You do not have the full story. I’m not going to argue for shading people on status bars, but why it finally happened.

The intent was never to throw shade, but this was the only way to get a conversation started with a gm team that seems to either be in denial about everything or simply don’t care. They were told why people were unhappy by a cogm, but the players’ concerns were then dismissed as too sensitive and the matter was “dropped” until new information came out to further support privately communicating was simply not getting through. Hell, that same cogm was later dropped for “not warning them” that there was something going on and essentially blamed for not wishing to give names.

Once again: the status was never intended to be shade, but it became a rant; something to blow off steam from the sheer ridiculousness of the situation. Hive-mind set in and things definitely became too toxic, however, it forced communication between a team and their players. It could have gone a whole lot better, but this was essentially the only way the players were listened to.