I think that OP could have better info and sources for everyone, specially for those that could do videos about it or want to research since several of you mentioned Coffeezilla. But I'm not just going to say that without contributing, so I completely revamped OP as how I think it should look like. It's presented in a simple HTML file, attached to this post (only has HTML/CSS/images so nothing weird) you can look at it if you want and do the same in a Kiwifarms post.
My objective was to condense, organize, source everything and explain things as clear as I could. If you think it's appropriate and that the layout makes sense, you can use as guideline, or do your version. I also added slightly important archives that were taken for granted, and few new screenshots / Discord data.
The content is ready to go as it is but if you think I should have worded something differently you can modify for OP, if not then use at will but then I'd suggest you maintain exactly the way it's done (name of links, archives and spoilers since they describe the content and some specify timestamps / dates). You can also use horizontal rule as bbcode on KF to make things more organized, like so : View attachment 3161964 So, what do you think of the idea?
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I'm also adding to this post a .zip file of a server extract that you can append at the end of OP. Within its source code you can search for TheyCallMeDSP#4058 and his 18 digit ID.
The OP has 85 images (doesn't use 16.png because it's duplicated, and you're not using the icon on a KF post) so 83 total, but if you reach attachment limit on here, you can reduce it by 9 if you put TJ's 10 pictures in 1 big one. It's pretty much already formatted as I would've on KF, as to why I didn't make the post directly here because reasons.
Hopefully the .zip files attach correctly.
Edit: Well, it didn't attach correctly.
I don't know, maybe I'll make a link to Mega or whatever, or I can directly post the OP here but it might hit the image limit, and I won't be able to attach the extract.
Does anyone know what might be the problem? I'm sure you can add .zip files to KF.
Let's do this. If you want to make some kind of up-to-date lore/summary post, do that in this thread, and I'll edit the OP to point to it prominently. That way, you can lay everything out exactly as you want it. Remember that there's a character limit and that if you're planning on a bunch of images, use the thumbnail option instead of the full picture.
Let's do this. If you want to make some kind of up-to-date lore/summary post, do that in this thread, and I'll edit the OP to point to it prominently. That way, you can lay everything out exactly as you want it. Remember that there's a character limit and that if you're planning on a bunch of images, use the thumbnail option instead of the full picture.
Ok, well I made a couple of links to Mega so that I could upload the Discord extract too, because I was having trouble earlier.
It's pretty much already written as I would have for a thread on here (except when I refer to Kiwifarms, because at first I thought about making it elsewhere as a sample website), it already has spoilers and all that.
So I just tried the links and they should work, one is the Rafters' extract, the other is the OP. They're literally HTML files that point to the folder with images, you just extract from the .zip then double click the html, should open in the browser and that's it.
Ok, well I made a couple of links to Mega so that I could upload the Discord extract too, because I was having trouble earlier.
It's pretty much already written as I would have for a thread on here (except when I refer to Kiwifarms, because at first I thought about making it elsewhere as a sample website), it already has spoilers and all that.
So I just tried the links and they should work, one is the Rafters' extract, the other is the OP. They're literally HTML files that point to the folder with images, you just extract from the .zip then double click the html, should open in the browser and that's it.
I was going to post OP here in a KF format, but with the bbcode included (large strings caused by links to archives), this is the total character count:
I have tried to be as brief as possible, but also by putting something forward explained, sourced and that makes sense. Which is the whole point why I wanted to do this, but it's 17468 characters longer than what's allowed in here.
I was going to post OP here in a KF format, but with the bbcode included (large strings caused by links to archives), this is the total character count: View attachment 3164932
I have tried to be as brief as possible, but also by putting something forward explained, sourced and that makes sense. Which is the whole point why I wanted to do this, but it's 17468 characters longer than what's allowed in here.
Alright this would be my post on a KF format, took a few Wayback Machine's archives out but you can go through archive.ph
This is my version so maybe you'd do things differently (the Discord extract is still in the post above though).
