2. Next Monero seems to have more articulate and reasoned devs who are around to address technical points astutely, e.g. smooth and fluffypony (is drawingthesun a Monero dev?). If dga is a dev, you need to reign him in his demeanor reflects badly on Monero.
Core team is listed on the
official Monero thread: tacotime, eizh, smooth, fluffypony, othe, davidlatapie, NoodleDoodle
It does not include drawingthesun or dga although dga has contributed code (PoW) and DTS may have contributed as well (I don't know there are a lot of contributors now).
Correct. I have contributed to both the XMR and BBR code. I do not develop for any coins, but I have a soft spot in my heart for the cryptonotes because they're the most technically interesting coins I've seen arise.
(For those watching from home confused about why I'm replying to a reply, I have AnonyMint on ignore; as you can probably tell from the tone of the comments, we seem to get along like baking soda and vinegar, and life is too short to let people waste your time.)