I was a very early supporter & adopter of this coin. Because the original dev has disappeared & the project itself is basically dead, I don't really mess with it anymore. The only thing it has going for it is the rarity, although that alone doesn't really justify some of the crazy prices I see people purchase it on Cryptopia for (it's been in the 6 BTC range before). If someone were to takeover this coin & continue development while giving it a real world application, they could always create a dev fee or fund it via many other ways using proceeds from the coin. Unfortunately, we have seen so many greedy people takeover other projects and suck the life right out of it. I think the community would want to see some real progress along with a solid plan that is outlined and followed before any real money is taken in any form. First prove you have what it takes, then you can justify creating a reasonable fund to further development and compensate the dev(s) for time spent working..
Please feel free to send me any CHAO you don't want. I don't think the original dev "disappeared," per se, it seems to me this (and FLAX and OFF) are not meant to be coins in the "traditional" sense, nor are their "roadmaps," (I don't think there was ever really a 'project' that went with any of Blazr2/Hagbard's coins). I don't have anything to add but the ability to keep the wallets updated, some nodes running, and my time.
Of course all the support in the world matters not without functional code, but again, these coins seem to be one-offs in a world of pump and dumps. You either get them or you don't. Would I like to be compensated? Sure who wouldn't. Will I work for the love of the coins, yeah, its kinda why I updated this one in the first place. Working on the others now, perhaps we can raise TheGreatOldOne by submitting pull requests?