The Gamer Who Hopes To Journey To The Top Of The Minecraft

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Intrepid gamer units off to find the end of the Minecraft world - though it can take him 25 YEARS



Kurt Mac has already travelled seven hundred virtual km in the sport



Estimates it would take him 22 years to complete his journey



Hopes to succeed in the 'far worlds' - an area the place the sport begins to break down



By Mark Prigg



Revealed: 23:Fifty one BST, 28 January 2014 | Updated: 18:37 BST, 29 January 2014



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Anyone who has ventured into the blocky digital world of Minecraft shortly realises the scale of the massively popular on-line sport.



However for one person, discovering out exactly how big it's has become an obsession.



Kurt Mac hopes to achieve the edge of the sport, a murky area solely referred to by the sport's creator as 'the Far Lands' - although he expects it to take 25 years.



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Journey to the end of the world: One of the furthest points in Minecraft reached by Kurt Mac. He hopes to reach the sting of the sport, a murky space solely referred to by the game's creator as 'the Far Lands' - despite the fact that he expects it to take 25 years.



What is MINECRAFT?



Obtainable on the whole lot from smartphones to video games consoles, Minecraft is a digital world made up of square blocks of varied materials. Minecraft servers



Players can break down and build structures through farming and mining.



Every sport generates a brand new world populated with a singular configuration of timber, plains and mountains, making it splendid for exploring.



The world continues to automatically generate as the player moves additional away from its centre - although its creators have warned of the Far Lands, where the game's code could start to break down.



Mac started his quest three years ago, in March 2011.



He loaded up a brand new game, chose a path and began strolling - and has covered over 700km since.



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His goal if to get to and area of the sport Minecraft creator Markus Persson has known as the 'Far Lands,' so removed from the center of the world that the sport can no longer support the scale of the world



Recently, he turned the quest right into a walk-a-thon for Kid's Play Charity, and has to this point raised over $160,000.



'I began my YouTube sequence as a typical Minecraft Let's Play, where I built a settlement, searched for resources and explored the world round my spawn point,' he said.



'After some time I grew impatient and in the eleventh episode of the collection decided to pack some essential supplies and head West with the purpose of reaching these mysterious Far Lands.



One other shot of the journey to date, revealing snowy peaks.



A map of the journey so far, showing every relaxation cease as a block - to this point over 700km has been lined



'I vowed to make my try for the Far Lands with out the help of any mods or cheats, and I have additionally decided to make the most of the popularity of my expedition and switch it right into a fundraiser for the Kid's Play charity!'



Certainly one of the most important snags to hit the digital expedition was when Micrcrafts creators removed the Far Lands



'Unfortunately, the Far Lands have been removed from the sport when the new terrain era code was released in an update on September twelfth, 2011,' he admitted.



Nonetheless, he vowed to not upgrade.



'Worry not, fellow Farlanders! I will continue the expedition in Minecraft Beta 1.7.Three for as long as I need to!'



To this point the Minecraft world has remained stable - however there are fears it could 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 game.



He narrates each episode of his collection.



The sequence reworked into a sort of podcast, where the topics I discuss may need little to do with the journey itself,' he informed the new Yorker.



'After all, it's all the time thrilling when Minecraft re-grabs my consideration with a perilous cliff, a zombie assault, or a memorable panorama, and i remember the journey I’m on.'



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