I think their intents shall forever be unknown to us. Without access to their data, we can't even actually say they've left out most of the current players. Using anecdotal evidence to speculate is kind of....erroneous.

My opinion? I think it's just plain arbitrary who gets in. All those questions on the application don't really mean that much fro what I can see. I see them as throwing invites every which way and hoping it ends up ok. But I do say that could be wrong, since it's just my opinion.

Those of us who already play are pretty loudmouthed about everything. I think this is what accounts for the vocalization of disapproval we see here concerning how it went down this first round of alpha.