I've gotten in queue at position 147 only to be logged on a few seconds later.
I've also gotten queue at position 14 only to get the 1017 message.

The queue number is misleading imo. I rarely jump up in queue, it just takes me into the game if I can get into queue.
So if those numbers mean anything, it probably means there's only about 150 spots for queue.

Has anyone seen higher queue numbers lately?