I think this is a good moment which can open our eyes widely to see that eth network must do a significant improvement. How can something like CryptoKitties makes the network congested and got heavy traffic. The spotlight should be on eth network, not on the Kitties. I'm not interested in CryptoKitties, but I don't blame on it. It runs its business and people interested on it. The hype become the trigger of people desire to compete get what they want, that is the kitten, although they have to increase the gas.
This is crazy. But the craziest still eth network. Many people frustrated since their tx stuck, and some failed.
If no significant improvement on the network, don't blame on the next independent pet lover dev (who knows) will develop Crypto-PUPPIES. Then all falls down.