You have seen the last email on reddit. They said its very close. Hence one week later still nothing here. So what is the definition of close?

I dont mind waiting but the constant teasing makes me frustrated. They should just stop talking about the alpha before its really done and ready.

And they are starting the recruitment of Alpha 2 before releasing Alpha 1 😄

I didn't get selected but I do feel for those who did. The wait must be killing you lot.

18 minutes ago, DaWu said:

So what is the definition of close?

In the last Interview from xbox x019, Jörg Neumann said between a few days up to a few weeks.

Alpha 2 recruitment ends on December 12th so they will be very close to each other. Maybe even a merge?

Baber's right though. In a sense, there is no reason to deem it the Build Tech  Alpha 1 anymore when it's bleeding into the Alpha 2 time frame. Recruitment suppose to start today, I think. 

I guess it may just take quite a while until alpha 2 goes live then. Acceptance into alpha 1 didn't mean getting access right away did it? Why should acceptance into alpha 2 mean access right away then? 

I am pretty sure Alpha2 testers will have to wait even longer and will not be thrown into the same pool with Alpha1 users

Like my mother used to say," It will be ready when it's ready."

Yeah, there's no correlation between recruitment and when access is provided. The Alpha 2 testers probably won't get access until January or February. 

3 hours ago, Baber20 said:

And they are starting the recruitment of Alpha 2 before releasing Alpha 1 😄

I didn't get selected but I do feel for those who did. The wait must be killing you lot.

Not really. Once I saw that there were significant and repeating delays, I put it out of my mind.

When it arrives, I guess I'll be pleasantly surprised, but meanwhile there are other things to occupy my attention.

This is why I’m not that confident the thing will get released in 2020. Just a bit of a pattern of being a bit optimistic with timelines. Not a problem for me though asobosoft, take your time. 

31 minutes ago, Superdelphinus said:

This is why I’m not that confident the thing will get released in 2020. Just a bit of a pattern of being a bit optimistic with timelines. Not a problem for me though asobosoft, take your time. 

They probably just had some problems with the first version of the Alpha. All beginnings are difficult 😉 

44 minutes ago, Superdelphinus said:

This is why I’m not that confident the thing will get released in 2020. Just a bit of a pattern of being a bit optimistic with timelines. Not a problem for me though asobosoft, take your time. 

Doesn't say a thing about the final product. Compiling a fully working build this early in production can be a bit of a challenge, making sure all the WIP puzzle pieces fit together. That's not something studio usually do, at least not when it has to be functional enough for public testing, especially not if you're trying to compile it with all the latest data. Same reason why you often see betas based on months and months old code, because that's when resources were pulled, stars aligned and a stable build came together. 

5 hours ago, DaWu said:

They should just stop talking about the alpha before its really done and ready.

If they did that, you would be here making a topic about how they don't tell anything and communication is important and blablablabla.

It will be out when it's ready, remember to be thankful you have this opportunity and don't take anything for granted beyond the fact you know at some point you will try the Alpha.

it depends on how well the first alpha 1 test starts and if what should be tested in the alpha 1 also works out ok or not. Without bigger problems i think the alpha 2 testers will be let in one by one at a fast pace.