I will admit that the poker site did throw me off. It's dangerous to build up expectations in today's news driven market and then deliver something completely out from left field. I was disappointed with the news as I was expecting something else. I think the market has reacted similarly.
Actually if you read my response above you will see the "poker" platform was actually a side project by Anoxy which was actually complete when I got it but I asked him to make it multisignature so that exchanges can learn from our example so that users funds are not in jeopardy after a clearing process. It's a great model for an exchange.
To be honest, the Christmas event was simply part of the roadmap and I didn't even write the roadmap. It was cool that they saved it as a surprise. No other coin had anything for their investors on Christmas, personally I think anyone who reacts adversely to a gift is not thinking clearly. We not only gave our users that platform for fun, they also did a giveaway with Steganography which really kept people engaged to our twitter and forums. We didn't get anyone's hopes up so the hype may just be due to investors themselves who blew up our twitter hyping the event. Our core marketing team has been thinking of fun and creative ways to keep users engaged which is a lot better than other coins who pretty much didn't give their users anything for Christmas. What did Litecoin give their users for Christmas? Another Tweet saying "dude Bitcoin gold, Litecoin silver" lol such fundamentals, so fashion.
Any event that is over-hyped can result in an anticlimactic feeling for people when the event ends. I'm about to finish my next template and that is the development that really matters because it means one step closer to finishing everything on the roadmap.