Only paying members can join fellowships and take advantage of all their features (internal tournaments, ponds, or stairs, private discussion boards, team challenges etc.). If a player's paid membership expires, he remains a member in all previously joined fellowships but cannot use any fellowship functions, until his membership is renewed.
(hide) Do you keep losing on timeouts? Paying members can activate Automatic Vacation to automatically set vacation days when they would timeout. (pauloaguia) (show all tips)