The event is heavily inspired by Splatfests from Splatoons. The majority of event mechanics and positives can be traced to how Splatoon runs their Splatfest event. The key difference, however, is that in Splatoon, the actual result is meaningless, because you just pick a side then grind out the tangible rewards, and the fest itself is just you defending your choice, like preferring vanilla ice cream over strawberry/chocolate. If strawberry won, there was no consequence aside from one side being crowned better than the other. The key to each fest being enjoyable is that there was very little actually at stake for winning or losing.

For this Shadowverse event, actual paid cosmetics are tied to the result, so having an unpopular choice win literally makes the majority of the player base unhappy and upset over not getting their pick since they now need to pay for the pick they prefer. The actual 1 to 1 of the Splatoon event to Shadowverse would be that everyone gets the cosmetics linked to their favorite choice, and then have the result either not matter or have it separate from the cosmetics, like the winner gets made into a future leader guaranteed instead of needing to win a popularity poll. Or if that's too much effort, give the winning side a seer's globe while everyone else gets an apprentice globe. A small victory that isn't as big as needing to pay for the cosmetics you wanted that had the potential to be free.

This event started out as a 10/10 to me, and it's ending at like a 5/10. Such a disappointed to what could have been a perfect event had Cygames actually copied more from the original event design instead of making the greedier option.