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[ArkDelgato]

In my opinion, the debate between random and selected statues could be solved in the future by specifying who the player is.

If the player is one of the dwarves, he could buy a cheese wheel, give it to a mason as a gift, and politely request some statues he would like to see. (and could be ignored if the mason dislikes cheese, or start a grudge if his mother was killed by cheese, ect.)

[G-Flex]

The player will never be a specific dwarf, I don't think. Not in Fortress Mode.

Right now, the ideal (according to Toady, and I'm paraphrasing a lot here) is for the player to sort of represent the authoritative will of the fortress. You represent the official orders that are going on, pretty much, but not the personal whims of any dwarf.

[Strangething]

When I started this thread, I didn't think it'd last more than a day or two. I return to find heated debates on the virtue of sociology, and a randomness in game design. 

My own two cents: I like the ease of selecting "build statue/R" but I still long for the day when I can go to the job manager and specifically request a microcline scepter that menaces with spikes of rose quartz.

(And sociology is totally a science.  )

[Zironic]

This is a granite statue of a Square. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. On it is an image of a square in Alunite.

 "So... you make a cube."

theres a square inside a square, which means it's probably an engraving of a square in a square, etc.

[Kanil]

... or start a grudge if his mother was killed by cheese...

Dwarven deathcheese.

Mmm, lovely...

[Duke 2.0]

This is a granite statue of a Square. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. On it is an image of a square in Alunite.

 "So... you make a cube."

theres a square inside a square, which means it's probably an engraving of a square in a square, etc.

It's a square on a square, as statues tend to be in the three dimensions and engravings tend to stay near the second.

[Zironic]

This is a granite statue of a Square. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. On it is an image of a square in Alunite.

 "So... you make a cube."

theres a square inside a square, which means it's probably an engraving of a square in a square, etc.

It's a square on a square, as statues tend to be in the three dimensions and engravings tend to stay near the second.

A square is impossible in three dimensions!, Unless, the designer has cut the stone to the thickness of one atom. It is impossibly sharp too.

[Rowanas]

This is a granite statue of a Square. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. On it is an image of a square in Alunite.

 "So... you make a cube."

theres a square inside a square, which means it's probably an engraving of a square in a square, etc.

It's a square on a square, as statues tend to be in the three dimensions and engravings tend to stay near the second.

A square is impossible in three dimensions!, Unless, the designer has cut the stone to the thickness of one atom. It is impossibly sharp too.

You obviously aren't in touch with CTHULHU!!!

[puke]

This is a granite statue of a Square. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. On it is an image of a square in Alunite.

 "So... you make a cube."

theres a square inside a square, which means it's probably an engraving of a square in a square, etc.

no, a HYPERCUBE!

[forsaken1111]

This is a granite statue of a Square. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. On it is an image of a square in Alunite.

 "So... you make a cube."

theres a square inside a square, which means it's probably an engraving of a square in a square, etc.

no, a HYPERCUBE!

Isn't that a 4 dimensional object?

[Zironic]

This is a granite statue of a Square. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. On it is an image of a square in Alunite.

 "So... you make a cube."

theres a square inside a square, which means it's probably an engraving of a square in a square, etc.

It's a square on a square, as statues tend to be in the three dimensions and engravings tend to stay near the second.

A square is impossible in three dimensions!, Unless, the designer has cut the stone to the thickness of one atom. It is impossibly sharp too.

You obviously aren't in touch with CTHULHU!!!

This is a granite statue of a Square. It's dimensions are unexplainible. All craftdwarfship is of the highest alienization. On it is an image of a square in Alunite.

[Ranzear]

I still long for the day when I can go to the job manager and specifically request a microcline scepter that menaces with spikes of rose quartz.

I think this is the answer, deepening the use of the job manager for specific requests.

Would also be used, for instance, in making things out of specific materials, like bauxite mechanics.

[Shoku]

We could have a menu like the management one where you set up a list of specific statues (and other things?) you want made and then in the course of producing statues they would get done every so often with the dwarf mostly doing what he wants to.

[Starver]

I still long for the day when I can go to the job manager and specifically request a microcline scepter that menaces with spikes of rose quartz.

I think this is the answer, deepening the use of the job manager for specific requests.

I think, though, that the Nobilic requests of "I want three harps" are supposed to be difficult.  Tasking your <foo>crafters to repeatedly make stone/wood/metal/bone instruments (or whatever materials you can make instruments out of, I forget) hoping that they eventually make harps before the Noble gets impatient (and, ironically, after having chanced to make millions of the darned things out of spare lumps of stone before His/Her Highness decided they wanted some new ones) is part of the deal.  Toady might have to adjust the needs.  "I require three well-crafted stone harps by the end of the month.  None of your masterful nonsense, my good mandwarf.  It's a present for a 3rd-cousin of mine, from one of those provincial outposts on the plains, and I don't want them getting ideas above their station...  I don't care if you're too skilled to make them at that quality, I command you to make it so, even if it means getting an apprentice and starting them from scratch.  And you will be judged responsible for the job, regardless."

[Rowanas]

Once again, nobles are dicks. I wonder what elven nobles are like. They probably don't exist because they choke to death on the distasteful EVERYTHING.