Looks like the Fallen Earth team is getting lots of community support and recognition lately, especially with the recent Gen*Con event and the upcoming Austin Game Developer Conference. A couple of community related snippets were posted on the official site:

We just received this photo from Shaun Dean (on the left) with Lead Game Designer Lee Hammock in the Fallen Earth exhibit at Gen Con Indy. You'll notice between these fellows is a basket with four bottles of home-brewed Mead as a thank you from Shaun (DarkTreader) and his thoughtful mom, Karen Dean (Taelanna). We appreciate the gift and our thanks go out to Shaun and Karen for their kindness, and for their support of Fallen Earth!

Originally Posted by Lee Hammock:
Fallen Earth is exhibiting at the Austin Game Developer Conference next week in a new, two-level exhibit (with a bar on the upper deck!). As Lead Game Designer, I'd like to welcome Austin-dweller Dustin Carver who will be assisting us in our exhibit. Dustin, who was one of the FE t-shirt contest winners, becomes the first FE volunteer fan to help the FE dev team at a live event. Congratulations Dustin, and thanks for helping us out!