DarksydePhil / TheyCallMeDSP / Phil Burnell - General Discussion

[TheGoutburglar]

It's unbelievable how he doesn't naturally develop any savvyness.

What's even more unbelievable is how he still thinks he can Twitter hot take his way into being taken seriously in spite of that glaring flaw of his ensuring that no hot take of his is ever, ever going to be on point.

I've yet to see a facet of Phil's life where he doesn't have some pipe dream that stays out of reach entirely because of some flaw that he would rather die and take all his unrealized dreams with him than ever get anywhere near to addressing. His career? He hates it and would rather be a games journalist or something but he can't do that because he's the worst gamer on the planet. His love life? A sham, but he can't have a real one because even asking him to bathe more than twice a week is too much to ask of him. His financial situation? Could be even better but won't because he refuses to embrace being the joke that he is. And it just goes on like that. His life is hell, and he made it that way because the work it takes to get out is scarier to him.

He even says this but I guess vampire insect ladies is just too much of a leap?

Sometimes I think Phil sees an opportunity to bitch about something that normal people might be with him on, and jumps all over it. Which might be clever if it wasn't him doing it, because in order to become that guy, he has to own his shit first, and he is defined by the act of running away from his own shit.

 

[Bored Euro Trash]

He's a Jack.

A Jack-off (all trades).

 

[john_g]

I can totally understand someone being like "I just don't think vampires belong in Resident Evil". I can totally get that, doubly so for PS1-era fans who openly hated 5 & 6. That said saying "it's not realistic the virus would do that" is nonsense, not just because it's a fictional virus that already does things well outside reality, but also because previous Resident Evil's viruses did far crazier things. He even says this but I guess vampire insect ladies is just too much of a leap?

thats the thing i hate about resident evil. it was never about zombies. zombies were a byproduct of the bioweapon research. it has always been about biohazard hence the origial title BIOHAZARD.

 

[Wünderkind]

A Jack-off (all trades).

masturbator of none?

 

[Covfefe]

Has there ever been an instance of Phil complaining about lag in an offline game with a wired controller? I realize that's an autistic combination but the recent lag sperging makes me wonder - he does complain about it A LOT, and he is stupid enough to forget that he is offline when he's lying.

 

[LucyDropper]

He's a Jack.

Jack Daniels. maybe when he's feeling a little exotic.

 

[Forbidden Math]

Has there ever been an instance of Phil complaining about lag in an offline game with a wired controller? I realize that's an autistic combination but the recent lag sperging makes me wonder - he does complain about it A LOT, and he is stupid enough to forget that he is offline when he's lying.

He once complained about offline lag in a fighter and then quickly corrected himself, shows you what a knee-jerk reaction it is for him. Sorry for no clip but my search didn't turn up much from Youtube clips and searching "lag" in paypiggo has so many results it's staggering.

 

[gobsmackedmortician]

hay Phill seeing as your here I got you some fapping materials

https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/l2t7ce/youre_gonna_do_what_to_my_what/

 

[TheGoutburglar]

Has there ever been an instance of Phil complaining about lag in an offline game with a wired controller? I realize that's an autistic combination but the recent lag sperging makes me wonder - he does complain about it A LOT, and he is stupid enough to forget that he is offline when he's lying.

I've only seen him bitch about supposed problems with wireless controllers. Which itself is dumb and nonsensical because wireless controllers have been a standard for a long time now and no one else claims dropped inputs. If it was that common, it would be as much of a meme as the dreaded Red Ring of Death.

Also, there is footage of him holding the controller in front of the camera, pressing a button, and stating that there is a bit of input delay even though you can clearly see that that is not the case.

And who can forget the time Phil claimed when his inputs on SFV were exposed that it wasn't his actual inputs, even though that's not how it works.

 

[scobra666]

Phil saying COD is meant to be realistic military shooter always makes me laugh how real do you want an action game to be?
perfect toy for DSP if he wants a realistic one

is he confusing cod with old school ghost recon because didn't they used to market that as more of a realistic type shooter

 

[Zappin’ And Spazzin’]

Has there ever been an instance of Phil complaining about lag in an offline game with a wired controller? I realize that's an autistic combination but the recent lag sperging makes me wonder - he does complain about it A LOT, and he is stupid enough to forget that he is offline when he's lying.

Basically any game where he either claims that there's a huge amount of delay between his button inputs and when something happens, or that the game "dropped it" entirely. See any platforming game where he runs off a ledge and then blames the game for it, such as Mario Sunshine.
Complaining about input delay is retarded anyway, as even if it's true, you should be able to adapt to it eventually. For both Dark Souls 3 and Sekiro, he accused them of having input delay, but both are (relatively) long-ass games where you're mostly doing the exact same thing from start to finish. Yet he either apparently never learns, or is just flat-out lying. I'll leave it to you to determine which.

 

[gobsmackedmortician]

is he confusing cod with old school ghost recon because didn't they used to market that as more of a realistic type shooter

''Dood I didnt tell him to take cover there! fuck this game man!''

 

[Paladin Derich]

 

[Forbidden Math]

Basically any game where he either claims that there's a huge amount of delay between his button inputs and when something happens, or that the game "dropped it" entirely. See any platforming game where he runs off a ledge and then blames the game for it, such as Mario Sunshine.
Complaining about input delay is retarded anyway, as even if it's true, you should be able to adapt to it eventually. For both Dark Souls 3 and Sekiro, he accused them of having input delay, but both are (relatively) long-ass games where you're mostly doing the exact same thing from start to finish. Yet he either apparently never learns, or is just flat-out lying. I'll leave it to you to determine which.

