Global Alpha Test Start Date

[LlenCoram]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm running out of popcorn.

[Starlord]

*Blows whistle!* TIMEOUT!! Abriael to one room, and Skye on the Other room! Now meditate and be calm.

[Abriael]

*Blows whistle!* TIMEOUT!! Abriael to one room, and Skye on the Other room! Now meditate and be calm.

Oh, I'm perfectly calm, while utterly bored.

[Starlord]

Oh, I'm perfectly calm, while utterly bored.

*looks back 4 pages* not the way I see it o.o.

[SkyeWindbinder]

*looks back 4 pages* not the way I see it o.o.

No, really. He's a perfectly calm, ticked off person. LOL

This is fun. Wish I didn't have to go soon. I have to get up early in the morn. I'm probaly enjoying this too much.

[Nuru]

I thought this thread was about an Alpha test, not an Abriael test. r.r

[ShinigamiKayla]

I've still yet to see proof of "inactive" players got into alpha >.> i think it was just something made up to rage about and everyone's falling for a fail troll

[Abriael]

I'm glad to hear that ^.^. but you are blowing this out of proportion though, it's just an Alpha test You must love crashes that much to complain. Who cares if "non-actives" get in as long as they are doing their part to make the " Retail" version of the game better, why would it matter if your in the Alpha Version?

1: it's always a bad thing when paying customers are fed incorrect information. It's also quite problematic if the press picks it up.

2: Paying customers should always get first dibs over freeloaders. It's a very basic concept of customer satisfaction and loyalty. Going against it sets a bad precedent.

3: It's statistically very safe to assume that those that are passionate about this game enough to keep paying a monthly fee will test it a lot more throughly than someone that abandoned it mid way. Testing a game that, as you said, includes all the problems endemic of an unfinished products is majorly a matter of passion and dedication, which are pretty necessary not to get frustrated after the first few bugs and ragequit. Those that didn't have an active account already demonstrated to be lacking in that department.

I'm most certanly not ripping my hair off about it. I do believe I'm expressing the concept in a rather balanced manner. Mind you, I'm not even insulting anyone, while others are. That'd be a more telling sign of anger.

I've still yet to see proof of "inactive" players got into alpha >.> i think it was just something made up to rage about and everyone's falling for a fail troll

All SE has to do is to deny the allegation, isn't it? They did not, while they had plenty chances to.

[Tsuga]

There would still be threads full of people complaining about not getting in regardless of whether or not "non-legacy" applications were accepted. It seems like one big giant straw man to me.

Edit:
As an aside, thank you Mr.Yoshida and the community team for that post. It's nice to hear from the horse's mouth what most anybody should have deduced was the criteria for selecting members for an alpha which by design exists to stress test new servers. Sadly this is the XIV forums, and making logical deductions isn't really the norm around here.

[SkyeWindbinder]

There would still be threads full of people complaining about not getting in regardless of whether or not "non-legacy" applications were accepted. It seems like one big giant straw man to me.

Can't say I disagree with that one, lol. Yep, it's gonna happen, company blunder or not.