I for one was patiently waiting for the announcement myself. I just figured it was close to the end of business hours for you guys, and maybe you wanted to pop out for a brew. LOL
I appreciate everything that's been done. It's been almost 10 years. I Don't expect you to work overtime, to inform me about stuff. 
Awesome events, all Three!
Yeah, me either and HCS does do it on occasion, but this baby?
The Global Event shall be live until 12:00 (Server Time) on the 14th of September 2016.
Well within HCS business hours. No excuse.
For the umpteenth time... don't do it if it isn't worth it to you.
I have to applaud the level achieved because my assumption is that people actually thought about whether it was worth it to them or not.
What is definitely clear is that there was no community effort involved. By that, I'm not referring AT ALL to the level achieved.
Zero Guild Chat messages urging the FS Community to participate or offering buffs to help. Zero changes to Buff Market prices with that end in mind. Zero more costly urgings via FSBox or Shout Box.
In a nutshell, I hear a lot of players saying this "failed" because "we didn't reach ruby".
First, I full-on disagree that it failed. Second, if you really want to insist... that's on the FS community and yourself.
For info purposes, I got top 100 and gained my silver medal and am more than happy. Of course, that wasn't really based on FS Community effort. Ho-hum. And yet I cheer (o0
Congrats out to the FS Community for getting what they worked for. Prosperous smacking everybody! (o0