen very inspiring
Henbot yea I think Im going to watch it now just to see his work. He seems like he could've been really successful even without the help of Roosterteeth
thelankytank
Aye. He worked on his own until Roosterteeth and was very great
thelankytank
TH-cam "Dead Fantasy" and "Haloid". Those were some of his earliest creations that got him noticed in the community years and years back. He did those by himself, he self taught himself 3D model manipulation to make them just because he was bored. He was a genius who passed too soon.
MrInuhanyou123 he made Haloid? holy fuck
I keep coming back to this video, because Monty was an amazing person, and I still struggle to believe he's gone :(
Nytheris ikr it's like Ruby is struggling to believe that her mom is dead ;-;
Someone should tell Ryan.
i still tear up seeing the title alone.
i deliberately went to RT's tearjerker page on tv tropes for this....
Nytheris life is just cruel that way
Ditto I wanna favorite or like this every time I watch this. But it feels like I’m doing it for the fact he’s dead.😭
What an awful week for animators. First we lose kitty0706 (one of the greatest G-mod animators to ever walk the planet), and now Monty. Terrible news. I hope they both are at peace now.
Why do so many good and creative people have to die young
I like the idea of them being needed in a better place. :)
Preston Hobbos bad things happends to good people sadly
I found it hard enough to believe Kitty0706 had passed away. That one hurt a lot. But Monty... There just aren't any words for how bad this year has started off.
I heard they're working on a collab in heaven
8 months and it still hurts like hell to watch this.
hey try watching this in 2016 and not use the excuse that someone's cutting onions. All love and respect To Monty Oum, one person who truly deserves a spot in heaven
+Mikel Hormachea same at u bro happy new years too
I've been talking with Monty's family recently. It hurts a lot but it helps me cope with it.
+ExSV Mineblox happy new years
I got tears when watching this.
Wow...I didn't expect this to be the outcome. Monty has been such a major part of RT for years and I regret never walking up to him at a convention to say hi and tell him how great his work was. I'm such a shy person and it's because of this that I missed the chance to share a moment with an outstanding and talented guy.
Rest easy Monty. Lemons will forever cower in fear of your greatness.
I know the feeling craig. May monty rest easy.
Monty will be missed the RT Community has lost one of its brightest but let us honor him by living our days to the fullest. Treat everyday as though it were your last
that lemon swat was my first intro to Monty a super cool dude.
May he RIP and be a martial arts and ddr badass forever
(Don't mean this to be disrespectful due to the video but I love your vids craig)
Keep tearing up that DDR mat in the sky, Monty. We love you, and for you, we'll always keep moving forward.
+Sarah Tilgner (Ena Spark) now this is an apropriate and touching comment!!!!!!!!
you win.
"Never say goodbye. If you don't say 'goodbye', then they're never really gone. They just aren't here right now."
:'( why u do dis
GoldSpacePotato Because Monty will never be gone.
he lives on and always will
He's with us in our hearts
that logic does not make one bit of sense. but whatever helps you sleep at night i guess...
the saddest part is that I found rooster teeth through Monty's passing and never got to know him and come to love him.
+Biruh Haptu I know the feeling. I'm... not new to Rooster Teeth, but I'm not very well acquainted with many of the staff members. I watched the first several seasons of RvB through Halo Waypoint back when that first started up because I was too young at the start of RvB and then I kinda forgot about RT. I started watching their news stuff maybe two years ago and only started watching their other work recently. I didn't even really know who he was and now I feel super guilty. Worse still is finding out he did Haloid, which I remember watching and I never followed up on the rest of Monty's work.
i remember when this video got hate because people thought that Meg was fake crying....
I cant see how those feelings were fake, majority of youtubers are not actors. I really felt bad just watching her since its real and.... I miss him he did what he loved I guess atleast thats a comfort.
excellent delivery imo she did a great job
She is
@@Toygains oh really? :0
@@thunderousapplause4987 No
The fact that basically two words in she was about to start crying tells us how much this amazing man has inspired and touched all of our lives
He's not gone... He's just not here right now...
fuck you man... :'(
Dylan Olson dont take offence to that im really upset
He's just missing in action.
This comment brought tears to my eyes.
Aaaand watching the video and hearing meg's voice brought full on crying. God bless you monty and all you've done
**Published by montyoum in Blog on October 6th, 2012**
Can you match my resolve?
If so then you will succeed
I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death.
So I've finally a moment to gather my thoughts of the events this past summer:
The date is June 24th 2012 and I'm about to board a plane, my mother had just died a few days ago. Off the grid as I have been described for many years now. Even my family of four older brothers and two older sisters expect little response from me. My most convenient of excuses is that I am just always busy, though I say that quite literally. I find it laughable in conversations whenever other people equate there ground to mine when they say "yea I'm busy too, everyone's busy."
No I am busy. If you see your friends or family more than once every 3 or so years, if you live outside of more than a 1 mile radius, if you see your girlfriend of 15+ years only perhaps 3 times a year.
My day consists of:
1. Wake up
2. Brush my teeth
3. Drive to work (across the street)
4. Work
5. Eat something at my desk while working
6. Skype "quality time with girlfriend" while working
7. Watch something together while working
8. Work till I'm tired
9. Shift my category of work to something I can do while half conscious
10. Go home (back across the street)
11. Shower
12. Sleep
13. Start over
This process goes on every day of the week, throughout the year. I am quite literally at my desk whenever I am not sleeping or in the shower. If you are not a complete prisoner of yourself, you are not my kind of busy.
2 months earlier voice messages and emails had started showing up about mom's condition. That she had taken a turn for the worse and I should come home. My initial reaction, like my reaction to anything that takes me away from my desk is, "but I'm too busy." For the uninitiated the easiest way to describe what I do is animation, a category of storytelling that consumes every ounce of my being. I've made a name for myself by working hard, not something I was known for growing up. I can't recall if I was simply disinterested, or if the formula I've found that keeps me going is simply too pacifying that it makes things like dealing with the real world a passable hindrance.
"Workaholic? Please. That's sounds like something lazy people would say."
