That is perfectly fine, but in this case, the manager wanted this to explicitly signify base, If you didn't provide this, it meant it was a MyClass method. And

That is perfectly fine, but in this case, the manager wanted this to explicitly signify base, If you didn't provide this, it meant it was a MyClass method. And I agree it is dangerous - going against conventions on giant projects with dozens of developers, is dangerous. Should have left off the base. and the this. everywhere, like Visual Studio recommends.