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Summary
DarksydePhil, also known as DSP has been found to have an account on "WWE Champions" (a gacha game published by Scopely), the evidence of said account belonging to him will be covered in this thread.
The importance of this comes with the fact that if all of this is accurate, it would necessarily mean that he has spent an enormous amount of money on this game (initially speculated of surpassing 40000 US Dollars, but by now argued to have doubled or even tripled by very conservative standards), while he regularly claims on his livestreams that all contributions he receives go to necessary expenses, like bills and taxes. His insistence towards his audience that he needs help due to his stressful financial situation has been thoroughly documented in several platforms, most notably here in Kiwifarms.
He denies that the account is his, if he were to be lying, the lack of transparency and reasons given to contribute to him would entail that he's feigning distress, committing fraud and scamming people.
A scam being the intentional use of deceit, lies, misrepresentation of reality or dishonest means in order to gain money, specially through the generosity of others. Evidence:
(Intro) Discovery of account, communication through Discord, linguistic analysis and matching schedules
Past addiction to gacha games
Refusal of showing account, irrational excuses and counterarguments
First Discord leaks
Account's creation date and DSP's Twitch suspension
LINE App
Coincidences in obscure lore between DSP and gacha gamer
PFP image
Second Discord leaks
Bankruptcy and microtransactions
Confirmation on Discord's account ID by several of his moderators
Bank leaks
Miscellaneous:
Change of names and timeframe
Money spent
"Bonus gem damage"
Evidence
(Intro) Discovery of account, communication through Discord, linguistic analysis and matching schedules
The WWE Champions account nicknamed TheyCallMeDSP was discovered as early as the ending of 2019 by BT9494 on Kiwifarms, who started the thread where all of this is discussed.
It's because of DSP's statements that he had grown tired of the Pay-To-Win aspect, and assurance that he wouldn't waste money on things like these that put him under examination. Meanwhile, the suspicious account had already vastly increased its Roster's size in less than 3 months, which is a progression only heavy spenders can achieve:
It was also highly ranked on contests that thousands of other players participate in, including whales (people who spend a lot of money on the game).
As for DSP, he confirmed himself some time before that he was playing this game, describing its mechanics in several instances:
With all of these hints, the gamer's faction's Discord was infiltrated by several people (the "Uselessness" faction server). This confirmed that the Discord account (TheyCallMeDSP#4058) was owned by the player in Champions with the same name, since he not only was in the server, but also displayed a high rank ("Leader" or similar), which is normally given to valuable members of the faction: Kiwifarms post Archive
All screenshots are available through the link above. Because of them, the first indications of their schedules matching were made, along with similar typing mannerisms between the gamer and DSP.
The image resolution of one of TheyCallMeDSP's attachments was [750 x 1334], which is consistent with DSP's iPhone's model at that time. Kiwifarms post Archive Kiwifarms post Archive
It had also been confirmed that DSP was using Discord, or at least had it installed on his PC. The main usage would be for communicating with his moderators, but also argued to be another venue for his Twitch contact, and of course for Champions.
When it comes to the linguistic analysis and same mannerisms, this is one of the weakest indicators of both being the same person, but it will be covered regardless. It was done in two ways, one by simply looking at the Discord posts and comparing them with DSP's Tweets, the other was done by custom software designed to do so. Because the software and method has not been reviewed in terms of accuracy, it's just presented as weak circumstantial evidence.
As shown above, DSP has played various mobile games, however there is one he has admitted to overspend in: WWE Supercard. He even was well known in the 2K Forums, a website he'd use for talking about it (game mechanics, disputes with other users, complaints, etc).
