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

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Intrepid gamer sets off to seek out the end of the Minecraft world - despite the fact that it's going to take him 25 YEARS



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



Estimates it should take him 22 years to complete his journey



Hopes to reach the 'far worlds' - an area the place the game begins to break down



By Mark Prigg



Revealed: 23:51 BST, 28 January 2014 | Updated: 18:37 BST, 29 January 2014



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Anyone who has ventured into the blocky virtual world of Minecraft rapidly realises the size of the massively common on-line recreation.



But for one person, discovering out precisely how massive it is has develop into an obsession.



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



What's MINECRAFT?



Available on the whole lot from smartphones to games consoles, Minecraft is a digital world made up of sq. blocks of assorted supplies.



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



Every game generates a brand new world populated with a unique configuration of timber, plains and mountains, making it ideal for exploring.



The world continues to robotically generate because the player strikes further away from its centre - though its creators have warned of the Far Lands, where the sport's code could start to interrupt down.



Mac started his quest three years in the past, in March 2011.



He loaded up a new game, selected a route and started strolling - and has coated over 700km since.



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



Lately, he turned the quest into a walk-a-thon for Kid's Play Charity, and has thus far raised over $160,000.



'I started my YouTube series as a regular Minecraft Let's Play, where I built a settlement, looked for sources and explored the realm around my spawn point,' he mentioned.



'After a while I grew impatient and in the eleventh episode of the sequence determined to pack some important provides and head West with the aim of reaching these mysterious Far Lands.



Another shot of the journey so far, revealing snowy peaks.



A map of the journey to this point, showing every rest cease as a block - up to now over 700km has been coated



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



One in all the biggest snags to hit the digital expedition was when Micrcrafts creators eliminated the Far Lands



'Sadly, the Far Lands were removed from the sport when the new terrain era code was launched in an update on September 12th, 2011,' he admitted.



Nevertheless, he vowed to not upgrade.



'Concern not, fellow Farlanders! I'll proceed the expedition in Minecraft Beta 1.7.Three for as long as I have to!'



Thus far the Minecraft world has remained stable - however there are fears it might develop bugs as the game's limits method.



On his journey, Mac is armed with a sword and a pickaxe, and is accompanied by his trusted companion Wolfie, a tamed wolf he present in the game.



He narrates each episode of his collection.



The series transformed into a sort of podcast, where the subjects I talk about might need little to do with the journey itself,' he told the new Yorker. STOCKALICIOUS



'Of course, it's always thrilling when Minecraft re-grabs my attention with a perilous cliff, a zombie assault, or a memorable landscape, and i remember the journey I’m on.'



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