Global Alpha Test Start Date

[Felis]

The problem isn't just that people didn't get access to the Alpha. I couldn't care the less about that.
It's that people that had active accounts got passed in favor of people that didn't, while the form clearly stated in all available languages that only those with an active account were eligible.

Where is the problem? The last 4 or 5 days before dalamud crash ALL accounts were active. Time enough to register for alpha.
SE didn't say "You need to have played the original game for 90 days to get alpha access"

[Abriael]

In my head, I imagine all of Abriael posts sounding like Brent Spiner (Data) before the emotion chip in Star Trek: Generations.

Am I that cold?

I can be fairly emotional when I want (i'd provide examples, but that'd be a tad too much on the self promoting side for my taste), but I try to avoid it when I try to pinpoint a problem that I consider serious.

Where is the problem? The last 4 or 5 days before dalamud crash ALL accounts were active. Time enough to register for alpha.

The problem is that those accounts were not supposed to be considered fully active, as they didn't have access to forums and lodestone for instance. It's a fairly large loophole that caused a ton of problems (even beyond the application to the alpha, that may or may not be due to that), so people are fairly justified in being upset.

[BarretWallace]

Am I that cold?

I wouldn't say "cold," so much as I'd say "interesting." It's healthy, good ol' fashioned speech and debate.

Criticism, constructive or otherwise, is necessary, in this instance, to keep the devs from getting complacent. And I guess with any online forum you can't say "Ok! Five threads about this topic is enough!" Because it'll take as many threads and posts as required to see the complaints/suggestions addressed.

I'm not above a classy flame, troll or a heckle every now and then, either.

[Recycler]

Am I that cold?

That's a really interesting phenomenon. People have expressed similar feelings / opinions with regard to my posts on other forums (different language, though). I think it's induced by well thought out, on-topic, smart posts with accurate use of grammar and an actual value compared to others.