What SE envisions: Everyone, finger on the button, ready to have an equally fair advantage, "may the best man win" and "if you get a house it feels special" and "whoever is the most dedicated gets it."

What actually happens: "Oh the launcher is broke 3 minutes before the patch, I guess 75% of the people get screwed."

It's not man vs man, in the race for a house. It's basically man vs technical instability of the servers, and may the luckiest man brave the pile of crap to get the house. SE knows how big of an issue this is and still can't even handle the demand that they're creating by not having more supply.

Yes, blah blah server blah blah more instability blah blah more wards. I get it. But they should be prepared for this. They were not. People got screwed out of a house because of it.