Honestly... people are complaining and crying about not getting in... Lets take a look...

Square-Enix's fans have been proven to be unable to say when there is a problem with one of their games, they defend it blindly even if its terrible.

You all need to realize this is the ALPHA TEST. Its not about playing the game for SE its about making sure everything works fairly well before the BETA test which is more about playing the game to test features. Alpha tests are a lot of stress testing and making sure that they can find out what can cause server crashes to avoid them in the future.

You won't keep anything from the alpha anyways. It all gets deleted.

Secondly about complaining about letting people who have QUIT in over people who have played since launch. Some did yes but I know a few people that have played from launch until shutdown and got in so it ISN'T just people that quit.

So they invited people that have quit quickly.... big deal. All I see is people saying "We should have been important because we're the fans" I'm sorry to break this to you... the LAST thing that will help SE make this a great game is letting fans give all the feedback.

Think about it from this point of view.. Tanaka disappointed a lot of people when the game was launched, we all know the state it was in. By inviting people that quit early on, not only can they see the changes but they can also give FEEDBACK as to what can help improve the game, something SE fan's aren't really able to do and if you look at the forums, every time someone suggests changes (In both FFXI and FFXIV) half the forum flames them if they say something even somewhat negative, even if its true.

Lets face it, SE fans praise the developer no matter what, it could be the worst thing in the world and the fanboys would mindlessly praise it. But people who are able to call out crap when they see it will give far better feedback and its them that will help the game grow, not a few fans that just want to play the game.

I for one am not bothered at all that I didn't get into the alpha. I'm patient and I have other things I can do with my time. Now I would LOVE to get into the alpha that would make my day getting that email. I am a fan after all. I hope for the beta test personally I can test for my PC and my PS3 if needed, its no problem either way.

I am just waiting patiently for an email. No use complaining about it.