No this is not another hate message, and don't get me wrong I feel happy for those who shall first step off the ARKSHIP and enter Their new lives. But I would not be one of those people and here's why:
First of all I know alpha is not going to be the "smoothest" thing in the world and I'm afraid the game will be ruined for me.
Second of all what will you even do? Yeah being an alpha team member will really help the devs improve the game and give feedback but other then that what do you do I suspect anything the alpha team built will be completely removed by public release so don't build anything cool or don't get attached to that ship you built.
I hope I didn't discourage anyone I just wanted to see if anyone else thought what I thought
*Please know I created this thread with good intentions and I hope not to offend anyone reading and or posting on this thread*