Precisely. Alpha is for testing, not showing off. Are you telling me that every single person who has complained on these forums is willing to test, and not use their status as a symbol of higher ordeals? Are you telling me that people with progression in 1.0 somehow know what to test perfectly in an alpha of what can be said to be a new game? Are you telling me that SE, for testings, do not require new testers who do not bear the influence of FFXIV?

From a criticising point of view, I would say those who quit ages ago would be less easily pleased and thus more nit-picky about the game, which is what I think Yoshi-P wants. Not to mention that AS THEY HAD TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, they have as equal a chance of getting into alpha as the rest of us, judging only by the answers they supplied in the application.