User blog comment:Jkphantom9/Shane Newville: "An Open Letter to All Who Treasured Monty Oum"/@comment-11188061-20160513015726

Well, I'll state my opinion here and only here because this is the most levelheaded RWBY forums I've found as compared to the rest (don't get conceited though, you d*ckwats!)

I can believe what RT did to Shane is true. To begin with I've never thought RT as a 'kind' or even 'good' company. From their products, their pricing (welp, I can probably buy 2 Starbucks tumblr for the same price, and probably equal or better quality), their promotions, their methods (they kickstarted their first movie, and they now kickstarted their board game, and if they later kickstarted their next animated TV series or something I won't exactly be surprised...), it is clear that t hey are a very corporate, apparently very bureaucratic company whose ultimate objective is to seek profit and even higher profit. Everything else can be sacrificed to achieve that. I've worked long enough in corporate environment to know exactly the politics he's talking about, and it is not pleasant. Not pleasant in the least. The backbiting alone can haunt your dreams every night.

I can believe that Shane is emotionally biased. I am impressed he managed to put in a lot of facts - ignoring the emotions, whatever has been stated is most likely true - but he is emotionally biased. I can understand him. RT is not a company for the faint of heart, and the people there are used to getting things done their way whenever possible (Initiatives! Seize those Opportunities!). Ironically, Monty Oum is the model of that kind of conduct. It takes a kind of man to pull keys off his brand new laptop - that is fine, gamers do that often - and then install Window XP on it just because that's what he's most familiar with. While Monty is still around, he is the top dog of getting what he wants, and now that he's gone - let's just say that RT isn't lacking in these kind of people, and Shane lost that battle. It is entirely possible he isn't that kind of person to begin with and could never have won. It is both a good and bad thing.

Let's talk about Monty Oum. He is a great person. He is a wonderful animator. I have no doubt that he has generated an unbelievable amount of happiness for the people around him. He will never stop moving forward no matter what obstacles he faces, and he will do whatever he loves until the end of his life. However, one must say that his biggest strength is also his biggest flaw. We've heard countless stories of Monty going all out for the things he believed in, never compromising, and well, that's the problem, isn't it? Monty very seldom compromises. He could make GUS, a guy who is infamous for his hot temper, beg an IT manufacturer on the phone to install on his PC an obselete Windows and expect it to run as well as its hardware suggests, just because he liked Window XP's UI the best. It really is not a wonder Monty made just as many enemies as he made friends. If you want to succeed, you need to bull your head through a lot of people. Maybe even stab a few with horns as a warning to others. Obviously many people aren't going to be happy with that.

In a sense Monty is a king, and the kind that won't change his mind even when you stick a knife to his throat, unless you can show him exactly how it can improve his goals. It is his strength. It is his flaw. People love him, and his aides probably want to strangle him in his sleep.

P.S: I wish Shane the best of luck. If he truly believes in Monty's vision and wants to make a difference, in this era at least, the only way he can prove himself without being condemned is to create his own show. I'm sure he knows that too. Now it is just a matter if he can summon the Monty-like/Alexander the Great/Gilgamesh courage to say fuck you all, follow my lead or die.