Monty Oum (1981 - 2015)

[James May]

Found out about it today and seemed like there was no threads about it when I searched for it here so welp

R.I.P. Monty Oum

On January 30, 2015, Oum was hospitalized following a severe allergic reaction during a routine medical procedure that rendered him comatose. Rooster Teeth co-founder Burnie Burns stated that Oum was "in critical care and it is not known if he will recover". A donation page was set up for the medical expenses on GoFundMe; the goal of $50,000 was reached within three hours, with the fundraiser reaching $100,000 in four hours, and $150,000 within 24 hours. On February 1, 2015, Oum died as a result of the allergic reaction. He was 33 years old.

http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3302319

He was the creator of RWBY and was involved in Red vs. Blue, and was with Rooster Teeth since 2007. R.I.P. Monty, we'll miss you man.

[Trumpet63]

Re: Monty Oum (1981 - 2015)

Oh my god I'm so sad. I didn't even know the guy but I've watched and listened to so much Rooster Teeth media... I can't even... wow

[Red Blaster]

Re: Monty Oum (1981 - 2015)

So he was in a coma from an allergic reaction then died from another reaction?
Seems like malpractice to me.

Met him at a RWBY event attached to some con and he was a pretty cool guy, sucks to hear he passed.

[rCaliberGX]

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[gold stinger]

Re: Monty Oum (1981 - 2015)

So he was in a coma from an allergic reaction then died from another reaction?
Seems like malpractice to me.

Met him at a RWBY event attached to some con and he was a pretty cool guy, sucks to hear he passed.

I was actually going to also say this sort of sounds like malpractice.

My heart goes out for him.

[Skullbac]

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I'm not really a big fan of Rooster Teeth but yeah this guy was WAY too young to die

R.I.P.

[Kagome]

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Really like RWBY

Very sad when I heard.

[TC_Halogen]

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Apologies for the bump for something like this, but I do think it's merited:

I will be the first to admit that I do not follow RWBY in the slightest; however, those of you who do and are big fans of Monty Oum may find this reading by ex-RT animator Shane Newville a bit... upsetting to read: (WARNING: RWBY SPOILERS) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-H...w?pref=2&pli=1

Original post on Twitter if this is something that you'd like to share: https://twitter.com/shanenewville/st...08092317888512

Not sure if it's shown up on other mediums yet, but I'm a huge fan of signal-boosting something like this. Found this posted on Facebook by a friend and I feel like this should be put on a spotlight, at the least.

[igotrhythm]

Re: Monty Oum (1981 - 2015)

Whoa. Spoilers out the ASS in that open letter. Granted, I stopped watching after finishing Season 1, but goddamn.

[TC_Halogen]

Re: Monty Oum (1981 - 2015)

Whoa, shit - my bad. I'll put a spoilers note in the event that someone else finds this later.