DarksydePhil / TheyCallMeDSP / Phil Burnell - General Discussion

[carroticecream]

[..] I could safely say that the guy is socially awkward and is just a weird person. .

Don't most of these sub-par gaming channel people have to unfortunate combination of being socially dysfunctional, narcissistic, deeply insecure and remarkably thin-skinned for people who make a living from Internet drama?

They spend every waking moment trying to pander to people not smart enough to use ad block fearing to have to get a job that may require a modicum of human interaction.

They all also seem to loathe gaming.

Compare them to youtube folks who seem to love games the quality and tone of the content is on a different planet. Compare ReviewTechUSA, Phil, Matt to someone like AlroStuff for example.

 

[BrunoMattei]

Dave really fears Fortnite. If he really has deluded himself into thinking it's a game for kids he's gonna look really foolish when 4 years from now he finally plays it and gets his butt flossed six ways from Sunday. The skill gap is ridiculous and I would be pretty incredulous to his apparent lack of knowledge about this if it weren't Darksfadill we're talking about.

He already played it:

 

[gaarashatan]

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Phil: "Does this bother you? ahahahahahahahahahah"
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Not a clown and a serious adult...

NOONES INTERACTING WITH MEEEREEEEEE

 

[Sparkletor]

They spend every waking moment trying to pander to people not smart enough to use ad block fearing to have to get a job that may require a modicum of human interaction.

Phil does not pander to people not smart enough to use ad block. That is setting the bar way too high. DSP's caters to people who purposely watch hours of ads just to get enough pennies to hopefully get a shout out on stream.

But the ad revenue is in his own words, "a pittance".

DSP's main source of income is making his audience feel sorry for him and then begging for actual money. And if they don't have any spare money he also accepts free games, gaming consoles, and 4k televisions. Don't forget he has to pay taxes on all the money he gets sent. He's going to lose his house if his fans don't pay those too.

 

[actually]

State taxes are quarterly and I know for a fact he said he paid the first quarter. He never paid the 2nd quarter and said that money paid off the back taxes the attorney screwed him with and federal taxes from 2017.

So he still owes 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarter for state taxes. (I estimate about $4,500 total) He also claims he didn't pay a dime of federal taxes for 2018 and those are due in April, which means he'll owe them a penalty for not paying all year.

It might be quarterly, it might be annual, depending on how he chose to pay: https://dor.wa.gov/find-taxes-rates/business-occupation-tax

The highest tax rate is 1.63% on gambling winnings, so that's not Phil, and the next highest is 1.5% for "Service and other activities" which is a potential fit for Phil. So on $100,000 of income, his state B&O tax would be $1500 at most. To hit $4500, he'd have to have an income of $450k. He's had some some high months, but not anywhere near that good. That $1500 also squares well with him owing thousands, but "not more than $10,000" on his back taxes as has been detailed previously.

Seems like we might need to dig around some time in the early summer (June-ish?) and see what he did or didn't say about his 1st and 2nd quarter federal tax payments. Do you have any quotes from him around that time related to his taxes?

 

[N0thingICanDo]

He wants feedbacks, he got'em

 

[Agentsmith]

I was interested to see if there was any possible explanation for DSPs various awkward interactions with his partners panda and Kat.

One possibility:

"...The narcissist is primarily motivated by a strong sense of internal shame. In this regard, all of the grandiosity, entitlement, and fantasies of power can all be seen as defenses against feeling this core internal shame.

The origins of this shame are often found in the narcissist’s childhood and can involve a complex combination of circumstances. Often, the child can develop narcissistic tendencies if he/she only gets positive validation from his/her external accomplishments. In this way the child learns that the its value only comes from achievement (note: 'pro fighting game player'; 4th place at Evo; money; the house etc).

**...narcissists tend towards avoidant attachment. That is because they are so defended against negative emotions such as internalized shame that they seek to avoid any forms of intimacy which can provoke those emotions"**

Full link if anyone is interested:
http://www.drmichaelaaronnyc.com/narcissism-sexuality/

 

[drgnkiller]

Do you have any quotes from him around that time related to his taxes?

I looked through everything mentioning taxes. Apparently he didn't pay the first quarter of state taxes like I thought, and he is supposed to be paying quarterly.

By June 16, he finally paid the back taxes that the last attorney screwed him on. On that same day, he said he didn't pay on any of the state taxes this year.

I also found one in April where he claimed federal taxes for this year will be over $4K. So expect a fundraiser December/January for $6K or more for state and federal taxes.

