I think it isn't about transparency as much as it is about Clarity, every event has unique new spawns or at the very least tiers are changed , so that was the expectation for the event, but introducing a competition and even leaderboards for it which was never done before and advertising a "prize" for the winner, which if we're being frank is much harder and more time consuming to do than win a pvp event, brings expectations of a big prize
i personally assumed the winners will get a shiny uc, not even going to lie ,and i was totally okay with that, to put in 10h+ a day and race against other people to catch this many pokes and to sacrifice running to encounter more, it's a big deal, and i assumed it'll be a big prize
to note, i'm not bashing the staff, the prize was hidden and it's well within their right to award what they see fit, this was souly my logic,
the problem is there was no clarity and some people well the vast majority including me assumed it was a huge deal.
i just think things should be more clear next.
but i'l say it again, you've outdone yourselves this event was insane, thank you so much, really.