DarksydePhil/YMMV


 * Alternative Character Interpretation: Is Darksydephil just a character pretending to be incompetent at video games? Is this man just pretending to be bad at games to get some extra clout? These are questions many on-lookers ask themselves when DSP comes up in conversation, and many still refuse to believe that what they see is his real self.
 * Broken Base: The video he made in May 2019 in which he "debunked" the most common criticisms levied against him. While a small handful of fans saw it as an adequate attempt to clear his name from everything said about him, the vast majority decried the video as a poor attempt to gain sympathy by playing the victim while not actually debunking anything, instead making excuses and simply denying any and all wrongdoing despite the overwhelming video evidence to the contrary.
 * Comically Missing the Point: One can see traces of AVGN mannerisms in Phil's commentary sometimes, like the copious amount of swearing and use of phrases like "What the fuck were they thinking?!", but he seemed to understand very little about why the character was so popular.
 * Creator's Pet: Fans started accusing him of this trope with his treatment of the Souls/Bloodborne franchise at the beginning of 2017, which he often spent a lot of time on these games during 2017 and 2018.
 * Crosses the Line Twice: Phil's humor, on occasion. Even got him banned from Blip.tv during his It Got Worse times in early(?) 2011.
 * Funny Moments: Any time Phil fails in a video game due to an actual glitch is often quite funny to some.
 * Seasonal Rot: While DSP's content can never be considered high art, there is a lot of debate over when it really started to deteriorate. Some claim it started when he really started to make a substantial income, others will say it was when he began involving his girlfriend in his videos. Nobody truly knows when Phil's brand of Seasonal Rot truly began.
 * What an Idiot!: Sometimes, good ol' DSP will shout about how the game's he's playing never explained what he's supposed to be doing... and a prompt that told him what to do was onscreen seconds before.
 * Would Hit a Girl: Played with somewhat; obviously hasn't actually committed such an act, but he did threaten to hit an 11 year old girl on stream once when he was playing in a VR chat session. He also made sure to make said threat when the girl in question was out of earshot.


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