Tekken 8: The SCRUB Mentality of DSPGaming 

Again, this will be the first and last time I talk about DSP unless I hear something about Dragon's Dogma 2. (At least if it's enough for me to go out of my way to make a video). Edit: As of 3-8-2024, DSP got demoted to Red Ranks lmao

To expand on his bad connection complaints, he had a tech come out to fix his internet and when offered a faster data for the same price he refused because he didn't want to riak messing up his set up. He's idiocy is unfathomable.

He's the reason why GOW:R companion characters spoil the puzzles if you take more than 20 seconds to solve it.

“Oh you think he played well? Well, you’re banned” LMAOO😭😭

DSP is so stubborn he singlehandedly made Sony KNEEL at his feet by tailoring GoW to his skill level

As the person who got banned during Phil's saltsplosion after the Bryan fight, I wanted to say this: I have always viewed Phil through the lens of all the edited compilations out there, so I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, hop into his stream and see what he was actually like. I wrote "Nah, he played super well" and a small part of me hoped that Phil would have an actual, decent, reasonable, and humble response to that. Needless to say, he did not pass the test. 😂After that, I spent about 10 minutes donkey-laughing and probably woke up the old woman next door lmao.

Okay I think you are not paying attention, he did say there was nothing he could do.

My all time favorite excuse is "he is pushing buttons" . Like wtf , how are you supposed to play a game without pushing buttons?

I'm so glad someone who plays Yoshimitsu made a video about Phil. Let me tell you THREE fundamental things about Phil and why he will NEVER change or improve not even as a gamer or content creator but as a person: 1) He is a narcissist with a very fragile ego. 2) He will do ANYTHING including destroy his own health, "career", social & personal life just to protect his ego 3) He has no respect for anyone including himself.

God he's insufferable this is hard to watch

Phil doesn't ever jab nor dickjab, then complains about his characters having 'slow attacks' Phil doesn't ever hopkick, then complains about lows Phil complains about clownish characters while playing Yoshi Phil plays Yoshi and doesn't ever use flash outside of combos He barely knows how to play Tekken, so it says more about the current iteration that he got to purples anyways

You should hear the reason he gave for quitting Tekken 8. He said and I quote; "I don't want to put in the time to learn all these matchups, the Devs have lost their way with making fighting games too accessible.". God-tier delusion

Phil complaining about anime moves causing frame drops is extra hilarious because he came up on super turbo which has gnarly frame drops on projectile hits

Just. Block. Also the fact he’s complaining every move counterhits just tells you how much of a masher he is. Just stop pressing buttons lol

Ah yes, the rage art spam, the move that you can only use once per round, thats spam. Of course.

Omg a DSP video. It's like he never goes away

I love to hear "he's just mashing" when the opponent does a combo where they judge the wall distance and then do a wallbreak and the OPTIMAL follow up.

"I think DSP is the worse when it comes to accepting defeat" LTG: "hold my beer"

He must've that childhood when everyone had to clean his mess because he thinks it's everybody else's problem

What I love about Steve is his fighting style based around countering offense with sways and fast punches. To see Phil getting schooled by a purple rank guv was such a cathartic moment.

No wonder him and LTG are compared so heavily lol

He's going to talk for over an hour about this while claiming that he hasn't seen it because he doesn't watch DRAHMA.

I've played his ghost, and it might as well be him playing, the playstyle it's that simple that it's replicated perfectly

Worst thing about his yoshimitsu is that customization... Ehh look how he massacred my boy..

you know, I completely understand getting mad in the heat of the moment, thinking something is bullshit when you're caught off guard and all that but it's impressive how some people like DSP go out of their way to never learn anything. Tekken 8 gives so many tools to improve and to learn how to deal with all sorts of situations, go to replays with all the advice prompts turned on, go to training and check the frame data or test if you can sidestep or even just download the ghost of someone that destroyed you and play defensively against it until you can deal with their most common patterns of attacking. Yes it is a game that can get extremely frustrating at times even compared to other fighting games but it gives you so many ways to improve and learn without going to some wiki to scavenge hidden data on moves or watching 500 million hours of youtube tutorials(though youtube tutorials for Tekken 8 are great and I'm thankful to all the people making them) that the only excuse to not get better is not wanting to put in any effort.

