Quote Originally Posted by Abriael View Post
Doesn't it occur to you that many are passionate about getting into the alpha because they want to contribbute to making ARR a better game?

Considering the amount of dedication it took to stick with this game, I don't see it as such an unrealistic possibility. Second guessing the motives of people you don't know doesn't exactly work very well when trying to bring a sensical argument.
I don't know about anyone else but I don't see that. What I see is a group of people who see this presumed golden ticket into the alpha/beta as a status symbol and an entitlement that should have been handed to them without question.

Nobody is blowing up these forums because they are devistated about not hunting down and squashing bugs. People who genuinely want to help in that capacity aren't going to come here and complain about how it is bs they weren't offered a voluntary position nor are they going to start trumping up conspiracy theories about how the system was rigged against them.

If you offer to help your neighbor mow her lawn but she tells you that her nephew is coming to do it so that won't be necessary, do you tell her that's unfair? Do you complain to her that you really feel you care more about her lawn because you live right next to it every day so you should get to mow it? No! That is not the behavior of someone who wants to volunteer help. That is the behavior of a person who feels entitled to some possession, their precious.

There isn't some genuine benevolence in this. What these players are really angry about is that they believe they are more deserving of the magical tester status than the people that were randomly selected for the test.

Everyone knows it, even them, so there is little benefit in pretending about their real intentions. It isn't going to help them in any capacity.