I agree with Peter Frank. Max and Karl owe nobody a living. I wouldn't expect them to jump to every demand from this thread that they make everyone's stash continually increase in value. They have their own plans and timescale for Startcoin. You either do your homework based on that, or you invest blindly. You make a decision to invest, or you don't. Simple.

The price is driven partly by speculation and manipulation. Here in this thread, there are four main types of contributors:

1) The Haters - from rival altcoins and people who simply hate Max for whatever reason e.g. the banksters;
2) The Long term investors - those who can see a bright future for Startcoin;
3) The Short term investors - those who buy and sell for the quick kill; and
4) A combination of Long and Short term investors - those who have a main long term stash and dabble with buying and selling in between.

The whole altcoin world is in turmoil at the moment. As others have noted, it's no place for crypto-crybabies.