I want to touch upon one of the more pathetic but perhaps overlooked aspects of DSP's current streams.
DSP obviously just started Deathloop. As he's progressing through the tutorial stage of the game, he is tasked with finding a 4-digit code to a door. DSP reaches the door (at this point he hasn't found the actual code as that required going further into the tutorial/beginning stage of the game and then doubling back) and randomly and awkwardly states that he was "told by someone" that if you put in an incorrect 4 digit code (0451) you unlock a rare achievement "easter egg trophy", but don't worry "it's not a spoiler!"
He didn't see this 0451 code in stream chat, no one commented it, it was clear someone had to have emailed and told him prior to the playthrough. In any case, what I am getting at is that DSP is no longer doing spoiler-free, blind playthroughs anymore
, and he never will again. He is too afraid of looking stupid or 'wasting time' getting stuck in games that he's clearly justified spoiling games and looking up hints/guides. I think what initially started as DSP looking a few things up so he didn't appear to be a complete inept moron on stream as he couldn't navigate childrens games evolved to fully prepping playthroughs by looking up key hints/guides and relying on what I imagine a small group of the same spergs to spoon feed him advice for playthroughs. Recently, we've seen him refer to guides/email hints in his Fallout playthrough, his Nier: Replicant playthrough, and other games.
Mr. 13-year begacy, game-lover is not playing the games himself anymore and it's pathetic. This fact is what has also contributed to his actual stream becoming infinitely more boring the past few years, as the salt and general buffoonery that occurred as DSP's gin-addled pea brain couldn't progress through simple challenges is less frequent with guides and gameplay preparation.
Anyways, if you're interested here is the clip of DSP ACKnowledging inputting the 0451 code to get the rare achievement (1%). Of course, this achievement doesn't have an effect on gameplay, but the fact that he coudln't ignore the achievement, clearly had it on his mind during the tutorial, and nervously stated "Not a spoiler" is all I need to see and hear to know DSP is getting spoiled on other elements of the game.
edit: to be clear, there are way more obvious and impactful examples of handholding, guide reading, and spoiling out there. This example was just amusing to me because the achievement is so specific and non-consequential.
