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Don't forget the two newest detractors who have been coordinating the recent attacks on his business: the assholes at Machinima and the eggheads at YouTube.
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Phil is a shit talking bully but when its time to put his money where his mouth is, he backs down like a pussy. I agree he has NPD for sure and needs to be seen by a therapist. HOW someone like Phil could think that highly of himself is surely a mental illness.
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I'm not sure if it's sad, scary, or hilarious how every single point on that list fits him perfectly.
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He was one of the first big names on YouTube. Granted that was by literally shitposting 10+ videos a day but that doesn't make his legacy as one of the first not true.
He's just clung to that, never changed, and called everyone trying to help him a moron kid or a detractor.
After all he got himself to the top 6 years ago, why would anyone else know better than him on what's best?
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Am I the only one who doesn't think Phil has any letter diagnose and it just a huge moron?
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This also, people like to attach autism to people who are dumb in 2017. Phil could legit just be a moron with no disorder at all. A moron who never reads books, watches TV all day and only thinks about himself.
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He exhibits the traits of someone with NPD to the letter, that much is for certain
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You're not alone. I hate when threads turn into armchair psychologists musings. It's honestly the kind of behavior we usually mock cows for.
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If you aren't a perfect storm of personality disorder, you probably wouldn't be a lolcow in the first place.
You merely begin at dumbass, and it spirals downward from there.
You merely begin at dumbass, and it spirals downward from there.
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One thing that is weird is his rocking, ever see him doing it on his couch or standing up? I thought it was a nervous twitch but its almost like he zones out while doing it.
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Ehhhh, I'd agree with this if he was barely older than a college undergrad but he's 35 in a minute and the level of mental gymnastics he goes through in order to avoid doing pretty much anything active with his life is patently absurd- stuff like "I can't drive to work because work is far and my back hurts driving my luxury car" is just ridiculous and looks like compulsive laziness.
Most people think phil would be working at McDonalds or something grueling and demeaning if he got a job but he could easily still get a job working as a shift manager in the backend of a Target or similar. Do that for 6 months to a year properly and you could get moved up to the store's management office. He just doesn't want to do anything besides sit in the house and play videogames.
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kek, reminds me of someone.
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I think Phil's problem there is that he's just chronically lazy - it's far easier to make up excuses for yourself so you can excuse yourself for not doing something than actually doing something, and Phil really doesn't have the drive to actually get up and do something - it's hardly a disorder, he's just terribly lazy
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Phil is very definitely incredibly stupid, but look at pretty much any video where he's doing more than just being bad at games, like where his girlfriend pops up and you'll see from the way he interacts with her(more about his being oblivious to her attempts to interact with him) that he's got to have other problems besides a catastrophically low IQ.
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So some "bad stuff" happened recently for our boy Phil, and it's apparently a big enough thing that it's going to cause problems with his finances. I'm sure he'll end up letting on exactly what the details are in his latest beg-o-thon.
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Place your bets, what's this BAD stuff he's talking about?
Personally, I'm guessing he had a bunch of videos copyrighted
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He's been confirming that left and right on Twitter. All of Ocarina of Time was claimed by Nintendo, and WWE has claimed his gameplay of those titles. The really sad part is that he blames YouTube for this, when all they're doing is following their own copyright rules.
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His sink broke, then his Switch broke. Maybe the rest of his gaming consoles have finally fallen victim to all that fucking dust in his "man zone". New Paytreen goal, doods!
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But I thought he was already aware of that happening? He even said that it would happen the instant the contract expired.
Possibilities:
A. Posturing to ebeg even more.
B. He thought he could rush into a managed partnership and wouldn't have to actually deal with the claims (but still wanted to get those pity bux).
C. He finally saw how much shilling shirts will actually make him and it doesn't offset the YT revenue losses.
D. All of the above. The Stars have aligned.
Possibilities:
A. Posturing to ebeg even more.
B. He thought he could rush into a managed partnership and wouldn't have to actually deal with the claims (but still wanted to get those pity bux).
C. He finally saw how much shilling shirts will actually make him and it doesn't offset the YT revenue losses.
D. All of the above. The Stars have aligned.
Hello everyone,
First post here, was directed here to this thread by a friend who watches DSP. Just wanted to share some of my own views on Phil, being a former fan and all.
I discovered Phil back in early 2010 on Youtube, while looking for Mass Effect 2 videos. Became a very regular viewer because I thought he was funny. I've watched less of his content over time because I don't watch too much gaming content on Youtube these days, I much rather watch videos about cooking food, smartphones, or how to do stuff.
Still, I watch his vlog channel from time to time, and I believe the real reason he is flailing now is because he treats his fans and everyone else around him so poorly. Sure, his content is not as unique as it once was, but that doesn't completely explain the drop in viewership over the past few years.
