i tt'd to the 21st a few days ago (this was my first experience with the bug-off in new leaf since i purchased my copy during the winter) and god, it's so boring. there is no way i'd be bothering with it if i didn't want a few things in the insect set.
I have yet to participate since my game is behind a couple weeks and I got New Leaf for Christmas, but I can foresee myself growing bored of it after the first few events, same as it was with fishing.
If it wasn't for the fact that I have yet to get all the exclusive items, I wouldn't even bother at all. All those gold bug and fish trophies really clog up your inventory after a while.
It would be interesting if the villagers scored higher, though. Then there would be more of a competition aspect to it.
Me. I don't really care about that bug event since I can win it really easily if I want to. I can just go to the island the night before to get the giant stag or golden stag or whatever rare stags and win it. That was what I did last time
Nope, not bothering. I did participate in a few fishing tourneys before I started to get bored with it so I figured the same would happen with the Bug-Off.