Actually,they first posted the notice with "9/30" on it,then they edited it saying "10/01".
Also if you look at the event duration,it says "from 10/01 till 10/07"

i tried making another one just now, still nothing.

I think you gotta hit lvl10 before get the item, maybe from mailbox? Not sure still.

If i made the character before this event started will i still get the item?

That's what everyone is trying to figure out.

no i didnt

This event is exclusive to characters that were made in the time zone given.
One thing not clear is if we need a new account altogether or just a new character even in an old account.

So if we have say a level 20 account that was made a week ago, would this event work?

I thought it was you needed an old account created prior to the 1/10 and it doesnt matter if the character you had was old? Or am I mistaken? What I want to know is do you have to make a whole new character on the old account in order to receive the item?

we dont knowwwwwww yet!