Praise the incoming lags ( o u o )! I was hoping it would start this weekend, but it looks like it will be later this evening or anytime this week. I have no hopes whatsoever but looking forward to new items / viruses as usual.

I wish staff would let us know if it's going to be delayed for a few more days.

Man, the site's getting laggy and it keeps getting my hopes up.

Really hoping it starts today cause Mondays are super rough at work for me and I know I won't have much time to sneak online.

Same, it would give us less uncertainty if they just told us it won't be today. I mean, it's unlikely now, but actually hearing it from them helps.

There’s no specific start date that it NEEDS to start on though so it’s not actually “delayed”. The only holiday with a specific start date is Lumi. All others vary. I think we all just need to be calm and wait for staff to get things sorted. It’s also a holiday tomorrow so it does make sense if they start it then.

"mid-February" is a big target, and we haven't missed it yet

I'm chewing my fingertips now in anticipation, though. Hoping for an early start on the (USA's) bank holiday Monday!

Is it a bank holiday in the US tomorrow? Maybe that's why the staff aren't in a hurry to start it, as well as this month having an extra day this year. I still hope it starts after 3PM Subeta time though because I should be done with my outing by then.

Yeah, it's sad that it hasn't happened today, or this weekend, but I can also just take whatever time I can to get some stuff done before then. I feel like Survival always seems to have some massive problems in the beginning, so whatever time they need to mitigate any of that is welcomed in my book.

President's Day (aka "Washington's Birthday"), a federal holiday

Well maybe tomorrow.... Waiting is hard..

I know, right? I wouldn't mind so much if I wasn't at risk of missing the beginning of it tomorrow.

I keep checking the directory for new items added... Nothing. :(

Now I'm worried that if I go to bed now, they'll decide to stock the Token Shop, I'm paranoid about missing that too. Last night I woke up and looked at the directory and thought the new item was for there, but it turned out to be Blackheart Hollow instead.

you can't stay up until they stock the TS!! it goes for months sometimes!

I didn't mean it like that, I just meant that I'm worried about missing that too if they do it soon.

Understandable... I also keep checking the directory for anything new... then you get that dread of "where is THIS going" ... Sadly TS restocks happen so randomly...

I keep checking the directory as well

I checked the archives, and pretty sure this will be the latest Survival ever...I had an idea to call in sick to work yesterday so I could stay home all day waiting to become a zombie. Really glad I didn't go with that.

alright y’all it’s monday the 17th. just gonna sit here and wait for the news announcement. please let there be an announcement today lol

also noticed that for a while snowballs weren’t appearing on my ha but they did yesterday. since they fixed that im hoping it means that they got everything ready for the virus skins.

I just hope it doesn't start during the period where I'm not online.

I know they're probably just making sure everything is working, but unless they tell us, it just feels like they're being lazy and leaving it until the last minute, they're almost certainly taking advantage of the extra day when they didn't last time it was a leap year. Sorry, I'm just a bit salty. It's another communication issue.