22:57 “You gave a different opinion than mine? Well you’re banned.” Clips such as this are why DSP is compared to LowTierGod so heavily.

4:53 I'm truly at a lost for words...

Phil is fascinating. I have never seen such a perfect example of creating a bubble and staying in it. Politics, social stuff, etc all pale in comparison to this man.

The most fascinating thing about his excuses in Tekken 8 is that some of them don't even sound like excuses. For example, he frequently says he lacks character knowledge. You'd think that is him admitting his flaws, but not only he uses that as an excuse, he also insults any player who exploits his lack of knowledge.

Also, another note about Phil and SF6. Once he hit Master, he made the excuse that ALL PC players are cheating because they have super expensive rigs and even have modified operating systems that allows them to play better (and yes, FGC OS does exist, but it's been proven that it doesn't give extra benefits). Not only it's been proven that PC players don't have an advantage, but prior to this, Phil bought a 300 dollar pro stick to stomp casuals. He didn't have any complaints when he had better equipment than other console players, it was only when he started to lose that he accused PC players of being cheating tryhards. Complete hypocrisy and never takes any accountability whatsoever. Forever on Level 1.

This is a very fantastic video and DSP is such an interesting case study of both fighting games and content creation. I just got done reading Daigo's book recently and DSP is the antithesis of what Daigo's book goes over in terms of fighting games and lifestyle choices. It's a very interesting read and it kinda just makes DSP's whole case even funnier LOL. Fantastic video like always CT.

Seeing DSP and Black DSP playing TEKKEN 8 is such a treat. The fighting game Lolcows going full force these last few days.

being a "pro" tekken player and not launch punishing kazuya's 1,1,2 is crazy

I'm on my wonderful trip from games like MGR:R and DMC (thanks for tutorials!) into the hellish depths known as FGC. I get my a*s handed to me regularly, but the sheer depth of such games and visible progress I make make it impossible to stop. With "I did nothing wrong" mindset like DSP's, getting nowhere is really no surprise to me.

Bro dsp yaps way too much

The Level 1 "podcast" tomorrow will be legendary.

There's a video of him playing Snake Eyez and he's like "OMG it's SNAKE EYEZ! the best zangief in THE WORLD. NOOOO! what could I possibly do against SNAKE EYEZ! the best zangief in THE WORLD! I'm dead. I stand NO chance!" he's honestly like a child

You were featured on his podcast. You did a number on him it looks like haha

I never knew a yoshi player could be predictable until i saw phil play

i've heard of DSP over the years but wasn't familiar with him. i didn't know it was possible to be THIS scrubby, especially at his age.

I recently saw him for the first time after several years of ignoring him, and I was amazed by how little he's changed. It's like he was frozen in a tank somewhere the whole time.

Great video! Always interesting to see people from outside the goutsphere weigh in on DSP.

Two days after you made this video, DSP had a three hour stream of him playing in purple ranks. And, he got destroyed, even demoted back to red ranks. He claims that everyone he played against was a braindead spammer who wanted to be good at fighting games, but weren't willing to git gud so they just spam bs online. He is now extremely strongly considering quitting Tekken outright. The exact same thing happened when he played SF6. He grinded, he climbed, he reached his ceiling. He had three options then, the same three options he has now. Just keep playing and roll with it when he loses. Lab and practice and strive to improve if he wants to keep winning. Or, option 3: quit when the going gets rough because he's not winning as much as he wants to. I don't hold anything against Phil for not being the best. There's no fault in being bad at a game. The fault with Phil lies in his very toxic attitude towards the game and the players when he loses. He can never hold an L.

