Of course they read our stuff... Look at the progress... When we posted all of the time there were only rumors of an expansion... When we all backed off and delayed the hell out of everything, I'm claiming it to be "silent protest for not having official word on anything", all of a sudden, not only is the expansion announced, but has a team working on it. It's like they're giving in to our demands. 
But we should still sue them for stealing our ideas. =D