There's a difference. Umiron isn't going onto a forum, picking out Tac, and scolding him. If he did, maybe he should be yelling at one of the nastier players instead. And indeed maybe he should just be more civil about it. Umiron (or Akresius) carried out a policy, which the IMMs somehow have collectively believed was right.

Being abrasive isn't going to effect change. I think the IMM policy is off-target on this, and I'm going to point it out without being personal about it.

I mean - it's just respect, mate. The CF IMMs haven't done anything to me other than voluntarily maintain a game I'm playing. I don't have a reason to get personally unhappy at them. So I respect them and the fact that they're volunteering to run a game I have sometimes found fun over the past 15 years of my life.