Rulers Famiglia--6 Months Young February 17, 2015

Hello, and Welcome to our Farming Family Ruler's Famiglia!! (BTW, Famiglia is the Italian word for family, FYI.) I would like to offer a warm welcome to you, and introduce you to our farming family. This introduction will walk you through what we expect from you as a team member, and what you can expect from us, as your cooperative farming home.

Rulers Famiglia was formed back in mid August of 2014. Our leader, Rulerwirehair1 wanted to be part of a team that was fair. A place where people could come to enjoy the game, work their farms, and be treated fairly and equally. A place where team efforts is in the forefront. Our leader and our deputies have worked very hard to ensure your environment here is enjoyable each and every time you log in to join us. If at any time you have an issue or concern, please bring it to Ruler's attention. As he does try to be online as much as possible, please understand that he does not have eyes in the back of his head, and may miss something that concerns you. First and foremost, farmers who do not abide by these rules will be booted from our team. Period. Drama farmers, unkindness or bullying of any member here will not be tolerated at any time.

Our leader and deputies here have a TON of knowledge, as well as tools which will passed along to you. It's an added benefit that you will not find in other teams here--which we feel takes us a step above the other co-ops now currently looking for farmers.

Our day to day operations here at the family consist of the following:

1. Projects
2. Research
3. Filling collectibles
4. Watering of co-op trees

These steps are the basics of what keeps our team moving. So with that said, it is expected that everyone here take part in all of these, while playing online. As far as donations to our team, gold and monetary donations are not required, but are always welcomed. It takes quite a bit of funds to keep your farms moving, and for that reason, we'd appreciate you using your funds to do just that, rather than donating to the group. If at any time you are low on funds and cannot take part in one of the above activities, please be sure to let Rulerwirehair1 know. If for some reason we become low on funds, our leader will make an announcement at that time.

Each individual here plays an important role within our farming family. While playing online, we do ask that you be involved as possible with what is going on. As indicated in our description, we don't ask that you be online for 8 or more hours a day, we just ask that you be an active part of the group while online. Chat is strictly optional here. We also ask that you keep your light away from red, yellow and orange colors. These colors indicate that you have not been online daily as required to be here. In the event of your light changing to these colors without prior notice, you will be removed from the team. It is not fair to the others who are here day in day out. If you have something going on that will take you away from playing, all we ask for is a brief explanation about how long you will be gone.

This introduction is just a brief overview of what we are all about here. We all have fun, and want you to enjoy the time you spend here as well. It's very important to us. We also try to keep things orderly here, so that is the reason for us implementing this overview to you all. In the near future, this overview will be updated from time to time. Please feel free to mention any suggestions or ideas you may have, we welcome them!! We also again, welcome you to the family.. and truly hope that you are here.. for the long haul.

HUGE thank you's to each and everyone of you--it's us together who have made it to 12th in the rankings. Keep it up everyone!! Again thanks for being here, we could not do it without YOU!! Please join us in a few days on February 17th--to celebrate our 6 month anniversary. Look how far we have come!!

Cooperative Championship

GGS has now made the co-op championship a regular part of our gaming experience, we felt we should address it in our co-op overview. We are an ole school team, meaning we feel that co-op pride, and teamwork be put towards all our other co-op tasks on the farm. This championship takes away from our regular farming, and is aimed at mission completion. Seeking missions and all other non co-op activities take a backseat to our regular work, we do not take part in this championship as a team.
Please feel free to compete in the individual portion of the championship. Keep in mind however, that we will NOT tailor our projects based upon this championship.