We've all seen what freaking out too late does. Thus, in the spirit of OSS, we watch the pre-alpha and pre-freak out.

Once the initial freaking out passes, it moves into freak-testing, where people discuss rules for freaking out, whether or not it should pass, and whether of not it has a freak tracker.

Once that passes, it's promoted to a full-blown freak out, so everyone can freely freak out without worrying about unstable early freaks.