Quote Originally Posted by BruceyBruceyBangBang View Post
You clearly don't understand the process then. I wasn't inviting a debate on what you speculate an alpha is for or even what this alpha is for. I was just offering some realistic expectations that some people should follow.

The only people who think this is going to be a short and painless process are people who, either don't understand the work that is needed to be done between phases, or simply people who don't participate in many alpha/beta tests.

It's not a crime or anything to be optimistic, but really these made up phase periods you guys are allowing yourself to believe are wildly short and unrealistic.
It will be whatever it will be. Longer they test the better.