Hi. Firstly, kudos on VV. I've got it installed and going (thanks Carla!) It's very cute! So anyway, with VS on my Palm, I was checking in several times a day. On my PC I can't check in as often... I hate to leave it paused because I want the game to advance... I think it would be good to have a "delayed" pause feature. For example, if there was an 8 hour pause, the game would continue for 8 hours. If you played and exeted before that time, the 'clock' would just reset. If not, the game would pause itself after 8 hours. THat way my villagers won't die of starvation !!!

When I go to work I put it on 1/2 speed, that usually prevents me from having massive deaths for any other thing than natural causes.