Not trying to stir up the water again to much, but.... The client loader indeed says LT Event see in bold at bottom of message from MA. If someone only read that info and not the forum thread, they just might think this is a mini event
Longtooths at Port Atlantis
12 Jan 2015 15:20 UTC
A rare sight - The Longtooth, best known for migrating in the north of Eudoria at around the same time as the Eomon are expected to be seen at Port Atlantis and near Camp Icarus.
This rare spawn of Longtooth Dominant will start at 17.00 UTC, January 13 and run for several hours.
Longtooths with shared loot will spawn on the following locations:
Location - longitud, latitude:
Camp Icarus - 63314, 74559
Port Atlantis - 61509, 75119
Port Atlantis - 61602, 75270
Port Atlantis - 61345, 75286
Non shared loot spawns at:
Port Atlantis - 61241, 75636
Extra Mainframe monitoring:
Optimization is an ongoing process in the development of Entropia Universe. During this event the server load will be closely monitored to find bugs and bottlenecks related to high user activity.