See, I don't think that's the case. Seems to me that he came here to answer questions. In point of fact, you were wrong when you suggested that Luke asked for this Q&A session. As the OP in the Q&A thread makes clear -- he asked Luke to do some Q&A here.
Fair enough. But Alalq - who is certainly not, IMHO, trying to lay a trap, asked, and Luke said "sure, but start another thread." Now, if luke couldn't handle it or didn't want to deal with it, he could very easily have said no. Contrary to the vibe he gave off when discussing his (what now appears strange) "rock-star" incident, he's being at least decent enough to
engage.
I think that might be perfectly acceptable, too -- what you're failing to acknowledge is that how such questions are asked is also important. Right now, by the admission of many posters doing the asking, they're trying to "trap" Luke. Also, you seem to be open only to accepting answers that you want to hear, per your remark above (concerning answers).
That kind of attitude makes the whole affair totally pointless.
Now, I'm laying a trap. Well, not really. I'm just looking at all of the places I think people find issues and trying to, through questions, walk luke through that. With more venom and less tact, that's what I'm guessing AM is trying to do as well. Sett's just out of his mind. And if you look at his last answer, it tells me alot. He does truly think a game can be objectively better than another. Perhaps my followup - instead of what I wrote about his answer to Spike - should be to understand in what ways he believes this to be true; by what measure? In fact, I'll go ask. Just becasue I disagree doesn't mean I will only accept answers I want to hear. Only that I want to hear straight answers to the actual questions.
All of which is balanced to a great extent by other posters who are asking questioned specifically (and, in some cases, very confrontationally - see Spike) about his
design. When I have more time, I'll go look at that thread again and count the bad, good, and middling posts. I bet it's fairly even - but that's just a guess.
It's a fair question as to whether or not I have blinders on. I'd only ask you to look at yourself in the same manner. Is your recent rising disgust with certain posters and positions making you hyper sensitive to what could be a damn fine thread that clears the air a bit?