Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-74.44.161.77-20150404225005/@comment-1173941-20150404231456

There were mentions that a few less made it in than exactly 10,000. Just between 9000 and 10000.

That said, it's not like it'd be impossible to block new logins. It would be pretty easy for Kayaba to just make it so new people can't join.