Salute to "TheNikeDestroyer"... some happy medium has to be found here.
The only positive from this "bot era" has been the elimination of unruly camping situations at Niketowns, etc. (and even then, someone got killed in ATL last month).. other than that? It's been pretty negative... system has little to no transparency, stores being suspect (remember the one "pickup" time closed at 9:30 in the morning and a bunch of people couldn't get their shoes), and the creation of all these RSVP sites (seriously, paying someone just to get a chance to pay a bundle more of $ for a shoe? yeah, that's been a real positive development in this process /sarcasm)
I still bet Nike will try to stick their head in the sand for this release though, they looooooooove this hype.