I personally don't think mintpal is a problem.

Last coin landed where dumped badly.
Coin should land there after e-sports bit system is ready, then whe will not dumped maybe.

We have a strong comunity and i think we all had a good gaing on MIN, some like 500% from mining and more.
Also we have a really strong and active comunity, so when MIN will be ready we can just pay for some vote on mintpal, 0.01 btc for MIN holder and will be done easy.