There are many valid reasons to take issue with the recent announcement of a First membership price increase so don't let the cult-like following I see surrounding RT sometimes tell you otherwise. I guess I'll give my two cents on it.

From a certain perspective the increase is not so bad. It's essentially a few extra dollars a month and I can personally afford it. However, my ability to afford it is not the issue for me. I am much more concerned with value or how much bang I get for my buck. Just based on the content I watch here I'm having a hard time justifying the increase in cost. Then when I consider all the other streaming services I pay for I have to admit that RT is no Netflix or Hulu. I love the exclusive First content but there is not enough of it for me to take RT seriously with this.

I'm still salty about what happened to the community here on this site. Personally I'd smile and pay $60 no problem if we were to receive some community perks like we used to get for being 'Sponsors' back in the day. It's pretty clear where RT's priorities are when it comes to providing content vs providing an engaging community site and I've given up on ever re-living the good old days where we all felt like a part of something special. If they are going to purely rely on content that is fine, but they need more exclusive and quality content behind that paywall to justify it (If they start putting previously free content behind that wall I'll officially be done). If they are going to raise the price they need to raise the bar and make it worth it because right now I'm just not seeing it.

To end this I just want to say that I'm critical of Rooster Teeth because I love Rooster Teeth. That's all I'm going to say for now.