So my mother, the one who gave birth to me is dying. Frantic emails and voice messages from my older brothers and sisters biding I drop everything and go home ASAP kept flooding my inboxes. Now this year happened to be perhaps one of the most pinnacle years for RvB. We are in our tenth season, and we have a monstrous amount of work ahead of us that we're uncertain we'll be able to finish by deadline (despite tripling the size of the team.) Considering I play a huge keystone role to this whole project. It's perhaps the worst time possible for me to cut and run. Is she dying right now? Oh there's still time? Maybe I can fly next week. With the most inappropriate amount of hesitance, I started collecting my work to take with me. I booked a ticket. I started creating shots that I could work on offsite. No joke, in a perverse level of dedication I planned to be working while my mother was on her deathbed. Was this my way of not dealing with it? In my head unlike the rest of my family who were mourning, I thought it better that I honor my mother by doing her proud. I think this was true. Only time will tell.
It's June 22nd 2012 and my flight approaching. I check my messages to find that they have changed. My mother had passed. Oh and it's also my birthday.
I can't recall what it was that I felt upon hearing the news. There was pause, and then logic in its ugliest form reared itself.
"Well why am I even flying now?"
Did I really think that? Yes I did, not only did I think it, I said it, to Matt, to Kathleen who were both aware how in the thick of it we were with RvB. Both of them being my friends (and human) understood the weight of a parent passing. Apparently more so than I… I think.
2 days after I've turned 31 I'm in Providence Rhode Island with the rest of my family. It is pretty difficult for my large family to be together all at once. We've thus scattered about the world onto our own lives, some of us also not being able to actually afford flying. But somehow all 8 of us manage to be together again for the first time in over 10 years, minus our mother.
Going home and being with my siblings in this time of remembrance conjured up old thoughts in me as well as brought new ones I didn't realize were always there. Because everyone was this mode of old tales, we talked about things mom used to do, how she lived, I discovered how she was in her final days.
I found out they had to take the starter out of the car to keep her from going grocery shopping. They told me how despite having help in the house she would get up every day to cook and clean and work. And that it was impossible to stop her despite her organs failing one after another. Up until her body stopped working she didn't. I started to realize I of all people understood her the most. Work isn't a choice, not when it comes to surviving.
There have been moments the past few years where I'd felt cursed by our family's upbringing. I'd often say that we were born poor, and that we were raised to think like poor people. Most of my brothers are unemployed or in debt, and I wasn't an exception for many years. I felt some pride of being able to break our family's mold by taking a chance on living what I thought was a different life than what I was raised to be. But I understand now that I still learned something very important without even realizing it.
33 years ago my parents dragged our family here from the war on their own two feet, it was a matter of survival. We came to this country with no money, and not being able to speak the language. My mother pregnant with my older brother, and then myself a year after, found a job, learned the language, and provided for our family. My father who had suffered from post war syndrome was little help. So all I can remember of my mother in those early years was the she was never around. She was never around because she was busy fighting, she fought for our family to survive, because she had no choice. That's why you work, because the alternative is unthinkable.
I realized that at a level beyond excuses my mother's spirit lived on within me. Perhaps long before now that she passed on surviving with no alternative. I recall it was the 8 years ago when we first realized she had brain cancer that I started getting my ass in gear. Back then they told her she had perhaps months to live at best. I remember her being in the hospital, hole in her head, only to come home and be walking as soon as she could stand. The cancer had come back several times over the last 8 years only for her to literally walk it off each time. In choosing between laying down and dying, and getting up and doing something, there was no choice. She went down swinging, she achieved something great, there were no other options.
I feel the same way about my work, because I have no feelings about anything else.
It is now sunday, it's raining, the wake is upon us. I don't think I've ever seen a corpse before, not sure how I should act about it. Of course it was quite, somber, the air was thick with the pretense of formality. Some of it is real, wasn't sure where I stand.
Finding my mother's corpse, she looked peaceful. I felt peaceful. I began thinking that saying goodbye, and mourning over someone passing. That's something you do for yourself. Somehow coming here and seeing her one final time, all I could do was smile. Everyone took their time paying their respects, somehow I didn't feel odd in the slightest being the only one in the whole room smiling ear to ear. I can't recall if it was pride for her or myself, maybe there wasn't a difference at this point. Seeing her empty vessel I only felt that I'd finally managed to do something right.
All the time she's known me I'd been a delinquent and a failure. Even though I was known to be intelligent and perceptive, somehow my report cards ware always bad news. From being left behind a grade, to failing out of multiple schools, the things I did spend my time focusing on, Legos, videos games, drawing, no one would ever think it would amount to anything. At least at the very last minute I was able to pull it together and rise above my lifetime of failure, and make her proud. She managed to see me on stage accepting an award for a show in something. In a category of work that she could have no understanding of. And nor did I do it knowing she would've seen me do it; the only thing I had to focus on was doing it. And to my delight I was told she managed to see it.
The answer to why I came? To find out something I kind of already knew. To confirm it further.
From seeing her body to when we carried it to the fire, I could not stop smiling. I suspect some even found it odd as I caught a few curiously tilted heads. It's a tad odd, even I found it a little surprising. Upon my mother's death I left work only focused on what I should be doing. I returned to work without missing beat, but with a better understand who I was. Going from slight uncertainty about my level of appropriateness. To what was honestly my natural reaction to her death. And then being completely certain I was honoring her in my own way best possible. I work because there is no alternative.
Getting away from my work pretty much equates to paralysis, I simply don't know what to do with myself when I am away. I hope the same for others, because I've always said the world looks very different, when you're pushing yourself every second you've got. Have I succeeded? I've succeeded in being more than I was. Only to understand it all looks no different from yesterday, just a little bit clearer.
That was beautiful. Thanks for posting this; it was worth the read. Monty will be missed.
Thank you for posting this
Beautiful
Aswimmin'Otaku Of course :) I think it really helps me put this event into perspective. It makes me sad to see such a talented and smart individual leave us but it also adds to the whole feeling of "life is short" that generally accompanies death's wake-up calls.
Well done Meg...
He never said goodbye, he didnt really leave, hes just not here right now.....
nice
That's the only thing going through my head
carolina
I think we should all recognize that he really is gone no matter how hard it may be to comfromt that fact.
That really broke me, man ;w;
Five months without Monty Oum.
