Why is Phil so bad at games? - Is it on purpose?

Why is DSP bad at videogames


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DecrepitSimonla

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I'd have expected DSP to have improved over the years but he still seems to be ignorant of basic, common gameplay mechanics. The only explaination I can think of is he plays it up for views.
 

PieceofShet

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-To a degree his mentally challenged (he lives in his own world)
-Bad eyesight
-He is to old, even for his age, slow reflexes
-Never learn cause he... never learns, just does what chat tells him and forgets it a minute later
-Crappy internet, lag
-Jizz residue filled controllers, dropping his inputs
-He hates gaming, so he doesnt really care about it.

Did I miss anything?
 

BatChatillon

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Phil sat himself on a high horse once when he called himself "one of the best overall gamers in the country" and he also said he "could beat every game if he wants to" when in fact the little skill he had was limited to fighting games, and especially Street Fighter.

Aside from Walking Simulators and Telltale-style games you can see the lack of skill and adaption to different genres. It doesn't matter if third-person, racing game (simulator or arcade), sports game, FPS, RPG, Action RPG or behold puzzle games: Phil will look for the easiest method to beat the game but when that doesn't work for him he gets frustrated. He also lacks understanding basic game mechanics and tends to ignore or forget tutorials and in-game explanations of mechanics. This comes from his short attention span.

However, the vast majority of people are casual players with the same or even worse set of skills. It's just that Phil thinks he is one of the best players and a gift to video gaming, with a high opinion about his skills.
 

Tame Sake

Pure salt and sisu
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I believe it mostly comes from him just not playing games for fun, not taking some time to learn new mechanics, and being very impatient.

If he doesn't break a certain amount of views in a very short period of time, he doesn't want to play said game anymore, thus never improves on the mechanics.

He wants instant satisfaction all around, without taking any time for improvement.

He probably could be better at games if he actually did this streaming thing entirely for fun and played games he actually enjoys so he can improve on them, rather than just trying to burn through the damn thing for bits and views.
 

Near

WHO'S 5'1 BITCH SUCK MY DICK
True & Honest Fan
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If you observe his facecam, he has a lot of reasons for not paying attention and not getting better at the game he's playing. His head keeps moving to check if he has new donations every 10 seconds, he's fucking impatient, all that's going in his head is probably a constant alarm that screams "LOW VIEWS". Not much room to focus on whatever game he's attempting to play.

He does not give a shit, and will continue to successfuly convince retards that he's the hardest working person on the face of the earth.
 

aqua sama

nature's beauty
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from what I've seen he is not that bad at old 2-d school games. hasnt he finished cuphead in like 2-3 days?
what he really sucks at are 3-d games.
It's a mix of not giving a fuck and not wanting to learn.
 

Son of Big Boss

My Cock is Bugged, Look!
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Because he's lazy and pays no attention to what he does, he truly doesn't give a shit about learning.

Try to play a game while thinking about something else (in Phil's case, he thinks about $), the result will be very similar to the King of Gout's gameplay.
 

Wurstbrot

This was my depression
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From my perspective DSPig has a very narrow mindset and this sieves through his inability to comprehend intentional game design and the limits of it. He seems to think there is only one way to play games: His way, because he is a "high profile gamer" and this is also a very comforting (but stupid) mentality. Just the way he talks about every single game and is complete incapable of immersion, gives the impression he has very low expectations on videogames like they are trash in general. So every game that gives him a negative feeling: Must be broken, must be a bug, must be incompetence. Phil always wins, dood.

We all play games for different reasons (I do it to shut down a little bit) but I think Phil does it to validate himself. Or at least he gives this impression. Just look how easily he goes to the salt mines and refuses to give games or other players positive credit. How he is not able to understand that developers can't change how their players play the game (f.e. camping, jumping while shooting. Legit strategies). How he tries to cheese each situation with really stupid tactics (even if it takes hours) just because he is stubborn. How he is unable to adapt to the enemy and how every enemy win is "unearned" and how he holds up his pride when he produces at least mediocre results.
Sounds familiar? RAW gameplay best gameplay? Blocks everyone who criticizes his methods? Jumps to the treetop whenever there is even the slightest idea of changing something? It think this all goes hand in hand.

I never thought of that but somehow this makes sense to me. But it only explains partly why he is bad at games: To be good you need to work up yourself, but of course then Phil would "lose" because playing differently is not him.

The other aspect could be simpler: He's just an idiot.
Just watch how he needs to focus on some games so his movement and speach stops. How he creates tunnel vision and ignores everything around him (even when ge gets shot multiple times). How he very often states that he doesn't understand how the game works or what he has to do. It's not only impatience and ignorance.
He's just a complete idiot.

