Lord_Void

"Branded with bold Smoked Sandalwood and Cedarwood, a seductive touch of antique Leather exposes vibrant hues of Iris and Violet. Aromatic spicy Cardamom leads into ominous Ambrox with a Musk finish."

"Branded with bold Smoked Sandalwood and Cedarwood, a seductive touch of antique Leather exposes vibrant hues of Iris and Violet. Aromatic spicy Cardamom leads into ominous Ambrox with a Musk finish."

Do the Honeybadger Dance!!! 
 
*Disclaimer: NSFW lyrics. It's all meant in good fun

"Branded with bold Smoked Sandalwood and Cedarwood, a seductive touch of antique Leather exposes vibrant hues of Iris and Violet. Aromatic spicy Cardamom leads into ominous Ambrox with a Musk finish."

https://www.westthirdbrand.com/products/eaudeparfum-band-of-outlaws
 

 
This is a real perfume .... we didn't even make it up xD

So are specs really that much of a hard limit ? It would appear that...
 

MasterRed - I hope you were meaning to translate into Dutch and not German The recipient i believe was German speaking in your replied comment. Unless i missed something.
Deutsch is German in case there was some confusion over the name?
 

https://www.westthirdbrand.com/products/eaudeparfum-band-of-outlaws
 

 
This is a real perfume .... we didn't even make it up xD

https://www.westthirdbrand.com/products/eaudeparfum-band-of-outlaws
 

 
This is a real perfume .... we didn't even make it up xD

Critics claimed "it occured" and "it is a game"

I don't think they will keep the servers up 24/7 with alpha, possibly only the whole weekend so they have time for bugfixing during the week. I guess that we will see extended uptimes once beta hits

more or less. everyone can use it - for shady transactions and / or for legit forms of trading

Thanks for the kind words @Msoul
 
Like Anasasi said: ATV may be the most visible group (in some ways) but we didn't make this game happen. Every person who believed and backed the game contributed to it getting this far, and will help it progress into the future all the way to release. 
 
We will do out best to test the game and help it progress. One small test for a game, one giant leap for gaming.

Although usually not very active on the forums, I just wanted to take a moment to send out my regards to the ATV team and NQ wishing you both the best of luck this weekend. This test marks a significant milestone in dual universe’s development, and the whole community is praying for your success.
       In particular to the ATV team, remember you represent all of us, the players. We share the same hopes and dreams for dual universe but the responsibility to help make them happen falls on your shoulders. How you conduct yourselves over the next two days and the months to come will influence both the quality and timeline of development. For every bug you find, for every concept you critic, you are paving the way forward towards our dream. To my surprise each and every ATV member I have interacted with has been a commendable individual worthy of respect, donating both their time and expertise towards promoting the game. The time has finally come for you to contribute in earnest and show us what you are really made of. I know you will make us all proud.
 
I invite others to comment below and offer their words of encouragement to our first group of pioneers.

I'd say the best thing you can do right now is join a bunch of organization discords and start getting to know people. That social currency will be the best resource you have once the game starts.
 
That and read around on the forums. There are lots of hidden gems of threads out there that you may find interesting

The guy named Emperor Sly wants in on a Democracy ... me thinks some one is trying to take over!!!!!

I found a great place to start with lua is roblox studio and if you really wanted to go in depth there is a book on coding in lua 4th edition i think, guarunteed to keep you occupied
 
And as im sure your starting to notice already, DU is a very lively community and it is great to get involved in all the discord channels and forums.
There is some great youtube stuff on all the politics and game features by a few organisations and also some very good reading material in the forums by people like @Lethys, @yamamushi, @Cybrex, @Lord_Void etc. etc
 
I probably shouldnt have started listing people but meh. sorry to the hundreds of others i also should have listed

I think it's going to be a little more like this:
 
Pre-alpha -> Does it turn on? Do the server technology and voxel engine work?
Alpha -> Do the gameplay mechanics work? Are they fun? What is broken about them? (Iterating on more features as the Alphas go on)
Beta -> We have it all pretty much how we want it. All the gameplay mechanics are implemented and functional. What remaining bugs do we have?
 
So I don't think we will be actually playing the game in anything resembling a final form until beta in mid to late 2018. Just my view though

I think it's going to be a little more like this:
 
Pre-alpha -> Does it turn on? Do the server technology and voxel engine work?
Alpha -> Do the gameplay mechanics work? Are they fun? What is broken about them? (Iterating on more features as the Alphas go on)
Beta -> We have it all pretty much how we want it. All the gameplay mechanics are implemented and functional. What remaining bugs do we have?
 
So I don't think we will be actually playing the game in anything resembling a final form until beta in mid to late 2018. Just my view though

I'd say the best thing you can do right now is join a bunch of organization discords and start getting to know people. That social currency will be the best resource you have once the game starts.
 
That and read around on the forums. There are lots of hidden gems of threads out there that you may find interesting

I'd say the best thing you can do right now is join a bunch of organization discords and start getting to know people. That social currency will be the best resource you have once the game starts.
 
That and read around on the forums. There are lots of hidden gems of threads out there that you may find interesting

Your constructs (bases, ships, ...) stay in the game 24/7. As your skills need to be stored and tracked 24/7. 
We had this discussion already in several posts over the years

It hasn't been confirmed whether the supporter packs will allow access to alpha. They certainly won't allow access to the pre-alpha.
ATV consists of only 100 members and is already full, so unless NQ decides to expand it or removes some of the existing members this isn't really a viable path to hope for.