Five full months. I remember when I first saw this. I had just gotten out of school, and my friend gave me a few words on Skype.
"he's gone. monty's gone." I knew something was up. Went to rt.com. And found the journal. I had to walk home with eyes filled with tears, eleven days before my birthday. I got home, sat around for about an hour, and eventually lost it. I cried for literally an hour. I was extremely sad and just felt sheer depression.
Hey Monty, if you're seeing this, how's Heaven?? I hope it's nice up there, bud.
ElainaFrostbite10 Same happened to me. I'm still sad he's gone but I hope he knows that even in death he has inspired many people. I love in his tribute video he says he feels so lucky to do what he loves and he thinks about that everyday. Monty is someone I want to base my like on. R.I.P
I was in school when my phone buzzed it said something about a Twitter notification and Monty I was happy maybe he was alive
When I open it it linked to the journal
I read that while trying to hold back tears in front of my whole class
My friend knew something was up and when I showed him the journal he had the same response
***** Just because you don't know someone, doesn't mean you didn't look up to them. People looked up to Monty as in inspiration, and when he died it shook the community. You're right, I didn't know him personally. But it's still a touchy subject for some people in the fandom. (also, funny how you bring it up almost a year after his death. probably just a coincidence, but who knows :0)
Man... watching Meg during this video was brutal. Rest in peace, Monty. You beautiful, creative bastard.
Kudos to her. The poor girl tried so hard not to break down
She's got some mighty big stones on her, I lost it halfway through as you could tell she was doing her best to keep it together.
Just found a quote from monty
"I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death."
Thank you for finding this, I think it fits him perfectly.
Such a touching quote. I'm so sorry to hear this news. RIP.
Perfect.
I honestly think the whole company should take a break from recording to digest this situation...they should still post prerecorded stuff if they think it is appropriate but I think us fans would understand if they took a break to morn the loss of a friend and colleague so young and talented...RIP Monty
Just watched the RTpodcast dedicated to Monty. Burnie said at the end that if they missed 2 podcasts in a row, due to Monty's work ethic and determination for efficiency, Monty wouldn't like that one bit.
*****
I meant for like content reasons. Personally I'm not as funny when I'm upset so I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't either...but if they want to continue right away then I say go right ahead
Troy Ricks Well I mean I assume for AH there are hundreds of prerecorded sessions they can post so even if a break occurred, there shouldn't be any issue with content. BUT with LT and a whole bunch of other projects with deadlines happening, I'm sure they're going to work through it all.
No. The company shouldn't shut down production over Monty's passing. He wouldn't have wanted that. Life goes on and so shall we. Sometimes diving into your work is the best therapy.
If they stop posting all the fuck boys that think the channel Is supposed to cater to them are gonna start bitching and threatening to unsubscribe.
It's been 8 years now. 8, long, hard years.
I still remember hearing the news that Monty had been hospitalized. How every member of Rooster Teeth - fans and employees alike - came together in unison to pray for his health and well being. I remember Googling his name every other hour to finally hear the good news that he managed to recover from a sudden, unfair illness. I remember all the forums and threads dedicated to letting him know how excited we all were to get him back eventually and that we were there to support him in any way possible.
But then a morning finally came that he didn't get to see. The thing that we had spent so much time convincing ourselves that COULDN'T happen, DID happen. Monty Oum was gone And no one knew what to think. No one knew what to do.
I remember the tears that were shed, the holes that were left, and the overbearing, monumental sense of loss that was shared by a group of people who were genuinely driven by the creative force that this one person had achieved for himself. I even remember hurting like I was attending the funeral of one of my own family members, which is not something I say lightly.
But the one thing I'll always remember above the others is what came next: With wet cheeks, unsteady hands, and trembling lips, we started walking. Even when we thought it was the most impossible, that something irrevocably precious had been stolen away, we mustered whatever strength we could gather and shuffled onwards one step at a time. Because that was what he taught us: "Keep moving forward."
He would always say that as long as you keep trying you've never truly failed. He would say that as long as you don't break your stride, regardless of it's length, you're never really wasting yourself. To refute that by constantly wallowing in our pain would have been the greatest disservice to him and his memory. So we didn't. It took a while, granted. But we still didnt. We let our hearts bleed for him, then took a deep, slow breath, and then said "Is that all you've got?" while glaring life straight on with bleary eyes and strained voices.
Really, I guess what I'm trying to illustrate is how much I miss him and how much he inspired me (and so many others) to be both brave and passionate in the face of apathy or despair. And if there really is a "big DDR machine in the sky," I hope I can finally have a proper match with him someday.
On my way home from work I saw a quote on a wall that said, "artists never truly finish their work, they just abandon it." I feel that that's how Monty lived. He was never finished with his work. And that's so inspiring to me. Like many fans, I'm here if anyone wants to talk. Instead of worrying about the continuation of his projects, I think we should enjoy what's made and appreciate the outcome of whatever happens next in Monty's honor. May we all find peace in our own time. I sent all of my regards to Rooster Teeth. You guys didn't have to tell us anything, but I'm honored to understand that you cared about your fans enough to keep us in the know (light puns aside). I love you all.
Read this blog post from Monty I have it on my office wall for inspiration. montyoum. net/archives/602
He was one of the few artists that never got to finish it, but never abandoned it.
can i please have a hug because i feel really weak right now
Tamar Avrahami me too!
It's not "Artist don't finish their work, they just abandon it" it's "Artists never finish their work, they just don't have enough time to finish it"
First, how the fuck could anyone dislike this.
Secondly and more importantly, Monty was an inspiration to us all. Monty gave as close to 100% as he could physicly give to his work, making some of the best pieces of work I have ever seen. Monty wanted people to be creative, to match him. In his memory I will strive to push myself in my creative endeavours, to write what I love a maybe one day match the creativity of Monty Oum.
Rest in peace man, we love you.
They dislike the fact that he died? I am unsure of any other reason other then that... besides them being rather dis-respectful...
Though, that last line was a tad morbid (please fix to 'Peace'), I agree entirely.
Some people would dislike this because liking the video that reports on the death can translate to liking that they died, so instead they dislike the video because they dislike what is being reported on. But thats my guess
Phil Thomas Well said that man!
