The way I see it, it's not just about supporting Alpha, it's also about supporting the official Japanese release as well. Granted, that's also not very important seeing how few of us actually read OP in Japanese anyhow. But regardless, I do think it's something we should experiment with. The only issues I could see is that it would wind up fragmenting discussion quite a bit. And the Alpha-based model will only apply to very few members anyhow. Aren't US users in the minority? I thought we only constituted, like 30-40% of the forum. Then consider that maybe only 15-20% of said US members will support Alpha in the first place.
In any case, I wouldn't mind experimenting with it, but I see it being a bit problematic for the vast majority. Even if said vast majority's complaints amount to whining that they can't discuss the manga they most likely consumed for free and without any support to the author (not to mention illegally).~
Hey once local publishers and Anime channel get their heads out of their asses and actualy acknowledge One Piece even exists instead of gushing over how awesome Naruto and fuckin Bleach is (and reffering to the latter as "legendary" no less) and actualy provide it for me to purchase I will buy it. But I have nothing to buy atm.
Plus I fear local translated versions of many terms, names, lines of dialogue etc. would make me chuck that particular volume out the window. You realy have no idea how awkward Czech translations can get.