Well, I've been here since day 1 and I know exactly how the launch of Steem went, who was involved, mining, etc. It was, well, interesting. Steem has it's distribution downfalls, but nowhere near the levels of EOS.
I think with EOS, we'll be learning a lot more about who these large holders are and why the ICO was structured the way it was. We'll be revisiting this soon.
If Steem had a community who would actually contribute to the codebase, rather than relying on STINC, it could go places.
As long as we're relying on a team of amateurs to improve Steem, we're screwed.
I am willing to bet that Dan's steem killer dapp he wants to create is going to just end up with a bunch brand new equally bad problems! HA
I dont really think steem will be screwed though. At worst it will just be a solid social media dapps platform. Its not technically that hard to base a game on this blockchain. I have a couple people I know looking into it.
There is a lot of potential here even in a stagnant development cycle. Sometimes stagnant development cycles are a good thing as it allows for people to feel more secure in being creative.