Out of curiosity (and boredom) I looked into the financials it would take for Phil to attend EVO 2022
Its currently sitting at $82.78 for a basic attendee pass you then have to pay an additional $10 per game if you want to enter the tournament as a serious competitor.
The cheapest hotel they recommend is Luxor at $94.80 per night. The strip is seriously long so Phil would probably pick the casino its hosted in the Mandalay bay at 171 per night or 536 per night a room fit for the king of hate I guess.
Seattle WA to Las Vegas airports currently sitting at $66 return flight with spirit airlines.
[ROUGH ESTIMATE OF BASE COSTS] = 433.18
Being generous to Phil and giving him an extra night in the hotel, you fly in dump your shit and relax a little. Get ready for the tournament. Also not including the $10 per game you want to enter as a serious competitor.
You also don't "need" to be a super serious competitive gamer to go to the event they have casual gaming events as well. Phil said he'd be away from streaming with his audience and he'd hate that, I think he'd hate the money lost but he could setup a quick stream on his phone and do a Ethan Ralph style vegas stream.
Doesn't really seem like the money is that big a deal when we see Piece's spreadsheet. Is he still afraid Jaha is gonna kick his ass for something that happened "a million years ago" or something?
Also, can't remember who said it but someone said Phil hates fighting games that don't play like SF2 turbo. This is wrong, he hates fighting games that don't play like bejeweled.
I think kinda why I'm pointing this out is a touch of the tism and to remind you all that his champions spending could easily afford this and more to blow on blackjack and a hooker for him and Kat, that much was known already though; guess its just the tism then.
Anyway heres screenshots of where I'm getting the number(s) from: