• MolochAlter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    7 days ago

    I was literally sitting at a table with my only other friend who ordered one when the mail got sent, she got in and I didn’t.

    Salty, to say the least.

  • sanpo@sopuli.xyz
    52·
    8 days ago

    I’m so happy for everyone else in these comments saying they got on the reservation list.

  • SpamelaHamderson@piefed.socialEnglish
    30·
    9 days ago

    That’s definitely some rough luck. Hopefully you’re on the next round!

    I was lucky enough to make it on the 1TB reservation queue in the US!

    • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
      16·
      9 days ago

      I also managed to make the reservation list! In the US.

      I’m amazed, I literally never win anything. I very much expected to be on the wait-list.

  • Deacon@lemmy.world
    16·
    9 days ago

    That reminded me to check my email and I’m in queue for the 1Tb. I think this might rate my first woot in over a decade.

    Woot!

      • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        8 days ago

        Yeah there’s a reservation queue (you’ll get it soon) and a waitlist (not so soon).

      • SatyrSack@quokk.auEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        There are several reservation queues:

        • 256 GB North America
        • 256 GB United Kingdom/European Union
        • 256 GB Australia
        • 1TB North America
        • 1TB United Kingdom/European Union
        • 1TB Australia
  • binarytobis@lemmy.world
    9·
    8 days ago

    Damn, that email meant I missed the draw?

    I’ve missed every steam lottery draw and this one sucks the most. 50% odds, too, apparently.

    • eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de
      7·
      9 days ago

      The emails are sent out in batches (according to someone in this thread, it does make sense though). It means the email batch you’re in wasn’t sent yet, so you still have to wait for the email. I also haven’t gotten an email yet.

        • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          8 days ago

          Not necessarily, people seem to be getting a mix of wins and loses all day long.

          I doubt it’s just “send all the wins, then all the loses”

          • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            8 days ago

            I mean none of this makes much sense to me. I dunno why they don’t just send them all at once…but it seems like sooner would be better than later.

            • hikaru755@lemmy.worldOP
              1·
              8 days ago

              That’s pretty standard to be honest. Every individual email takes some time to send since you need to communicate to external servers. Even if you don’t deliberately group them into batches for better monitoring and load spreading, that’s just gonna take a while to churn through

            • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              8 days ago

              Email systems have a tendency to flag mass mails as spam. By sending them in batches, it stops other email systems panicking as much.

              It also lets a human check over things, and limit the effects of a screwup.

        • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          8 days ago

          Depends on how they’re deciding ordering. It could be that earlier waitlist emails mean higher on the list. But it could also be a different system.

          It could also be when you put in to the raffle, you’re in line. Then on raffle close time, they start at the beginning of the line and rng you a number between 1 and the number of people in line, setting your order, and if you get a number within however many units they have, you win a reservation. With the waves of emails just being them going through chunks of people, eliminating undesirables and cheaters and bots and stuff.

          Like the first 10 people who put in initially could all get the highest (worst) numbered slots in the order. And if you haven’t gotten an email at all yet, you could still rng slot #1, assuming it’s available.

          It could also just be a massive shuffle at all once and them just vetting the accounts.

          I’m really curious to how they’re actually doing it. It could absolutely be more robust, and it’s exciting to imagine them really getting carried away with the method. Like total rng ordering with tie breaking or something silly. Or like a recursive iterative sort for no reason. These raffles ran by scientists can get crazy nerdy quickly. Maybe they’ll talk about it and have done something like use hl2 to order stuff somehow.

    • InvalidName2@lemmy.zip
      3·
      8 days ago

      It means you died. Please give my condolences to your friends and family. If you do get an email that your reservation was approved, please forward it along to me for further inspection.