It's that Saxon big-bladder gene making itself known, that's all…
That's kind of the funny thing about the whole DSmart part of the story: the fact that he's the big satan whose mere existence (somehow) jeopardises the entire project rests on thing — that Chris proclaimed it was so. In deciding to blame Derek for pretty much everything ever in his letter to The Escapist, Chris empowered Derek with a degree of credibility as a threat and a critic that his long-winded whining and grand-standing could never have done on its own.
Even setting aside the astounding tone-deafness of the letter, it's really messaging 101. Spending that much time and effort on introducing a person and blaming them for everything in relation to a piece where they were previously not even mentioned, will only ever be interpreted in one way: that this person matters to you, a lot. It's Amy's Baking Company levels of doing it wrong, and just like with those guys, I have a sneaky suspicion that Chris will never understand that this, too, was something of his own making.
…or better yet, a proper journalistic exposé, similar to Conspiracy of Fools (read this book — it's great), if nothing else because I think there might be an awful lot of overlap in the historical narrative.
