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[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 7 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

That’s better than I was thinking. But still, nothing beats “infinite”.

[–] socialpankakemix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

minecraft is not infinite there is a world border by default that makes the world about 60 million by 60 million blocks

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Okay, but I mean, 60 million versus 30 thousand. The former is effectively “infinite”, I mean how many hours would it take you to walk that far?

[–] chtk@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

KurtJMac started Far Lands or Bust in 2011, and reached 9.9 million blocks earlier this month.

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