Probably they haven't zoomed in enough.

As on topic - good, haste make waste. Few will remember game been delayed, most will remember it was bad. Torchlight is good example, some games from "Arts" company are bad examples.

What $100 for an Alpha that's nuts I hate this and everything it stands for...

Who cares that this gives you the complete game, DLC's and Expansions, not going to pay any attention to that,

Sound about right? lol

Might barely be able to survive such bad news! Just joking, it looks all good to me. Remember that summer break, it is probably healthy!  

Take your time we can wait. 

  I really liked Gal Civ2, think its best 4x space game ever, since unlike many other games, its among a few i still play years later, like civ 4 and 5... its just very awesome games. Sins where not too bad ether, reminded me of homeworld2, a lot... Its a leap of faith, i don't normally ever participate in any alphas or betas, and generally frugal, but i enjoyed GCiv2 so much, and Stardock is not in my mind this huge EA ether, with infinite amount of wealth, that im somehow confident that Gal Civ3 is very likely to be a very awesome 4x game, so awesome in fact, that this early investment will hopefully pay off in more then 1 good game =D I don't really care if it takes a while to develop it or no, only that it really is as awesome a 4x game as you can make. 

Extending it or not, I still got it, I just could not resist it. I have been waiting for this game for to long time. I do wait for beta to come out, when that dose and we get a good base for Galciv3, we can start some real modding efforts.