Snowkarl is a long time troll cheerer. He has a lot of success triggering and baiting Phil. He was the one who rung the alarm with the anonyleaks and gave us the Jasper on the chair Danganrompa stream. Swagginz is the biggest current cuck, not by way of money but by sheer submission. He bought his way into modship, tried to become a part of the community even though ostensibly nobody liked him and Phil despises him. Most regulars hold their sneak disses while he's around because to this day, he's the hardest pigstapo component. He got chewed out and ridiculed by Phil for being a Sekiro fanboy, because according to Phil, the game's just bad. The Re2make streams were highly toxic in general but Phil also made a point of whipping his bitchboy extra hard on that one, in spite of him pulling a Papavera during it and cheering a GameFAQs guide. Swagginz took a hiatus from Phil, tried to suck up to the DDM crowd and become a restreamer, (Screenname: RawEggs, anagram for Swagger) didn't really hit it off, and crawled back to Phil.
As for the math, Phil is doing his usual routine of giving no concrete numbers on how much he needs, wants or expects. He needs to hit the goal every stream, not hitting it doesn't have any consequences other than extra begments, and overshooting it doesn't do anything either. The idea here is obviously to take the ball and run it as far as it can go. Phil is lowkey asking and pushing for DOUBLE his regular income. It's really fucking crazy if you think about it even on the slightest. He expects the paypigs to massively whale on Patreon, covering his "thousands of dollars" from bits and subs. This would be a "fair" thing to do and expect if you were a shameless scammer, but it gets worse: Phil literally expects to double dip and get what he used to make from subs... Twice. If anybody thinks he's gonna cool it with the begging after getting 2,5k on Patreon, they're dead wrong. Phil will push the Patreon as hard as he can, offering little to no returns, AND keep pushing for the double tips goal getting hit every stream.
Ever since the departnering, Phil has been making more money than before. He expects this to keep up, and his idea is to shill the Twitch boot as the ultimate crisis: It's endless, it's ongoing, every single day could be Phil's last on Twitch unless you, yes you, step the fuck up and give him your kid's college fund to spend on gacha. It's a little uncertain and it prompts a couple questions: Are Twitch cops are gonna be on the case, since he's not even a partner any more and he's clearly feigning as much distress as he ever has? Are his paypigs able to get a second mortgage on their houses so Phil can continue living like a king? Or will they finally hit their spending cap, and in doing so drag Phil to the troll grounds at youtube by his Polish plait, kicking and blubbering all the way?
More quick and dirty estimates:
Phil's expected outcome: 10400$ from tips. Let's add 2000$ that he'd like from Patreon, as it is the minimum that can be defined as "thousands". Of course, as the man himself would tell you, the cap is 50 dollars but you can pledge more! You can pledge as much as you like! 12400$. Divide that between 4 paypigs, Jaxx, Jakileez, Swagginz and OiC: 3100$ each. Sustainable in the long run? If they start selling organs, I guess. Supposedly OiC is a high flying tech dude, but I would assume the rest of them really don't have that kind of scratch to spend on Phil monthly. A lot of people have had extra disposable income this year due to stimulus checks. Jaxx even spent his tax return on whaling for Phil.
It's throwing money into a bottomless pit hoping it eventually fills out. The only surprising thing is how brazen and bold Phil has become in his turbobegging when it's clear as day he's WELL above just making ends meet. He must have ten or twelve fully whaled accounts on gacha, or a house filled with the most pointless of expensive shit. Or bolth.
