@Riot, Some Unanswered Client Questions

I am copy-pasting this from GD in the hopes that I will get input from Rioters who prefer this site over GD. Here is a link to the GD version if you prefer. http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=4296969&highlight=

Before I get into the list of questions I want to just lay down some suggestions for this post and the responses to it.

My hopes for Riot responses:

You will not be asked or insisted upon to respond to anything outside of your area of expertise. I am not here to ask Hippalus about splash arts or Morgaggeddon about price guidelines.

Please answer what you can as clearly as you can. Vague responses can be more frustrating than no responses sometimes.

We are not asking for set-in-stone timetables or a release date, but something better than Soon(TM) is much preferred.

If you see a good question, please forward it to the proper department/colleague and encourage them to come and answer it.

My hopes for Community questions:

Please be reasonable. There is nothing more frustrating to legitimate dialogue than somebody being obstinate and unreasonable in their expectations. We want Riot to WANT to come and answer some of these questions.

Ask questions and don't make demands. We pay their bills, this is true. That doesn't give us the right to hold it above their heads and make unreasonable demands though.

If a red responds to your question or it garners enough approval it will be added to the post. I'll try to compile some of the most asked questions for visibility's sake.

My hopes from both sides:

Be polite. We are all trying to have the same result. A game, and an environment we ALL enjoy.

I originally planned to make this one giant super-thread but was advised against it so let us try to focus on Client questions here only please.

Here is a list of questions I have assembled. Please feel free to post your own questions and add to them. And stop by my other 3 threads of a similar nature, but different topic.

1. So, what is the situation with the Replay feature? There has been nearly zero news on its development since it was announced. It has been on PBE for over a year now, and doesn't seem like it will EVER make it out of a beta stage. I understand that it puts a massive strain on servers. So where does this project stand? Is it on temporary suspension until there is adequate server space? What do internal calculations look like at Riot for obtaining enough server space say about the time-frame before this is implementable? (I think I just made up a word. Who knows.)
2. I remember it being mentioned that (and I forget which Rioter said this so humor me) if Riot could go back in time and code the client differently, they would in a heartbeat. Adobe AIR has been the cause of countless headaches with this game. Why recode on the current platform, rather than code on an entirely new platform until the game has been recoded, and then ship that?