Problem is not with checking under your minimap or forums, event was to start at 12:00PDT, people were waiting for it and started forgeing as the clock striked yet most failed (bad luck, failed event launch or delay), after about 1 hour ppl started to get success as event was on. Just silly if there is no announcement for events as people have to rely on "opinions of co-players" to confirm if event is on or not or another bug.
Still checking forums every time you login is silly, as how hard would it be to make a pop up for events currently active if you login or when event launches? Not speaking of GMquiz etc, but something like that would be highly appreciated.