But his recent bad gameplay and especially lot of ragequits has much to do with what @Son of Big Boss said, I would say. He jumps fast from game to game because he thinks THIS will give him big money so there is not even a whiff of patience anymore. Not even a crumb of learning curve to be seen.
 
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notquiteaperson

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I think DSP's consistent ineptitude and inevitable failure at not only every game he plays but every possible aspect of life in general are due to his rather rare circumstances. A set of factors that make it impossible for him to ever be good at any games or anything else.
Firstly he is not intelligent, insightful, or knowledgeable about anything. He is below average in every possible way. Obviously this describes a lot of people, myself included, and it certainly doesn't mean they are bad people or doomed to be failures in life. There is a small minority of these people that are WAY below average, even less intelligent etc. Also not doomed.
Now we start getting closer to DSP. There is an even smaller minority of these people who are not only oblivious to their shortcomings but actually believe that they are above average. This is truly a recipe for constant failure. He starts to become ultra rare when you add in things like his glaring personality flaws, total lack of self awareness, utter delusion regarding every aspect of himself and his life, and the choices and life experiences that have allowed him to become who and what he is today.
He is a narcissist, a sociopath, a pathological liar, and by most people's judgment a horrible person and a complete lost cause. He is absolutely unique and fascinating. I don't believe he fails at games, or life for that matter, intentionally I believe he fails because he can't possibly succeed.
 

LordAutismo

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from what I've seen he is not that bad at old 2-d school games. hasnt he finished cuphead in like 2-3 days?
what he really sucks at are 3-d games.
It's a mix of not giving a fuck and not wanting to learn.

I didn't watch any of that playthrough so take what I say with a grain of salt. But from what I understand, Phil went through with the homing bullets and as many health upgrades as he could carry.
 

Martys_not_smarty

You don't know what hard times are daddy.
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Lol hilarious the poll is a perfect 100%, but no he's only kinda good at the 2d games with the predictable cookie cutter layouts like your street fighter just watch him it's the same shit of him going for a jump into after the opponent is getting up or in MvC and DBZ fighters where it's the big tanky guy doing the same 4 hit aerial combo into a super. Apollo Creed said it best and I'll alter for context "he can play good but he's not a good player" (modified from you fight great but I'm a great fighter).
 
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vanilla_pepsi_head

Stone Cold Steve Autism
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He just sucks, and he knows he sucks, but he believes all the shit he says about it being lag, bugged mechanics, etc. He really does think he can be "good at games if [he] wants to" because... I don't know, narcissism, I guess.

 

BrunoMattei

No I am not the Cinema Snob
True & Honest Fan
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-To a degree his mentally challenged (he lives in his own world)
-Bad eyesight
-He is to old, even for his age, slow reflexes
-Never learn cause he... never learns, just does what chat tells him and forgets it a minute later
-Crappy internet, lag
-Jizz residue filled controllers, dropping his inputs
-He hates gaming, so he doesnt really care about it.

Did I miss anything?

This.
 

OneDaySon

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Its definitely not fake because DSP cant act for shit. See: Project Seven and his Ducktales "EPIC RAGE" part.
Its just because he doesn't really care so he's not taking much notice of what to do. He's either looking at the stream chat or he's talking over the important cut scenes or he's rushing the game to get it over with ASAP.
 

FallGout

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I think it's just because he doesn't pay enough attention, never tries a new tactic even when what he did 4x already isn't working, tries to rush through stuff and just a general lack of skill. Games that required thought other than "go in a straight line to the end" also used to stump him a lot but thanks to his walkthrough chat the days of him getting lost for 20+ minutes are over.
 

Drip Feed

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-To a degree his mentally challenged (he lives in his own world)
-Bad eyesight
-He is to old, even for his age, slow reflexes
-Never learn cause he... never learns, just does what chat tells him and forgets it a minute later
-Crappy internet, lag
-Jizz residue filled controllers, dropping his inputs
-He hates gaming, so he doesnt really care about it.

Did I miss anything?

He drinks cans of sometging that look like energy drink (from what iv seen recently) unless fizzy water comes in a can where he lives.

Had been eating shitty ready meals for best part of his life with and without his girlfriend leanna.

Im sure that fucks up his health and in turn contributes to his poor play and general mood too.
 

Kosher Dill

Potato Chips
True & Honest Fan
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Have we really made it this far without anyone stating the real reason?
:autism:

But in addition to that, every single cable in his "office" is hooked up through like 5 lousy Chinese Ebay extenders/repeaters, and he didn't even bother setting his monitor into game mode. It probably takes like half a second for his button presses to show up on screen.
 

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