I started at 5819 at 9:00:37 am and I'm dropping fast. I hope there were a lot of people who didn't read the fine print and the dates didn't work for them. The 18th is perfect for us.
Also, don't be me and leave your ad blocker and cookie rejector on when you try for the AP slots. I had an open window into the queue and watched it countdown to nothing. I had to turn off the browser extensions and refresh which took precious seconds.