1000 point rule FAQ

**What is the 1,000 FoE Points a Week rule?**
As a guild member, you must gain at least 1,000 FoE points a week or risk being dismissed from the guild.

**What's an FoE Point?**
The games gives you points for doing things. Specifically, you get 1 FoE point for every 300 coins or 300 supplies you produce; and 1 FoE for every 50 battle points you earn by defeating a player in battle or conquering a sector through battle. You also get a number of those points for everything you build in your city, but lose that amount when you tear down the structure. How much you get depends on the structure. Generally, the more costly the structure is to build, the more points you will get for it.

**Why the "1,000 FoE Points a Week" rule?**
We have this rule to make sure that the members of the guild are active. We don't want to have a guild where there are a lot of inactive players. This is frustrating because they aren't there to help the rest of us. We want to make room for new people who ARE active

**Why 1,000?**
This is a reasonably easy number to accomplish. Even very early age players can usually do with when first starting out, without much effort. For most players, all it requires is getting onto the game once or twice a week to collect their productions.

**But I'm a new player, and 1,000 seems like a huge number**
That's okay. We were all new players in the not distant past, and we know what it is like. Be active. Do your best. If you'll do this you'll find in a few weeks that it isn't hard to do. Many new players can do it almost right away. We know you are new, and we'll take that into account when looking at your progress. If you're worried, send us a message, and let us know. We're real people and we won't bite :)

**How can I find out what my FoE score is right now?**
In the "social bar" at the bottom, with people icons going left to right, the number at the top left is your current FoE score (on the left is your position number in the list). This is usually accurate, but not always. Sometimes you may do things in the game that don't get updated there right away.

Another way you can see it is by clicking on the three headed icon in the lower left, and clicking on the wreath (left) and selecting "Players." This will show you the global list of all players, and you should be highlighted in the list. I find this to always be accurate.

**How do I know if I've gained 1,000 FoE points this week?**
Your FoE score at the beginning of the week is kept track of by people in this guild. Every week, they look at everyone's score, and enter it in the guild member list. You can see this by clicking on the three headed icon in the lower left, then the shield icon and clicking on the "Members" tab. It's the number UNDER your name. The number to the right is your current FoE score. You can figure out how far you have come by comparing those two numbers. BE AWARE that these numbers are not always updated every single week. We all have other responsibilities in the real world, and so sometimes a week or more is missed.

**But I'm busy too and I don't think I can make my 1,000 FoE points for a while**
If there is a reason you cannot make 1000 FoE points a week, PLEASE CONTACT us in advance. Tell everyone in the guild if you like, but at least tell dada1492, Pisces225 and dewy. Just tell us what's up. Common examples are "I'm on vacation for two weeks", or, "My real life is crazy right now, I'll get back in xxx weeks", or "work (or school or whatever) is taking up a lot of my time, I may be busy for a month." Whatever. Just so we know you haven't quite the game. We'll note that and wait to hear from you when you told us you would be back. That is never a problem.

**Hey, this is all fun and games in the winter, but it's summer now and I'd rather go outside and play!**
*In the cold of winter, who doesn't like to sit by the hearth, glass of fizzy and snacks at hand, wolf hounds sleeping at one's feet, servants waiting to fulfill whims, and play a good game of Forge of Empires? I know I do. I don't play often, but when I do, it's Forge of Empires! - Most Interesting FoE Player In The World*

Yeah, seriously. It's summer. Rules are rules we should all know that. But sometimes, some rules aren't looked at as carefully during some seasons. Be reasonable and we will all be reasonable together.

**What do I do if I get dismissed from the guild?**
If you cannot make the 1,000 FoE points a week and you eventually get dismissed (booted) from the guild. It happens. No hard feelings. The door here will always be open for you to come back when you are active again. Just let us know and we'll get you back into the guild.

This HAS happened. Some of the players in this guild today probably got dismissed at some point, and came back to continue enjoying the game. They've been great members. So if it happens to you, relax. Let us know when you can. Otherwise, if we don't hear from you again, we hope you had fun and good luck in all you do?

**But you eggheads didn't think of my question, and I'm yelling at you right now and no one is answering!**
Uh, yeah. Sorry about that. Just shoot a mail message to the guild and we'll help you out. That's what the guild is here for - to help each other.