It turns out yesterday's extended period of downtime in Champions Online was caused by a new member of the Network Operation team incorrectly updating the patching manifest file. While no character or gama data was lost due to the mishap, it did take some time to resync of the patching system and affected log-ins. In response to the downtime, Cryptic has decided to give an additional day of free game time to all affected players.

While many players in this thread on the game's official forums are pleased to get a free day after the downtime, others who bought the lifetime subscription for $199.99 aren't happy they won't receive any sort of compensation for the error. What do you think? Do lifetime subscribers have a right to complain or not?