it happens a lot buddy and you will get use to it. I have seen and been in a situation where some bounties even after they reach soft cap will not pay hunters or will reduce rewards. It happens many of this project teams are lions in sheep clothing
it is a form of injustice for bounty hunters. the team and manager were free to change the agreement they had made themselves from the start. rules change and many allegations are carried out by the project. some even did not publish the final spreadsheet from the participants. that's very bad.