Hi Peter, well it seems most everyone else has weighed in already, but let me throw a serious proposal out there to you.
Being a perfectionist, I personally come down on the side of “make it perfect”. I always prefer to do something right than do it fast. Having just played the LMM demo, my expectations are very high for this game. But I understand those on the other side of the fence, who have waited as long as I have (or longer) and just want to play the darn thing.
So, I’d like to offer this: why don’t you recruit a few of us board members with the right “mad skillz” to help out? I mean, I’m one of those programmer-types, and I would love to help out if it meant getting the game sooner AND more polished. We could coordinate with the lead tester (Lamuness?) who could dole out the work and roll updates & fixes back in.
If an NDA would be necessary to get the higher-ups to agree, I’d wouldn’t mind signing one.
If you really could use the help, please let those of us who are willing and able to help you.