EbilNinja That's how it goes in my case. When I disliked, I wasn't disliking the video, I was disliking the fact that Monty is no longer with us.
For all of you who said they like serious Meg better than cheerful Meg, IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!?!
Sad Meg makes this even more upsetting
It was probably that Meg was the only one that could keep it together long enough to make the report.
You can't have a cheery Meg delivering this news.
Jeez dude, too soon, have some respect
I was actually at the point of tears, when I see this comment x'D You're in the right, man. You're in the right.
deep breaths... 5 months later and I still sob when I see these videos
I saw the title and thought it was a cruel joke but after watching video I can now say that my heart is now broken.
R.I.P such a great man. Monty Oum.
I thought it was another rt recap like the one of Blaine, but then I realised it was upload from the know.
Is in soul society kicking hollows asses
yeah, a few days ago i saw people posting that monty was in the hospital, and i thought it was a joke. but then i saw burnie's journal entry. and i nearly cried.
SuperCasperman I had to take a break from killing hollows to remember the great man Monty Oum.
***** lol XD
This is all very sad...but we shouldn't be sad right now...
I'm not going to pretend I knew Monty, but he left an amazing Legacy when he was alive, and he made so many friendships with Rooster teeth members, Ross and The other Grumps, Markiplier and his fans, We can't all be sad about what he left, but we should be happy with the things he has done. He made everyone smile, he was a working machine, and a talented Animator and Writer.
I wanted to meet him and a lot of the other members of RT, but I guess death had other plans, but people like Monty inspire me to work, inspire me to try new things, say and do things that others will think are stupid or wrong, I was sad when I heard this a few hours ago, but I and We the RT community and the RT members, NEED to stay strong, Monty wouldn't want us to be sad, he wants us to be happy, he wants us to keep on believing in ourselves and work hard on what we want to work on and make others smile.
So smile for Monty. Smile for the RWBY Cast. Smile for Sheena. Smile for Monty's Family. Smile for all of the fans, friends and family of Monty Oum, I know it'll be hard but it's what he would want...
RIP Monty Oum.
That's exactly how people should react to this.
I do agree with what you say, but I also think this is the time to be sad, and be aloved to grief, and then when the healing process has begunn, then we can watch RWBY and all that he have left uss, and think back at Monty and smile! beacuse altough he wont be making more content, he will always be remembered for what he have already given uss!
You have it mixed up, you celebrate a persons death and life when they die by natural cause or they are just old and had a fulfilled life. Monty was only 33
Hes also leaving his wife behind. His wife will never sleep next to him ever again in her life. How can you smile at that. But i get what you are trying to say, but no, not everyone is going to smile when someone passes, even if its to honor his legacy or whatever. This is the hardest part of life.
Rest in peace Monty. I actually got into animating because of him and to be honest I don't really have anything to show for it, but I always hoped to thank him for getting me into it.
Just keep practicing, and never give up on your goals.
Nbafanla03 Will you fuck off and stop trolling on all of the comments?
LittleKroh Major thanks.
Nbafanla03 M8 get your b8 outta here, I'll r8 8/8 some other time.
Keep practicing and never give up man :D
Over a year later...Yeah, it still hurts. Here's to you Monty. Gone, but never forgotten.
here here.
here here
Losing a member of roosterteeth feels like losing a member of my own family. Condolences to the roosterteeth staff and the rest of his friends and family. Even never having met him personally this is a heavy loss.
I feel the same way. I wasn't necessarily connected to Monty but damn this is hard.
What fucking heartless bastards could dislike a video like this? A very important person, and friend to a lot of people has passed away, and you just go and dislike because you don't respect others paying their respects to a friend that they loved and that they were close to? Fuck. You.
Rest In Peace, Monty. You will always be remembered.
They may be disliking the fact that Monty died. Or confused as to the fact that "liking" could mean they like that he died. just a tad of perspective.
Maybe, I'm just angry though, and finding it hard to come to terms with what has happened. If that's the case, I'm sorry.
I understand your anger, and sympathize. The RT community now needs to be there for the people who brought so many shows, and such into the public.
We support you RoosterTeeth.
Maybe they're too upset about it? Think about it that way
I dislike the video due to not liking the fact he died. I'm sure if the dislikes go half and half with likes im sure people will realize, ohh shit they disliking cause he died.
RIP Monty. You shall forever be missed. Meg thank you for your bravery to report the news during the difficult news.
It doesn't feel like a year since the world lost a great man :(
yeah it feels like forever
Monty was a pleasure to meet on the scenes of Gauntlet S2. He was charming, funny and kind from what I got to know him as and I regret nothing in terms of ever knowing him. Monty was a true hard worker in the face of RoosterTeeth and he showed off his true performance with many accomplishments, most commonly known is the creation of RWBY and a splendid job was done there.
A heavy heart sinks into my chest knowing that this is not a sad prank, but a true moment in time. Like losing a best friend you've known since childhood, Monty was a great friend behind the scenes and in person to everyone he met, a very respectful and inspirational person. He knew how to work hard and get things done, but also knew when to try and enjoy himself (even though he worked to the bone a lot of the time to get things done because that's how he was).
I think I speak for many when I say we will miss you Monty, and we love you with all of our heart. Your spirit and name will live on in infamy and we will never forget your dedication/hard work and most importantly, YOU in general.
Love you Monty, Love you RoosterTeeth
*Big Hugs*
It almost hurts, as if I knew him.
Laezur Inc. It's totally understandable, it's never easy when someone you know even 0.01% passes, especially at such a young age (his prime basically) and if I could give you a huge hug I honestly would because it's ok to feel sad/hurt. Sadly life can be a bitter mistress, and this is what we lose today, such a damn shame.
Laezur Inc. Didn't we though, After all this time. We do know them. We will miss him. The pain we feel is not one of losing a figure, but a person we laughed with and watched and understood so much.
i just recently became aware as monty as a creator within rt, and in general. it really hit me hard when i heard it.
reast in peace, monty.
I actually found out he was hospitalized when I logged into RT looking for news of RWBY season three.
It was unexpected, the story had only been posted twenty-two hours ago.
Considering his apparent lack of previous health problems, I had expected a recovery.
