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Far Lands or Bust
Created byKurt J Mac
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes421 (as of December 2, 2014)
Original release
Networkkurtjmac on YouTube
ReleaseMarch 6, 2011 (2011-03-06) –
present

Far Lands or Bust (abbreviated FLoB) is an online video series created by Kurt J Mac in which he plays the independent video game Minecraft. The series depicts his journey to the "Far Lands", a distant area of a Minecraft world in which the terrain generation does not function correctly creating a warped landscape.[1][2] Kurt has been travelling since March 2011 and as of January 2014 is expected to take another 22 years to reach his destination.[3] The episodes typically act as a sort of podcast, with the game providing a backing track while Kurt discusses recent events in his life, news and science. The show also encourages viewers to donate to Child's Play charity in order to reach a fundraising goal.[3] As of July 2014 the show has raised over $180,000 for Child's Play.[4]

History

Minecraft Adventures was the original name of the series. It was not until episode 11 that he started to walk to the Far Lands, and starting from episode 31 the series was renamed Far Lands or Bust.

((to do - breakdown of seasons, amounts raised, FloBathons))

The Far Lands

Minecraft is a sandbox video game which places players in a 3D procedurally generated world. As a player walks in any direction, the game generates terrain ahead of them, creating a virtually infinite world for the player to explore.[2] However due to computational limits in earlier versions of the game, at a distance of roughly 12,500 km from the center of the world the terrain generation algorithm behaves unexpectedly, creating a sudden warped landscape.[5] Markus Persson, the original developer of Minecraft, commented that "Walking that far will take a very long time. Besides, the bugs add mystery and charisma to the Far Lands."[1] The name "Far Lands" was adopted by the community to refer to this area.

Due to changes to the games' code, more recent versions of the game do not contain the same error, and terrain continues to generate normally at distances up to 30,000 km from the center of the world.[2] Kurt has continued to record his series in an older version of the game where the Far Lands are still present.

References

  1. ^ a b Persson, Markus (March 9, 2011). "Terrain Generation Part 1". The Word of Notch. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Hughes, Timothy (October 1, 2013). "Far Lands". Unwinnable. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Parkin, Simon (January 23, 2014). "A Journey to the End of the World (of Minecraft)". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  4. ^ Racco, Marilisa (July 15, 2014). "There's millions in those Minecraft blocks". Maclean's. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  5. ^ "Broken". Digital Human. Episode 6. 15:18 minutes in. BBC. Radio 4. {{cite episode}}: Unknown parameter |seriesno= ignored (|series-number= suggested) (help)

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