A dream situation would be a whole new set of people working on a new version of the game on a newer, better engine. It makes sense why one guy on Torque would have a hard time polishing things up and generally keeping people's attention with frequent updates.
FYI: only like 4 people made blockland
badspot, rontodo, kompressor, and some others people
PS: some updates have huge gaps between them, this is one case
moral of the story:
be patient!