DarksydePhil / TheyCallMeDSP / Phil Burnell - General Discussion

[actually]

The hell happened to all his subs, last time I looked he was at well over 550.

Now hes at less than 500.

@Sparkletor 2.0 pretty much covered it, but it boils down to large blocks (10-30+) of gifted subs. Usually gifted to reach one of Phil's dumbass goals because he has literally no "organic" growth of subs. Seriously, look at the trend over time: https://twitchtracker.com/darksydephil/subscribers

 

[EcksDeeNiceTry]

I would not have a problem with DSP having at least one racing game in his schedule at any given time.

-edit- Okay, now he's literally shouting at the game.

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Considering I used to play this game non-stop for years when I was younger with my older brother, and I only have incredibly fond memories about this game (which is a brilliant fucking masterpiece), this is one of the rare instances where DSP makes me want to legitimately punch him in the god damn throat.

 

[Mr.PiggyOinkOink]

I would not have a problem with DSP having at least one racing game in his schedule at any given time.

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God the one skill I praise of DSP is his ability to remain so god damn still and boring you could trick someone into thinking his face cam is just an image. He doesn’t move an inch for those first 10 seconds lmao

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

It's fascinating to me given the places Phil came from. The more competitive a game is (racing, fighting, sports, etc.), the more he obviously hates it. It's the more narrative- or gameplay-driven games he's able to better tolerate. The more rigid a game is with its ruleset the more he hates it, or, to put it more simply, the easier it is to cheese a game, the better it appears to be in his eyes.

It's just bizarre because Phil came out of the FGC, an environment that's competitive by its nature. I know the validity of his most famous accomplishments in it have always been under fire, and from an outsider's perspective most of the gripes seem legitimate, but it still seems like at some point he had a passion for games with a pure focus on honing skill and now those are the games that upset him the most. Was it just his level of dominance, short-lived as it was, in a handful of titles that kept him interested? Was it the temporary allure of prestige? What kept him around, and what made him leave?

I believe the lore is that the guys in his hood all played Street Fighter at the arcade and Phil wanted to be cool like them. That's how it started.

I suppose he was good enough to win some small tournaments and that boosted his ego. That kept him around.

His ego got too big and he constantly shit talked the other competitors in real life and online. He got a bad reputation and the FGC for the most part disavowed him. See the post where he was begging for a ride to a tournament on the FGC forum and everyone told him to go fuck himself. He was a pest and a nuisance. He became disliked and ridiculed. That's why he left.

 

[Mike Hunt]

His old man reflexes think it's random because he can't react to what is on screen in time. Keep in mind it's a game that was primarily aimed at children yet once again we see him struggling to play games kids a quarter of his age should play fine.

Old man reflexes is certainly a thing, but Phil isn't old enough to have lost all reflexes completely, at least enough to make him constantly lose to AI opponents. His sedentary lifestyle and sloth eats at his reflexes more than his age at this point. There are plenty of mid-30s streamers who still play games at a high level, like Maximillian Dood who's only a year and some months younger than Phil or Dr Disrespect who's actually about a month older than Phil.

 

[Snake of Diamond]

Old man reflexes is certainly a thing, but Phil isn't old enough to have lost all reflexes completely, at least enough to make him constantly lose to AI opponents. His sedentary lifestyle and sloth eats at his reflexes more than his age at this point. There are plenty of mid-30s streamers who still play games at a high level, like Maximillian Dood who's only a year and some months younger than Phil or Dr Disrespect who's actually about a month older than Phil.

Yeah I'm sure if you let Doc play a fighting games he will adapt quickly and understand how the game works much the same as anyone with decent reflexes to watch what their opponent is doing. I doubt Phil knows how to actually eat healthy and the fact is he spends his time chugging energy drinks and what not and trying not to fall asleep during streams. It's also telling that generally people who play games at a mid or high level do it a lot to better themselves and because Phil fucked himself into trying to play every new game he gets worse and worse because he doesn't give himself enough time to learn how a game properly works and does just enough to try to bulldoze through it so he can play the next one on the chopping block.

The weird thing about DSP is I used to watch this guy growing up when Youtube was sorta about playthroughs and such. I didn't really mind the low quality of the fact that he used an actual camera pointed at his TV. I didn't actually know about or look into this scumbag until 2016 when he "didn't know the camera was on". Then I looked into him and saw that thought just a silly Let's-Player muddy into a liar, a pedo, and a beggar. Shame he went down this way, but I hope he gets what he deserves.

The only thing I'd say is bullcrap is the pedo thing. It says something when you try to make a debunking video and it only ends up with more lies because Phil has this thing where he rewrites a story everytime he tells it.

 

[JustcallmeVi]

The weird thing about DSP is I used to watch this guy growing up when Youtube was sorta about playthroughs and such. I didn't really mind the low quality of the fact that he used an actual camera pointed at his TV. I didn't actually know about or look into this scumbag until 2016 when he "didn't know the camera was on". Then I looked into him and saw that thought just a silly Let's-Player muddy into a liar, a pedo, and a beggar. Shame he went down this way, but I hope he gets what he deserves.

