WTF
not sure if serious but really hoping so

you don't get it, it isn't just about the reward, it's about encouraging more activity and bringing more people to sparring, PKing, and BKing and distributing players around the map and getting people to participate in the game more and sit around less

it's no secret the community is way into hats, so maybe now instead of sitting around and chatting a few people will say, "hey, I really want the 200k PKs hat" and start towering or PKing more actively

the proof is in the simple fact that so many less people would tower or participate in the GST if there was no reward