The Gamer Who Hopes To Journey To The Tip Of The Minecraft
Intrepid gamer units off to find the top of the Minecraft world - though it's going to take him 25 YEARS
Kurt Mac has already travelled seven hundred digital km in the game
Estimates it can take him 22 years to finish his journey
Hopes to succeed in the 'far worlds' - an space where the game begins to interrupt down
By Mark Prigg
Printed: 23:Fifty one BST, 28 January 2014 | Updated: 18:37 BST, 29 January 2014
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Anybody who has ventured into the blocky virtual world of Minecraft shortly realises the scale of the massively well-liked online game.
However for one person, discovering out exactly how big it's has develop into an obsession.
Kurt Mac hopes to achieve the sting of the game, a murky space solely referred to by the game's creator as 'the Far Lands' - even though he expects it to take 25 years.
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Journey to the top of the world: One of the furthest points in Minecraft reached by Kurt Mac. hunter He hopes to reach the edge of the game, a murky area solely referred to by the game's creator as 'the Far Lands' - regardless that he expects it to take 25 years.
What is MINECRAFT?
Accessible on every little thing from smartphones to games consoles, Minecraft is a virtual world made up of sq. blocks of assorted materials.
Players can break down and construct constructions via farming and mining.
Each game generates a model new world populated with a novel configuration of trees, plains and mountains, making it perfect for exploring.
The world continues to automatically generate as the player strikes further away from its centre - though its creators have warned of the Far Lands, where the sport's code might begin to interrupt down.
Mac started his quest three years ago, in March 2011.
He loaded up a new game, selected a course and began strolling - and has covered over 700km since.
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His purpose if to get to and space of the game Minecraft creator Markus Persson has referred to as the 'Far Lands,' so far from the center of the world that the game can not help the dimensions of the world
Recently, he turned the quest right into a stroll-a-thon for Child's Play Charity, and has thus far raised over $160,000.
'I started my YouTube series as a typical Minecraft Let's Play, the place I constructed a settlement, looked for resources and explored the realm round my spawn point,' he stated.
'After a while I grew impatient and within the 11th episode of the series determined to pack some essential supplies and head West with the purpose of reaching these mysterious Far Lands.
One other shot of the journey up to now, revealing snowy peaks.
A map of the journey up to now, displaying each rest cease as a block - to date over 700km has been coated
'I vowed to make my attempt for the Far Lands with out the aid of any mods or cheats, and I've also decided to utilize the recognition of my expedition and turn it into a fundraiser for the Child's Play charity!'
One of the largest snags to hit the digital expedition was when Micrcrafts creators eliminated the Far Lands
'Unfortunately, the Far Lands were faraway from the sport when the brand new terrain era code was released in an update on September twelfth, 2011,' he admitted.
Nonetheless, he vowed to not improve.
'Worry not, fellow Farlanders! I'll proceed the expedition in Minecraft Beta 1.7.3 for so long as I must!'
Up to now the Minecraft world has remained stable - however there are fears it might develop bugs as the sport's limits approach.
On his journey, Mac is armed with a sword and a pickaxe, and is accompanied by his trusted companion Wolfie, a tamed wolf he found in the sport.
He narrates each episode of his collection.
The sequence reworked right into a kind of podcast, where the topics I discuss might need little to do with the journey itself,' he told the brand new Yorker.
'In fact, it is all the time thrilling when Minecraft re-grabs my consideration with a perilous cliff, a zombie attack, or a memorable panorama, and that i remember the journey I’m on.'
Learn more:
A Journey to the top of the World (of Minecraft)