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[[File:Philip Adams (I2padams).jpg|thumb|220x220px|''Philip Adams'']]
'''Philip Joseph Adams''' (born on April 21, 1994 in Sydney, Australia) is the host, director and preparer of operating systems for the [[OSFirstTimer]] YouTube channel. He is also the creator of the time-travel indie hacking game ''Histacom'' and the make-your-own OS game ''ShiftOS''. He comes from and currently lives in Tasmania, Australia with his parents [[Diana Adams|Diana]] and''' '''[[Ben Adams]] and his younger sister [[Jasmine Adams|Jasmine]]. He lived with his family in several
Philip also edits for a fitness company located in Sydney, Australia. Some elements he includes in the videos for the company
He currently uses a 2014 Alienware Area 51 (with 32GB RAM) as his main computer, a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 as his
==Early life==
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Philip spent years exploring Windows XP, until sometime in 2007, when he got the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Screen_of_Death Blue Screen of Death] (BSoD). His computer soon stopped working, so he had to get a new one. He bought the computer the day Windows Vista was released in Australia, so the new computer came pre-installed with Vista.
On May
=== '''RSI Diagnosis''' ===
He learned about RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) at school, and a little while later, he got it. For a while, he stayed away from the computer as it hurt his fingers and wrote a couple of books, until he read an online article about TMS, a possible cure for RSI. He then made Let's Plays on a new YouTube channel called AstralPhaser. He was originally going to call this channel RSIGamer, but that would remind him of RSI. On this channel, he played games such as Minecraft
== Philip's YouTube channels ==
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=== '''OSFirstTimer''' ===
He eventually became bored with the same games
They used what they called the ''shaky cam'' method, until the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5AMQJokcwU Windows 95 video], where they started to use a screen recorder to show the operating system and a green screen to show Diana/Ben. On May 17, 2014, Philip started to make ''Dad Tries Out'' videos. OSFirstTimer also does tutorials, unboxings, and used to do comment videos as well. Philip even published the video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOLGm0W9QZc ''OSFirstTimer - House Tour!''] to the channel, which is a tour of their old apartment
'''[[OSFirstTimer|More about OSFirstTimer]]'''
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=== '''AstralPhaser''' ===
[https://www.youtube.com/user/AstralPhaser AstralPhaser] is a gaming <span>YouTube</span> channel that's home to Philip's ''Gaming Through the Ages'' series where he plays games dating from 1975 to the present day, exploring
'''[[AstralPhaser|More about AstralPhaser]]'''
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=== '''I2padams''' ===
[https://www.youtube.com/user/I2padams/videos I2Padams] was one of Philip's first <span>YouTube</span> channels. This channel is a replacement for his first (now deleted) ''12padams'' channel and contains videos about ''Histacom''''', '''videos on ''The Phase''''' '''and also features some videos of an OS series he did called ''Up To Date''. Other videos include Minecraft being played by his then two
'''[[I2padams|More about I2padams]]'''
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=== '''TerrifiedMum''' ===
A month after creating [[OSFirstTimer]] in 2012, Philip started the [https://www.youtube.com/user/TerrifiedMum TerrifiedMum] YouTube channel where he gets Diana to play scary games as decided by Phil or requested by the viewers. As of November 2018, the channel is
'''[[TerrifiedMum|More about TerrifiedMum]]'''
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=== '''OSFT Historic VLogs''' ===
[[File:OSFT Historic VLogs channel (November 2018).png|thumb|300x300px|''OSFT Historic VLogs YouTube channel'']]
In late 2014, Phil created a YouTube channel called [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVfkncOwFobkPS8W5KscJFQ OSFT Historic VLogs], where he publishes old and new, non-OSFirstTimer related videos such as videos from his childhood and parts of his daily life in more recent years of his life. The channel also contains videos including a 58-minute long video of Ben and Diana Adams marrying on October
'''[[OSFT Historic VLogs|More about OSFT Historic VLogs]]'''
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=== '''How To Quickly''' ===
[[File:How To Quickly channel (November 2018).png|thumb|300x300px|''How To Quickly YouTube channel'']]
In late 2016, Philip created the [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ1GQeIhG-CSvwLHEkc9Mow How To Quickly] <span>YouTube</span> channel which uploads quick computer
How To Quickly's motto is: ''...because two minutes is too long''
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As of March 9, 2019, Philip has 12 channels:
* [[OSFirstTimer]] ''(semi-active)''
* [[AstralPhaser]] ''(
* [[TerrifiedMum]] ''(inactive)''
* [[OSFT Historic VLogs]] ''(active)''
* [[YouTube Millionaire]] ''(
* What The Heck Just Happened ''(
* How To Quickly ''(
* [[Let's Explore]] ''(
* ShiftOS ''(
* [[I2padams]] ''(
* Arch Linux Adventures ''(
* TiaB KcilC ''(
Another channel he partially manages is the channel [[Char Char Gaming]], which is primarily owned by his sister [[Jasmine Adams|Jasmine]]. On the channel, he makes thumbnails and writes descriptions for the videos she makes. He has also been featured in several videos of the Minecraft Let's Play series on that channel so far.
