The first episode of Rooster Teeth's RvB "Recovery One" mini-series is now available exclusively on the XBLM, but we're sorry to report that it'll cost you. This first mini-series episode is available to all Xbox Live regions and (unexpectedly) costs 80 Microsoft points to download. For some reason we expected "Recovery One" to be free, but we guess Rooster Teeth's last hoorah into Halo 2 machinima comes with a price. Oh well, what are a bunch of fanboys to do? You'll just have to decide whether or not purchasing the new episodes is worth the cost and worth experiencing team Rooster Teeth's final Halo 2 project. Though, we've heard that the mini-series' lead character Agent Washington is one insightful guy. We're not sure what we meant by that, just be sure to spend wisely.[Thanks, DjDATZ]
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10-28-2007 @ 12:22PM
Neebs said...
Well, screw them then. I'll just catch it on Youtube.
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10-28-2007 @ 12:31PM
spartan_agr said...
^^^^exactly
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10-28-2007 @ 12:39PM
maniac0201 said...
Youtube FTW!
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10-28-2007 @ 1:17PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Oh, no! $1! How will I *ever* afford that.
People paid good money for RvB episodes before, both during the season and for the DVDs.
And YouTube? You can bet they'll be taken down almost as soon as they're put up. Something about LICENSING RIGHTS.
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10-28-2007 @ 1:51PM
elmersglue said...
Too bad rooster teeths shit always sucks ass. Bunch of guys that think they're funny but usually arent. It's amazing how easily entertained some people are...
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10-28-2007 @ 2:16PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Attack of the Pathetic Troll.
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10-28-2007 @ 2:20PM
Jack the Ripper said...
Eighty Microsoft points isn't so bad, but that's probably the maximum I'd be willing to pay for this sort of thing. Now, if this was a Strong Bad e-mail about Halo, I'd pay out my ass in billybucks for it, and I'd be happy about it.
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10-28-2007 @ 2:45PM
E.J. said...
If you're a sponsor on their site, they said they'd try to get it to you for free soon after they post it on XBLM.
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10-28-2007 @ 3:43PM
siddharth s said...
Ok, so these guys think they are professional film makers who should charge people for this? I thought this was amateurs who were doing it for the spirit of fun. Guess I was wrong. It's kinda lame that they think it's worth (any) money ...
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10-28-2007 @ 4:06PM
MY2NADS said...
@elmersglue, well until you can make something equally great in internet's eyes then you have every right to bitch and complain. At least RT did something that tries to be funny and entertaining to the masses and you know I think your just mad that people are that simple and RT just capalized on the success and making $$$ from it while having the talent to make machinima from using the xbox/360. If you think you can come out with better then I'll like to see it (but you prob, say I have something better to do with my time like rest of the loosers out there just talk crap) but remember this there's no such thing as a perfect comedy.
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10-28-2007 @ 4:55PM
Flaym Sior said...
At siddharth s : They've been at it for quite a while, have 5 DVDs... make that 6, and have been charging $10 for six months access for 3 years. Of course they can charge for RvB.
To correct E.J. though, the first episode is indeed available online for sponsors. Check Burnie's journal for the forum link.
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10-28-2007 @ 5:38PM
Deezul said...
elmersglue - Here, here! They aren't that funny - unless you're a teenager who doesn't get out much. I've force myself to sit through their free videos on XBLM, both the RvB and the Shadowrun ones. I'm still waiting for the funny ones. So I'm supposed to give them props because they got bored and started recording videos and are getting paid? Let me ask you then... are Uwe Boll movies THAT MUCH better because he's making even more money? Getting paid = quality? Puh-leeze.
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10-28-2007 @ 6:07PM
Anticrawl said...
If they made this mini-series with Halo 3 then I'd pay 80 ms points. But a 3 year old method of machinima really isn't worth the 1 dollar, I'll watch it on veoh.
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10-28-2007 @ 6:15PM
mike said...
rvb crap has been stupid and childish from day one. I cant believe it became popular. You would have to pay ME over 400 MS points to sit through one episode.
I still cant believe people find that garbage funny.
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10-28-2007 @ 6:35PM
Code said...
I wouldn't pay for it. RvB is ok, but not worth the money.
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10-28-2007 @ 6:42PM
HalfAzn said...
I can't even seem to find where to go in video marketplace to spend my money and download this. I hate the way the marketplace is set up...it desperately needs a search feature!
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10-28-2007 @ 7:56PM
Insomnious said...
RvB was mildly funny back in the day. But now... they've taken the joke far too far. In my opinion, watching Master Chief models from Halo 2 jiggle their heads up and down, while grown men put on poor comedic voices isn't entertainment.
And now to charge 80 MSPoints seems like they've become far too full of themselves as well. There are people doing much better parodies, and offering them for free.
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10-28-2007 @ 9:00PM
melloncollie said...
Wow...
Do most of you make a habit of bitching?
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10-28-2007 @ 9:02PM
Trashman said...
Im very willing to pay. Those guys deserve it
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10-28-2007 @ 10:57PM
rockeranimefreak said...
spare some microsoft points? :P or a cam version? :)
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