Not ALL modders. I HAVE modded AssignStartingPlots.lua several times, and I think it's a FANTASTIC file. I think it has an outstanding success rate - yes, it does fail occasionally, but obviously if you play with random civs and get 3 or 4 civs that all have desert start bias on the same map, obviously some of them may have to go with a non-desert start because all workable locations are taken. The fact at ASP.lua is, as far as I know, the only file in the game with build-in instructions to modders about how to mod the game - is for me enough to appreciate the work of the writer very much!