Copping both in stores and online is hard for me. At 50 years old, I just don't have it in me to get up real early and camp out anymore. Haven't done that since 05 or thereabouts. And, I refuse to pay more than retail or to pay anyone in a store off, so it comes down to the luck of the raffle. I've gotten lucky with some raffles this year but this past week with the 3Ms I struck out, 0 for 3.
And online, my internet connection is pretty slow. My speed is about 5 MBPS. And, I refuse to pay for any bots or hacks that put the shoe in your cart hours before they drop or "dial" your cart entry in for you, so what it boils down to is how much in-demand the shoes are. If demand is relatively lukewarm, like if they are going to sell out in a day, I can cop (which is what happened with the 3M 13s, got it online from Eastbay). But if they are one of those instant sellouts, I have no chance at all. I can sit there trying to enter my order all morning and all I get is "the shoes you want are in other people's carts" messages and stuff like that, until i finally get the "sold out" message.
So since none of my methods work very well, I do both ... make the rounds at the stores and enter raffles, and if that fails try online at 8AM EST. And if both fail, I just chalk it up to the game and move on.