Nexon broke pirate ranks

Also, 99% of Pirates are not eligible to win the contest, you had to make your account after the patch to be qualified >_>

I see the event description + official rules but I still see no where that it states it had to be created after the patch date.

All it says is [paraphrased] "Be the highest level pirate within the contest period". That doesn't mean you have to start inside the contest period. It just means you have to be the #1 pirate within that time frame, or to put it another way "Be the #1 pirate during that time frame, and be the #1 pirate when the time frame ends" If you get passed the day after, you still win.

Unless I'm overlooking something, that's my interpretation.