Just want to post a re-cap here:
-Phil streams on Twitch. By his own admission, he made "more than enough money to live comfortably". Retconning a whole bunch of times he claimed he was "at risk".
-Phil gets departnered. Despite previously receiving more money than his lifestyle actually demanded, Phil panics and doubles the-then arbitrary tips goal. While his most "generous" viewers were able to consistently help him hit the goal at $100, it took less than two weeks for them to peter out trying to hit $200. In fact, several viewers have voiced that they don't have enough money to support Phil currently.
-Phil brainstorms ways to incentivize people paying him. Ideas have been: downloading BTTV, updating his Patreon rewards, or move to a different website. Since being departnered, Phil has put in zero effort to any of these solutions, and has outright chastised people for asking him to follow through, instead demanding money UPFRONT for things that should be bringing in money on their own.
-Rather than take any risks or put in any effort, Phil simply tries a tactic that has worked for him in the past: a "Save the House!"-style marathon event. No actual rewards for his viewers or donators have been given, we're instead left with the very vague notion that MAYBE Phil will carry out on the above promises, despite continuously stalling previous upgrades like an improved camera and greenscreen background.
-Therefore, Phil expects a huge payday from viewers he has already milked dry in the past two weeks for no special reason, and also expects them to return to giving him $400 a day immediately afterwards. Will it work? With Phil's fanbase, who knows. Let's just look forward to huge khantributions that are immediately retconned and forgotten about, like Jakileez' recent $1000 tip.