So this happened today. I was playing vanilla 1.00 Alpha and a tear came out of my eye. Okay not really but wow, you think you remember how far she's fallen but then you actually play and it's like... WOW. For real. Wow, dawg. Wow.
This was the proper reaction to seeing an Alpha in vanilla:
Current version:
The one saving grace? She's still fun to troll noobs with! Yes, as of April 28, 2014, there are still people who rage and try to boot you if you pick Alpha.
So, seeing as I have no faith in TN ever buffing her, my only wish now is for Alpha to be able to laugh during 236236T, so it's even more satisfying when you land it on hold spamming noobs. It's why I loved Tengu so much in DOA4