I know that Ryan is a pretty private guy but I was wondering if he ever explained why he went by Ryan and not James?
I know that Ryan is a pretty private guy but I was wondering if he ever explained why he went by Ryan and not James?
Not at all what anyone here was doing. It's strange for someone to go by their middle name rather than their first name. Asshole.
I go by my middle name too, so I'd always assumed that his parents always called him Ryan or something? Honestly, it's not that strange. I know a couple of people who go by their middle names!
Wasn't there an episode where Ryan mentioned his first name in a Let's Play?
Or a VS?
The reason why Burnie perfers being called his nickname 'Burnie' instead of his actual first name 'Michael' is because there are TWO Michael's (two people with the first name 'Michael') working at Rooster Teeth. So to avoid confusion, they call him Burnie. (The second one is the Jerseyman Michael Jones, obviously). You can read Ryan's full explanation here . Basically, he said that his parents called him that much more while he was gorwing up in Georgia. So it's not only his nickname, but his stage name as well as he much more perfers being called Ryan And another part of the reason is the exact reason why Burnie perfers being called his nickname. There is MORE THAN ONE people named James who work at Rooster Teeth. (i.e. James Willems from Funhaus). And although the Funhaus team work at Rooster Teeth's LA offices, AH and FH meet to compete each other in gameplay frequently. There is also James Chung (HemboHero), and although he does not work for RT, he still highlights RT's content. I hope this explanation clears everything up.
ANd it's common for people to go by their middle names. I've known some people who do thhat and it's mostly people who have the same first name.
Ryan's said that he goes by his middle name because he was named after his grandfather so his parents always called him by his middle name. It's not because of confusion with James Willems, who, with the rest of Funhaus, became a part of Rooster Teeth in 2015, four years after Ryan was hired.