He had a negative rep for a reason.
If the system isn't exploited like I've said before, I think it's a good system to measure respect. I'm an admin on another forum, we have a system like that (but we can't remove our votes).
The problem is they don't measure respect. They measure agreement.
Too many people on the board will -1 just because they don't agree with what someone said.
But back on topic:
Since there are no new rumors at the moment, let's talk about what we would want out of this game.
Personally, I'm hoping for a IGA/MercurySteam collab that features a dual character system in the vein of Castlevania 3, starring a Belmont and Alucard. The game would be a 2.5D sidescroller, and would combine a solid (not necessarily robust) combat system with Classicvania level design and Metroidvania exploration.
IMO, the art should be similar to Lords, and the music should be done by Araujo but with notes out of Yamane's book.