User blog comment:TotalDramaNaruto/Fresh's take on Mike/@comment-1368394-20140214023319/@comment-1756703-20140214061942

I remember some people being upset about it when ROTI was first released, but they figured his MPD would be treated with sensibility once it actually aired.

I think the primary difference between then and now is that his MPD was acknowledged as a problem he had to deal with, and not merely exploited for laughs or drama. If Mike had cut down on the usage of his personalities (or gained control over them altogether as per the events of Grand Chef Auto), he wouldn't have been nearly as controversial as he ended up being in TDAS. And like others said, the whole debacle in the TDAS finale over the "reset button" took things too far.