Phil malded a little about not being able to make himself in the game and having to settle for making a cartoon child, same as Legends Z-A.
He did like 6 10-draws in a row and spent way too long consulting chat about what Pokemon to rent; did not notice rarity types next to Pokemon names indicated by different pokeball icons, and I don't think he picked anything that mega evolves. He's only done one actual pokemon battle so far. King's tax $22 as of 20:16 PST.
He is also concerned that it looks like he cannot rename the Pokemon (and get people to shell out $20 for it). A chatter informs him later that he can rename pokemon.
Quit out of his first casual battle because he was losing and got reconnected to his last battle on reopening the game. His fake laughter is awful. He never realizes he can escape matches by passing the - button, despite there being an icon in the top left corner.
For some reason he sent in a water type on his second fight against a grass type. The other player is declared a cheater with all shinies.
Brief beg when splitting the part because no one is sending in $ for this stream, concerned that it's going to be the lowest supported one of 2026 thus far.
Phil attempts ranked, wins his first match. Suddenly the game is fine and this is how you play!! Uh oh now he has to play a Japanese player (Tatsuya for those who can't read moon runes). Nevermind, he wins again so he's happy. Cheesing low rank matches with Gardevoir primarily against what are mostly probably bots or children. Notable pattern: keeps getting raped by Charizards
Jayde reiterates that HE JOYS THIS; Phil acknowledges pet retard opinion.
There's been a lot of reiterating the phrase "NOTHING I CAN DO" when he's losing. He also likes to claim ignorance about how the game works even though it's just turn based pokemon battles with a timer.
Around 20:50, Phil is lecturing chat for not supporting before going into his next match. King's tax $25. Another beg ten minutes later. He's getting antsy. Odds that the $2k birthday cash is gone are high. Expect either a fake tip or a lecture on how engagement and attendance were to his standards, but support was poor.
Around 21:06, it's time for more pulls. He's way more excited for those than actually playing the game. King's tax $31
Phil attempts reassigning pokemon moves, sandbagging in menus, might do overtime to compensate. Pronounces "kowtow" as "cowtoo"
Going back into ranked, Phil is getting salty due to lack of support. Some in chat keep asking about Truck Sim, which he says he'll never play again (sucks to suck, Buckwell). Also he totally fucked up his moves for his new pokemon. It's gonna be lunch meat sandwiches for his anniversary. King's tax $39.
21:27 clippable quote: "HE KILLED HIMSELF! He killed himself and I survived!"
He's threatening to shoot the bunny on his third to last match because of lack of support. It's well deserved. This is one of the stupidest streams he's done in a while. King's tax $54.
$50 superchat bumps us up to $104. He's doing two more matches after losing to a Japanese player named Hana, losing rank progress (he's still rank 1 because he can't win 3 or 4 matches in a row) and declaring her a cheater.
Phil gives advice to the $50 superchatter encouraging him to ignore trolls. SergeantMadness, the dent, sends another $20. Someone in Raw Phil chat speculates this is a DarkMagician sock. He says he has a YouTube channel that is getting harassed by detractors, but apparently he doesn't? Someone else speculates it's JaiHaze. $10 more from him, then $5, then $5 again. King's tax $144 after 24 minutes of overtime. This nigga stalling.
Phil wants to play more so he "remembers to learn" type matchups. Alternately he complains he already has a Pokemon game and he can't have two in the rotation! We'll have to see next week. His own apparent enjoyment of the game isn't enough. Now his complaint is that he'll be behind if he doesn't keep playing because "that's how gacha games work". King's tax $149 by end of stream.