== Freeforums & Discord ==
At one point in 2013 and early 2014, he had a forum on Freeforums for the OSFirstTimer channel, but constant DDoS attacks from MalwareUp starting in February 2014 caused him to shut
== Controversy & Criticism ==
The earliest known controversy goes back to the video ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYTOavWs6Aw Top 3 Worst And Best Operating System User Interfaces (1985-2012)] ''which was published in December 2012. At that time, people misunderstood the video for a '''''World's''' Top 3'' video and/or found the listed operating systems to be loosely tested out by Diana and Phil. The current like-to dislike ratio is around 2.13 likes for every dislike.
Back in April 2013, Philip published a prank video called ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AhJ-fGQsfo OSFirstTimer - Talking About Operating Systems Prank]'' on the OSFirstTimer channel, which got substantial amounts of backlash. The backlash has its roots leading back to 4chan, where users shared that video and described it in a mocking way. The main points they listed is that Phil is ''miserably failing at being funny and relatable ''and that he ''is either an attraction for autistic people ''or'' being autistic himself''. Other people would go for making fun of his voice being ''too frog-like''. The backlash eventually grew to the point where the video is having a like-to-dislike ratio of about 1.34 likes for every dislike, which is worse than the previously listed controversy. Since then, OSFirstTimer was often associated with ''cringe'', but in more recent days, the backlash for that video has almost gone away.
However, Philip's general type of humour and delayed knowledge of internet memes creates controversy as well, so does his overconcern and/or misinformation about topics such as radiation, sunscreens or even geographical knowledge. Religious jokes and references are also made by him and his parents sometimes, especially about the ''devil's number'' 666 and god. The controversy has been built up for alleged reasons such as them'' shoving their religion onto other people's faces'','' being too uneducated, ''and/or them ''telling their audience things that were debunked before. ''Especially the radiation scenario has either been debunked or joked about a few times in the past, even by his viewers/subscribers.
Some viewers have mentioned that his videos are loosely prepared, and that it still feels
Another controversy is his fanbase's action of doxxing Philip's current home address and phone number, although there is no report of Philip and his family having been unwantedly visited by OSFirstTimer subscribers so far. However, they do not recommend/condone to be doxxed (or to doxx in general) as privacy and welfare is still needed to be respected regardless of subscribers being long-time or recent fans.
Up to this day, Philip and his parents had to do several long-term tasks and/or jobs, leading to Philip having less and less time to maintain his channels and produce, edit and upload videos. This was especially apparent in the years 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, with 2015 and 2019 being the most dormant years of the OSFirstTimer channel. When he did have time, it was most likely that his mother Diana didn't, leading to further delays of episodes. In order to avoid further dormancy, he started his Gaming Through The Ages series in December 2015 and the OSFT Archive series in February 2019, with the latter being due to the renovations in their house. These series are much easier to produce episodes of, as it doesn't require Philip to edit videos as professionally as he would normally do for OSFirstTimer episodes. However, with all that happening and being done, many of his subscribers still aren't happy about the continuous dormancy of OSFirstTimer, which has resulted in many hate comments so far.
== Trivia ==
*After about 7 years of making content, he
▲*Char Char Gaming is the first channel he created, that doesn't have him as the (main) host.
**Instead, Jasmine is the main host, due to the channel being created for her.
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