Why does it have to be fair? and what is not fair about it in the first place? You put in the effort and you get the reward, everyone has the same opportunity to log on early or stalk out the maintenance. It seems pretty simple to me. What i hear from you is, oh i don't have time to wait/go online early to try and get a plot so i don't want anyone else doing that because I can't do it. Seems kinda selfish to me.

If you are not able to put in the time or effort then guess what? you will just have to hope there's left overs when you are able to go online or wait for new plots to open up in the future.

Once you stop trying to "equalize" everything in your life, you'll be much happier.