They had open alpha just for a couple of weeks like you say. I called them out the release wouldn't be in a favourable state when they announced it because it was so little time until release. It's true that criticism wasn't very popular. It still isn't today. But everybody who can put it into perspective can clearly see that:
Initially the discussion was about criticism on this forum. You're right - the general public wasn't as merciful.
Of course not. The general mood here was maybe widespread disappointment. I'm no lover of ED and when EDO released I didn't really feel like kicking on the helpless puppy crawling over the floor. On the contrary: I've always said that FD wasn't maybe open, but they sure didn't hide the state of the game but showing exactly what state it is via the open alpha and the fact that release was only a few weeks from there. With that info everybody should have been able to draw the conclusion.
Preach!
I dabble in glsl sometimes and it’s fun!
Indeed: Early days, it is.
Reinventing the "tech". I recommend collecting shiploads of trash items and moving them between the systems.
It is the early days of the end days, from all appearances.
Hold on, I am proabbly not reading this right. They are testing meshing across two servers that are not actually messed? lol
