The most disappointing thing is that it was an attack, not just a hard fork problems because of the versions not up to date.
I actually find that the most promising thing. If a group of people put so much effort and finance into (delaying) darkcoins rise it must be because they're genuinly scared of drk taking away marketcap from their coins which in the end means Evan is on the right track. "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win".
(Mahatma Gandhi)