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I missed this one. What exactly is this bug? In what way should items be highlighted?

If there's one thing that really changed the experience of the mod it was when people stopped even considering anything other than a CoD play style. Killing on sight isn't an issue in itself, but a lack of variety in play style, in my opinion, very much is.

As a Canadian, I enjoy being underestimated. Going to have to KoS for the first 10 people I see just to make a point.

I think this is a good example of why any benchmark for release should be interpreted within reason. I think this is a relatively new bug and it's one that really can't exist in the release. It makes the game unplayable. It also doesn't seem like too big of a deal to fix, judging by what Rocket said.

It's unbelievably beautiful.

I remember Katana having a detailed post about the environment and the overall atmosphere and feel of the game. I think they've come along way in establishing a post-apocalyptic feel.

"aye cat u" - Rocket Perhaps some evidence of neurological damage due to oxygen deprivation on Everest?

They've been doing this testing for a long time! EDIT: Pre-release just means pre-alpha, doesn't it?

Still has to be playable though, right? Within reason, can't expect everything to go smoothly. But I think this would be why they're looking for a minimum of server stability. If I don't see some fucked up glitches though, I'm going to be upset.

Yes!

I think the expanded testing is just to streamline the process of picking what's staying and what's going for alpha release. Rocket said they're taking out incomplete broken stuff and just leaving things they think work well enough for an alpha. They seem to have their server performance and have confirmed this. Without getting overly optimistic I think we're basically at release, just have to do a little clean up but there doesn't seem to be anything major holding them back anymore.

#forgetspelling #fuckpunctuation #incompleteemotions

That's an interesting discussion. I agree to the extent that I don't care about streamers at all. But as far as favourites go why can't they pick whoever they want? It's their game, they should use whoever they want to test, whether it's friends/neighbours/family/staff/contributing community members. As long as they feel the crowd they have can contribute to testing then it doesn't affect the rest of us. We don't deserve to be testing the pre-alpha by virtue of being alive and being on the DayZ forums or on reddit. It just seems like extreme jealousy to me if people feel "left out" in some way. As far as the community being pre-disposed to popular ideas I also agree. I don't know, however, if having streamers giving people their interpretations shortly before release is really going to change things much. Either be pre-disposed to them now or be exposed to them when it's released, which feels like quite soon. In the long run does it really make a difference?

I'm still confused about what happened today then. Wasn't the streamers testing thing referring to only allowing a limited amount of people (streamers, staff, other special selections) to test the ALPHA. Based on what I've been trying to understand, this was letting streamers in to expand pre-release testing. Which, to me, is different. SO LOST.

So they just want more people for testing? Why would anyone care? And do you mean Rocket will be posting another update at some point today?

I hate to sound lazy but can someone briefly recap what the hell happened today? I'm confused by where there was an issue and why people were upset and how this affects testing? It sounds like they just wanted to allow streamers to test and that was apparently a significant issue?

I can imagine! Thanks for the reply. Excited for alpha release and being able to reward the team with money.

I guess if they ignore this part you're right:

Do you guys already have an idea of how extensive the "must be fixed" list is? Possibly a dangerous question in case it gives people the wrong idea on release windows but I'm more or less just after an idea of how big the "must fix" problems are.

Oh no, how are you supposed to see it on Early Access then!?

A zombie at rest is not a happy zombie. That's your problem right there.* Good to hear things are going well still! Happy to hear you guys are making some big strides. I feel a little bad that everybody over there seems to be working non-stop... only because I can't envision when people are going to get a break if the alpha is released soon. Who knows what catastrophic problems that will bring. Look forward to the release tomorrow. *

I think it's safe to say they're going for a theme of: SEXY ...or FABULOUS.

Shit ain't happening until it's happening and who KNOWS when that will happen.

I think for clothing there's just underwear.