I suppose that's true, but I've never found logging in once every 12 hours as a major imposition. Once before leaving for work/school/whatever, a quick check in the afternoon, and refill them to the top once again before you go to bed.
It bears testing, still, but I'm not sure anybody wants to take the chance on letting a crucible idle for 56 hours and producing nothing.
Anyway, important business with regards to Ox's last post;
According to Loftar, the village will likely initially only have five people officially (assuming there is no update between now and then). Since I'm pretty sure these five people have to be on together, we should probably start recruiting for the folks who'll be on then. Two of these people will likely be the winners of the elections, so we need three others to do it - probably some of the runner-ups, but time zone considerations might crop up. We'll likely play it by ear.
Also, we've got info on what the object itself takes;
<Lightning4> 4 bear teeth, 4 deer antlers, 10 dreams, 200 stone, 20 wood blocks, 20 boards, and 40 bones.
The first two are in the stockpile - easy enough. We have sufficient dreams as well. We've also got sufficient bones as the fletching has started to cause a massive overflow in the main stockpile as well.
The wood blocks equates to 5 stumps - easily found in the southwest forest - and the 20 boards are 4 logs (and some leftovers) cut with a metal saw, so two trees are sufficient (also likely to be taken from the south forest).
We should either collect these items and place them somewhere for safekeeping, or be sure not to use them before the idol is placed.
The last is the gripiest - 200 stone is a cartload and then a significant portion of another cart. We'll likely want to start this one early, though simply taking stone out of the smelters should get us there fairly easily.
My proposition would be to begin collecting these in carts in the cart parking area - at the very least the stone. We would need a total of three full carts - one dedicated to boards and a few blocks, one dedicated to stone, and another with a mix of stone and the other items. We're also a few chests short, so I plan on building those (and another cart) in preparation.