It definitely must be done right. I'm not super familiar with Splinterlands's DAO model
This being said, I am confident that when we are ready to pass things fully to the DAO, it will be setup in a correct way
You can even have a DAO elect a leader who can then make decisions. That leader can be removed if the DAO loses confidence in said leader. I believe this would be a viable approach - since (especially as a small project), you often need 1 singular person calling the shots and making the hard choices