 

[bearsintrees]

Tonight's MLB stream has mostly been him singing whatever parts of boomer songs he remembers that chat is requesting. It's as nasally and tonedeaf as you'd expect but somehow better than when he was playing Rock Band.

One of the worst streams I've ever seen but not for his usual reasons.

 

[JamFlowMan]

I believe the lore is that the guys in his hood all played Street Fighter at the arcade and Phil wanted to be cool like them. That's how it started.

I suppose he was good enough to win some small tournaments and that boosted his ego. That kept him around.

His ego got too big and he constantly shit talked the other competitors in real life and online. He got a bad reputation and the FGC for the most part disavowed him. See the post where he was begging for a ride to a tournament on the FGC forum and everyone told him to go fuck himself. He was a pest and a nuisance. He became disliked and ridiculed. That's why he left.

I've never been able to confirm this but I once heard/read Phil said he got involved in the FGC because he saw people playing money matches. Now maybe it was the thrill of competition, maybe he wanted the comradery he saw between players, or maybe he saw some cash being passed around and wanted a slice. Take it with a grain of salt because I never dug through Phil vlogs to verify it and it admittingly sounds too good to be true.

 

[JMR]

Tonight's MLB stream has mostly been him singing whatever parts of boomer songs he remembers that chat is requesting. It's as nasally and tonedeaf as you'd expect but somehow better than when he was playing Rock Band.

One of the worst streams I've ever seen but not for his usual reasons.

For those parts, it was different enough that I didn't mind it, lol. He went with false modesty (maybe not exactly the right term) quite a bit, saying that after years of content creation his voice is shot and he could no longer hit notes he once did.

At one point someone asked him to sing "Baby" by Justin Bieber. Phil said he could, but he woudn't because "fuck that guy". Someone then asked him to sing some Michael Jackson, and Phil said he would but can't: MJ was too good.

Also, Swagginz was back in chat for the prestream and maybe the first hour. He chatted with some of the regulars and talked @ darksydephil (no bits), saying he was playing a new game to expand his horizons. Phil responded unexceptionally.

 

[leChinkyRaccoon]

I believe the lore is that the guys in his hood all played Street Fighter at the arcade and Phil wanted to be cool like them. That's how it started.

I suppose he was good enough to win some small tournaments and that boosted his ego. That kept him around.

His ego got too big and he constantly shit talked the other competitors in real life and online. He got a bad reputation and the FGC for the most part disavowed him. See the post where he was begging for a ride to a tournament on the FGC forum and everyone told him to go fuck himself. He was a pest and a nuisance. He became disliked and ridiculed. That's why he left.

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He was legitimately competitive in ST in my opinion, at least for the time he was playing. I'm pretty sure ST has had a lot of peaks and valleys in its popularity and the argument could be made that he was one of, but not the best of an inferior east coast scene. As for the shit talking, it still goes on in the FGC to this day even with streams and sponsors and probably younger kids around. I can only imagine what it would have been like in the early 2000s. At the same time, like a lot of social interaction Phil just doesn't fucking get it, and won't differentiate between a small joke and a direct insult.

The whole 4th place at evo, PSX Super Turbo has been discussed to death but 4th place is pretty much the highest an American street fighter can ascribe to at evo, it seems, unless you're Justin Wong. It seems like any year a random american can end up in 4th place more as a matter of fact, whether it's DSP, Mike Ross, or LI Joe, it's just something that seems to happen.

 

[PieceofShet]

The whole 4th place at evo, PSX Super Turbo has been discussed to death but 4th place is pretty much the highest an American street fighter can ascribe to at evo,

Sounds like a bullshit DSP would say.

 

[Kheapathic]

Sounds like a bullshit DSP would say.

Placings don't lie; outside of shit like Marvel or US centric games, Japan usually comes over and dominates. There's usually at least one USA/EU player in Top 8, but Japan (or other parts of Asia) have a stronger record of placing higher when they show up outside of their region. And if you want to get pendantic about it; even if they don't rep Asia, you got guys like Justin Wong and Louffy who are genetic Asians.

 

[Nurse Ratchet]

I've never been able to confirm this but I once heard/read Phil said he got involved in the FGC because he saw people playing money matches. Now maybe it was the thrill of competition, maybe he wanted the comradery he saw between players, or maybe he saw some cash being passed around and wanted a slice. Take it with a grain of salt because I never dug through Phil vlogs to verify it and it admittingly sounds too good to be true.

I... dude... unless my sarcasm radar is broken today, you're way too smart to be giving that whorebag this much latitude.

I'm having trouble thinking of two things he hates or has more diaper-dousing terror of than competition & camaraderie.

