running campaign 7+ years and during that time 2 or 3 delays, wherein the end everything paid off, it deserves to be well thought out before a final negative judgment is reached.
Good point but there is a significant difference here. IIRC Darkstar_ has been late once or twice, and I'm sure other reputable campaigns have had issues. You never see complaints about it because they communicate and don't make people wait for weeks in the dark.
It also has to be noted that no one is jumping to create a type 1 (high risk of
losing money) or type 2/3 (contract violation) flags because lightlord does eventually pay after some prodding. However being consistently late to pay what you owe - from what I'm reading it happened more than 2-3 times - should not be considered normal business.
Having said that, I'd be happy to revise my trust rating after 10 campaign payments made on time. I don't really have a way to verify casino withdrawals though, so this is a whole different issue.