What is end of the world?

[Saphireking65]

I think he means the end of World 5...

[galopagogo]

Please tell me what the end of the world is.
Please.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end

God I hadn't seen that video in like 10 years. Still awesome.

[Shadow7168]

Citizens,

A bug introduced by some changes that loftar recently made to the saving of characters has caused widespread data corruption in the form of duplicated items and bungled character inventories. After a brief survey of the damage done I have concluded that this world is beyond repair, and cannot by any effort of ours be brought to a satisfactorily unspoilt state. No rollback to an earlier date is possible.

This means:

Sometime within the next 36-48 hours there will be a complete and total wipe of all characters and all maps, and a new world will be generated. Please note that your game accounts will obviously not be deleted .

Due to the short notice we will not be able to introduce any major changes. The changes we do introduce will focus on balancing.

Until reset time the server will run as normal -- bugs and all -- and you should feel free to engage in whatever apocalypse induced madness you feel is appropriate. Or just say your goodbyes to this world.

Our deepest apologies, we hope you will join us in world four.

This is not a drill.

[Elden]

A h&h system msg saying:

The world has changed; I can feel it in the water

After which i felt it as well. Everything lost its colours and meaning. That was it.
I just went across the outer flax fields of Foxhole to the edge of heath peninsula... Took off and dropped down the bank my now useless steel helm to let the wind wash my hair, and stood there waiting for the storm to come...