Late as fuck, but DSP has an obsession with being the cool guy. I remember Rambo mentioning how Phil has the thing where he'll go off on people for going against his desired narrative with the Project 7 "John is the funniest character" thing. Before that, Phil tried to police threads on either NeoGaf or SRK, culminating in a dude named TriForce shitting on his friend and then Phil himself. It's a bit of both. Back in the day Phil was an obnoxious asshole to people directly, meaning there was consequences. After years of isolation with the majority of his interactions being with people he could ban, he's now an obnoxious asshole to people after they can't do anything about it.