User blog comment:Western Gen/Speculations for Season 12/@comment-10870881-20140204214703/@comment-10990964-20140205190010

It's probably the fact that the release date just "fell from heaven", nobody expected any news about season 12.

I mean, the teaser trailer for season 11 came out on MAY, and it was the first info for that season. It's really surprising this season starts so early.