 fjpicone wrote:THe situation has not resolved. It has transformed. The lottery is a stopgap that treats everyone fairly, but does not resolve(well) the issue of access to the convention in a timely manner.
As to calling the matter a lack of concern, I stand by the claim. When an issue happens repeatedly, is pointed out and little or no action is taken then I attribute that to a lack of concern. If action was attempted and was unsuccessfuil then there is still a to properly communicate the status.  That the housing portal problem was mostly resolved by the lottery does not address the event registration issues. I don't know how last years went but the years prior were, and I'll be polite, disappointing. This year remains to be seen.
I think if the same attempt is made to use a lottery for event registration then things will go poorly indeed. Event registration is much more time critical than even housing. A lottery will NOT be a popular solution and certainly won't work well with the 'wish list' scenario that I remember.
Again, GenCon management cannot be held resposible for the amount of events ort their popularity, but a lottery for event registration would effectively DOOM anyone more than a few dozen minutes out.
I think the only solution will be a system that can handle the throughput and let everyone on at the same time and we take our chances together.