DarksydePhil / TheyCallMeDSP / Phil Burnell: General Discussion #2

[Brother Wind]

Should've been evident from his bankruptcy and constant begging, but Phil is really incompetent with money.

When he claims that the WWEC estimations are ridiculously wrong, I really think he kinda believes that. Same for his 'hope' during the SideScrollers that he's spent less than $1k in total on the game (lol)

I don't do a budget, but as most people, I have a decent feeling/intuition for how much I can spend on bullshit each month. DSP has no clue how much he is spending on what, and that he's still too lazy and refusing to count his expenses after constant financial troubles for a decade is just... chefs kiss.

See thats why Gacha can be tricky and doesn'tet you make a cart. Because its so much easier to lose track when you break it up. Especially if you're dumb or you have spending issues

 

[Shuma-Gorath]

Also another thing to keep in mind is he loves to spend on his free time, Allah Rainy Day Fund.

He's had quite a number of times where he happens to get a lot of things right after his day off.

This is it. Being on camera is what stops Phil from spending money the literal second he gets it. When he's off-stream he's either drinking, eating Doordash, whaling on WWE Champions or spending dumb shit from Temu. Even his endless Twitter and YouTube sessions need one of the former, he loves spending money.

 

[LilCalcium]

Or, he’ll be too bored and lonely without dent therapy…and he’ll be back to 6 days/week.

Like that time I think it was last year he started up a stream on his day off randomly, my theo theory is that he was just mega lonely.

 

[strandedcastaway]

If we're giving Phil legit advice and if Phil actually wanted to leave the house, the best move is to drop the react streams and take Sunday afternoon off, go out and do something with his muh-wife. Those react streams are always death, and though they occasionally get whaled out by the KC dents, since they've started they've been his least-popular streams financially. His few remaining dents actually want him to play games, and now that he's doing drama there's less and less of that.

 

[Cyber Bowling]

This is it. Being on camera is what stops Phil from spending money the literal second he gets it. When he's off-stream he's either drinking, eating Doordash, whaling on WWE Champions or spending dumb shit from Temu. Even his endless Twitter and YouTube sessions need one of the former, he loves spending money.

I admit I can't recall any of the items off the top of my head, but I remember back in the Leanna (or maybe very early Khet) days when he was still waddling around the mall on his day off, he'd sometimes tweet random items with the equivalent of "lol, this is so dumb, right, but wouldn't it be funny if I bought it..." usually followed up by him saying he didn't buy it shortly afterwards when he'd get called out for crying poor and complaining about bills the night before, saying it was just a joke. I think at least one of the times it was some sort of gimmicky bottle of booze, but it was also just like...random garbage, along the lines of the things he throws in the background of his videos or some of his hat gimmicks. I'd bet 9 times out of 10, he totally bought those items and probably posted the pictures post-purchase, and if he did another hoarder closet stream eagle eyed viewers could point them out.

I think it stems from poor impulse control and not having any hobbies. It sorta reminds me of being a kid, when everything feels so new so you jump around from fad to fad until something sticks and that's what you get invested in. Maybe at one point that was actually video games for Phil, he was doing enough with it back in the day that I'd consider it a legitimate hobby for him, but it's been clear for years now that he absolutely hates video games. Even Champions, while it does bring him temporary joy, it's not really the video game aspect of it as much as it is the gambling side of things and the dopamine hit he gets from winning.

One of the interesting parts about the Joon documentary was the look back at old Phil, becuase it's been so long I really forgot/significantly downplayed the fact he used to actually do things. Even something like Project 7, while a total failure and very poorly handled, felt like it was Phil at least wanting to do *something*, even if he was too lazy to really follow through on it. The biggest issue with Phil at this point is he's so socially stunted and toxic, I'm not sure what would even be a good hobby to get into. This is maybe my most optimistic Phil take, but I don't think it's impossible. There's plenty of examples of grumpy loners retiring and initially not knowing what to do with their time, but ultimately finding something they're passionate about. But usually they at least have *something* they're vaguely interested in, even if it takes a little coaxing to figure out what.

With Phil...I genuinely don't know where to begin. I guess just getting him to socialize and make friends would be the starting point, with the way he latched onto KC and him being more open to interviews and stuff, it feels like he's starting to get some idea of how lonely his life actually is. And during the early sidescroller days, he really seemed to hammer in that he was looking forward to just playing Mario Kart with Craig and co. I think Phil's mind would literally be blown if he ever just like, went to a boardgame night or played cards with people.

 

[Shocked and Horrified]

went to a boardgame night or played cards with people.

With as bad a sport as Phail is, he would never be welcomed in any setting that involved games. The first tantrum Linda's special boy threw would see him quickly ejected and banned.

 

[Cyber Bowling]

With as bad a sport as Phail is, he would never be welcomed in any setting that involved games. The first tantrum Linda's special boy threw would see him quickly ejected and banned.