Just unexpected, I suppose.
Props to Meg for getting through that... Monty you were an inspiration to everyone. The world is a lesser place without you.
Heart goes out to everyone at RoosterTeeth. As a community we all lost an amazing person.
7 years have passed and this still makes me want to cry
This is beyond sad :( Red vs. Blue gave me so many hours of laughter. He might be gone but his work will live on and continue to shape animation into the future. R.I.P you awesome creative spirit you!
Hey Barnaclues! It sucks :(
Knucklez sorry i misread it i apologize
Nicholas Sisk wut
Nicholas Sisk He was trying to say that it sucks that Monty passed. While also saying hi to that popular youtuber guy.
Hopefully they don't get rid of his work (RvB, RWBY) and continue to carry on his legacy! RIP Monty✌️
It should be monty week this week. A bunch of behind the scenes of him or old school footages of him on the podcast etc. Best of monty!!
The problem is that someone has to put that together, which would be very difficult.
RKayEll well since they are not doing no content today they can gather the footage.
SuperCasperman I don't think _that's_ what they meant by "difficult"...
that would be really sad...idk if thats a good idea, or if it will make things work
Mr. Pokirby I know what he meant, grieving while looking thru vids...but u can't be all moopy and sad all day. Death is a part of life ..not saying u shouldn't b sad but u need to be happy that he's not sick or suffering ..he in a wayyyyyy better place. I go by what I say monty week! If he could pour is soul into his work..the least everyone else can do for him is honor what he did
R.I.P Monty.
I never really watched RWBY but I can say that Monty was a really awesome dude, he loved making content for RT and he loved his job there.
But look at the bright side, he's probably partying hard over at heaven with Abraham Lincoln and Steve Jobs.
We'll miss ya man.
why would you class steve jobs with monty oum? jobs was not a good person. monty was a hero!
xtacticlerobs Steve made people happy, would you not say so for Monty?
I don't like S. Jobs but I don't care really.
Steve jobs was kinda douche Monty was like an antidouche
Chris The Epileptic steve denied his doughters existence despite the fact that they were proven to be them. monty was an amazing person whom no man could hate
Ah well, you get my point, Monty and Steve Jobs made people happy with their products and ETC. I don't want a comment war starting.
I just started watching RWBY last month and finished it and just heard about this...I watched all the production diarys...This is terrible.
SAME
i started watching it last year when it was on crunchy roll.
best thing ever imo.
exact same
And you didn't notice Ren's sudden voice change or anything, or "In memory of Monty Oum" in at least one episode?
R.I.P Monty. As a long time RT fan, i am saddened and my heart goes to your family and the staff at RT. Now teach those angels how to animate.
The a nice sentiment! and maybe he will make an awesome anime with them!!
He was awesome! Rwby is in the tope ten things to come out of rooster teeth
I have asbergers so I never found it easy to form attachments to others, but Monty was a generally likeable person. He was my first and only role model and inspired me to take up animation as a career. I can't imagine how his family must feel. I hope the Internet never forgets him.
Sorry if it sounds a bit robotic, as I said I have poor sense of empathy.
Right there with ya bro
Cyborgcat RJ Not a bit, you hit the nail right on the head.
I have the same issue as you, but I agree with happybunnyntx, I could have never said that better myself. I don't think you sounded robotic or unempathetic at all, I can tell you admired him. I did as well. His death affected us all. I wish there was some way I could help uphold his legacy.
God bless his family and I hope they get through these hard times, as the saying goes "This To Shall Pass" my heart goes out to all of his family.
People are saying shit about how the RT community has gone to hell in recent years but, I disagree. The fact that people have raised almost $200,000 in just three days (4x's what was originally asked for) is bewildering to me and kind of beautiful. My heart and thoughts are with Sheena and Monty's siblings & Co-Workers & Friends in their time of need.
In what way are people saying the community has gone to shit in recent years? I'm not seeing that at all.
The youtube community is terrible. You get all the trolls but you still get all the genuine people as well
I don't consider the TH-cam comments as a part of the RoosterTeeth community.
The youtube community is shit. All that money came from the fans from their website.
Calum Wellock Unfortunately TH-cam decided to disable the dislike button on comments, pretty much handing every video to the trolls.
I might as well add my 2 cents. This has been bugging me for a while, and hopefully getting this off my chest will help.
I never heard of Monty Oum until long after he passed (fall 2015, I know this cause my coworker introduced me to RWBY as season 3 was starting).
And I feel bad that I never got to appreciate his work while he was alive. I'm especially sad that he died so young from something so random yet so dangerous.
I like to think that Stephen Hawking is right. That there are an infinite number of universes with an infinite number of possibilities, many in which Monty is still alive (it's a nice thought).
I am well aware of his insane work ethic (another reason I'm sad to have never heard of him until too late).
Most of all, on a lighter note, I think Monty's getting sick of all the RIPs (Miles joked after a moment of silence that he'd want Miles to get back to work). I am well aware of my hypocrisy on this, but sometimes it is hard to let go.
But I am happy that, despite his short life, he left a huge impact on the world.
Years later we still carry on his work. His work has reverberated throughout the Halo Community on Xbox, and I doubt one day goes by without a RVB role play or Freelancer role play looking for group post. Thank you Monty for the wonderful world you helped introduce.
I don't think artists die. They just stop creating. Their life and their dreams remain alive forever in their work, for us to admire.
Spartans never die. They're just missing in action.
Brendan Dyament sya that to everyone except juno in reah team
I KNOW NOT A GOOD TIME TO JOKE
"I love you, you were ready
The pain is strong and urges rise
But I'll see you, when He lets me
Your pain is gone, your hands untied"
-Avenged Sevenfold: "So Far Away"
Rest in Peace buddy
"A final song, a last request
A perfect chapter laid to rest"
"Only the good die young"-Billy Joel
I have a tattoo of those lyrics joe mama :)
Been a fan of Avenged Sevenfold since 2003, and I got it in remembrance of their drummer the Rev, and my grandfather who passed away.
RIP Monty, although I didn't follow RWBY like many others, I've heard and seen a lot about you and all the amazing work you did for Roosterteeth. Rest easy friend.
