Here's my question - what about the queue?
One way to minimize 1017 issues would be to increase the maximum queue size. I would be happy to log in and get at the end of the queue, even if it meant I was #1000 or something. Because then I'd know I could go do something else, not spam "log in" buttoms and maybe go have dinner and then come back. It also means that it's not a race to click 'log in' at the exact right time. I'd know then that I'd get in when it is my turn.
However, I assume that putting people in a queue means that you have to have a server devoted to that right? I'm not really sure how queues work but I assume there's a devoted "queue server" and that is also very small because they didn't expect to have this many people queued up at once?
(As an aside, I'm not saying that I want to log in to #1000 in the queue every day, but it would be an acceptable bandaid until they have a chance to upgrade their servers next week.)
One way to minimize 1017 issues would be to increase the maximum queue size. I would be happy to log in and get at the end of the queue, even if it meant I was #1000 or something. Because then I'd know I could go do something else, not spam "log in" buttoms and maybe go have dinner and then come back. It also means that it's not a race to click 'log in' at the exact right time. I'd know then that I'd get in when it is my turn.
However, I assume that putting people in a queue means that you have to have a server devoted to that right? I'm not really sure how queues work but I assume there's a devoted "queue server" and that is also very small because they didn't expect to have this many people queued up at once?
(As an aside, I'm not saying that I want to log in to #1000 in the queue every day, but it would be an acceptable bandaid until they have a chance to upgrade their servers next week.)