I'm of two minds with this. I lean more towards Phil putting on his fakesydephil persona and basically going into "sir" mode like when he matches with someone he knows in Streetfighter. Suddenly, Phil isn't losing because of input lag/broken netcode etc. and, win or lose, he'll say it's a good match. Face to face, I think Phil is too much of a pussy to throw a temper tantrum. Even on stream, he's still a pretty big bitch if there's even the tiniest bit of interaction. He ran from 11 year old girl before talking about slapping her, and his infamous "fuck you" to Craig went unheard because he was such a coward he exited the call too quickly before actually getting his "sick burn" off. When KC crew made fun of him or his wife, he just waved it away as "harmless fun" so he is capable of suppressing his toxic side if he thinks/deludes himself into thinking he's in a friendly space. But there is a possibility he'd get passive aggressive or, at the very least, hold a grudge.

But I also think you can decrease that risk by not playing anything super competitive. I was thinking something like, Cards Against Humanity or some other party game. Mind you, this will absolutely never happen and is totally a hypothetical. I think even Phil getting his beloved Mario Cart stream with someone is a stretch at this point. And not even because I think it's impossible that anyone would want to, but Phil's social skills are so stunted that he legitimately seems incapable of asking for it. The closest he's come is tweeting at rando's who have no reason to want to do anything with him with vague "haha, wouldn't it be funny if we played Street Fighter together" type of messages.

I fully believe Rambo when he said (or at least implied) their friendship could have continued if Phil just reached out. And I bet there's an alternate timeline where Phil just straight up asked "hey Craig, want to hang out and play video games" and that's what would have happened. For awhile, Phil was an island who was content being a hermit, but it feels like when his midlife crisis arc started, he suddenly became desperate for friendship. I think that's part of why he latched onto KC crew as hard as he did. Sure, it eventually became a money/redemption thing, but that whole arc only started in the first place because Phil was just hanging out in their chat. And we know Phil doesn't have the foresight to think that hanging out in their chat would lead to this, I think it really was just gin-phil being lonely at night and looking for some place to hang out.

 

[KevJ]

So KC insinuated he is still DFTR. Has phil addressed this?

 

[fukuyama]

So KC insinuated he is still DFTR. Has phil addressed this?

He has not addressed it.

In terms of him knowing about it: Someone superchatted him asking and he banned their superchat immediately only calling it a troll. He also did watch that KC show, both before and after his late stream. So, I think most assume he knows about it.

 

[KevJ]

He has not addressed it.

In terms of him knowing about it: Someone superchatted him asking and he banned their superchat immediately only calling it a troll. He also did watch that KC show, both before and after his late stream. So, I think most assume he knows about it.

His playbook will be feigning ignorance and indifference then. He's licking their nuts rn on kick.

 

[Balr0g]

Just to make Phil seethe, Sidescrollers seem to be doing so well they want to hire a CEO. Hey Phil! There might be a job waiting for you!

Link

 

[Kier Starmer]

I think Ashton is actually low key pissed about Phil; I think my theory about him was correct and that was PPP was for a chance giving him a moment of absolution to course correct but he failed to do so. I do think he is going to make an enemy out of KC though in the next coming weeks and Phil is going to start memory holing them but he actually can't because he wants them oh sweet whales.

 

[Big Brown Schlub]

You know how DSP never did anything for his audience? Never gifted subs? Memberships? Anything?
Well he is now gifting subs to people on the Kino boys' stream lmao

 

[Elbe]

What time is it in Renton?

e: 2 in the morning lol

Add 'matching' to those things Philip doesn't quite understand.

 

[Massive Retard]

he is now gifting subs to people on the Kino boys' stream

PPP's master plan: turn Phil into a Kino Paypig.

 

[Rowbutt Batmin]

Or, he’ll be too bored and lonely without dent therapy…and he’ll be back to 6 days/week.

This is the biggest factor Phil will not even consider. Take a break from what? He's convinced himself what he does is work but its not. Do what on a break? He has no hobbies. It's literally just gonna be the same as all the time in between streams on "work days". Except without his fart huffing chamber.

 

[Balr0g]

PPP's master plan: turn Phil into a Kino Paypig.

We're coming full circle. first he was the walking ATM of the FGC now he is the walking ATM of lolcows. Good job Phil! You really changed your target audience

 

[fukuyama]

DSP chats from the Oct 3rd KC stream

 

[PieceofShet]

You know how DSP never did anything for his audience? Never gifted subs? Memberships? Anything?
Well he is now gifting subs to people on the Kino boys' stream lmao

Damn, he really really REALLY wants their dick in his mouth collab. Soo fukin desperate for their dents, its unreal. I wish KC would ignore DSP and not do a stream with him.

 

[Kier Starmer]

@PieceofShet Well you will get your wish because they have no interest. Phil knows he has scorned PPP so if gifting subs to coerce them, he does not realize that KC has massive whales, Metokur Massochist gifts 100s of subs a month.

This is really sad even for Phil.