I get your point and totally agree with you and am not in anyway saying that the ICO was as smooth as i would like it to be. I also understand the frustration that this may have caused alot of people including myself who wish to get more in the second round. But to say it is the WORST ICO EVER like really? Have you seen ICO such as BAT which does not even last a second!!! or GNOSIS with its useless DUTCH style. Atleast everyone who were whitlisted and wanted to get in, did have a fair chance in the first round. They have explained the situation about the discrepancy with the Smart contract not executing at the exact time. So people can complain as much as they want and yes KEEP CRYING!!! but i have chosed to accept that it is part of the system. if you are not happy you sell your RPX once it hit the exchange. And who the hell created the PETITION page, what do you think the RPX should do? Alot of people often think that these Token are Securities. Dude they are not, they are merely DONATION to the the company.
Those are all good points. What makes this the worse ICO in my opinion is that investors actually suffered direct financial damages worth about $6,800,000 USD total, due to poor execution of the ICO. Not a very good start for a company. The petition was made by some Indian guy, if I am not mistaken. I don't think it has more worth than actually sending a clear message to them that people are not happy. The tokens are gone, the ICO is over. Maybe what they could do, is that next time they raise money, they would prioritize those people from block 1445025 or something like that. A small gesture would already make a big difference in PR.
I remember similar case with Pepsi a few years back. In 2015 they launched campaign with limited edition of Pepsi Perfect bottles (inspired by the movie Back to the Future). They experienced several technical issues and they greatly under estimated the demand. Making lots of people very upset. What they did, they decided to make another batch for those who had missed it, just to help to save their PR. This is something RPX should definitely look into. When investors or customers get upset, it doesn't matter who is right or wrong, the company will suffer the damage every time. Regardless how they are trying to twist it.