It was literally open for 5 minutes. I'm in Hawaii, so I checked right as the mergers opened. Literally full when I clicked the application page. Doesn't make sense to me. Idk, maybe they are sifting through the applications etc. But something certainly seems wrong here.
I also agree that people over reacted about the "forced merger" that so many people were mad about. I was about 95% sure something like this was going to happen. Oh well, Balmung it is.