You, me or whoever (including RapTarX if need be)

Well, we do not know what will happen in the future regarding payments but you are right participants should at least have patience. I would advise unhappy participants to explore options with the bounty manager via PM before creating what essentially could end up being unnecessary threads. There is no need to take a premature decision.

The issue about reputation of the project is intricate to bounty participation. You have a point, we do not not anything about how reputable Combo or come to think of it any other project might be therefore it stands to reason by far the majority of those participating in bounties are pinning their participation on bounty managers giving them their rewards. I have seen threads where bounties were not paid to the bounty manager and in those cases how much blame can be attributed to them if they are not paid? In many cases, none.

If the projects tie in their bounty program the release of various token at a future date, there is not much anybody can do but those participating would have known the rules before signing up therefore some patience will be expected/required in some cases. From what I can see, the bounty manager in this case has done nothing wrong and updates participants when he gets information from the project team.