I see the value of having micropython but not of 3Dtv. Not taking anything away from 3Dtv. It should not be used as a reason to increase fundraising in an already complicated project. This is a comment on managing people's (backers) expectations and not on the organizers abilities or ethics.

I believe the purpose of the Kickstarter was to fund first-tier support for the ESP8266, whereas before it had been kind of a side project.

A whole lot of testing and functionality. I've used micropython on a few of my esp boards, and while it works, it is exceedingly buggy. I write most of my apps for esp boards in the Arduino IDE in C, which is totally fine, but it is easier to prototype in Python, so I backed it.