Quote Originally Posted by dml1954 View Post
There is no separate queue - its all the same one. Plus if say 1000 people are all waiting and trying to log on prior to the site going live, as soon as it does go live that means that all 1000 people are trying to get in the queue at exactly the same time. Thats why websites crash - they cant take the volume. If everyone waited until after the specified time, the attempts would be staggered enough to not cause crashing.
The queue was open to join before 10am. They just started sales at 10:00 am. It's like the old days when people used to queue outside shops for hours before the doors open on the first day of sales. They just want to be first in.