SE is always SE... Rage inside... :/

[Dragonheart]

ah I see.. so my mistake then...eh but they still can apply for alpha even they inactive? or they just activate their account recently?

They just applied for alpha many time ago with an inactive account, just like us with active one.
Even if the requirements said that alpha was for who had an active account only.

At that time i was thinking: -Ok they can apply even with an inactive account, but they will not be selected, or at least they don't have the priority over who has an active account (so who PAID ).

And in the meanwhile ppl that still don't knew that 1.0 has end, got the invitation. Oh God i laugh to don't cry rotfl.

[Dragonheart]

You needed an active FFXIV account to be able to apply. Prob reactivated recently to be able to apply.

No, they just applied with the inactive account, without any problem, just like we did with the active account. Read what i was thinking in my previuous post.

[whoopeeragon]

did SE know that whom they sent invite even care about playing ARR?

That's exactly it. SE are not mind-readers. They can't know whether the person who filled out the application form did it for the lols or not. They can't know whether someone who went inactive doesn't care about ARR or not - they could simply have disliked 1.0 enough but very interested in what ARR has to offer. Doesn't make them any less a fan, because if you really do hate a game, why play it? So inactive players does not necessarily mean they are not interested.

SE is in a tough spot, because they have to choose between whether to conform to one segment of their POTENTIAL customerbase or not. In this case, I think they went with the better choice, to not discriminate against anyone asides from the condition that they fill in the alpha application and meet the requirements as such.

[Niqote]

Nothing wrong with trying to get back potential customers. I didn't get one but thems the breaks. It's just a stress test...

[Colino]

Nothing wrong with trying to get back potential customers. I didn't get one but thems the breaks. It's just a stress test...

Which is exactly the wrong way of trying to get back potential customers.

[Kallera]

They just applied for alpha many time ago with an inactive account, just like us with active one.
Even if the requirements said that alpha was for who had an active account only.

At that time i was thinking: -Ok that can do the apply even with an inactive account, but they will not be selected, or at least they don't have the priority over who has an active account (so who PAID ).

And in the meanwhile ppl that still don't knew that 1.0 has end, got the invitation. Oh God i laugh to don't cry rotfl.

No one said you were guaranteed a spot, CE is not some handicap licence you can wave to get the space in front of the store. stamping your feet on the forums won't change anything.

[namasy]

Oh well this is SE marketing strat that is free, Way to go SE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aion]

That's exactly it. SE are not mind-readers. They can't know whether the person who filled out the application form did it for the lols or not. They can't know whether someone who went inactive doesn't care about ARR or not - they could simply have disliked 1.0 enough but very interested in what ARR has to offer. Doesn't make them any less a fan, because if you really do hate a game, why play it? So inactive players does not necessarily mean they are not interested.

SE is in a tough spot, because they have to choose between whether to conform to one segment of their POTENTIAL customerbase or not. In this case, I think they went with the better choice, to not discriminate against anyone asides from the condition that they fill in the alpha application and meet the requirements as such.

but they able to apply with inactive account.... is it working as intended?

[Vilhem]

Im still not convinced OP's friend applied >_> sounds like a big troll to the OP. Especially, since yknow..they're not supposed to say if they DID get in e.e;

[Chardrizard]

You dumbfucks, alpha iis under NDA, you are not suppose to advertise anything, you saying you will advertise is exactly why you never gets in.