It's almost over for the year, so this might not matter so much, but just to add more standby ticket data to the mix:
I got there at 5:30 on Wednesday night and did not get tickets. There were approximately 60 people ahead of me.
I got there at 2:45 on Thursday night and there were approximately 16 people ahead of me. One guy had 5 of his family members join him at around 5 which was aggravating, but technically fine under the Publics line waiting rules. I got two tickets but they were not together, it looked like they had about 6 tickets after me - but that was just the first batch. I've heard they try to pack people in there even after it starts.
They used to have a policy of 1 ticket per person for standby, but this has changed to two. To the people reading this next year when it might actually be helpful, greetings from the past!