Kaiki~ I actually thought that there were a huge amount of prizes given out in this meta. (Like, when you look back on some of the earlier metas, it seems that there were by far more prizes in this one. (At least it seems that way to me. XD; )) Plus, you never know if they'll pop a surprise raffle down in for newbies. (Like, they did that after the first Hunter meta, and they included at least 15+ newbies in one surprise raffle that we didn't even know they were doing, so it's not like they ignore the newbies.)
So I think that the GMs are doing/have done all they can to include everyone. Sometimes the luck of the draw just isn't in someone's favor. There'll be more chances though. Plus, with over 80 players in this one event, it's not like they can give special preference to one group (be it newbies or veterans), otherwise it wouldn't be fair for the other group. I'm thankful and proud of the GMs for being so good to us in the first place, and for giving us so many chances to try.