[nRike]

>> Conversely, not pounding F5 until I get a ticket makes me feel powerless.

Actually, last year they implemented some kind of IP-based persistence for each potential attendee: you could try to get on queue for a ticket on your smartphone or laptop and every time you access the timer did a reset.

[DrewRWx]

At least that had an interactive element in jumping back into the queue when Google Wallet stalled out.