Garrett Crossland Now and then I try to find
A place in my mind
Thanks. That changed my life.
I..I just can't believe it. I never thought we'd lose a roosterteeth member especially Monty. This...this is just so unfair for everyone. I can't say I've met Monty but I feel as though the world has lost someone great. Monty was someone I respected and admired his work and I imagine that he was even more amazing as a person. In honor of Monty, I will rewatch every single thing he has worked on and try to enjoy it as I once had. I hope my fellow RT fans will do the same. R.I.P. Monty, you will be missed very dearly and we will never forget you.
#RememberMonty
Latios XD Sheena has requested that we don't use Monty's name or picture in social media like that, but seeing that posted has made me feel a little better.
Two members of Rooster Teeth have died actually.
Ankur Mishra There was also Knuckles Dawson--while he wasn't a part of Roosterteeth at the time of his death, he was several years ago.
denial,
anger,
bargaining,
depression
acceptance
I need to hug Joe the cat.
Still won’t ever forget. I was 17 when this happened and it hurt. 26 now and can’t believe it been this long
Same here 17/26. I remember exactly where I was. On the schoolbus, getting ready to go home. I was scrolling on my phone and thats the first thing I saw. I couldn't believe it. After all these years, it's still hard to accept.
I also feel bad because I remember Monty getting super excited about the kingdom hearts 3 trailer. There is probably so many things he wanted to do or wanted to experience :(
***** don't worry, Tetsuya Nomura works with God.
***** Maybe the afterlife is Kingdom Hearts, and he wont need the game.
Arrow Sith Lord Whatever that life may be, let's hope he is in a better place.
For Monty I'm sure it's just him and a DDR mat unlimited songs
It just sucks SO much! Last month he celebrated 5 years with the company, he just got married a little more than a year ago, he was saying how excited he was for RWBY and RVB and RTX. There's no use even trying to guess what other amazing things he wanted to create.
This. Sucks.
It's weird cause they're a comedy focused company, bouncing back from this is gonna take time
My thoughts exactly.
I know, it will be rough, I honestly think they should all take some time off, to mourn and recollect themselves.
I would be perfectly fine if they took a week off to mourn and not let it effect business
its gunna be rough, and they may not even make the best videos while they are trying to get themselves together, but im still going to support them and watch them. its a hard time and i love all the RT guys and gals, so ill remember fondly the work of Monty and look to the future for more great entertainment from RT
Yea, what do you do when the clown is sad?
Goddanm I never thought I could cry so much over someone I never actually met. I love you Monty and all y'all rt.
this is exactly how I feel. It's been 2 days now and I'm still crying
EpicBeastism Not much better on my end. Close calls but I'm near breaking point.
We should not be too sad, though. He would want us to celebrate his beautiful and amazing life. Also his outstanding work. Rest in peace, Monty♥
Been a year Monty, miss you, you fucking legend.
"We're All Family, Family love each other."
I feel like this quote is quite relevant right now
RIP Monty Oum, he was an incredibly creative and hardworking person.
((I know the quote is 'friends' and not 'family' but I feel like this was more important))
It makes it even better
Thank you for sharing this quote :)
iv said this before; please use friend. people don't understand the actual meaning of family.(you have to be related to be family)
MegaKrage no you dont. My friends are my family.
MegaKrage
Family is whom you love.
Monty, you were, and will always be, my biggest inspiration. You have affected my life in so many ways, and introduced me to people that will be my friends forever. I owe you so much, and I wish I could have met you.
We all love you, and we'll miss you forever.
Rest in peace
Oh my gosh!!! I'm so sad now. He was the best man. R.I.P Monty. Fans will miss you. Love ones will miss you. You have done your nation well.
I was having tears going down my face when I was typing that & this too. This is very hard for fans of such a legend.
I'm going to have a Remembrance of Monty Marathon right now starting off with my personal favorite RWBY. Hope some of you do the same as I am. R.I.P Monty.
I hope eventually RT could release a memorial video of Monty. To show the hard work & dedication to the company he truly did. Like maybe they can do this next year or around his birthday, I know that they're upset now. So they shouldn't do this now, but just please think of this as an idea.
Has anyone ever noticed that Monty had worked really hard in all the videos he's in? He's a trooper no a spartan that's what he is. His done so much for us as fans. He gave us dreams with his imagination. He gave us opportunity with having RWBY art contests. He puts the meaning in the phrase "I've been busy." He deserves something far from what we can even give him & we all know what that is. Peace.
God damn it auto corrects every time!! I hate this stupid thing!!! iPod touch my ass!!! I'm so upset right now I just want to throw a fucking fist at that guy!
Part of me still wonders how RWBY would've turned out if he was alive
I need to speak my mind about this and I doubt I will get a response from roosterteeth but I think they should hear this...for a while I was in a very dark place (I don't wish to describe what I went through but I still get nightmares about it). When I went to talk with people someone told me to watch a halo animation red vs blue because my favorite thing in the world was to play halo. Since then roosterteeth and its members have made me laugh and got me out of a extremely hard time. At a point I didn't think I could go on but the love I felt from the group kept me going. I thought of roosterteeth as my family and I love all of them deeply.
When I heard Monty was in the hospital I immediately sent money over to help pay for his hospital bill and prayed for his health. I learned today that my hero has passed on. My prayers are out to his family and friends but I would like to point something out. We (the fans) got together as a family to mourn and that makes me feel a lot better about the whole scenario we are going through
I know many people mourn him, the only reason I can type this is because of him and roosterteeth and I thank you guys so much for helping me you don't understand what you guys did for me and I want you to know that I'm better now because of you guys and Monty and I will never forget what he did for the community and especially for me
Thank you roosterteeth and I'm sorry for your loss
I will miss you Monty you saved my life and I promise you you won't be forgotten I love what you do and the whole of roosterteeth you guys are my family and love you all..Monty was my hero I won't forget him and no one else will because of the work he's done and the people he helped
Thank you for sharing. I assume that took some pressure off your chest to say all that. Monty was an amazing person and RT will live on his legacy. I never watched RWBY or RvB, but I will to pay respects.
I haven't cried in years. Im not the crying person. But im in tears right now. We will all miss you Monty. You brought so much to all of our lives and as this person says you even saved some. My deepest regards go out to your family and i send my prayers.