The inflection point for me was when he released his video featuring his girlfriend Leanna for the first time, all the way back in February 2012. Now, I have nothing against Leanna personally, but her voice is extremely grating. Almost everyone I've shown videos featuring her voice agrees with me that she just has this incredibly nasally voice that just grates much people.
Most fans (like me) asked Phil to stop featuring her so much in his videos. It wasn't because she was a bad person or anything, her voice was not fit for public speaking. He refused, and attacked his fans for even daring to voice an opinion. (It took several years before he heeded their advice.) It was around then that his viewership began dipping. I stopped watching a lot of his gaming content around then.
Still, I watched his vlogs from time to time. What has become increasingly apparent over the years is that his modest success on Youtube has pumped up his ego many times over. Early on, he used to be pretty humble, but the moment he started making money off his videos, you could see the egoism in his videos. His fancy "staycations", leasing a BMW, buying a house near Seattle, etc. And despite all this, he was still begging people for money via Patreon. I mean, really man? Man up and live within your means if you want to keep doing this for a living, but don't beg for money. I never known any other Youtuber I've watched beg for money in the way that Phil has. Most are grateful for the support they get, and always emphasize that they would be nothing without their viewership.
To conclude, it wasn't necessarily just Phil's stagnant content that has put him into the more financially precarious predicament he's in today. It's the way he has treated his viewership, and how he burned bridges with former friends and collaborators like John Rambo.
Phil may limp along for another couple of years Youtubing and streaming on Twitch, but as he has to compete with more people getting into the game and such, he may not be able to make much of a living there anymore. Furthermore, I suspect that even Leanna will eventually leave him when she realizes that he can't take their relationship to the next level. I mean, he did probably beg her to get a job to help pay some of the household expenses.
I don't hate Phil, but he does rub off a lot of people the wrong way, especially with his behavior in recent years. It's a shame, because had he adapted his content and been less of a jerk, he could have easily been among one of the top 250 Youtubers/streamers today. He is genuinely pretty funny at times.
First post here, was directed here to this thread by a friend who watches DSP. Just wanted to share some of my own views on Phil, being a former fan and all.
I discovered Phil back in early 2010 on Youtube, while looking for Mass Effect 2 videos. Became a very regular viewer because I thought he was funny. I've watched less of his content over time because I don't watch too much gaming content on Youtube these days, I much rather watch videos about cooking food, smartphones, or how to do stuff.
Still, I watch his vlog channel from time to time, and I believe the real reason he is flailing now is because he treats his fans and everyone else around him so poorly. Sure, his content is not as unique as it once was, but that doesn't completely explain the drop in viewership over the past few years.
The inflection point for me was when he released his video featuring his girlfriend Leanna for the first time, all the way back in February 2012. Now, I have nothing against Leanna personally, but her voice is extremely grating. Almost everyone I've shown videos featuring her voice agrees with me that she just has this incredibly nasally voice that just grates much people.
Most fans (like me) asked Phil to stop featuring her so much in his videos. It wasn't because she was a bad person or anything, her voice was not fit for public speaking. He refused, and attacked his fans for even daring to voice an opinion. (It took several years before he heeded their advice.) It was around then that his viewership began dipping. I stopped watching a lot of his gaming content around then.
Still, I watched his vlogs from time to time. What has become increasingly apparent over the years is that his modest success on Youtube has pumped up his ego many times over. Early on, he used to be pretty humble, but the moment he started making money off his videos, you could see the egoism in his videos. His fancy "staycations", leasing a BMW, buying a house near Seattle, etc. And despite all this, he was still begging people for money via Patreon. I mean, really man? Man up and live within your means if you want to keep doing this for a living, but don't beg for money. I never known any other Youtuber I've watched beg for money in the way that Phil has. Most are grateful for the support they get, and always emphasize that they would be nothing without their viewership.
To conclude, it wasn't necessarily just Phil's stagnant content that has put him into the more financially precarious predicament he's in today. It's the way he has treated his viewership, and how he burned bridges with former friends and collaborators like John Rambo.
Phil may limp along for another couple of years Youtubing and streaming on Twitch, but as he has to compete with more people getting into the game and such, he may not be able to make much of a living there anymore. Furthermore, I suspect that even Leanna will eventually leave him when she realizes that he can't take their relationship to the next level. I mean, he did probably beg her to get a job to help pay some of the household expenses.
I don't hate Phil, but he does rub off a lot of people the wrong way, especially with his behavior in recent years. It's a shame, because had he adapted his content and been less of a jerk, he could have easily been among one of the top 250 Youtubers/streamers today. He is genuinely pretty funny at times.
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