Unfair first-come flows
Fast automation can take opportunities away from real users.
What operators actually see
Right after an event opens, real users experience delays while server logs fill with repeated requests to the same URL.
A simple queue can order visitors, but if abusive automation keeps reaching the application, the load remains.
The MacroKeeper view
The issue is treating real users and automated requests as if they were the same traffic.
WAS load
The application receives requests it should not need to process.
Operational fatigue
After an incident, logs alone are hard to turn into immediate rules.