I Hate Online Waiting Rooms

3 pointsposted 14 hours ago
by mugamuga

2 Comments

ungreased0675

13 hours ago

The event organizers likely prefer that the most dedicated, excited fans attend. Fans willing to wait hours for tickets or pay more (mostly) select for that criteria. A lottery is more fair to everyone with an interest in attending, but does not reward the most committed fans.

There is probably a system that is fair and rewards fans, but I can’t think of one at the moment.

cowlevel

13 hours ago

A random lottery is bad too, because it rewards the person with the most accounts.