I think a coin falls into the category of "scam coin" because its devopers are not making continous improvements, just like the DAO.
Why do you think so?
I dont monitor it closely, but i am on their slack from time to time and is quite busy.
For sure no one is paid to develop. it is not an ICO where they gather that much BTC to develop a coin. But developers do it in their spare time for fun. So no one has any right to call deadlines to them.