Quote Originally Posted by laggyluk View Post
Because I wouldn't call modders devs
I guess you haven't yet seen how awesome modders can be. There are many examples where modders actually create so awesome mods that even original developers were stunned by them. Some of these examples even include mods for games that don't have official modding support.

So my suggestion is to start thinking about them as developers because many times modders are actually people who have some experience programming but not enough to be able to make a whole game on their own.