I'm with ya, kinda boneheaded not to have that right away.
I wouldn't say they were stupid. The state we're seeing the game in is earlier than I think I've seen anything else. About the only thing I've played that was close to as raw is DayZ in the early mod days.
I understand other priorities came first, and the community has done some awe inspiring stuff to make it work in the meantime, which I think CiG knew they would. I'm just not quite motivated enough to mess with it in the state it's in.
Wiley.