For everyone who didn't see rwby or rvb I suggest you watch it they are really good plus watch it out of respect so you know what he did. I'm doing the same today
Can't believe this happend. He had his life ahead of him... and now it's all wasted. Never thought anything like this could happen to Roosterteeth :( Goodbye Monty...
i feel you. :'( R.I.P Monty, you will be missed.
But it wasn't wasted. Monty lived his life as the hardest working person anyone has ever known. He lived every second to his fullest because he loved what he did and never wasted a single second when it came to what he loved. RIP Monty Oum. Your legacy will live on in the hearts of fans all around the world. You will truly be missed and we love you Monty.
***** true
How could, let me see, 610 people?! 610 PEOPLE DISLIKED THIS?!?! Six hundred.Ten. People disliked this. How can you dislike something that was so heartfelt as her telling us the news on Monty Oum?! That is not right, not at all right. There a level of troll that surpasses this: It's called being a dick. What could've POSSIBLY ticked you off so much that you had to dislike a video that was a very, very personal video that RoosterTeeth had no obligation to make. Hell, most of us are telling to NOT make videos just so then they have time to mourn! Damn does the TH-cam Community piss me off. RoosterTeeth Community: Keep on shining my comrades!
Remember: Keep pushing forward past your everyday stresses and you will achieve greatness. Together, we can achieve such a thing as Monty Oum did.
I think people genuinely misunderstand the dislike button. I know there are some assholes but I'm sure most of these 610 people meant to dislike what happened to Monty, not the video itself.
how could anyone possible like this video? its heartbreaking news. i don't want it to be true... i'd give almost anything for this to be some sad sick joke... i can't like this video.... i hate it! i don't want it to be true... he was only 33!! thats not fair!! he was just getting started!!
This is why if it were me I would just disable the likes altogether.
luxord2654 Maybe they dislike the fact that monty is dead..
"MONTY IS DEAD!?! I CAN'T FUCKING BELIEVE THIS, YOUR LYING. I'M DISLIKING CUZ YOU GUYS ARE BULLSHITTING ME!"
I couldnt agree more, its not funny disliking a video like this. Even the worst troll knows that one shouldt make fun of people passing away. Im dissapointed beyond words that some of you could even think of doing that.
So this may sound like a sob story but its a true one. I would like to start by saying I think Monty saved me. So about a year or two ago I was in a deep depression and short story is it lead to me considering suicide. Around this time RWBY came out and it truly help to take my mind off it. And the all around positivity of the fans of it really helped me out. RWBY wouldn't have came about without Monty. I know a lot of people won't care about this but I felt that It needed to be said.
Monty Oum. You will be missed.
Er....eh, ugh. Usually I dislike these comments, just because i don't know if they're true or not (even if you say they are) but now....it doesn't matter. All that matters is Monty.....and he will be missed. RIP
thats good and all but why talk about yourself when something like this happens
I was trying to show how big of an impact he made to people.
What you just said, this entire paragraph, fits to me 100%. RWBY and monty saved me and to think he and RWBY is gone hits me hard. You saying that shows i am not alone and i respect you man. I will miss you monty.
yea again. someone JUST passed away and people still feel like they should talk about them selves. even if its showing how he has changed your life or whatever, still doesn't mean you really should do it. at least not this soon. people need to stop being selfish and think about others for a change
WAFFLEO-were all family, family love each other
RIP Monty Oum, You will be seriously missed by this whole community
#WAFFLEO Monty was just amazing at everything. And he will be more than missed but his legacy will live on with the RT Community
This... struck home. I'm a great fan of Mr Oum's work and hearing this... I just can't believe it. I hope I'm not offending anyone when I say this: May God welcome you into his heaven, Monty. You will be missed. By fans, by family and by friends. Rest in peace...
Legends never die....
they just git gud
rest in peace Monty, you deserve this sleep mode
Celebrate his life. Keep being creative. Keep your heads up. 'Odds are that we will probably be alright, Odds are we're gonna be alright'.
This is a strange thing to say, especially on this video but I follow your blog??? Pretty big coincidence. You live in nz, right?
Taydra Cole yeah I do. This just breaks my heart. I can't believe Monty's gone.
+Gabby King Amen Gabby :D, I could not have said it better myself. TWO THUMBS WAY UP!!
God the youtube community is just the worst... I just hope the video's dislikes have come from those who 'dislike' the awful, sad news it contains.
RIP Monty - My thoughts are with those close to him.
That's why I disliked it. It's just terrible to hear of a great talent being taken away from us too soon.
PicoRiveraCalifornia same
lets bury this heartfelt and community shaking video under dislikes. people need to learn how the likes system works......
There just a bunch of internet warriors hiding behind computers anyways.
the LehZ The people who disliked?
I can't even process this right now. The hearts of the fans go out to his family and friends. Thank you for all you have done Monty. You will always be my favorite Rooster Tooth. I've never before been inspired by one who has so little to say. I've been a fan since your Fantasy series and you have always found new ways to amaze us with your outstanding talent. He will never be forgotten.
I can't fucking stand these comments, though. Nobody would blame you guys for deleting a few that managed to get enough attention to rise to the top.
Eight months and 15 days later.
I still cry to this. He is dead forever. Monty is not coming back. He is never going to come back. I can't deal with this as a fact even though it has been over eight months.
It's so saad even its 10 months ago
I am crying wen i think on monty
He is gone forever i love you monty.
Almost one year later.
I am still heartbroken.
Well technically, of enough time passes by, it may be possible that a civilization trillions of years into the future could make machine that can trace the history of all matter in the universe, then they could reconnect the matter of all Living things at their prime. Basically there is no guarantee that anything is forever, even your existence. The universe will be here for a long time, and before it reaches an equalibrium, there will have been a perfect copy of earth made.
+Will Berriman The moment humans get even the chance to play the Hand of God.... I believe that is when we will be destroyed.
Time is innfinate. Hes not dead forever. Something will eventually happen to bring him back eventually. Its theoretcaly impossible for him to be dead forever. He'll be back. Eventually.
