My horse has diarrhea

[Kavrin]

<100%hp 55m 100%mv>
say He's strong, and he usually wins, but he doesn't know a bit of healing yet.
You say 'He's strong, and he usually wins, but he doesn't know a bit of healing yet.'

<100%hp 55m 100%mv>
Donai, a yyllethyn horse cocks his tail and poops!

<100%hp 55m 100%mv>
Marric smiles.

<100%hp 55m 100%mv>
Marric murmurs 'I will never know any healing I am afraid.'

<100%hp 55m 100%mv>
Donai, a yyllethyn horse cocks his tail and poops!

<100%hp 55m 100%mv>
Marric blinks.

<100%hp 55m 100%mv>
You regain enough power to cast refresh.

<100%hp 59m 100%mv>
Marric asks 'What do you feed that horse?'

<100%hp 59m 100%mv>
sayto mar Um, I just let him graze.
You say to Arda, an elegant white mare 'Um, I just let him graze.'

<100%hp 59m 100%mv>
Donai, a yyllethyn horse cocks his tail and poops!

<100%hp 59m 100%mv>
osay You should never ever own a mare.
You say, OOC, 'You should never ever own a mare.'

<100%hp 59m 100%mv>
Marric says, OOC, 'Hehehe. I know!'

<100%hp 59m 100%mv>
Marric says, OOC, 'I blame the imm that rejected 'malloc' as a name.'

<100%hp 59m 100%mv>
Donai, a yyllethyn horse cocks his tail and poops!

<100%hp 59m 100%mv>
You regain enough power to cast refresh.

<100%hp 67m 100%mv>
Marric blinks.

<100%hp 67m 100%mv>
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Main street
N-Main street E-The Rising Sun S-Main street W-Lomb Family Tow
The gravel road heads both north and south here, and looks well maintained.
The building to the east has a wooden sign showing a sun setting behind low
rolling hills, a small legend below it shows the word 'Sutlery'. To the west,
what is easily the largest and finest of Batterhill's homes stands proudly.
Easily three stories, it seems to have been the subject of recent expansion,
with two smaller wings branching off to the north and south.
The sky is sultry and a cool northern breeze blows.
( 5) A pile of horse manure lies here. (superb)
An elegant white mare is here.
Marric is meditating peacefully here.
An elven horse stands gallantly here.

<100%hp 67m 100%mv>
osay Okay maybe I should report this pooping
You say, OOC, 'Okay maybe I should report this pooping'

<100%hp 67m 100%mv>
Donai, a yyllethyn horse cocks his tail and poops!

[Harroghty]

This issue has arisen (dropped in?) before. The chance of a horse decorating the road is 1/100 per tic. It appears that this chance is multiplied by the number of people present because horses poop more often with more people present.

I could probably go and change every horse in the game manually to drop fewer poops, but I don't see a lot of bang for the buck in doing that. Manure is a spell component, after all.

[Hrosskell]

Again, making it sit should.. er.. stop it up.

[Harroghty]

There are 220 horses in the game (and that's just the game port), most of which are in separate areas. A little willing suspension of disbelief on players' parts means that I can focus on building new areas, but if people are generally that concerned about this then I can work on a solution at the expense of more interesting projects.

I'm not being glib; I really will spend time on it if there is sufficient interest, but I just don't believe that it's out there.

[Alitar]

If I could be permitted perhaps to postulate; it is pertinent that people predominantly find my ponies to be the poopiest possible and it is prevalently perceived as perplexing. At this point I've come to play along with my pony's plentiful poops and am prepared to cope. I no longer think it's worth the time to resolve.

Alliteration is fun when you're bored at work.

edit* I accidentally a word.

[Anguin]

The Dung Sweepers guild is happy with things as they are. So am I.

[Rhangalas]

I have also noticed a propensity for horses to poop at a higher chance than 1% per tick if there is an evil-aligned PC present - not sure if it has been changed in that last couple of years - and they will sometimes poop when an evil-aligned PC enters the room. Summoned mounts do not seem to poop at all though.