Then you need to get out in the world as Kirk is one of the hardest working and most determined mofo's I know of. Why don't you go and run a full fledged studio with dozens of employees, battle with shitty publishers, a crashing economy, all on a technological platform that evolves and moves faster than any human can keep up with and come back to me. Better yet why don't you do this for 10 years, hell I'd like to see you do it for 1, and throw all of the fun of a personal / family issues on top of that to boot.
You want a reason to give this man credit? You can still login and play Neocron when anyone else and any other company would have dropped this and let it die years ago instead of spending time and money to keep something alive for their fans and players that hasn't made them a dime in years.