[Evie]

Honestly, if they need more rest players (and it sounds like they desperately do), this way of getting them makes sense.

Previously, they would choose accounts, send invites, and hope that a good portion of them responded. Out of all their invites, only a small percentage probably turned out to be viable testers because not everyone wants to be/has time to be a tester. Not a very efficient method to fill the test servers, which, realistically, is what they need.

Opening the servers to everyone, even though that's how I got in, wasn't terribly smart either. As many have pointed out, for every good tester they got out of that, there are probably just as many people who joined it to goof off, and who will never report anything. And worse, many potentially good testers were left out entirely simply because of work/school schedule.

What they have done here should give them a pretty good list of people who want to be testers. If they are smart, they can look at the accounts, and decide who to let in, which should give them more testers quickly without just opening the flood gates.