Yeah it is not Zydrate!

You give me far to much credit.  My contact information for SD is only to be used in emergencies... of which this is not one.

Assuming your'e reffering to the spam folder comment... there's a reason I've disabled the spam protection on every account I've got (except the g-mail ones; the g-mail ones won't let me).

Presumably Stardock will post to let us know when Alpha has been done so we're not all left wondering.

*is not saying a word*

Is the NDA going to last the entire alpha? You mean we won't have a single screen or play-through story for the entire month?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure the developers will still provide an occasional screenshot and progress updates.

Obviously any forum members on the Alpha testing will be silent.

Perhaps you are just cleverly saying that because *you're * in the Alpha...

I'm on to you.

But we won't need to wait for much for beta anyways, right? The last thing I read from Frogboy said Beta for This month.

So says the man with the keys to the kingdom...

And obviosly you're only saying that to hide that you're in the alpha!  I'm watching you!

Obviously anybody who says anything in this thread is concealing that they're in the alpha.

But they're the easy ones. What about those shifty silent types that aren't talking? Those are the ones we really need to go after!

HI!!!!!!!!!!!!

So to sum up, people posting in this thread are in the alpha.  Anyone *not* posting in this thread...also in the alpha.

I think you're on to something.

Once the Alpha comes out, I suspect that some people might disappear from these forums.

If the Alpha testers want to remain International Men/Women of Mystery, they better keep making regular appearances here with the rest of us.

You just had to say that; now you've locked every single Alpha person into sticking around like it or not!

Good, I wouldn't know what to do with myself after most of the active community stopped posting.  I'd have to go blow something up.

do you think they'd stop posting because they are too busy playing, or because they fear they may accidently break the NDA?

I know why I vanished when the Sins gamma occured, and it was only have because I was busy playing.  Ever since, I've made it a habit to stay out of dangerous waters when I'm under NDA.

Well, I don't have any problem if the Alpha testers are all hard at work making an improved 'first impression' for the beta testers.