My reasons for their mod:
1. Surly has been an active member in the stream, since the beginning. And they've contributed and participated alot. So it'd be wrong to not give him mod
2. I have a lot of respect for Firestar, you can have opinions about him, but he's a great crusader. Me and firestar used to be enemies, now we're friends, hopefully you can have the same kind of change in relationship.