There are numerous instances of him saying this, and mentioning being addicted to it:
"(...) about two years ago I was playing this game WWE Supercard a ton, okay? And I was playing the living shit out of it, I was addicted to it and I eventually stopped playing it... over a year ago I stopped playing it, actually, because it was taking away too much of my time, I said 'I cannot have this take up so much fucking time, it's ridiculous, the time waster game, it's a money waster game, I don't want to play it anymore.' But when I was playing it a lot I told my family and for Christmas, like two years ago- well not two years- it was not- this past Christmas, the Christmas before, I got a bunch of iTunes credits, uh... like hundreds of dollars of credits for iTunes. Now the thing is, I don't buy music, like I wouldn't buy music and buy an album on my phone to listen to or whatever and anything like that, I don't even listen to music on my PC so literally these cards have sat around... (...)"
This is to show he wasn't new to this environment, and that he always seeked more of them despite supposedly disliking their "formula". Whether his opinion on that is genuine or not, it certainly doesn't matter because as posted later on, he never quit them completely.
From those forums, it's also worth mentioning his dispute with other users. The short summary is that similarly to his case, he decided to not believe a player's defense that he wasn't cheating, simply because that player did not bother to show a screenshot on his device for everyone to see, much like it was requested for him to disprove Champions by showing a screenshot of his profile:
Context:
It's 2014, DSP is playing WWE Supercard (also ridden with glitches) and he noticed during some event that a couple of users gained a substantial amount of points in a very fast, erratic way. So he went to the forum and posted his experience and suspicion on what caused it: them using speed-hacks, hacking the server, or his main theory: taking advantage of an exploit that allowed several devices to play the same account (so by using their friends to extra grind).
It was later acknowledged by DSP that at least one of them (Jonathan) wasn't cheating, but was just a server side error. They even got along with each other some days after when assigned to the same wrestling bracket. But until then he taunted the guy (that tried to defend himself in the forum) into taking a screenshot of his account and posting it to prove his identity, on the implied premise that this forum user was just an accomplice lying in Jonathan's place, as both cheaters or liars.
He then questioned for a second if CatDaddy (the Scopely of that game) was the one cheating, but ultimately came to the conclusion that refusing to show the account weights heavier as proof, and completely negated the wall-post defense. The comment here shows that circumstantial evidence (far weaker than Champions) seems to be more important to him than words:
His own standards for reasonable doubt convict him for Champions. 2K Forums post Archive
Besides from this, there are also minor inconsistencies on his opinion about mobile games, wavering between them being an absolute waste of time and money sinks, to admitting playing some and spending "a dollar here or there" (in 2022), even after his previous dedicated speeches on how bad they are:
"(...) And by the way, I quit all of that stuff when Kat moved in, in 2018, I quit all mobile games, I don't play them anymore. I got rid of them, I said I'd rather focus time on important stuff with my family and stuff, I don't waste time... They're all- I keep telling you guys this, mobile games are money sinks. They're- you put money into it, you put time into it, and money into it and you don't get anything really out of it unless you're constantly keep playing and sinking more money into it, that's the truth of the matter. (...)"
"(...) I actually do play some mobile games, I do, alright? The ones that I play are free to play, or incredibly inexpensive, like you spend a dollar here or there to make progress, ok? I do not play the mobile game bullshit that these idiots talk about on the Internet, it's not true. (...)"
Refusal of showing account, irrational excuses and counterarguments
When DSP was first asked about it, he immediately refused to disprove any of the accusations on the basis that if he were to show his actual account (supposedly not "TheyCallMeDSP"), people would then scour the Internet in search of other ones he made with the same name, so that they could hack them or further make stuff up for slanderous purposes:
The problem with this is that in theory he wouldn't even need to show the entire name of the account. As long as his moniker doesn't start with "TheyCallMe....", he could disprove it without even revealing the full string, just by showing the beginning. Other safe method could involve simply showing his Roster talent.
But also, since he has complained in the past that his detractors would use things he cannot disprove, therefore leaving him with no recourse against defamation, it makes no sense for him to let this opportunity pass and finally debunk them.
As an addition, the Champions account specifically would not be compromised since there's no password system, they're linked to the device and restore account (currently FaceBook and portal's website). Most hackings are known to be caused by showing number of coins and cash to others, something completely avoidable in DSP's case.
He would put forward more excuses and counterarguments, but those will be covered in the appropriate sections below.
