I have had no problem with the promotion, but that doesn't mean the experience is the same for everyone. In the past, I have had problems with this site that apparently did not affect other visitors. I can point to weird things that go on with this site right now. IME, UnifiedBrain is a bright person who would not register a complaint unless experiencing an actual problem. With that in mind, I hope Rendo staff will provide some actual remedy better than "too bad you missed it." It's entorely possible UnifiedBrain is experiencing some weirdness with AWS, you site code, etc. So the conversation definitely has a point, if anyone actually cares enough to try to find out or to do something helpful about it.