Well It is that time of year again when we have a 2nd annual Mini Round.
This year it will start at 00:00 23rd December 2007 and finish 00:00 3rd January 2008 (all times GMT)
This will be followed by a 72 Hour pre-round. and Evo 5.8 Will start 6th January 2008.
Evo 5.8 will be like no other new features will be introduced and new strategies implemented. Some will be initiated in the mini round.
Congratulations on the Purple team winning this round.
On behalf of the Admin team and everyone in Evo have a Merry Christmas and a wonderfull new year and we hope to see you all next year for Evo 5.8
AllyYour Comments
Hand wrote at December 14th 2007, 08:19:
Something tells me Emp Mythos wont be top for long. 
I think midnight is an unfair time. It favours people in the USA.
7am GMT is a good compromise IMO.
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Black Silk wrote at December 14th 2007, 09:19:
Good work Guys & Dolls. Looking forward to the new round!
Merry Xmas to all & a happy new year!
Silk.
Fluffy Mcblack wrote at December 14th 2007, 09:31:
Damn resets I really grow tired of new RnD process every time and taking a whole day to create 1 Demon etc etc...
Iv wrote at December 14th 2007, 10:22:
Can someone translate this for me: "Evo 5.8 will be like no other new features will be introduced and new strategies implemented."
Thanks
Nobdi wrote at December 14th 2007, 10:42:
Translation: "with evo being in the beta state for so long we decided to hand over marketing to Microsoft" 
...and : Merry Xmas + a Happy new Year everybody !
Harad465 wrote at December 14th 2007, 10:48:
so are we having some new features?
oh and merry christmas to you all!
Pauliniho wrote at December 14th 2007, 11:05:
FFS! A reset just as the round gets going. The round is only just over 100 days old. Rubbish decision.
Toon Dude9 wrote at December 14th 2007, 11:54:
Thank god! - I can finnaly start as an equal to others and not be late to develop :D
Red Kcs2c wrote at December 14th 2007, 12:36:
This round should barely be halfway through. A few people on both "sides" whining that things have not worked out they wanted should not cause a reset.
Pauliniho wrote at December 14th 2007, 12:49:
Also...I take umbrage at this bit
"Congratulations on the Purple team winning this round."
When was it decided evo would be played between teams, and that the round would end when one "wins"
Absolutely crazy
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Bodweasel wrote at December 14th 2007, 13:04:
And just when I was about to show the world that dinamasauruses are better than demonses.
"So long, suckers!"
/me puts dinosaurs in a leaky boat and sets them adrift.
Megamak wrote at December 14th 2007, 13:08:
You could expand the duration of the mini round until 6-7 of January, that's when the Christmas holidays usually end! :)
I want my lands back! :(
Damn you CoS! :P
Lordspider wrote at December 14th 2007, 13:38:
That is outstanding news :)
I would like to see end dates for rounds when they reset and than there would be no arguments on when a round should end and it would help with strategies too.
Harbinger wrote at December 14th 2007, 14:53:
I completely agree with Pauliniho *genuine shock*.
What's with all this "team" bs? And why was it decided that the round should end (ridiculously) early because one "team" came ahead in the rankings? There are a large number of players that weren't directly involved in this so-called "Big Evo War..." 
Rig0 wrote at December 14th 2007, 15:09:
It is way to early for a reset. 100 days only?? Now I have to spend 1000 ticks R&Ding! No Thanks.
Goose wrote at December 14th 2007, 15:16:
Not sure I like this or not however, for mini 5 min. tick rounds, how about making HM a minimum of 1 day instead of 3. Would allow people to actually play and still take a "mini" break to get a few things done.
Octavio wrote at December 14th 2007, 17:01:
"New features will be introduced and new strategies implemented"
Anyway of finding out what they are now?
Water Son wrote at December 14th 2007, 17:16:
As much as I would love to see this round carry on, look at what it says in the post.
If neon has new stuff to add to the game, he may have felt in nesissary to reset to give everyone an even keel.
Hopefully the new stuff might be worth a reset.
Although as has been said, not looking forward to 1000 ticks of R+D 
Ralan Bek wrote at December 14th 2007, 17:19:
For both improvements to be made to evolution and to keep the population happy...improvements should effectively be made at the start of the round. Else face the wrath of the angry evo mob for not complying with consistency and taking away/adding features that have a significant effect on their gameplay mid-round. If we're facing creature stat changes or anything else potentially as tactically upsetting as that, it's only right it should come with a reset. Say for example at the start of the round, people opted against choosing MP's due to the recent changes and rather went with the annoying irritant of the OP. Should it be right to then bring back the MP to the functionality it once had at this stage in the round?
From what I can tell, Neon couldn't give a crap about which sides win. Unless I'm massively mistaken, that isn't why there's to be a reset (unless data suggests a massive correlation between purple side dominance and a sudden surge of people leaving the game in droves) . What he does care about though to some extent at least is the functionality of this game. You all complain that it's broken and in need of additions and repair...let him fix it. Granted there's Devo for that, but I for one am willing to wait until after the reset to asses whether a reset was really needed to implement these changes. It might be the best round yet...
