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[Armok]

You heretics. It's gotta be 6. 6 is the number of sides of the shape that composes the dwarf fortress universe, and everything within it. The cube and the cuboid are the indivisible atoms that were there at the dawn of creation. You talk of "7 depths of magma", but what you don't appreciate is that you are referring to 7 cuboid, stacked upon each other, to form a cube of magma.

As you add more magma to a tile, it tends towards a cube. Cubes have 6 sides. Magma is the most awesome thing ever. Hence, cubes are the most awesome number.

I agree the cube is the most dwarven shape, but the number of sides in a cube is not 6, it is in fact 7 as well! Leftside rightside upside downside backside frontside and inside!

[Dwarf]

8 if you count outside?

[Armok]

The first 6 sides consists the entire outside. Fingers vs. hands. The inside on the other hand is a completely different side, not even overlaping .

[G-Flex]

The inside isn't a "side". A "side" is a face, it's a two-dimensional area. The inside is volume.

So... no, there are not 7 sides to a cube, and the inside is not a "side". Jeez. I don't know how you can even think of a face of a cube as being analogous to its volume.

Although, yes, a face of a cube does "overlap" its volume (well, that's not even a valid term to use, but you're not using very valid geometrical logic to begin with): The faces are the outermost cross-sections of its volume.

[Armok]

(It's suposed to be funny. YOu just ruined the joke.)

[Diablous]

The inside isn't a "side". A "side" is a face, it's a two-dimensional area. The inside is volume.

So... no, there are not 7 sides to a cube, and the inside is not a "side". Jeez. I don't know how you can even think of a face of a cube as being analogous to its volume.

Although, yes, a face of a cube does "overlap" its volume (well, that's not even a valid term to use, but you're not using very valid geometrical logic to begin with): The faces are the outermost cross-sections of its volume.

It's called a joke man. Learn to recognize one.

[G-Flex]

You're expecting me to be able to tell when Armok is not making sense intentionally?

[The Eviscerator of Gods]

Seven the number of the dwarf because of the seven famous dwarves: Sleepy, Angry, High, Dogwood, Cattleberch, Hobo Beggins, and Knife Wrench! (for kids)

[Satarus]

7 because that is for the starting 7 and the depth of fluids on a single z-level.

[Draco18s]

7

You realize now we're going to need to make a fort that has as many 7s as possible in it, right?

(7 dwarves, 7 depots, 7 statues, 7 bars of 7 metals, 7 dining rooms...)

[Sean Mirrsen]

7 magma pipes. I dare you.

[HonkyPunch]

0.
Because that's how many dwarves will ultimately survive your inept fortress handling.

[Bauglir]

-snip-

[Tellemurius]

69 because of that was my population of dwarves that for a total of one year they had 20 marriages and 30 babies!

[quinnr]

7 magma pipes. I dare you.

Oh god the fire imps.