I grow tired of whiners of the "supposed" whiners... As if you have some right to tell people how to feel.. LOL. Guess what Sherlock.. they paid for the game, supported the game, and simply WANTED to be apart of alpha ASAP. No "magical sense of entitlement" (which is quickly becoming the new troll phrase for today..), just desire to be apart of it.. pretty much exactly like those who DID get an invite but didn't support the game. Both parties wanted to be apart, but it seems only one part was favored at this time. Players that have been around supporting the game who also wanted to be apart right now could feel at least somewhat slighted, as they actually invested some time and money already, while some of the others who got the invitation have not done anything.. This isn't rocket science.
The supporting players may have been waiting/expecting/hoping for Alpha ARR for the past 2 years, while some of the players that just gave up years ago never to think about FF again until they overheard something about Alpha applications a cupl months ago. It's not a fair system, which is obviously going to upset people, but then again it wasn't designed to be in the first place. SE covered their bases when they specifically told everyone 'how they went about doing the Alpha selections' wasn't going to be disclosed. Obviously, it's designed to bring them the largest return, as people have already been suggesting. For you not to be able to see this show in fact it is likely you who would have been a "worthless" tester, as you put it.