First Discord leaks
On April 13th 2020, one of DSP's Twitch moderators leaked images from the server they were using as mod-chat, which showcased DSP's account with the same avatar, name and 4 digits as TheyCallMeDSP#4058. Kiwifarms post Archive
Later addressed as the "DrsGangsta's leaks", because that's the name of the moderator that quit around that time, however he was most likely used as an escape goat by other mod in order to leak without DSP's suspicion.
Without a follow up, this was maintained as a very strong piece of evidence against Philip of being the gacha gamer. The major threat of their legitimacy was them being doctored via editing software or by altering the source code on Discord, however they would be reaffirmed later on by several other mods. (See: Confirmation on Discord's account ID by several of his moderators)
Account's creation date and DSP's Twitch suspension
From then on, the gacha gamer's faction's servers would be infiltrated by more people, which allowed some to acquire the unique ID Discord assigns every account.
The ID mentioned is an 18 digit number that does not change (unlike the 4 digit (name#1234), which can if you have a Nitro subscription). With that info, by using the platform's API or specific websites for it, the account's creation date was revealed.
The website used here is: Discord Lookup
ID: 429043479683923979
Then by using the now gone OverRustleLogs, it was found what was DSP doing when the gamer's account was created.
Confirming that the time displayed there by Discord Lookup is UTC, it could be matched with a message in DSP's chat scraped in the logs, also in UTC (and unique message, not repeated at any point according to OverRustleLogs's data):
This message is read by DSP at the 06:30 minute mark (Far Cry 5 playthrough pt46 - It's Not Supposed To Go Like This...), and it promptly cuts off at 10:22. This is because his stream was interrupted by a Twitch suspension, the causes are unrelated to the topic (made fun of a troll's appearance on their PFP during livestream).
He covered what happened in the video below, which is basically him describing what he did after the stream died. Unable to message his Twitch contact with ease, it's speculated that at that time he created the Discord account (TheyCallMeDSP#4058 ), which would be used later for Champions. The Twitch Situation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; March 29, 2018
It does line up with what he was doing, because by substracting the remainder of the video (before being forced to go offline) from the timespan between the cheer and account creation, DSP would've had around a bit more than 20 minutes to create it.
* The account would then suffer from name and avatar changes, see: Change of names and timeframe, TheyCallMeDSP will be now referred to as "Rafters".
LINE App
LINE is simply a tool for instant communication that for some reason gained popularity amongst Champions players. Despite some of its users not wanting or even hating it (Reddit thread, archive), it's still demanded by some factions in order to join them.
Coincidentally, it was discovered that DSP's phone number was registered to this application:
This is not only verifiably true at this point in time, but has been checked by several people and there's video evidence of it. Kiwifarms post Archive
Back to Champions, this is one of the factions Rafters was in that had the requirement in optional, credits to LyteSydeByll and TJGamebox:
The app is not used in the US as much as in some parts of Asia or specific gaming communities, so it's odd that DSP would use it. He has said that he does not have time for friends, and he avoids any kind of socialization on stream against his audience's wishes (no MP with fans, no mic, no collaborations).
As an added observation, the name on the LINE account is TheyCallMeDSP, which is Rafters' initial one. If he were using this to contact relatives like his parents, it would be strange for him to use his Twitter handle as nickname.
He also has denied using it or even knowing about it: Archive
You can hear him pretending to not know how code verification works. His argument is that because his personal information got doxed then that means someone used it in order to register him, despite the obvious obstacle. Well, some people have created a Line account but I'll link Piece of Peace making one on record: Mentally-ill nudnik creates a LINE account
I'll also post That Anony Mouse comment on the verification process:
This means that without the device connected to the number, you cannot make an account with the exception of illegal activities mentioned later. The only thing to add to this is the possibility of making a "dormant" one (not completed). That is an account which is stored in the database but has not been confirmed, it sits there until it's finally verified, purged out of the system or stored indifinitely. However you can see in Piece of Peace's video that you select your nickname after entering the code, given that the account has a name (TheyCallMeDSP), it should mean that the person went through the full process.