 

[actually]

If Phil wants to know what his problems are, they can summarized by this response and the end of his last game of Blackout last night. Here, he gets valid criticism (anger, excuses, and complaining is off-putting) and a simple solution (chill the fuck out). His response is to ignore that a fan (I think this guy is actually one) is telling him they walked away b/c of his actions and try to invalidate it somehow b/c of when he last played it, followed by the standard "lol" that I guess makes the response ok?

Second, Phil should watch the end of his last game of Blackout from last night. He was cheery and happy taking easy pot shots at prone enemies while camping, but as soon as he has to step out in an actual fight, he chokes and loses. He took the usual potshot on the last opponent, hit but not a headshot, and the guy started bunnyhopping. Naturally, Phil ignores his machine gun or burst rifle that he has and tries to snipe from mid-range. He's in a cornfield and is amazed that his line-of-sight is not crystal clear, and he's ultimately shot down. Cue bitching, excuses, and so on, to the extent that even his fans are laughing at him for saying that if you jumped once, you would be out of stamina and unable to run.

If he had clowned it up a bit and did something like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..I choked!" and laughed? That would be funny, it would acknowledge the fuckup, and everyone could have a laugh and be done, ending on a positive note. Instead, the stream ends on a excuse-filled bitchfest, as most Phil streams do.

I looked through everything mentioning taxes. Apparently he didn't pay the first quarter of state taxes like I though, and he is supposed to be paying quarterly.

By June 16, he finally paid the back taxes that the last attorney screwed him on. On that same day, he said he didn't pay on any of the state taxes that year.

Thanks for checking. That June 16th back taxes was definitely the federal taxes he still owed from April, so that's good info. So it sounds like he maybe hasn't paid any of his federal taxes for this year (2018 ), and he doesn't seem to have said anything about the state ones. I would guess he's planning on paying those in January. Guess he'll really hoping some whales come through at Thanksgiving and Christmas. Of course, this seems like it would lead to the same "more money = more taxes" problem (and I use that term loosely) he had last year.

But I'm not a finance/business major, so what do I know?

 

[SkippyLongbottom]

He wants feedbacks, he got'em

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<feedback deleted> fucking LOL.
This asshole doesn't want critique or feedback, he just wants people to respond with "You're doing great Phil, keep doing what you're doing. You're awesome!". Since he's a drunk snob who made it, he will wake up the next day and forget about it, and continue to be an asshole.

 

[Wurstbrot]

<feedback deleted> fucking LOL.
This asshole doesn't want critique or feedback, he just wants people to respond with "You're doing great Phil, keep doing what you're doing. You're awesome!". Since he's a drunk snob who made it, he will wake up the next day and forget about it, and continue to be an asshole.

I will at least go so far and say he wants the advice which doesn't adress his real issues at all. And these advices will be ignored or countered with an argument of lazyness (I can't do that cuz *lazy*. I can't do that cuz you're an idiot). With high probability he won't even read the important and most crucial critiques which not only get the most votes but which adress his behavior. They are probably already banned or muted.

He has to change his core problems and some of them can be accomplished by just NOT doing something, like cut the ass long prestream. But he's not only lazy but also irascible and pig-headed (I didn't know this specific term existed, made me laugh).

 

[JamFlowMan]

<feedback deleted> fucking LOL.
This asshole doesn't want critique or feedback, he just wants people to respond with "You're doing great Phil, keep doing what you're doing. You're awesome!". Since he's a drunk snob who made it, he will wake up the next day and forget about it, and continue to be an asshole.

He's asks this every few months hoping for some non existent idea that requires no time/effort/money that also doubles his salary overnight.

 

[Adamska]

Now Phil I know you and/or your synchophants come through here to check on our doings, so I'm going to offer you a little tip. This begging isn't going to work as well with that Tut specter lingering behind you. You're going to have to come up with a story (and it will need to be a good one, please, something transcendently memey that makes no sense, a real Dave Special) to address how that money did not, in any way, help you prepare for taxes or reduce any of your debt. The detractors deserve a Christmas too.

Oh it'll probably work just fine once the hols actually begins. His Pigcult is amazingly stupid and willfully ignorant and has always been able to match up when Pigroach really starts to squeal. It's really a given it's populated by findom cucks, mentally disabled people, sunk-cost fallacy dummies, hate-watching speds too stupid to admit they're still fans, and utter attention whores.

