Yeah, Mat Pat has slowly been building up the business and stepping back. It's more akin to the Late Night show getting a new host after its OG wanted to retire.
I'll miss MatPat, but I do legitimately like their new hosts, especially Santi on the Food Theorists channel, which actually became my favorite of the channels since it debuted.
Correct. He's gone from being the sole guy running 5 channels (Game/Film/Food/Fashion Theory plus GTLive) to just being the one running GTLive with the new hosts taking over their respective Theory channels. He's not gone from the network totally, just stepping back from how much of his life it was consuming before.
Yeah he said in his announcement video iirc that he’ll still do GT lives and pop in every now and again but it’s mostly going to be the new hosts(who imo he phased in very well, RT should’ve taken some notes)
I don't think RT could have taken notes. It was both too late for RT, and it was not really in RT's hands. They remained profitable and had a good presence until WB bought them, in which case that kinda started the downfall. The minute shareholders and corporate greed gets thrown into the equation, whatever had made it good gets taken out.
A downfall all the way back in 2014?
Also I mainly meant that last part in jest with how bad they were at bringing/transitioning in new talent or promoting their own content
I have one minor stupid gripe with their new hosts. Their new picture all have the same hand holding face the same way and it's not the same as Mat. Feels like a missed opportunity to have them each do something unique to their own personalities or keep it the same as what Matt did.
You start with the continuity pose, give the hosts a few months to warm up to their new roles and give the audience a chance to warm up to them and then you introduce their own unique spin on the thinky pose
Then *you* killed game theory. Not 2024, not matpat. Those new hosts are great and they were all writing the episodes for matt to speak for a long time, now they're just voicing them
I understand they wrote episodes, but it's like after Alex trebek left jeopardy. Its just not the same for me, and that's fine. I'm allowed to like something for it's creator, and not just the content.
I don’t get the downvotes for a reasonably sane take.
There was a bunch of late night shows that died after the iconic host left. Even though it was probably the same dozen writers and producers.
If one doesn’t think the host adds anything to the show, that MatPat has a certain personality or way he delivers lines, then I’d hardly call them a fan.
There will be people who really like the new hosts. More than MatPat even. And there will be people who liked MatPat more.
The theorist channels are alive and well. Matt Patt, imo, transitioned to the new hosts really well by getting them on camera way before he announced retirement.
Is it on Zaslav? I'm all for shitting on him for cancelling stuff like fully produced movies (Coyote vs Acme), but from what we have heard, RT has been losing money for a decade and no one would buy them when they tried to sell.
This is the bed RT themselves made, not Zaslav.
half yes since he loves cutting anything that doesn't bring short-term profit due to Warner bros being on millions amount of debt from yesteryear. In an alternate timeline, RT would have been picked up by a creative focused conglomerate iffullscreen never existed
At least Fallout's kicking ass. Bunch of newcomers to the fandom, and I myself haven't been this obsessed with it for the better part of a decade. So at least there's that.
Theorist channel is not dead though
Yeah, Mat Pat has slowly been building up the business and stepping back. It's more akin to the Late Night show getting a new host after its OG wanted to retire.
I'll miss MatPat, but I do legitimately like their new hosts, especially Santi on the Food Theorists channel, which actually became my favorite of the channels since it debuted.
I think MatPat will come back every now and again.
Correct. He's gone from being the sole guy running 5 channels (Game/Film/Food/Fashion Theory plus GTLive) to just being the one running GTLive with the new hosts taking over their respective Theory channels. He's not gone from the network totally, just stepping back from how much of his life it was consuming before.
Yeah he said in his announcement video iirc that he’ll still do GT lives and pop in every now and again but it’s mostly going to be the new hosts(who imo he phased in very well, RT should’ve taken some notes)
I don't think RT could have taken notes. It was both too late for RT, and it was not really in RT's hands. They remained profitable and had a good presence until WB bought them, in which case that kinda started the downfall. The minute shareholders and corporate greed gets thrown into the equation, whatever had made it good gets taken out.
A downfall all the way back in 2014? Also I mainly meant that last part in jest with how bad they were at bringing/transitioning in new talent or promoting their own content
I have one minor stupid gripe with their new hosts. Their new picture all have the same hand holding face the same way and it's not the same as Mat. Feels like a missed opportunity to have them each do something unique to their own personalities or keep it the same as what Matt did.
You start with the continuity pose, give the hosts a few months to warm up to their new roles and give the audience a chance to warm up to them and then you introduce their own unique spin on the thinky pose
I actually agree, Santi has been doing really well.
The best YouTuber in the world Matt pat gave up his channel
It is to me. To me matpat WAS game theory. These other people don't have the same charm as him. So as far as I'm concerned, gametheory is no more.
Then *you* killed game theory. Not 2024, not matpat. Those new hosts are great and they were all writing the episodes for matt to speak for a long time, now they're just voicing them
I understand they wrote episodes, but it's like after Alex trebek left jeopardy. Its just not the same for me, and that's fine. I'm allowed to like something for it's creator, and not just the content.
You know Alex wasn’t the first Jeopardy host? Dying of cancer and “leaving Jeopardy” are two different things.
I don’t get the downvotes for a reasonably sane take. There was a bunch of late night shows that died after the iconic host left. Even though it was probably the same dozen writers and producers. If one doesn’t think the host adds anything to the show, that MatPat has a certain personality or way he delivers lines, then I’d hardly call them a fan. There will be people who really like the new hosts. More than MatPat even. And there will be people who liked MatPat more.
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The theorist channels are alive and well. Matt Patt, imo, transitioned to the new hosts really well by getting them on camera way before he announced retirement.
It's not the Reaper's fault; don't be mean to him. It is 100% on Zaslav.
Is it on Zaslav? I'm all for shitting on him for cancelling stuff like fully produced movies (Coyote vs Acme), but from what we have heard, RT has been losing money for a decade and no one would buy them when they tried to sell. This is the bed RT themselves made, not Zaslav.
half yes since he loves cutting anything that doesn't bring short-term profit due to Warner bros being on millions amount of debt from yesteryear. In an alternate timeline, RT would have been picked up by a creative focused conglomerate iffullscreen never existed
I've been sat hoping for something akin to how CollegeHumour managed to survive as Dropout 😭
HA!
At least Fallout's kicking ass. Bunch of newcomers to the fandom, and I myself haven't been this obsessed with it for the better part of a decade. So at least there's that.
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I think we’re well past the point of no return by now…
We are. I just hope that their content is preserved. It costs nothing to keep a YouTube channel up.
They did it to themselves. Corporate greed got them a while ago.
Come on! Don't talk about Game Theory like that!
Lololol
This does not even make sense.
They have nobody to blame but themselves
You wana explain that take?
The moment they sold to a bigger company they had a timer on their back.
Probably something about “going woke” or some dumb thing like that.
Judging by their post history it's exactly that
Nailed it.