You know when I found this out I was devastated because I love Monty's work and to hear him die at 33 is to much. I loved watching rwby and rvb because they were so good and now I feel like that a star so bright brighter than some died I just can believe it. Then I went to my counselor to grief and she told to forget about Monty and he didn't leave a legacy and when I heard that I just left because his work in rvb and rwby is his legacy and that leaves the biggest impact someone can leave when they die
Monty we the RT community and your friends and family will never forget you because your in our hearts, your dead when we have forgotten you
***** the reason is that that my parents arnt fans of monty and the rest of the rt communtiy and some of my best friends at school dont know rooster teeth and my counselor is my biggest supporter of what i wanna do in life so that why i went to him and i grieved because i found out during school
This has broken my heart. I just can't process it.
Monty was one of the biggest inspirations to me. He is the whole reason I have started to animate and even if I come close to being as good as he was one day I will be happy.
We all love you Monty
This can't be happening! This can't be fucking happening! THERES NO FUCKING WAY HE'S DEAD!!!!!!!!! I CANT FUCKING BELIEVE THIS!
Part of you still thinking he'll pop up in a video somewhere, "Yeah, sorry guys, it wasn't a coma, I just worked too hard and did some serious powering down." Like this can't be happening. He's not gone. He can't be.
Right? I mean.... it's Monty Oum. He cannot just be 'gone'.
I couldn't believe it either. You never expect death.
Ah isn't that one of the many qualities of death one second your talking to someone the next there gone to be buried in a hole or burnt to ashes it's quite strange
Same here buddy. R.I.P. Monty, you will be missed. You did some amazing work and nobody can believe your gone. We don't want you to be.
im with ya
six years gone in a flash...We miss you Monty
Are you the reason this got recommend to me??
@@drewcipher896 Damn. I'm honored if I was
crying so hard
Why? It's sad and all but you didn't know him so why are you crying?
***** Because through all the trolls and idiots on the comment section all the Rooster teeth watchers and workers are a family hell i even cried at a get well soon video for the guy
*****
Human empathy? Big fan? Admired his work? Got to meet him at a con and talk a bit? There's plenty of reasons someone would cry over the passing of someone they never got to know. I personally admired Monty for his talent and personal views, I'm not sobbing, but the tears are definitely there. Mostly it's just that he died so young and left behind a wife, and his talent is now lost to the world.
***** why? i have seen so much of Monty's work it leaves me in awe and gets me so excited. He is the reason i plan to go into animation. I look up to him i wanted to meet him, when i made my dream and thank him,but that will never happen. I wont be able to see what work he had in store for the future. no more because he is gone now. it feels like part of me has died but i will still carry on and let my tears wash away my sorrows.
thank you everyone
I didn't know Monty at all; I'm just a guy who watches the awesome stuff he and the Rooster Teeth produce. Despite this I shed my share of tears for Monty, his family and the rest of the RT family at that studio. The world is a little less amazing today. Despite this there is always good things in the future. Keep doing what you do; make others laugh and get excited like you have done for years and you will keep Monty's dream alive with you. He will be missed, but never forgotten.
You pretty much said everything I couldn't find the words for. Thank you.
Thank you for the support. I hope the team reads this.
Too young to go
Ritz-y YOU, SHUT THE FUCK UP
Ritz-y No it isn't
Ritz-y
That is too young to die for a man with a bright future.
Ritz-y Nice editing of your comment after the fact... Disgusting
Hobbnobbs yuck... what did he say before? i only saw the edit =.=
It's been 6 years.
I'm still crying.
Holy shit. A hero just died.
I wanted to go to RTX this year and shake his hand for his work on some of the most awesome and awe inspiring things ive ever seen ;w;
***** he was already a hero.
*****
Hey! He was a hero to me as the most inspiring animator in my universe. Also a wonderful man, the hardest working, best sense of humour, amazing dancer, the coolest guy, good looking, eccentric. Just an amazing person all-round. An actual perfect person. And so I'm crying because I will miss him and the work he won't be able to continue which has already entertained me for hours, days and weeks. Everything he has worked on will never be the same because he was a truly unique individual with a big input on shows, videos, and peoples lives too.
Monty's the reason I started to write my own book series. I don't know if it'll ever be published (or if it's even good), but... this is going to sound selfish but that really isn't my intention, I'm sad I'll never be able to thank him for that.
***** I agree, but in this particular sense I'd say it's at least a little appropriate to call him a hero, as his work inspired many hundreds of thousands of animators.
Thank you for not uploading a Lets Play. Everyone in the company should take a week off. I don't even know how you made this video.
She said she had to stop and do another take like 10x over.
They shouldnt, and thats not me saying that I want videos.Thats coming from someone who knows that if Monty knew people took a week off of working, for HIM, he'd turn in his grave. He worked every moment he was awake if he could, the best way to honour him would be to do what he would, and punch through it and work. I think he'd like that he'd made a difference more than anything, in fact, if it made them work harder I think he would probably laugh :)
Monty would never want that. He wanted people to work hard to create, he would hate if they took a week off.
Gibblo13 I think we all understand this but i think its still hard for the people at Rooster Teeth to fully go on normally with energy, I'm sure you can understand.
So yea, I just watch mostly Achievement Hunter stuff, but even I know Monty was known for his work ethic and perseverance. How is this honoring him. This guy would strive to go forwards all the time, not dwell in the past. Also Let's Plays that could be published may have been recorded during the autumn or even summer.
I was looking up Haloid to watch again for the first time in years and I stumbled on to this. R.I.P. Monty Oum.
Music helps guys. I find funny, upbeat music is the best therapy after you've bawled for about an hour straight.
Stay positive. Don't be sad that Monty has passed, but happy that he lived!
R.I.P Monty...
But then all of the happy songs you listen to get associated with sad events, and I end up crying anyway :S
Jvizzlezz Listen to Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin
Vicki, this is actually terrible advice. Studies show that listening to happy music when you feel down actually increases your depression. Listening to sad music actually helps more.
www.sciencealert.com/why-listening-to-sad-songs-is-good-for-you
This was hard to watch. All the respect in the world to Meg for being brave enough to report on this - I can't even imagine how difficult that must have been.
RIP Monty. The RT family and community will miss you very much.
sorry to hear.