1% premine is not unreasonable, I have no problem with this amount as long as A) they don't plan to dump on the first sign of an upswing and B) they actually try to improve the coin
Is that not what they are trying to do here...
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=519357.msg5744975#msg5744975People are always checking the big amount of coins, but they maybe need to use some coins for some services, as they cannot do everything all by theirself, running some giveaways, etc...