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Yes I want my dwarves to need to poo all the tons of stuff (s)he eats..once in a while

10 (6.1%)

Yes I want my dwarves to need to have sex without calving like a bunny

17 (10.3%)

Yes I want my dwarves to need to poo AND have impregnation-less sex every now and then.. not necessarily at the same time

41 (24.8%)

Yes I want my dwarves to need to poo AND have impregnation-less sex every now and then.. EVEN at the same time (perversion++)

17 (10.3%)

No I'm ok without 'em EVER pooing AND having sex only ONCE per child

80 (48.5%)

Total Members Voted: 165

Voting closed: February 15, 2012, 06:08:04 pm

[DrPoo]

Poo is a fantastic thing and i dont know what i would do without it.
I mean imagine not being able to poo, eventually you would either explode or puke it all out, wich would be even more disgusting.

[King DZA]

Maybe, the dwarves simply have an extremely efficient digestive system? Their bodies use up everything put into it, meaning there is nothing left to excrete in the first place.

Personally I wish things worked like that in real life. Imagine all the time you could save...

[Loud Whispers]

Maybe, the dwarves simply have an extremely efficient digestive system? Their bodies use up everything put into it, meaning there is nothing left to excrete in the first place.

SUPER METABOLISM

Seriously, these guys can live off booze and roasted frozen booze alone. I'd say they're just awesome like that.

[bombzero]

I don't want dwarf fortress to be half about dealing with shit. which is exactly what this suggestion would do to the game. (seeing goonstation players in here honestly doesn't reinforce the 'for' side of the argument.)

I don't see how goonstation players affect your game... unless you are one yourself.

For example, you designate a defecation zone. If it's in a river, preferably downstream your drinking zone. If it's in the woods, you might need to zone a new one once every five years if your population is large. You might have more dwarves annoyed by flies. But that's about it: no more than you need to do to to provide water, just in the reverse, and similarly with the option to dig a well, but in the reverse. Most importantly, you'd get the option to build a compost pile building, that spontaneously deconstructs into a few items of fertilizer after a four or five months (automated like render fat would be nice). It really wouldn't be much more than this in a basic form. I'd prefer to add the liquid, for the tanner and various chemical applications, too.

goonstation thing was a poke at the largest community of assholes in SS13, who singlehandedly ruined it, roughly akin to minecraft griefers.

but ANYWAYS, it is not so much i would not like the feature, but i want it AFTER other inside threats are more fleshed out.

with current DF you would have. 3% food, 7% nobles 10% happiness, 30% engineering fuckups, 50% shit to clean up as your internal conflicts.
if more stuff was added, and other features re-balanced you would get a situation where this idea becomes a wonderful implementation.

however, I would prefer it be implemented in a slightly less intrusive manner, as the ideas in this thread would make it a main focus of your fortress. realistic? yes. fun? no.

[forsaken1111]

goonstation thing was a poke at the largest community of assholes in SS13, who singlehandedly ruined it, roughly akin to minecraft griefers.

Please check this kind of thing at the door. I'm fairly certain nobody came here to read about your dislike of some people on the internets.

[Silverionmox]

Apparently the poo problem lies with the community, not the game, with or without feces. Why aren't you complaining also about the people killing traders for fun, or farming merfolk for profit? Because that's exactly the same phenomenon.

I think you misunderstood. I wasn't complaining... I think this community is hilarious and fantastic.

Yet you argue against manure because of what the community would do with it?

[bombzero]

goonstation thing was a poke at the largest community of assholes in SS13, who singlehandedly ruined it, roughly akin to minecraft griefers.

Please check this kind of thing at the door. I'm fairly certain nobody came here to read about your dislike of some people on the internets.

i just explained my reasoning to someone who questioned why i mentioned it offhand initially. that is all. however did you not just derail the thread further by exclusively pointing out a side point of it, instead of responding to the main idea? so just drop it for the sake of the thread.

also, a small idea about this. it would be great if pipes were implemented as fluid carriers, making a functioning plumping system that didn't result in job cancellation spam when digging on the floor under it.
this way we could actually build a functioning waste disposal system, possibly dropping it into a unused cavern lake.
(can we talk about ways this can be helpfully implemented instead of just arguing IF it should be implemented.)

[forsaken1111]

Apparently the poo problem lies with the community, not the game, with or without feces. Why aren't you complaining also about the people killing traders for fun, or farming merfolk for profit? Because that's exactly the same phenomenon.

I think you misunderstood. I wasn't complaining... I think this community is hilarious and fantastic.

Yet you argue against manure because of what the community would do with it?

When did I do that? Really, point it out. I was just pointing out humorous posts which would result from this being implemented. I made my stance on the subject clear in my earlier post...

Really I wouldn't mind if Toady implemented body waste in some way. I also wouldn't care if he never did. I'd rather he spend his time on something actually interesting though.

I don't care either way, really but I'd much prefer he work on something more interesting.

[bombzero]

Really I wouldn't mind if Toady implemented body waste in some way. I also wouldn't care if he never did. I'd rather he spend his time on something actually interesting though.

I don't care either way, really but I'd much prefer he work on something more interesting.

kind of my stance on it, as a possible much later addition after things get done that are better, bugs get fixed, dwarfs are more interesting characters. THEN lets add the 'nice details'.

[Particleman]

What exactly do you think your dwarves are doing when they're "On Break" ?

[IamanElfCollaborator]

.....

Carving pictures of burning elves.

[forsaken1111]

What exactly do you think your dwarves are doing when they're "On Break" ?

Well I hope it's not pooping because mine spend their on-break time standing on the dining room tables.

[Loud Whispers]

What exactly do you think your dwarves are doing when they're "On Break" ?

Well I hope it's not pooping because mine spend their on-break time standing on the dining room tables.

I always assumed they were on break.

[drilltooth]

is the thought of them having sex on the dining room table any better?

[King DZA]

is the thought of them having sex on the dining room table any better?

...Anyone got some brain bleach I could borrow?


Please?