So what instances would make someone who is not DSP successful? It would either have to be by SIM swapping, or through some form of SMS interception.
However, leaving aside such unlikely scenarios, we come to DSP's other argument. "You don't even know that I still use the same phone number". There are 4 problems with that, and an extra appended at the end:
He's on record claiming that his old friends (John Rambo and co.) could call him since he's the "public persona with a public phone number":
Several people called him and were greeted with his old voicemail. A video on it, credits to James the Lesser Express Lane on Youtube (uploaded in December 2020):
* The extra is DSP's police report from Renton, WA 2015 where (2038951924) is confirmed again. It is appended in this post and archive on Kiwifarms.
A reasonable conclusion is that he forgot he created the LINE account despite his insistence on not doing so. But that raises the question as to why he'd use such App in the first place and then forget about it, specially when all points towards being used for Champions.
Coincidences in obscure lore between DSP and gacha gamer
There's yet another coincidence between DSP and Rafters that involves obscure lore, it would be either impossible or very difficult to know by someone else other than DSP unless they take a wild guess.
It was found that Rafters had a Masters Of The Universe (MOTU) toy, when he talked about it in one of Champions' Discord servers. This toy is now considered vintage and was apparently one of the rarer ones at the time due to his "light in the dark" selling points, we're talking about late 80's or 90's.
However DSP also had that specific toy, which he went on to describe in detail in a future video (way after Rafters mentioning it). This coincidence just makes it more difficult for them to be different people, specially considering that this piece of information was never mentioned by DSP prior to that point, or at least no evidence has been found of it. Rafters would have to guess this and risk making an inconsistency if he were someone who was trying to impersonate him.
"(...) the glowing skeleton figure, if I'm remembering correctly ok? I think I had it. I think what it was, it actually had the body of like He-man, but they recast the plastic to be like transparent, so it kinda look like white, transparent white, but what they did is they like sketched a skeleton on to it if I'm remembering correctly? And it had the head of a skeleton but it wasn't... the thing that threw me off about this thing, it was a skeleton with a buff body and the head of a skeleton, but it wasn't Skeletor. I thought- if I remember correctly when I got it I thought it was Skeletor, I thought it was like another version of Skeletor, but it wasn't it was something else. [description of the toy as in the image] (...)"
PFP image
The Discord account that Rafters was using had a very particular image set as its PFP. It was the fourth (known), and last picture set as the avatar before account deletion:
Rafters' Discord image:
Under normal circumstances, one would assume that he set this image in order to perpetuate the idea of him being DSP (if he were actually an impersonator), however the cropping of the picture makes it very difficult for this to be anyone else other than Philip himself.
Starting with Twitter: when you upload a picture as an avatar, the website seems to crop and then upload, leaving it as a square. It's possible that many years ago, the platform would allow for rectangle PFP images to be uploaded and stored, that doesn't seem to be the case now or at the time this was being looked at. Twitter's current API doesn't seem to have anything that would allow you to get the full, rectangle avatar if someone were to upload that, meaning that the only available file you can download from someone else's profile is the post-crop, squared image.
This is where DSP's Twitter comes into play: he did have that image set as his PFP for a very short period of time, however it was cropped differently. At that time he did not upload it in any other platform either (Instagram, thekingofhate, Youtube, etc) and it would be kept that way long after Rafters' Discord deletion.
The earliest evidence of that is this archive. You can see that the capture was made roughly at the time displayed, since the reply was made 22 second ago at the time it was caught, and 6 minutes after DSP's post: Wayback Machine Archive
The previous tweet (made 2 and a half hours earlier) did not have any image: Wayback Machine Archive
More evidence that the image did not exist publicly anywhere else up until that point is shown with this post. Kiwifarms noticed the change shortly after, and reported on it: Kiwifarms post Archive
He then went on using that without changes for less than a week. These are all other archives made with his Twitter displaying that PFP, it's the same one with no indication of it being re-cropped at any point:
Now for Rafters to be able to display such image in his Discord profile, he would have needed to acquire it from DSP's Twitter, as all available evidence suggests. The problem is that his image contains more data or pixels not present in DSP's: both are cropped into a square with one having more image data above his head, and the other more from below.
