# 18th year event. Lost the 250K skilll points for downtime... recoverable? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/18th-year-event-lost-the-250k-skilll-points-for-downtime-recoverable/313466 "2021-05-25T21:04:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![Solonius\_Rex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/solonius_rex/32/388172_2.png) [@Solonius\_Rex](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Solonius_Rex)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/18th-year-event-lost-the-250k-skilll-points-for-downtime-recoverable/313466/14 "2021-05-31T19:15:49Z")
> [@Emily\_Shihari](#): > > You may want to reconsider this attitude if you want Eve to survive. My issue is less with what you’ve said so much as how you’ve said it. It costs nothing to be kind, and at this point in the life of the game we need to retain every player we can, new or old, if CCP is to keep the lights on. Im always kind to people, im known as a generally nice guy. But theres a difference between being nice to a new player because he is confused or is asking questions, and being nice to some entitled idiot who didnt read and didnt ask questions and just assumed everything and gets angry after the fact because the game didnt bend to his will. > [@Event Feedback - XVI Anniversary Celebrations!](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/event-feedback-xvi-anniversary-celebrations/156410/197): > > In previous events, like the one from Christmas, you had to log in for consecutive days to get the rewards. This isnt the first daily login event. And they sent a mail for that one too. So you really have no excuse. Funny, no one was complaining about this back then, and everyone understood how it worked from the get go. Only royally entitled players like you could complain about getting free gifts from CCP and turn it into a violation of the Geneva convention or something. Thing is, we p… This thread is full of people like that. > [@Emily\_Shihari](#): > > You can be as frustrated as you want, but let’s not drive people away by jumping all over them when they don’t understand things the same way you do. I dont, and im genuinely a nice person. The second category that i reply most to, is the New Players Q and A section of the forums. But this is how EVE has always been. We have always considered people who are mature, and who can take a loss in stride and not blow up and not complain and whine, and who want to genuinely learn and better themselves as people that we genuinely want to help. Quality over Quantity. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/18th-year-event-lost-the-250k-skilll-points-for-downtime-recoverable/313466)._