Glad to see another chaser vid!!

Phil is the least chill Yoshi I've ever seen in Tekken

This video is AAA+ prime goodness. Thank you! It's awesome to see his trash skills analyzed. I'd be stoked to see more of these, if you've got the stomach for it!

This video is great, so much DSP content doesn't look at his gameplay in a detailed way like you have

I cannot play the game unfortunately but I am glad to hear you are enjoying Tekken 8. And yeah DSP is still getting bodied.

11:08 This kinda thing always bugs me. I don't play this game but like... he has a trophy beside him from a Tekken 3 locals tourny that he only bring out to kinda half brag about playing well back in the day... and in general he has always played the same characters in all his Tekken plays: King, Paul, and a random odd character like Akuma or something. He should kinda know how to play King at this point...

Side note about 15:20: he said it was useless due to its range even before the nerf, despite it easily being the best tool in Yoshi's kit.

The random ghost possessing him theory also makes sense as his eyes occasionally bug out and he stares at a corner demon during his story time segments

Man, I don't know how people can watch him. I get enjoying rage and stuff, but it isn't even rage. It's like a petulant child trying to throw a tantrum but keeping calm because his mom is watching him. He just practices a few combos, repeats them, and cries when he loses. I bet he goes on 20+ lose streaks daily because anyone halfway competent will see them in the first round and body him forever after.

I would love to fight his Yoshi, as a TK Reina, the scariest thing is flash, him never using it is a godsent.

"You can never defeat another if you know not how to defeat yourself. " Samurai Jack.

I never thought I'd see a video of you about one of my favorite lulcows. There are layers to this roach!

13:30 When DSP does scrubby play like this it is "a thinking mans strategy" when anyone else does it "lame brained scrubs playing in lag". Great video CT!

The thing about king FFN2 is so goddamn funny to me. I'm a completely new character, literally JUST picked up ranked, and I already know about that move, it's something I need to use more. It's also something I'm constantly wary of going against other Kings because of how good of a low it is.

Loved the vid but man having to watch all these DSP clips definitely did some damage to my brain

**gets hit by the same move three times** **doesn't block once** "I cAnT sToP iT !!!!!!!11!!!!"

The goat returns

Holy fuck, Chaser's back.

instead of learning how to defend a move his brain instantly just reverts to “UNBLOCKABLE”

22:32 "BUTTON SPAM, BUTTON SPAM" bro is literally spamming a 35 frame move TWICE and gets whiffed punished

really like seeing these fights explained. i dont know anything about fighting games, so this helps :)

Can’t believe that guy got ruler 😅

This is gonna be peak entertainment

Nice breakdowns, great vid

He is gonna play DD2…and he will complain

I'm, at best, a casual FTG player myself. But shouldn't "It's all mid screen button spam!" be easily beatable for anyone with basic knowledge about their character? He's playing Yoshimitsu, a character with a lot of movement gimmicks. If all your opponent apparently does is spamming buttons, it should be easy to throw them off using movement gimmick, no?

Bro that stock you took on Kuma was SICK. Keep it up 🫡

this was a good video man, good job!!

It's insane that DSP thinks Yoshi can just walk up and just spam Flash in your face, when Flash has been a counter attack since Tekken 1. Also the nerf that made Flash "useless" simple made the hitbox shorter so that you didn't do it twice in a single wall carry combo, which was insane, considering the hit state it puts you in while launched. Phil really should go back to SF6. Tekken 8 is a big boy game that he's not ready for. EDIT: Goddamn! You play REV2 AND watch Eyemusician!? You sure we ain't twins, homie!?