 

[leChinkyRaccoon]

I... dude... unless my sarcasm radar is broken today, you're way too smart to be giving that whorebag this much latitude.

I'm having trouble thinking of two things he hates or has more diaper-dousing terror of than competition & camaraderie.

This is early Phil we're talking about though, chip on his shoulder king of hate Phil, not mature Phil, scared to take a shit with the lights off Phil.

Sounds like a bullshit DSP would say.

It does, but it's also true. Uhhhh....Asian Americans have racial buffs sound good. I suppose there are a lot of caveats. Early on, the Japanese didn't come to evo, it looks like the Japanese didn't take ST HD Remix seriously, and the Americans were generally more competitive with them in Third Strike than ST or SF4, or V.

 

[JamFlowMan]

I... dude... unless my sarcasm radar is broken today, you're way too smart to be giving that whorebag this much latitude.

I'm having trouble thinking of two things he hates or has more diaper-dousing terror of than competition & camaraderie.

Yeah that was sarcasm. If it were anyone else I would give them the benefit of the doubt of being a different person when they were younger vs now, but we have enough documentation that Phil was the exact same then as he is now so it wouldn't be a shock that the only reason he got into fighting game tournaments was the money. Probably with a dash of potential ego boost and name recognition, and he sure got the latter just not the way he wanted.

 

[DiabeticSP]

Has Phil gotten any better at MLB?

I take it he's not pinch hitting anymore or he's have stopped playing.

Also someone said Phil watches the character in CTR, but that feels slightly wrong because he doesn't notice flashing lights that appear on the character.

I think he just processes visual inputs slowly, its why he's garbage at MLB even after reducing it to "hit X on time".

 

[Kheapathic]

Has Phil gotten any better at MLB?

I take it he's not pinch hitting anymore or he's have stopped playing.

Also someone said Phil watches the character in CTR, but that feels slightly wrong because he doesn't notice flashing lights that appear on the character.

I think he just processes visual inputs slowly, its why he's garbage at MLB even after reducing it to "hit X on time".

I'd wager it's a combination of his eyes and age. John Rambo once mentioned Phil's driver license had the stipulation that he had to wear corrective lenses to drive. I'm no expert; but that sounds like there's a serious defect with his eyes. Now throw in videogames with a sense of depth and fast movement (something similar to driving) and you're asking for trouble. Given that everything degrades with age and Phil doesn't seem to wear his glasses on stream; he's severely handicapping himself when he plays games.

Edit: That can also be a real reason why Phil seems to be afraid of highway driving. He's not concerned about his back having a spasm; he doesn't want to wear his glasses and risk... well... we've seen how he drives in games. Another possibility is he doesn't have an up to date prescription for glasses (or any at all) and doesn't want to front the cash for them; he rarely leaves his house, so why would he.

 

[Mask_de_SMITH]

He does read tip messages if they surpass a certain amount, (not sure if it's $1 or $5), and only if he feels like it.

That shit has never made sense to me. He does it in his "Ask the King" segments, too. I mean, fans pay this dude money to have their messages read or whatever, but he could say "I don't feel like reading this" at anytime and just take your money. So in other words, he may or may not go out of his way to not give his fans what they were promised. Why give him money at all if he's going to go out of his way to not fulfill his end of the bargain?

If he was smart, he'd make a killing off of this, because there are even dumbass detractors who are willing to throw money at Phil to call him a faggot or something. But I guess it would take a blow to his ego? But then he also begs everyday, so getting paid to be made fun of shouldn't bother him. Fucking WingsofRedemption does it, so it'd work for pigroach.

I don't know. This man is exceptional.

 

[NervousSideEye]

I'd wager it's a combination of his eyes and age. John Rambo once mentioned Phil's driver license had the stipulation that he had to wear corrective lenses to drive. I'm no expert; but that sounds like there's a serious defect with his eyes. Now throw in videogames with a sense of depth and fast movement (something similar to driving) and you're asking for trouble. Given that everything degrades with age and Phil doesn't seem to wear his glasses on stream; he's severely handicapping himself when he plays games.

Edit: That can also be a real reason why Phil seems to be afraid of highway driving. He's not concerned about his back having a spasm; he doesn't want to wear his glasses and risk... well... we've seen how he drives in games. Another possibility is he doesn't have an up to date prescription for glasses (or any at all) and doesn't want to front the cash for them; he rarely leaves his house, so why would he.

You don't need to have a serious defect in your eyes in order to have on your DL that you need to wear corrective lenses. When filling out the paper work to get a DL you have to have a part filled in by an Optometrist, where they will put if you need corrective lenses. If things start to get blurry at a distance, and it doesn't have to be bad at all, they will mark you need them. It's on my DL I need lenses, and I just lose fine details at distance, I can still see what is what.

This meme that Phil is practically legally blind is silly. Do I think he has trouble making out some details? Of course. But I think most of Phil's problems come from him mentally checking out and not paying attention or caring enough to try to focus.