"Gay" as a trait

[Travinsky]

I think you are stretching the OPs original intentions, especially since they have yet to reply to this post at all. The suggestion was the Gay Trait being removed or not and throughout this, the discussion has not remained dignified in the slightest. This is a sensitive topic and I feel that the original intent of this topic has been completely lost.

So I like I said, by all means post a new suggestion with your idea of a more fleshed out arrangement regarding colonist sexuality. I'm not upset if others want to continue this topic, this is the internet after all, I've read far worst threads than this. But I feel a original intent behind this topic is gone and this subject in general would be far better served by you posting a new topic with an idea that you have clearly thought about.

I'm bowing out of this topic, if you wish continue it, go right ahead. But I think your ideas would be better off in a new suggestion topic.

[Zombra]

Yeah, sorry I misread your post earlier.  I tend to post in haste and edit on reflection.  No hard feelings I hope. 

[Jonofwrath]

I'd like to suggest that "gay" be removed as a listed trait. There should still be colonists who feel same-sex attractions, but we're in the year 5500, I'd like to hope that in the next 3500 years, society as a whole moves beyond gay/straight and male/female.

By the way, are multiple relationships possible ingame?

Pansexual polyamory in 5500!

I agree - sexuality isn't any more relevant than eye-colour or handedness.

Individuals will pair up - they may or may not be of the same gender.

These sorts of labels are mostly used to divide people.

[paja338]

I disagree with removing the trait. Since this is a game about managing people you need information about them.
Knowing sexual preferences of your colonists is something I'd like to pay attention to, considering the possibility of children in future updates.

And seeing "Straight, Gay/Lesbian" or better yet "Homosexual" and "Heterosexual" as anything other than acurrate description of a persons sexual preference is unthinkable to me, might be a culture difference.

Rimworld is a game where you are influenced by AI storyteller and what you desire: be that a colony of cannibals, only males/females, etc.
Its something you decide the end goal of, you are not forced to leave the planet, its all up to you but only thanks to the information and options that the game offers you can make those decisions.

Please note that this is a game where having options to do monstrous things gives great freedom. Try to detach your feelings from it, eh?
These are my views and I stand by them, until convinced otherwise. 

[Jonofwrath]

How does their sexuality influence game-play though?

[SuperCaffeineDude]

How does their sexuality influence game-play though?

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I think the argument, which is quite valid, is that as being gay is proportionally uncommon, it is valuable to at least have that preference displayed because, in a clinical sense, match-making is valuable for the mood boosts, and could be useful in the long-run for simulated prejudices and cultures

[Jonofwrath]

So can you encourage people to hook up by forcing them into proximity in RimWorld? Interesting if so! Handy for get 2-for-1 bedroom occupancy!

[cultist]

So can you encourage people to hook up by forcing them into proximity in RimWorld? Interesting if so! Handy for get 2-for-1 bedroom occupancy!

Pawns will only attempt romance when they are near each other ("near" seems to be talking/interaction distance, whatever that is). So yes, you can in theory try to pair up certain pawns by having them work on the same jobs, keep the same schedule etc. No guarantee it will work though.

[charkesd]

want me to break the game

I know your curious!

oh something like... peoples with 1 hand are outraged! how dare you set objective values to our self worth! by god even converted to a monitory statistic! me and the thousands of other 1 handed people from the "single hands across america foundation" (people who dont play the game) are suing you into the ground for defamation of character, willful destruction of a brand and hate speech! prepare to cry!

just so were clear i have 2 hands.

[Jonofwrath]

You know my curious what?

[Zombra]

Um ... you know people with one hand are also represented in the game, right?   

[milon]

You know my curious what?

That's some low hanging (and plentiful!) fruit that you went for there

[Jonofwrath]

You know my curious what?

That's some low hanging (and plentiful!) fruit that you went for there

The content of the post merited no response so I went for straight-up ridicule instead

"just so were clear i have 2 hands." was a low-point for me. Don't correct it - say it as it's written. Go on. Feel my pain. 

I suspect that Charkesd can either type or breath - not both simultaneously - and has as many brain-cells as hands.


User was warned for this post.

[charkesd]

Um ... you know people with one hand are also represented in the game, right?   

yes and they have 50% manipulation

are you saying you agree that people with 1 hand are only 50% as effective as someone with 2 hands?

[cultist]

Does anyone have any comments on the fact that gay is a "bad" trait in the sense that it does nothing useful except for the very rare case where you get another gay pawn of the same gender and they happen to like each other?
Otherwise the gay pawn will regularly hit on pawns that will always turn him/her down, causing poor social relations. Could we maybe implement some sort of gaydar so gay pawns will be a bit more picky about whom they approach in a romantic fashion?