@Kotenmaru Out of all the weird and bizarre depictions of MMORPG gameplay in this series, having a sizeable number of players simply not read or know of basic details is by far the most believable.
My MMORPG of choice is FFXIV, and every day there are complaints by would-be players who fail to realize there is a subscription fee for the game, despite it being listed in plain text everywhere one might purchase the game.
Players who don't understand the purpose or intent of an in-game event is certainly more believable than the devs having created such an event in the first place.