our team only got 500 gold when we finished in top 16

dance210: Hi!   For this Weekday Warfare, there was a tie for the 16th spot on Wednesday. That means that 17 teams moved on to Thursday and Friday.   Because your team earned zero points between Thurs. and Fri. your final rank was 17. The gold prize for teams ranked 17 - top 25% of teams is 500 gold.   Hope this helps to explain what happened!