Ally posting the congratulations to the purple side however, was rather a Freudian Slip. 'Sides' exist for our political movements only and shouldn't be referred to in such a way by the hierarchy 
Congratulations to Sorrow for leading the round at the current stage. If you can hold onto the spot until the new round starts, then you have won an impressive victory with the help of your Allies.
edit. All of you complaining about having to work your way through the research again, think about people like me who will have only just finished >.<
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Harbinger wrote at December 14th 2007, 17:39:
If evo is to be split into teams (
), then can we at least get some cheerleaders? (
)
), then can we at least get some cheerleaders? ()
Pyotr wrote at December 14th 2007, 17:45:
While I think this round did end very prematurely, I'm excited for these "new features". Do the admins want to divulge any more information on them?
Jakkz wrote at December 14th 2007, 17:49:
Do you always open your Christmas gifts early!
Patience danielsan.
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Maxy wrote at December 14th 2007, 18:37:
well not sure I'm in favour of a reset of not.
I dont see how this current game can go forward any, no one seems to want to break the deadlock we are currently in, so I suppose a reset puts it back to square one again for everyone, on the other hand, it does seem very early and I cant say Im looking forward to allocation and R&Ding again.... dooh
New features.... yipee!! anything to brighten up our playing hours.
Anyway, can I say a well done to all participants this round, it has been fun at times, and depressing at others. I particularly liked catching the odd fleet sneaking in at my house and squashing them. Now let the end of round madness begin.
ps. Hey Rigo, my fleet is coming over to your house soon, I hope a welcome is awaiting.. (pps, no CoS hasnt declared war on NOD, this is just a personal bit of fun)..... though you never know, Im a women who changes her mind.... mwhahahahahahahaha
Maxy wrote at December 14th 2007, 18:39:
oops forgot... Happy Christmas everyone, health and happiness to you all.
Bearsfan wrote at December 14th 2007, 20:30:
As much as I would like to fight on.... I won't.... I would like to congratulate COS, =A=, SORROW, DAMN AND ANYONE ELSE ON THE SO CALLED PURPLE SIDE for a well fought war and victory on round 5.7
And to everyone else.... it's been fun the last few months since I joined the evo community - Thanks for the experience & entertainment 
Happy holidays to all!
Soanes- wrote at December 14th 2007, 22:15:
The round is dead.
If the round carried on then the purple side would just decimate the gold side so much that the purple side will have no targets left to attack.
We have dominated so much this round it makes me wonder weather this will happen again and again untill it gets so boring everyone will quit. I am a little angry though because we were promised that the next reset will be Ev6, it makes me wonder how many more resets we will have before the big Ev6 hits the screens. If your not 100% sure then don't promise us anything. We don't forget promises.
Revenge wrote at December 15th 2007, 00:06:
Calm down vaan its only a game! i look forward to the mini round and i hope to see alot of you guys and girls still here in the new round
Iv wrote at December 15th 2007, 00:58:
I'm rather pessimistic about the so called "new features". The way they are planning to introduce them is disrespectuful towards players and that's not a good sign.
There is devo, why not test those new features there? Why not discuss the new features with evo community?
Checkered wrote at December 15th 2007, 19:32:
piss poor fucking decision to restart the round. come on now, that'll be 3 rounds in a row cut short. I'm seriously pissed off now. Just when I start feeling better about how things, something like this happens... ::SHRUG::
Spacephoenix wrote at December 16th 2007, 08:11:
Will the admins be making a complete copy of the final rankings once the round ends?
Black Wolf wrote at December 17th 2007, 07:27:
I cannot say I am happy at all about a reset so soon into this round and I do not look forward to another month of R&D before things get under way again I am in two minds if I will be back, my thoughts are also wondering how long before this new round gets reset!!!!!!! and if worth it.
Although I must confess to wondering just what these new features are going to be that may change the way the game is played hmmmm.
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Sautabialere wrote at December 20th 2007, 09:31:
Fun was just started... but don't reset the fun guys!
Congratulations on the Purple team for the good work in this round. I hope in more and beautiful colours in the new round.
My best wishes of Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to whole Evo community and their families.
Sauta!
Kickaha wrote at December 21st 2007, 08:35:
Gesegnete Weihnachten und ein friedvolles und gesundes 2008 für alle in EVO
Merry Christmas and a peaceful and healthy year 2008 for everyone in EVO
Muddd wrote at December 23rd 2007, 22:53:
December 23rd, 2007 22:37 GMT in Changes MiniRound Security Staff posted by Muddd
My accounts have all been tampered with - if you have ever emailed me please change your passwords in all your accounts ASAP. All of the people and emails in my yahoo acct for [email protected] have been specifically jeopardized if this helps you to know if you are involved in this in some way.
We have an intruder in our midst so please protect your self. I apologize to those this directly effects, which is really all of you since I've spent half my day looking into how far I was invaded rather than giving the mini round my full attention.Â
Until further notice the current round will continue and "mini" is on hold as I focus on how this happened and try to determine who our intruder is. I thank you for your patience - mirandaÂ