Yeah tradition i guess.The festival gave us a lot of memorable moments for the History of Hololive.I just want an Ayame stream or cameo.Unfortunate but understandable. Just like last year, it was decided last minute and everyone's been rushing to finish their stalls/games. Not to mention how stacked this summer has been for Holo. Botan said she invited everyone from EN/ID when she announced the event like 2 weeks ago but I wouldn't be surprised if the EN girls forgot about it or never even saw it. No one from EN's been playing Minecraft anyways outside of Fauna and sometimes Kiara.
I agree about the summer but the Minecraft Festival was PeBoT's idea, not Holo management. I'm not sure why they decided to do it considering last year's festival was also rushed with awkward timing but I guess they want to keep tradition.