Why not open the Backroom to non-members?

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

The primary reason, as I understand it, for the way in which we vet members, was a gun control thread that sprang up in the backroom a while back, before I was here. Things got very heated, and large numbers of patrons were registering simply to join in the flame war. This was the reason for the introduction of the entrance hall system-as Bloodrast says, it's meant to ensure patrons aren't here solely to cause trouble.