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WallStreetWolf posted...

I'm also beginning to buy into the theory that Kat is either gone or hates him

I was also thinking about how all of the reasons I once did enjoy watching Phil are gone. I used to enjoy and stick up for the guy committed to playing every new release and getting it finished/reviewed in fast time. I thought some of his reviews were insightful, well constructed and well spoken. He clearly did enjoy the doing this for a living before money problems/Leanna left/the rise of some admittedly extremely unhealthy detractors. The biweekly co-op sessions with John Rambo and wrestling recaps were also fun as hell to watch. I even had a blast moderating streams for them when they were first trying it out playing Bully way back in the day. It's important to note that Phil himself was actually enjoying these things so it was all fun for the viewers, even if he was still using a camera or the early days of streaming.

At some point it just all got toxic, he cut nearly every one of his shows aside from aski the king, and he has no enthusiasm for what he is doing. On top of that the narcissistic personality and some more unlikable characteristics came out (there is something really wrong with how afraid he is to play out romance angles in games). I don't have fun watching him play anything anymore, even classics of my favorite games.

In some ways I don't blame him. He brought a lot of this on himself, but I would also be miserable if every day of my life trolls were analyzing my every move making the laughing stock of the Internet/gaming community. It's all a classic story of someone doing something interesting with good intentions and taking it for granted pissing it all away and becoming what he probably once hated and an individual not worth a shred of respect

I honestly get where you are coming from, but disagree with your last paragraph. He is miserable because if his own doing. He treats his fans worse than his trolls, and what detractors mostly do is call him out. It's no one's fault he is over half a million in the shitter, but his own. Every oppertunity he had, be it coop streams, podcasts, interviews, etc, he pissed away. Alienated his long time fans, somethinf you can attest for yourseld.

And sure, people may lose passion for something they love, it happens all the time. Most people don't burn every bridge with every relationship they have however. Phil is the laughing stock of the internet, not because the internet nominated him, but because he demanded that spotlight himself.
Vyrulisse posted...

He was always bad at games but at least in the past he enjoyed them, that made him tolerable to me back then. He can be pretty entertaining and funny but now he's just a miserable washed up Youtuber going through the motions.

I agree. Look at old pkaythroughs of X-Com, Arkham City, his first Dark Souls run, racing games and many others. Even though he does seem to be enjoying himself more, his gameplay methods are mostly the same: try the same thing over and over till it works.

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