This thread, i believe, was started to combat the "Has Anyone Else lost Faith in Dayz?" thread (which i give an 8 out of 10 for effort) which Mr Hall replied to and was picked up by Rock, Paper, Shotgun and they wrote about it here ~~> http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/09/11/dayz-early-access-is-not-dayz/ I usually never come on any of the forums of the games that i play because of ijit trolls, but after reading the news of DayZ on steam, i felt that i had to come out of the shadows and put my 10 cents in to play this silly game of forums pong, Reality > Ignorance First of all, and yes i am gunna say it, ITS ALPHA! If you're stupid enough to buy a game that is in alpha not knowing what development stage alpha is, then you need more experience in the games industry, or you simply need to do research on the matter, or you could also "Take-In" all the warnings about the game being in alpha instead of ignoring them. Let me put it this way, Mr Hall (yes i call him Mr Hall out of respect for a fellow countryman making it to the big leagues in an industry i have much interest in, coming from our little country) could have announced that development has been started on DayZ standalone and that development would take 3 years, not releasing an alpha or even a beta for any of us to play, Mr Hall could have hand selected his alhpa and beta testers which could have been a very viable option being backed by Bohemia Interactive. (i dont care what anyone says about Bohemia Interactive, they have made far more money making and publishing games then any of you) I think it was a good idea releasing the game in Alpha for us to play, that way they can avoid what happened to Blizzard's Diablo III upon release. Forums Pong You Are Winner! Edited: fixed the rock, paper shotgun link