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Spooking posted...

DSP is full of shit. He has been going on these 45+ minutes prestreams since forever. The reason he rants so long is: 1) DSP is a drama queen who needs to discuss any events that may have happened and/or to vent, and 2) if he starts his gaming stream early before people can "pack into the stream", they might leave since they may have missed out on something important in the game.

I think it's different than that, but mainly because it works:

Phil seems to be afraid (or at least, this is my interpretation of it), that if he doesn't constantly remind people to give him money, people will stop giving him money. I remember things like him saying that you don't need a Paypal to donate to Paypal for example, going at length to explain all the ways you can "contribute", and the longer it takes for people to "contribute", the longer he has to keep the pre-stream going, just to get the message across.

More than anything, Phil is afraid of being forgotten. As much as he loves to tout his 10 (now 11) year legacy, he is leaving behind absolutely nothing of worth. He thinks that his detractors/trolls are nothing without him, but the truth is: if Phil was gone tomorrow, they will all move on. A train-wreck is impossible to not look at, but the moment is over, people will go about their daily lives. So if Phil doesn't go out of his way to remind everyone of his existence, he fears that he will fade out of existence.

I don't believe for a second he is a complete idiot, he might have money management issues, because the only joy he seems to get is that immediate high when he gets his money: I urge to monitor his behaviour the next few days, and then compare his behaviour the 15th-16th, when he gets his Twitch payment. Also, take into consideration that in the month of June, he made 5.000 dollars just in tips alone. He is just now trying to get as much as he can, using the same old spiel: tons of bills and stuff behind the scenes.

On top of that, Phil doesn't enjoy playing games, with a few exceptions far and between, so the longer he drags out the pre-stream, the less he as to play the games he hates. Ironically, Judgement is a game he actually seems to enjoy, but the game itself isn't "prime" streaming material, so it is up to Phil to make it more fun/interesting to watch, which he fails horribly at. Which means he is constantly throwing bitchfits about low "contributions" and playing by himself, no one is interacting. So he is now going to stop playing the game. His greed has actually become stronger than his, rare enjoyment of the game.

Phil is interesting to watch, but not for the reasons he wants to believe. He has to be able to "win" at games. Let's take BlackOut for example. People recently have been saying that they wish that he'd go for kills more often, they don't care about his placement. Phil responded something like: that it wasn't the objective of the game, killing other people, only the spot you finish at. Though the most entertaining streams to watch are people who play BR games who don't shy away from the fight, but also those who aren't afraid to fuck up.

This is why Phil usually avoids "open" games, games where there are no clear goals to work towards to, because you can't "win" these games. Which, seamlessly tie in with his weird personality.
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