Some answers that have been asked:
-The only criteria to delete players, has been the time that they were inactive.
-We will bring new players through advertising. Right now, we have an influx of 200 new signups a day (across all universes) which we plan to keep for some time.


Some myth busting and facts:
-It is a false interpretation that hitting new players drives them away. You cannot after all farm a new player for a reasonable time as he is in protection.
-It is a false interpretation that players will leave because they will have no food. Players will have food and there always be food. The truth is that there will be less FREE food. The game is not about FREE food though but it is about conquest. If you want lots of free food, you need to create it with your all mighty fleet.

Zorg Empire has always been deleting inactive players. Deletion of inactive players is useful for the following reasons:
-It defeats any "planned" inactivity. Some people may "create" inactive accounts nearby them in order to have free food. While we investigate such cases, it is always the best way to delete them in bulk.
-It frees up space in galaxy for newcomers.
-If frees up server resources. While we have worked hard on it (Massacre had more than 7500 players in the game) and we have managed to create a back-end that can support thousands of users per universe, it is still always better to have less players in.

Taking in mind game-play and probable personal reasons that may drive a player to inactivity, the next deletion cycle will be different than current one. Most probably, the full criteria will be as following:
-Any player with 100 points or less, who has been inactive for 45 days or more -> Deleted
-Any player with 100 000 points or less, who has been inactive for 180 days -> Deleted
-Any player with 100 000 points or more, who has been inactive for 45 days or more -> VMODE
-Any player with 100 000 points or more, who has been in inactive/VMODE for 180 days or more -> Deleted

Any player that has 50 rubies or more -> Put in vmode for inactivity of 30 days or more. Such players won't be deleted.

Any further discussion for the particular issue, refer to General Discussion. Announcement thread is not a suitable place for discussion.