Global Alpha Test Start Date

[SkyeWindbinder]

You're assuming that I'm angry. Finding something rather distasteful and writing about it isn't an equivalent to being angry..

Ahem... Note the post below that YOU YOURSELF wrote... (especially the bolded part)

I got ticked off because I know that a certain amount of disappointment is quite justified in this situation, given the communication blunder, and I find people so ready to jump to the throat of people that are already (rightfully) disappointed rather distasteful.

^^Post #557.

Is it? They're not called "flames" for nothing. And again, you're continuing to interpret people's motives rather arbitrarily.

Except the ones who clearly state their self-entitled reasons for whining. lol You know, the ones I was writing about in the first place?

There's no misinformation, or better, that "misinformation" was created by SE itself. They're the ones that officially stated that only people with an active account were eligible. It hasn't been invented by some other misinformative source.

I never said it was. I used that term in a sense to describe how they didn't get the info out they should have. Or rather, how they got the wrong info out, saying that only those with active accounts would be let into alpha, when that clearly isn't the case. And again, it's not the people with legit concerns over that that I was referring to. (How many times do I have to say that? lol)

Which is exactly the problem. Misinforming paying customers is a bad, bad idea. On a case by case base it's possible to get away with it, but it's always a risk not worth taking.

Indeed. But as I said before, I doubt this misinformation about this phase of alpha is really as serious as you're painting it to be.

Customers are sensitive,

I know. Dear god, do I know. lol

any kind of situations in which they're fed wrong information is a potential can of worms. It may not be a "critical blow", but a good boxer avoids all the blows he can, no matter if they're critical or not, they add up.

A good boxer also knows what kinds of hits to take seriously and what kind of boxer isn't going to hit that hard. Mike Tyson might have a lot to worry about in a match against Evander Holyfield. But I don't think he'd be all that worried about taking a couple of hits from Don Knotts. My point is, yes, misinformation can be critical. But knowing what to be super worried about and what not to be superworried about is just good judgment and perspective. And, really, I don't think this is a red-alert, world-ending critical problem. (shrug)