Well this is weird.
Anyway, something Phil harps on quite about in his rants about Champions is how "insane" it is, as if it's not easily observable that, regardless of who "DownWithTheRafters" is, the people higher in rank than them exist, and have spent even more money. Perhaps he's meaning to imply that it's insane to think that he has the money to waste on such a thing, but he doesn't directly say that, and it's easily proven that he has wasted larger amounts on other things in the past, like his condo in Connecticut.
It's not crazy to think that someone has a problem with a pay-to-play game, because not only are there so many examples of such people, but Phil displays signs all the time of being one, and he's lying about how much money he has to spend to begin with. Simple math and his bankruptcy filings prove that. His biggest monthly expense is his mortgage, which everyone knows is $1800, and though he claims $5k a month in business expenses, he refuses to detail those and they don't make sense. His internet is not THAT expensive, he has a lot of consoles but he doesn't use most of them, and even if he did, it doesn't cost that much to do so. He doesn't buy so many new games per month that it would add up to thousands, and even if you totaled all the other things he has bought since he started streaming, that doesn't mean he spends that per month.
Oh, and notice how he doesn't put the superchats total up on the leaderboard? You would think a greedy fuck would want to max out on both tips and superchats, because even though the latter isn't immediate money, it's still money in his pocket. You would think he would want it. Hitting the tips goal can't just be about money to Phil, he's lying about not paying his mortgage, he values his condo too much to make that mistake, his bills are fine, whatever money YT pays him is covering those. It's that vest streak he wants. It's that psychological satisfaction he craves.
I'm really enjoying that those days appear to be gone for good. He deserves it. Now if we can just get the tips to vanish completely...