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Phillip "Phil" Burnell (Born April 6, 1982), known on YouTube as DarksydePhil, or DSP for short, is an active member of the LP community on YouTube, which he joined in 2008, and formerly, Twitch.tv, which he joined in 2013, but discontinued live-streaming on the site in late 2014. He formerly did business with blip.tv when his original YouTube channel, DarkSydePhil, was suspended due to copyright strikes. However, due to a number of users submitting complaints to the blip.tv staff regarding an incident involving using racist remarks during the Dead Space 2 demo playthrough, he was banned from the site shortly after. His nickname, "The King of Hate", originated from his outspoken attitude, often voicing strong opinions that are not so popular with the gaming community. He currrently live-streams on YouTube.

He plays games on a variety of platforms, including the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, and a PC. He also owns a PlayStation 2, mainly used for retro-replays (rarely). A fan donated a Nintendo Wii to Phil, which he used to       make Wii game playthroughs. Around August 2011, Phil bought the Nintendo 3DS. On February 22, 2012, Phil bought the PlayStation Vita. On November 18, 2012, Phil bought the Nintendo Wii U. On November 15, 2013, Phil bought the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One on November 22, 2013. On July 11, 2014, he recieved his brand new, up-to-date Gaming PC (Cyperpower PC Custom Rig) after his previous Gaming PC became heavily outdated and filled with many problems. He regularly films playthroughs of games on all systems, except for handhelds, which he does not have the means to capture footage (with the exception of the Nintendo 3DS, which he now has the means via capture card to capture footage directly from the system).

Phil is known to voice his opinions about games and other subjects. As well as doing playthroughs of games, he is a former pro-Super Street Fighter II Turbo player, and he has either won or placed high in several EVO tournament events in the past. He used to attend tournaments whenever he was able and filmed/uploaded matches from the events; although he no longer does so. In June 2012, Phil and his friend John Rambo attended E3; since then, Phil has covered the event from home.

Phil lived with his parents until 2004, and then again from 2007 to 2009. In 2009, he moved into a condo in Connecticut, and lived there until 2014. In June of 2014, he and his girlfriend Leanna (A.K.A. Panda Lee) moved to Seattle, Washington.

About DarksydePhil
DarksydePhil was laid off from his former job (a desk job at Helicopter Support, Inc. in Trumbull, CT) in 2010. Afterwards, he obtained a job as a YouTube partner. His AdSense account was banned on his parternship due to "fraudulent ad clicking activity," so he decided to move to blip.tv, another video streaming site. However, Darksydephil's Blip.tv account was also banned, forcing him to return to YouTube in early 2011. He currently has a full-time job on YouTube, partnered with Machinima, with his three channels: DSPGaming, THEKINGOFHATEVLOGS, and DSPStreetFighter (defunct).

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