I went and found evidence via searching the wayback machine on old sites and commentary involved.
His response, purely anecdotal and wholly laughable:
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[13:53] <+Kringe> it just doesnt make sense to ever have it be resistable on players
[13:53] <+Kringe> ever
[13:54] <+Kringe> playing a pure melee would be horrid
[13:54] <+Kringe> one snare your done