Anyone else feel he's doing this at this point on purpose? I feel like most of his views at this point just come for the salt and whining. He could be leaning into lolcow status for the views and money and doesn't care.

you shouldve mentioned his new years resolution for this year. his resolution was to not be toxic to his enemies in fighting games. he immediately failed and memory holed it

thing about phil is im pretty sure hes gotten knocked off his rocker a long time ago. he just cant see reality for what it is. its impossible

every time Dsp complains in fighting games he (or games in general) he finds every excuse in the book. "oh the game is lagging, my button didn't come out, the guy is button mashing or spamming, or he got lucky, it's not balanced" ect how is anyone supposed to learn anything from Phil?

Isn't this the same man who did that infamous and outrages mgs 3 snake eater playthrough?

That wall run counterattack with Yoshimitsu vs Steve was insanely inspiring and epic. Reminded me of MK 1995 movie, where in the Sub-Zero vs Liu Kang fight Sub Zero did the same move. Thank god I'm playing Tekken 8.

I see him saying "I can't tech the throws" and it makes me wonder, does he not understand that he himself is admiting he's bad??

Combo spam might be my favourite term in anything ever, in fact I've heard it before, but in a non-fighting game. For Honor. A LOT of scrubby players who tried that game really loved to say "combo spam" in a game with no actual combos at all. I'm glad DSP also says it, very comedic. Also on the note about Flash, I can't remember either if NSS flash was nerfed, but it feels basically the same like you say, I think? I think at most you just can't do as many flashes in combos as you used to be able to, assuming you could chain multiple in a row to begin with, or bothered to do so, I believe that specifically was changed for NSS/Heat Flash.

I barely got out of red ranks (was stuck at tenryu for a few days). how tf did DSP get to mighty ruler?

this dude is still streaming and is relevant enough for anyone to notice him?!

See the difference between LTG and DSP is that he's funny, and it's funny to see him rage, even though he has a lot of problems. DSP is just sad to watch. He's actually that pathetic.

Seeing streamers and pro players of other fighting games get hard stuck in orange and red ranks further cements this as my favorite tekken

At least the most Phil does is complain about dumb things. He doesn't rage quit all the time like his counterpart Dale.

My favorite excuse of his is that, you didn't beat him, he just doesn't know your character. As in, Usain Bolt is not faster than me, I just can't run faster than him.

There was a time i use to unironically like phils content. Way back when i was a child still. He wasn't the Lolcow we know today. Funny asf this is how he turned out compared to others i started watching at the time.

Tenryu is now a new Green rank, people with 0 fundamental can enter purple rank also.

Flash has 6-9 frame start up???

You absolutely nailed one of my favorite parts about him when he plays fighting games, where he plays a character and says they suck but then he goes up against the same character and gets bodied, proving its a skill issue lol. I love it.

This was so good 😂😂😂 I don't really game, so don't understand the detailed "mech" and "tech". Thank you for pointing out what he's actually doing 👍

Big ups

"you pick a spam character, congratulations. You suck" *plays Yoshi*

That bit about f, f, N+2 is the first time it really felt like he was trolling. Even if he hadn't played King in the past, it's difficult to believe that even the dumbest player wouldn't try ducking at least once.

EAT IT! Everyone can't outplay the former pro-fighting game player, the 4th placer at EVO, the game developer basher, the where am I playing, you still haven't told me guy Mr. Philip "DSP" Burnell.

man, it befuddles me why he plays this game then. If he's not just casually playing for fun or trying to get better at the game by learning from mistakes and learning matchups then idk what he's playing for.

Dsp needs to get ten hit combo’d in real life.

21:29 "sometimes i get way too hyped for my own good" honestly same, but after about 15 minutes of DSP doing the same things over and over again on Yoshimitsu and losing, seeing you get hyped on a perfect with a number of different moves he can do, honestly is like going from eating the same candy bar over and over again then switching to a pizza. i'll take more of this, please.

How do you do that instead sword spin at 21:56 ? The final move you did on the kuma? It looked like it came out instantly

I like that he gets mad at a guy for mashing rage art, when rage art is a move that ONLY HITS YOU IF YOURE MASHING (if you're standing).