In case you're curious, the Wizards columnist is castigating a DM for running a game that adheres to some rules, but not others. (In particular, the unnamed DM is using the "variant: freeform experence" rules on page 39 of the DMG.) The column calls him a hypocrite, among other unfriendly names, and suggests that the players tell him he's out of a job.
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