SUPPLEMENTAL POST - for today's big post read below this one.

Okay, for giggles, I've been checking the SDCC registration page and I think I got in there pretty close to the time registration opened for the 4-day passes and I was 6,770 or something.

What a nightmare.

*UPDATE* at 11:02am I got notice that 4-day badges have indeed sold-out.  And I was still languishing in the 6,000 range.  I hope I have better luck getting the single day badge.