 

[Freshtodeath]

After watching him and Leanna set up that Christmas tree in the condo I could safely say that the guy is socially awkward and is just a weird person. It was like he was afraid to get close to her. The way he acted around her was so strange and uncomfortable you could tell something was off. Same thing in the Kat intro video and how they were both behaving so strangely like they barely knew each other. Dsp doesn't like his fans or his girlfriend's he is just using them to get what he wants. It is all a business transaction for him.

The only thing DSP is good at is feigning ignorance and lying to people. In fact that is what got him to where he is today.

He used to also ignore her when she talked. I think on camera he tries to be alpha but in irl he's a huge beta. Leanna was a nympho autist if you can't be alpha against her you're a bitch. Also you can control your gf but also give her some respect and not just ignore when she talks lol. Dude is so weird.

 

[Iron Father]

She seems like an annoying derp but she's cute enough that he could work with it and yeah, not act like a weird douche towards her. The "I need to wake up my sick GF because she has to start cooking dinner" thing is just... ridiculous.

 

[Sparkletor]

I might be wrong, but didn't DSP basically say after the Birthday week funraiser flop, "fuck it. You ingrates didn't give me a bunch of money so I'm not paying taxes. I'm going to just hope everything works itself out."

 

[samovski]

36 comments so far. Some containing legitimate advice. He's replied to 2. 1 stating he doesn't play SFV anymore, completely sidestepping the actual issue the tweet bought up. And another saying he can't do collabs. Is anyone surprised he's skipping the legit tweets? He's probably blocked most of them and wrote them off as detractors.

The man is an embarrassment. Asks for help and fails to capitalize on it just like everything else. Why bother man? We all knew this is exactly what you'd do.

 

[Kheapathic]

Saying collaborations would never happen and he's tried. Meanwhile, that Wings + DSP in Battlefield offer is floating out in the ether.

Granted, no doubt the reason he doesn't want that is because he knows what kind of attention Wings gets and doesn't want more of that. But at the same time, he should realize that it's too late, he should realize that the only difference between Wings and himself is who decides to give attention to who; while each group of detractors already know each other and probably cross to the other side to troll. He doesn't need to worry about additional bullshit, because there's a good chance original Wings detractors go to DSP to fuck with him when Wings isn't available, and vice versa. The actual case is DSP probably doesn't see enough dollar signs of possibility in collabing with Wings. If a bigger youtuber/streamer gave DSP an offer and the money was right, we know he'd be all over it. He should just swallow his pride and realize that he needs to start somewhere; and being a piece of shit shut-in doesn't lead to opportunity.

 

[SkippyLongbottom]

Saying collaborations would never happen and he's tried. Meanwhile, that Wings + DSP in Battlefield offer is floating out in the ether.

Granted, no doubt the reason he doesn't want that is because he knows what kind of attention Wings gets and doesn't want more of that. But at the same time, he should realize that it's too late, he should realize that the only difference between Wings and himself is who decides to give attention to who; while each group of detractors already know each other and probably cross to the other side to troll. He doesn't need to worry about additional bullshit, because there's a good chance original Wings detractors go to DSP to fuck with him when Wings isn't available, and vice versa. The actual case is DSP probably doesn't see enough dollar signs of possibility in collabing with Wings. If a bigger youtuber/streamer gave DSP an offer and the money was right, we know he'd be all over it. He should just swallow his pride and realize that he needs to start somewhere; and being a piece of shit shut-in doesn't lead to opportunity.

He will never collab. The fucking idiot dipped when he got a 1k viewer host on twitch because he knows new people will bring more "trouble" for him. Trouble meaning the chance of people with an actual brain that will call him out on his bullshit. He probably knows he is a joke just like LTG and Wings, and is trying his hardest to not be that anymore.
edit: I shouldn't say trying his hardest because really he's a sloth.

 

[Kheapathic]

He will never collab. The fucking idiot dipped when he got a 1k viewer host on twitch because he knows new people will bring more "trouble" for him. Trouble meaning the chance of people with an actual brain that will call him out on his bullshit. He probably knows he is a joke just like LTG and Wings, and is trying his hardest to not be that anymore.

Oh I remember, there's also the time when Arturo raided him and 5 minutes later DSP says "Well guys, that's my time for the night, see you all later." He bitches about money issues and when an opportunity to get more viewers, which means a chance for more money, he fucking runs. The term "shooting yourself in the foot" doesn't do justice for what DSP does. He fucking shotguns himself in the knee then cries about having difficulty walking.