Xyrd

I have a question that's been bugging me that you might be able to answer.

The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. God sent down a pair of angels, the scene at Lot's house happened, Lot's family was (mostly) saved, and then God completely wiped out the cities (Genesis 19).

Had every single person in those cities committed a sin worthy of death? Obviously the men at Lot's house were evil, but every single person in the city? I find it difficult to fathom that, say, a newborn had committed that kind of sin. And if that's not the case, didn't God knowingly put a few good people to death simply because they were unfortunate enough to be born in those cities?

That bothers me.

^{(Side note: God's angels saving a man who offered up his virgin daughters to be gang-raped also REALLY bothers me, and I don't quite know what to make of it, but that's somewhat of a different topic.)}

North American eSports tournaments get higher ratings when there are North Americans playing. The NASL has focused on becoming a tournament for the best talent in the world, but that talent isn't usually North American.

Do you think there is a way to tap into the extra ratings that show up when a North American is playing, assuming that the skill gap continues to exist?

Thank you THANK YOU THANK YOU for committing to releasing the server code if CU ends. That is awesome.

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Lots of questions:

1. I remember reading that you guys will be using a fully-moddable HTML UI with a JavaScript library backend. I'm very afraid that such a moddable UI will lead to "the guild with the best scripters wins". While that'd be a great thing for my guild, that'd probably be bad for the game as a whole. Do you guys have plans to mitigate that?

2. Along those same lines, what functionality do you think you'll open up via that JavaScript library?

3. The mechanics behind WAR's morales were a huge amount of fun to abuse in bomb warbands (specifically that they ignored the "no AoE damage stacking" rule). Are there any plans for a similar mechanic?

4. I remember reading that the private islands ($5k tier) will have a mine on them. Is that something that could give an actual in-game advantage to a side with multiple private islands?

5. Of all of the games you've made, what is your favorite aspect of one of them?

6. What is your favorite aspect of a game that you had no part in developing?

7. For Andrew Meggs: I'd love to see your rendering code, but I know that's not going to happen. Instead, can you share any "Oh that's awesome!" coding tricks you've run across (especially C++ or architectural)?

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Thanks for doing your best to get a real PvP MMORPG out there!

I also support improving our vetting and screening to ensure that we are letting legitimate refugees in.

Colorado resident here. I'm not sure you did your research on this one. Wasn't our "vetting and screening" already absolutely bonkers?

I mean, Tucker defended a child rapist on air, so that's him.

Don't know if Kellyanne would, but she might if it was the right person. shrugs

I can't see Bill doing that though.