Comparing and overlaying both (one grabbed from Discord and the other from the Twitter archives, presented as a .gif file):
A reasonable conclusion is that for him to have the "lowered angle" one, when DSP never shared the full image publicly, he would have to be the same person. Speculation on this is that DSP (as the gacha gamer) slightly misplaced his PFP without knowing when he set it for Discord, his initial reason for doing this could have been as means to insult all his detractors by making such blatant connection. If that's the case, he did not account for making the cropping mistake.
Second Discord leaks
On March 2021, ThatAnonyMouse leaked the content of DSP's second mod-chat, which included his new account, statements about Champions and other interesting claims unrelated to the topic. (Kiwifarms thread, archive)
Using similar reasoning as in the "PFP image" section, it was verified that this new account belonged to him because of the unique cropping, not only that, but was also addressed during livestream:
And by using the same method, the new account's creation was obtained and cross-referenced with the dates of other events, namely the first Discord leaks:
ID: 699198876707586098
As shown in the graph above, those were the 4 known avatars Rafters had; his account deletion was noticed around the 14-15 of August of 2020 with a margin of error of a week at most. (account deletion in this case would mean that the profile would finally lose the PFP and be named "Deleted User (random string)")
Back to DSP's statements within mod-chat, there is one that needs to be addressed. This message in particular was his response to Swagginz after he informed him about LyteSydeByll's post, linked above:
* The 1st highlight in orange corroborates that the conversations in the first Discord leaks are real, by direct admission and by the mentioned topic (PayPal chargebacks and chatter with autism).
* The 2nd highlight in red is consistent with the timeline: DSP not only claims that DrsGangsta gave detractors his old account's info, but also adds that it's the one he deleted a month prior. As shown in the graph above, the date coincides since Discord takes roughly a month or little less to process deletion (at least, this is how Discord would operate during that year). It also gives credibility to the theory that he opened that account to communicate with his Twitch contact, as explained in the "Account's creation date and DSP's Twitch suspension" section.
* The 3rd highlight in green is suggesting that detractors used DrsGangsta's leaks in order to fabricate conversations on Champions-dedicated servers, meaning the name, numeric discriminator and PFP being truly his, but doctored within a Champions' server. If that's the case, all needed to be proven is that the account was really in there.
To explain this in detail, first is worth mentioning that not only several people saw him there, or that there's captures, or that there's extracts, but there's also video evidence of it: Kiwifarms post (video file)
As for definitive proof on that end that should still work (until Discord changes how it operates, or purges old data), Rafters/DSP's unique ID (429043479683923979) is still traceable and has been openly to everyone, for over a year minimum:
This post explains it in detail, includes video: Kiwifarms post, archive.
The first thing required was to find out in which server these old messages were made ("The List"):
Once that's done, if you go there, those posts from the currently Deleted User belongs to DSP, however you should know that because the account was closed, if you copy its ID it'll be different than the one we know (it defaults to: 456226577798135808, which is often/always reserved for Deleted User#0000). That goes for the avatar as well, it's displayed as the standard Discord blue logo. This is how the platform handles deletion for normal posts, there should be no way to retrieve the unique 18 digit code from those messages and link them to anyone. Just the empty remains that confirm all identifying data was lost, leaving aside an exception because of stored metadata.
The link to the server: vMZXCsmqUp
If you go to the channel "chat" and search for something he said, like "Nobody uses the other setup bc" you'll be able to jump to his post. Sadly all the people there tagged his name with @ before it, so it automatically updated to "Deleted User", anonymizing it. However, in order to prove that the user mentioned was in fact TheyCallMeDSP#4058 is by reverse searching his unique 18 digit ID (429043479683923979). If you put that on the search bar, it'll show you all the results when people tagged him, and only him. Somehow the 18 digit remains stored in the tags (only accessible via reverse search, not otherwise), so this proves that the account TheyCallMeDSP#4058 was in that server talking about the game with other people.
