Cyber Bowling
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- Jan 2, 2017
Nah, I think Phil genuinely despises Derich. Derich isn't really a fan, the most praise he offers is "I really liked X" but for the most part, he just spams random trivia he googles about whatever Phil is playing until Phil eventually responds. He's not a paypig, and not really much of a Phil defender.Phil is probably well aware since he obsesses over the detractors. I think the reason Phil tolerates Derich is because Derich is DSP's only actual fan -- Derich has been successfully pignotized and isn't in on the detractor/lolcow memes like Phil's other fans/chatters -- and Phil's ego needs someone like that.
Phil just tolerates him because even Phil knows it's bad optics to ban a retard for, well, being retarded. If Derich was being openly degenerate in Phil's chat and treating it like he does his twitter, he'd be banned in a heartbeat.
But I also don't think Phil follows the Derich stuff that closely. He's for sure aware of it, it gets posted in his chat enough for him to acknowledge. And while I do agree he follows detractor content, he really only seems interested in the stuff about him. It didn't seem like he knew any of the Khet stuff, likely because he really doesn't view her thread much and just picks up on whatever gets said in his main thread/what others report back to him.
I do agree Phil needs someone to validate his ego, but that's why he 's always chasing "bigger" names on Twitter. There's really nobody in his audience that he respects, so even when they praise him, it doesn't mean much because he knows they're a dent. His fans are just talking ATMs he barely even pretends to tolerate. He wants some big streamer/fighting game pro to acknowledge and talk him up, not his dented loser brigade.