Could someone remind me what version and how long a journey this has been?
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A long time. Over 14 years. It was Beta 1.7.3.
He’s been playing 1.7.3 for 14 years??
Nope. He's been playing beta 1.7.3
Which is, to clarify, before Minecraft 1.0.0
Apparently, yes. According to some randoms on the internet, he's been doing it pretty casually. He brought his Minecraft wolf as well.
When he started, osama bin laden was still alive
Started 2 months before. Interesting.
wat, i really didnt think it was possible
It...takes a while. Also, modern versions don't have this.
That's just 2.5 km per day. He was definitely taking his time.
Heck yeah! Can't imagine how long that must have taken!
Over 14 years for him, because he didn't speedrun it. But he was the first one to start though!
Wow!
Holy fuck he actually did it?!
is his game running like crap because of the game not handling being that far out?
I tried to watch the latest vid and it made me nauseous.
the game does get glitchy when in the far lands. at least it does in the videos I've seen in the past
I'm going to guess it's either lots of lightning updates, precision loss or spawning lots of mobs. If you mean prior to rendering the far lands, then the second one.
Video Clip: https://www.twitch.tv/kurtjmac/clip/AdorableGeniusEelAllenHuhu-Owb8uEinbJiSR128
Mirror for posterity: https://files.catbox.moe/jfmg76.mp4
I think his channel was the first I ever subscribed to in YouTube. What a nostalgia hit.
Holy shit
Is this like, the end of the Minecraft world?
Yes and no. It is the end of the normally generated and functioning Minecraft world. Afterwards there is still something, as can be seen, but the generated terrain is scrambled and fucked up, because its X and Y coordinates are outside the expected range. Because normally no one will reach it with normal play.
Also worth adding it sadly doesn't really exist anymore, the iconic look here is gone, although game mechanics still begin getting weird.
Also although people have teleported to it, Minecraft is so big that I assumed nobody would ever reach it in survival. I'm not surprised it took 14 years.
I think someone else did it in 2019. Kurt started first though, the 2019 guy just no-lifed it.
no-lifed?
Playing the game all day everyday. No time for real life.
Streaming all-day every day iirc
Not sure who he's referencing to, but I assume "no-living it" means they did nothing else - aka doing it 8 hours or more per day. "not having a life next to it"
Edit: I should have refreshed before posting :)
Is it circular around the spawn, or square?
Did this guy know it would take him so long?
Why did he do it?
It is square around the world origin
He sped up his pace in the last few months, but I remember estimates when he was doing it episodically (instead of live streaming) being in the ballpark of 34 years.
I personally don't know (someone else may be able to enlighten), but he does a fundraiser (FLoB-a-thon) to raise money for causes he believes in as part of this series.
I remember hearing about this when he first started. Good for him!
It still exists? I thought they "fixed" it ages ago.
He's been playing on an old version!
Not sure how this is news, because this was already done many times before:
https://minecraft.wiki/w/Java_Edition_Far_Lands/Infdev_20100327_to_Beta_1.7.3
On July 8, 2015 RetroApo became the first player to reach the Edge Far Lands through legitimate means in vanilla Minecraft, traveling through the Nether.
I also want to note that the underlying bug was fixed over 14 years ago.
kurtjmac was one of the first (I'm not sure if the first) to start the journey. His journey is notable because he did not use the nether or any glitches and built up a community over those 14 years.
First transatlantic flight a success!
Critic says, "Not sure how this is news, Christopher Columbus got there on a boat half a millenia ago."
A person just accomplished a long time goal for a good cause and your first response was to dismiss the effort. Must be drowning in party invitations to be so sour.