(Obligatory clarification: it does not prove which posts are from him amongst other possible deleted users, but it does 100% prove that he was in there and people were tagging him about Champions). If you check it right now for yourself it should look like in the spoiler below, and if you jump to the one from "Magik Man", it'll put you right where those old screenshots were. If you want to verify that this works, copy the ID from someone else then search for it, it'll give you all mentions if there are (again, works until Discord revamps its code or purges old metadata).
Amongst the documents available, his "Official Form 122A - 1" showed that he was accumulating over 5000 US dollars in business expenses every month (not to be confused with his other monthly $5000 for personal):
Of course this makes little sense for someone who barely improves the quality of his streams, specially when he's expected to take the initiative instead of relying on his fans. Specifically when asked by the trustee, DSP stated during his 341(a) meeting with the creditors that those expenses were comprised by:
It's believed that the inflated expenses contain WWE Champions purchases as microtransactions, something that was not further investigated by the trustee during the hearing, or as a report to the appropriate US Attorney for suspected violations.
Confirmation on Discord's account ID by several of his moderators
After the second Discord leaks, ex-mod Anony (ThatAnonyMouse) explicitly confirmed that the first Discord leaks' screenshots were real and not doctored:
On September 2021, some of DSP's bank statements were leaked to the public: thread, extended archive.
This was verified as true when several Kiwifarms users confirmed it directly by calling Bank of America and taking advantage of either the bank's security procedures, or DSP's negligence to strengthen his own account's security. It was documented on video at the time, but most of the links are currently taken down to avoid legal problems. (videos not taken down, video taken down, video taken down)
DSP also had to address the situation, further verifying the validity of the leaks:
Regardless of how it was obtained, the data shows suspicious overexpenditures like "Preauthorized payment from Paypal" at $16.51 that are believed to be connected to Champions, as well as charges for Apple iTunes at $109.99 each:
A chart of his spending habits was also provided when it was initially being looked at. For this graph, the suspicious Paypal payments are lumped as WWE Champions expenses:
Despite Scopely's customer service insistence that usernames cannot be reassigned in Champions, Rafters' name was in fact modified several times. When it happened, there was no in-game feature to accomplish that, leaving the main reasonable conclusion as him personally asking customer service for this. His request was obviously granted, something other accounts would have trouble to get (specially non-whale accounts).
The first known username is TheyCallMeDSP, which was changed no later than May 29, 2020 to TheGunShow84.
The main connection being his contest points, level and roster talent, but also through Discord.
* As an addition to this section, this was his reaction when he first heard someone in his chat mentioning the faction "The Placeholders", as well as "NEWESTday" and "DownFromTheRafters":
Champions offers a VIP system where a player can earn VIP points by doing certain actions like "daily missions", which are free, however the game is designed to get as much money as it can from its players, that's why you can also earn these points by paying for them, usually along some other valuables like in-game currency and such.
Fans of the game calculated how much you'd have to spend in order to max your VIP level (as of now, 13 is the maximum). The calculation starts from level 8, which is more than reasonable in order to filter out the VIP points you'd have collected by doing free missions even if for a long time.
This is the initial amount that was speculated on Rafters' account since he's maxed out. However given the nature of the game and size of his roster, that digit should be an extreme underestimate (as that table only considers VIP levels).
Due to this behaviour and spending habits that the current evidence can't completely cover (since there are other methods for purchase that cannot be tracked by outsiders), the initial digit of expenses could have easily surpassed the 100000 US Dollars mark by now. In fact, that's most likely the case given what has been presented above.
"Bonus gem damage"
DSP has been caught mentioning the phrase "bonus gem damage" during one of his livestreams as a slip of the tongue.
