My only real issue is a perception thing. It's fine by me to say every other coin is a scam and "we're the best." But, when the selling of the coins has obviously come to a halt, and you've prolonged stage 2, in part to this, then it doesn't feel great to open up emails from them saying "hurry up. We're selling out so fast. Going like hotcakes."

It's kinda like trying to have your cake and eat it too, even if it makes sense from a marketing stance. It's just not something that inspires confidence in the belief that "we're the real deal." If we're the real deal, then I want to be sold pure reality, not just things that sound good -- irrespective of reality.

tl;dr: if we're "100," then let's keep it 100. Everyone loves things that sound great, but if you lose credibility, then even if you're telling the truth it can be a hard sell. I'd like to keep that intact, if it's still there.