You know, this isn't really a complaint, but there's an alternate method.
When placed, that there's an event that stays in game so that a player who didn't attend the event still finds something. As opposed to searching through message boards before and after to see what's going on, and finding out you missed whatever it was or couldn't make whatever it was, or whatever...
But I know that's not possible under UO's current status and setup. So it's not a complaint, just sayin'. (For Cal's sake.)
I'm sorry but I'm of the opinion that if you really gave a darn about what was going on in-game you would seek out answers in places like Stratics and the UORPC so you would know what was going on .... and you would watch the EM website to stay informed and so you wouldn't miss what's going on...
Tools like stratics and the EM website are there to help...
You can't expect the game to tell you everything there is to do all the time..... that's silly.
But quite honestly if you really wanted to know you would.
People who complain about never knowing have the same tools as everyone else.... they just choose not to utilize them. No ones fault but their own.
Its like the old saying that many people can't see the forest through the trees.