Thanks man, I really appreciate your vote of confidence :). I've been pretty amazed at how much support Lilac has gotten, especially since it is going up against the 'Big 4' hacks - I mean, they are all finished/ almost finished while I've only released up to the second Gym. I definitely feel like next year I'll be able to put in a better showing since Beta 2 will definitely be out sometime then.
Ray showed me some of the stuff you guys you were working on last night. Let me tell you since you didn't know, your first town has some amazing graphics :P