Every year the right people come into any or all the forums like this one and give their information, and every year it is ignored so some of us choose to be cryptic about it. The good Dr. got a taste for what some have been experiencing for a long time. And frustration lead to his actions, no disrespect of course to the Dr. I am sure you know where I am coming from. You and others like me direct the thinking to make things easier both for the members that have to sift through pages of info and mods that clean up the pages of info.
But just to explain to Lizz it happens all the time. A&D have budgets ( far less than you think ) and so they too would LOVE to make a grand event, however there comes a time to " get real " and so they are limited by resources not imagination. The general public out weigh the fans, so they go with what makes sense.
And It is all in good fun, so just hang in there as history tends to repeat itself and it's up to you to make up your own mind. From here the updates will come, the claiming of who " called it " and then the reviews, comments, opinions on the event, and El Fin! We wait and do it all over again next year starting with lavish theories of what is going to take place that year.
I think the updates will come soon, and with that more clues to go along with what we got so far.
Well stated sir.