40d Talk:Party

nobody ever gets shown as "attend party" as their job except for the guy who initiated it.. for me anyway... but i have noticed that the host can still make friends with the people idling there seeing as they normally hold it in a meeting place, where everyone with no job goes... Twiggie 08:51, 5 December 2007 (EST)

I'm reasonably sure that only dwarves who are idle for extended periods start parties - can anyone confirm or deny this? --TangoThree 14:30, 21 January 2008 (EST)

I vehemently deny. They dont start parties in the middle of a job, but apart from that they will still party when they know very well that a lot of work is waiting for them (38a). --Koltom 11:29, 15 February 2008 (EST)

There is dispute then. Dwarves with jobs to do spend in parties only the time they would already spend on "On Break". Toady One already stated this sometime ago. I will make a search on the forums. From my experience, parties don't bring production to a halt, like the article says. It is a low priority "job".--ThVaz 08:48, 20 February 2008 (EST)

So you are saying that time spent on parties reduces on break time? Hard to prove and does not contradict the fact that they will start and attend parties without being on "no job" or break some time before. It is definitely not a low priority task. I routinely cancel parties to free a worker i need and while a few sometimes turn (back?) to 'on break' then, most start to work. --Koltom 06:03, 20 March 2008 (EDT)

Party Prevention Planning

Something I've noticed is that if you designate an area as a Dining Room from a table but as a Meeting Hall from the [i] Zones panel (instead of from the table itself), they'll gather around the tables (like a meeting area) and eat there (like a dining room), but will never throw parties, thus allowing idle dorfs to socialize, but keeping them free for tasks (instead of being locked into party mode). Can anyone confirm? -JeebusSez 02:44, 19 May 2008 (EDT)