User blog comment:Smash The Echidna/SFW Winter Awards 2016/@comment-30737423-20151229021818/@comment-1942179-20151229034442

I stand corrected, then. But your character was only given that template today, so...no, notifications should be working fine. I don't think you would have gotten any notifications until then. Unfortunately I can't make global announcements like that, so to keep up with events you gotta check in.