Personally, I'm of the opinion that putting in more quality checks is never a bad thing, and that beta readers really WILL allow everybody to participate while dividing the work more efficiently in the long run. Sure, it may not always be perfect on the get-go, but it's not like we can't fix it later on. Furthermore, I'd also like to believe that if a player really wanted to come in and join us, they'll make the effort to, no matter how "intimidating" it looks. On the end of the beta readers, it gives you all an opportunity to check the apps of future castmates/players out, help them along and get to know them better as well. I really can't see how this could be a problem just yet.

Anyway, long and short of it is that I'm in full support of whatever helps you guys and the app team get things going with minimal stress. I think I've seen just a part of how hard it is on the mods and app team and even the people waiting on their revisions/acceptance notice and such during the application season, and if doing this helps everyone while keeping the quality of the game as is (maybe even improving on it), then I'm good.