I never really understood why people dislike Badspot so much, he is actually a pretty nice guy in general. As long as you don't say something or do something completely stupid to piss him off/get on his bad side.
For instance, nagging him about updates, or saying how maps were so much better and we need them back, cussing him out or just being an ass about the game basically. If you don't like Blockland for what it is, the simple solution is don't play.
Now, that being said I'm sure there are many people including myself who would love to see Blockland return to it's former glory - this is seemingly wishful thinking. The game is practically in the hands of modders to make new things and create different server experiences now. It surely wouldn't hurt if we had an update here and there to fix things (which seems to be the case) but possibly a little more active development on his end would be nice. However, as the ol' saying goes "don't bite the hand that feeds you" has happened many times throughout the history of this game - it's really no surprise that he doesn't want to do anything else with it. I for one, am thankful he helped active users such as myself get their accounts back after the key loss and that we can still play Blockland at all.
If people want Blockland to become popular again what it really needs is some solid advertisement