The only time complaining about input/display lag is legitimate is with retro games which ran at higher refresh rates over analog video sources and all used wired controllers. Because of all this retro games were designed to be more twitch-based (doubly so for NES-SNES era games). On modern games developers account for the milliseconds of input and display lag (unless they're updating a retro game because remasters are lazy cash grabs), and for the record the concept that anyone could perceive display/input lag themselves unless it was really bad is laughable. These are subtle things only noticeable in very specific scenarios.

 

[gettingthatgrooveback]

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He is indeed respectful. Can't argue with that.

 

[actually]

Has there ever been an instance of Phil complaining about lag in an offline game with a wired controller? I realize that's an autistic combination but the recent lag sperging makes me wonder - he does complain about it A LOT, and he is stupid enough to forget that he is offline when he's lying.

He once complained about offline lag in a fighter and then quickly corrected himself, shows you what a knee-jerk reaction it is for him. Sorry for no clip but my search didn't turn up much from Youtube clips and searching "lag" in paypiggo has so many results it's staggering.

To help your search, it was when he played through the story mode of each Street Fighter in the SF30 collection (I think). In Street Fighter 2 Turbo, he lost to the CPU and instinctively went to blaming "lag" despite the fact that he was, of course, offline. He caught himself and, if I recall, tried to get out something about offline lag before trailing off.

 

[Zappin’ And Spazzin’]

To help your search, it was when he played through the story mode of each Street Fighter in the SF30 collection (I think). In Street Fighter 2 Turbo, he lost to the CPU and instinctively went to blaming "lag" despite the fact that he was, of course, offline. He caught himself and, if I recall, tried to get out something about offline lag before trailing off.

You know the old gag of a surgeon fiddling around with his patient's brain, causing their limbs to flail around as he pokes and prods in there?
I like to imagine if someone did that to Phil, instead he'd just be mumbling "...nothing I can do....I wasn't doing anything....I blocked that....wouldn't work offline...."

 

[Crooked 16th]

Phil slipping up and saying he gets food delivered on his day off makes me think he never leaves his house at all, He probably uses Postmates or Instacart to have his groceries delivered on his day off too. The way he talks like the whole world is out to get him makes me think he suffers from Agoraphobia.

 

[GunnlaugurSassoon]

To wrap this thing up, how the FUCK is anyone surprised by a vampire-insect correlation? When you think of bloodsuckers, vampires or bats might be one of the first things that come to mind, but let's be real: Mosquitos, some type of moths, parasitic wasps. Bloodsucking is primarily the domain of insects. Insect-looking human vampires aren't even new in media, Darkest Dungeon did them. Most people don't like insects, so it helps with the atmosphere. Swarms can also be really oppressive gameplay wise, and even tricky to deal with. The fact that he can't grasp this after having played games for most of his life shows just how disconnected he is from the scene and the industry. It's unbelievable how he doesn't naturally develop any savvyness.

Vampires have been closely associated with insects literally since Dracula. Part of Dracula's control of Renfield was through sending flies, moths, and spiders to Renfield that Renfield would then eat. Since then vampires turning into swarms of various insects has been fairly common in 20th century vampire fiction.

Phil saying COD is meant to be realistic military shooter always makes me laugh how real do you want an action game to be?
perfect toy for DSP if he wants a realistic one

I've always hated how he shits on COD and says it's a kiddie shooter because people jump (and he's a slow reactioned buffoon so he can't aim with their jumping). Bunny hopping was a thing in CS 1.6 that took a hell of a lot of time to get good at.

 

[SkippyLongbottom]

Well, his Resident Evil playthroughs tend to be entertaining. Because he's shit at them. That said, Phil can absolutely not do Survival Horror in general as a streamer. Thinking about it there's almost no genres he's a good fit for. I know he enjoys interactive movies and Ubisoft busywork sims the most, but he makes them dull as well. His newfound "I'm a Spade type!" gimmick also really grates. You know, the whole types of players text from a few years back. Diamonds shine, clubs beat, hearts socialize and spades dig. Phil's doing the in-depth exploration of games now mostly to stall, so he's a Spade poser. Add that to the fact that Spades make the games the most boring for all other types. Nobody really wants to look at every nook and cranny of a map, and that seems to be Phil's new gimmick. Purely to avoid gameplay. It's amazing. Even the other completionist Spade types at least try to focus on collectables. Phil simply lingers and fucks around far longer than anyone should.

Aris once said that it's pretty easy to just be tensed up and ready to not get scared at horror games, but it's cooler for everyone if you just allow the scares to happen, and I fully agree. It doesn't have to be the 2013 squealing at the camera youtuber thing, but if you're playing Outlast and you never get jumpscared it's just a snorefest to watch. Of course, Phil would never allow that to happen, since it cuts into his macho, supercool dude image... At least the one in his head.

Aris is such a good streamer. That dude could play anything and make it entertaining, even racing games. What Phil is doing is being this spade type faggot without giving shallow levels of interest or having a nice voice. I could put on any other idiot on this type of content creation and it will keep me up. When Phil tries to replicate this, it goes nowhere.

It's so fuckin' boring to the point I just get annoyed because I know this isn't the real Phil and he has an agenda when he does this. If I go watch Aris, I know he's going to make a gameplay positive for everyone to watch. He cuts the bullshit out like, reading a diary entry and not squabbling about talking about shitty dicks.

I don't know where I'm going with this. But if I wanted to watch someone dissect a fuckin' walkin simulator demo of a game coming out, I'd just go watch someone who even gives a shit and isn't tryin to waste my time. It's like everything Phil does just has no respect for your time, and proceeds to waste it.