My wait time was around an hour and 19, got in late (had to call my finance and have her log in and try to find something), made multiple calls as different hotels became available/lost availability to co-ordinate options, and finally agreed to just eat the cost of not being able to share a room, having to stay a mile away.
Then Bam, on a whim I searched for 1 room, 4 adults, and the JW showed up again. At hour 2. and I got it. As this is the first year I had to mess with the GenCon housing block directly, and hearing the horror stories of years past, it did not seem that bad. After reading the complaints, I realized how lucky I was that A) I had no errors when people before and after me did, B) The line jumpers did not seem to ROFLpwnt the system hard enough to cause too much damage, which suggests a small oversight that was fixed, and C) By sheer stubborn refusal I got a room I wanted despite my sub-optimal (but still not horrible) place in line and so many factors that are being blamed as to why they can't get a room.
In Call of Ctuthulu this would be seen as a series of luck rolls modified by a behind-the-screen Computer Use roll. Next year my dice will probably be not so lucky.