Lois McMaster Bujold "A Civil Campaign"Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself. Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the ***
I'm assuming you are not logging in daily? because they usually blast the start of the event with that obnoxious full page announcement window. and I think with last event, they also started outright blocking login window with "EVENT IS HAPPENING" window.
but if you are not logging in daily, checking in with the guilds, or hoping their e-mails come in at the start of the event and now a day or two late - is pretty much your only option.