In my *No-Fishing* Village, I NEED the GC, he needs to keep my berries ripe for the picking and my crops fully restored, otherwise my poor vilage will starve to death.... now correct me if I am wrong... but, (it seems to me anyhow)... when the game is "off" and closed... he does NOT due these 2 very vital things for my village to survive... so when I need to shut the game down and turn off my PC the game needs to be paused... otherwise my villagers all take a lot of starvation damage....