And changing the system clock on one's computer will mess with the gong timing, too.

I'm too fearful to play with the clock.. grin

And I have successfully rang the gong and had it work as intended. Would it be a spoiler to reveal an indicator that the gong is ready to be rung?

Thanks all for listening to me whine needlessly.

CaliLilac

[/quote] Would it be a spoiler to reveal an indicator that the gong is ready to be rung?

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Never mind, I see it's not a secret... grin

It seems to me like it takes longer than 24 hours also, but I could just be impatient. I was wondering though, my two villages that have the gong are kept on 1/2 time while I'm concentrating on my second to villages. Does that make a difference? And no, I have never messed with my computers clock. I have been panicking that I'll forget to pause my games this coming weekend and mess everything up due to the change to Daylight Savings Time. :-)

Normally DST isn't a problem for people, and you don't have to pause your games. You can see this post for a complete explanation.

Thanks LadyCFII. I had read that post, but I was tired and haven't been feeling well. For some reason, I thought all the villages also needed to be paused, not just that the game wasn't running. I only play in full screen mode so when I'm not playing, I quit. That's what you mean, right? Just don't leave the game open and running, correct? Thanks again for your help.

I'm not 100% sure but I think that I ring my gong every 12 hours. I say that because when I turn my game off at night by the afternoon I can ring it again. I have rang the gong quite a few times.
I do have a problem though. Everyone else that rings the gong gets some kind of event either good or bad. I have yet to get any. One way or the other.
I must have something wrong. But my games perfectly fine. Except my 2nd game. I can't pick up my beetles or butterflies.
I have all my collectables in the 1st game and all my Tech points. I have 115 villagers, that is as high as I have been able to get.I have had a few minor details but nothing annoying. Except I would like to get something for the ringing of the gong.

You may be getting something and not seeing it. It doesn't come as a popup, you have to watch the bottom line on your screen to see what effect the gong has.

I thought I wasn't getting anything wither until I noticed that, it can disappear very quickly if, for some reason, a villager doesn't respond to the ringing, but eats or learns something.

You can also see if the event is a good one or a bad one by looking at the smoke given off when the gong is rung. Green smoke is bad; rainbow is good, just like the stews.

Yes, Simsane - you need only Quit the game. Pausing is not necessary.