preaching to the choir andy, but we do not know all of what they have planned for this event.
And say someone with 30m power today says wow if i invest $ in gems i might be able to catch up to that 46m power guy and win it all, because this event might be 3 months away.

theres all kinds of thinking that can be going on, not all of those spenders read the forums or think the same way you and i do.