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Word of mouth.
>play videogames with oldfag that only logs in every couple of months
>"hey there's this fun event going on, how about you join us and catch up with some people you haven't spoken with in a while?"
>"sure that sounds fun"
>get to door
>"wait, they didn't mention a code. or did they, and i just forgot? never mind, i'll go back to my flat games"
alternatively:
>"woah a lot of my old vrg friends are in a big event instance, maybe I'll pop in and say hi"
>"oh, never mind I guess"
I guess you wouldn't understand if you don't have any actual friends.

we should be trying to actively welcome anyone that browses 4chan and actively repelling anyone that doesn't. a sign that says "check the thread" isn't going to let in any more randos, so what's the problem with having it there? other than some seething tranny that's probably going to tell the code to their discord friends anyway?
personally i joined on the idol event and was stuck at spawn for a bit until my stoned ass finally remembered that the code is in the thread. then i had to scroll past 500 jelly schizoposts to find it because CTRL+F for "idol" or "event" didn't turn up anything useful.