The term is occasionally used in WWE Champions for the superstars' moves, unlike in Fallout: New Vegas, the game DSP was playing when this happened. The capture shows exactly what he was reading on screen, video links will be provided in the source below:
The only thing I don't like is where it's 40k spent (with the following line saying potential double or triple) but isn't the 40k just to get to the VIP level? It's clear he has spent more like 120k on it when you account for all of the events, cards, and level ups. Does TJ gamebox or anyone have an actual breakdown of all of his cards and levels and what it costs to level them up. We know from the bank leaks what he spent on iTunes and can assume most of its WWE champions but we know he plays tons of other games.
Perhaps I'm way off on even being able to truly calculate it.
The only thing I don't like is where it's 40k spent (with the following line saying potential double or triple) but isn't the 40k just to get to the VIP level? It's clear he has spent more like 120k on it when you account for all of the events, cards, and level ups. Does TJ gamebox or anyone have an actual breakdown of all of his cards and levels and what it costs to level them up. We know from the bank leaks what he spent on iTunes and can assume most of its WWE champions but we know he plays tons of other games.
Perhaps I'm way off on even being able to truly calculate it.
the amount spent on resources on people is an indefinite amount due to the game giving you rewards for playing the game. The only money I can prove is when DSP hits top 100. Sadly it has not been often recently. Maybe he is saving for taxes for once? IDK I am not Phil.
DSP has been begging harder than usual lately and right after getting $700+ days ago. Definitely gonna be checking in on this thread to see if it's all for golden Undertaker.
DSP has been begging harder than usual lately and right after getting $700+ days ago. Definitely gonna be checking in on this thread to see if it's all for golden Undertaker.
Something tells me that despite the exponentially high amount of income during his "birthday bash", the money is not being saved for tax time, I really don't think he's learned his lesson fully and is adamant about stringing the IRS along with payment plans, since he can keep them off his back as long as he fulfils them last minute.
If he's not spending as much money/time in Champions, it's likely going down the drain somewhere else, either in other gacha mobile trash or literally down the toilet brought to you by door dash.
Phil has this weird thing about money never being for what he says it's for. Even when he's not wasting it on bullshit, for whatever reason, people are never supposed to know. So it is plausible for his birthday tips to get used for something responsible. He isn't just trying to hide his gacha, gin, and DoorDash spending. He just seems to hate the idea of transparency on the face of it. He wants no dots connected between the day people give him money he demanded, and where it goes afterward, simply because dots piss him off, or something. Which would be fine, if he didn't beg, or tell people it was for something specific, that he's lying about. Max Dood doesn't have to tell anybody he buys baby food or furniture or an arcade cabinet with his tips. He gets to just do it, because he doesn't start a path leading to something and then, the very next day, act like he didn't do that.
First of all, amazing work @We Are The Witches in putting that all together. Hey, I think I would even pay to see Phil debunk all of that, though we know there's absolutely no chance he'd ever have the balls to discuss it.
Second, the only thing that makes me hesitate when we start saying Phil spent $100,000 on Champions is, while it's definitely mathematically possible, it's such a big number that it's something he can throw around as a way to debunk the whole thing. "Mentally ill detractors say I spent more than $100,000 on a mobile game! Those sick fucks!" Though in this case Phil won't even touch the topic so I suppose it doesn't matter.
First of all, amazing work @We Are The Witches in putting that all together. Hey, I think I would even pay to see Phil debunk all of that, though we know there's absolutely no chance he'd ever have the balls to discuss it.
Second, the only thing that makes me hesitate when we start saying Phil spent $100,000 on Champions is, while it's definitely mathematically possible, it's such a big number that it's something he can throw around as a way to debunk the whole thing. "Mentally ill detractors say I spent more than $100,000 on a mobile game! Those sick fucks!" Though in this case Phil won't even touch the topic so I suppose it doesn't matter.
With the vip level being max, and for the past year showing DSP has spent 500-1000 dollars on events per week, the vip times the spending that I can prove AT MINIMUM makes the estimate of 100k very feasible
