kurtjmac has reached the Far Lands!

Could someone remind me what version and how long a journey this has been?

A long time. Over 14 years. It was Beta 1.7.3.
- He’s been playing 1.7.3 for 14 years??

Holy shit he finally made it. I had forgotten about him!

Holy fuck he actually did it?!

Video Clip: https://www.twitch.tv/kurtjmac/clip/AdorableGeniusEelAllenHuhu-Owb8uEinbJiSR128

Mirror for posterity: https://files.catbox.moe/jfmg76.mp4

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.

Basically his coordinates have become so big that the game has trouble of aligning physical location to the actual blocks. You'll see this when he hovers over a block the overlay no longer matches where the block actually is, it's like half a block off.
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.

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.

Holy shit

I think his channel was the first I ever subscribed to in YouTube. What a nostalgia hit.

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!

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.
- His journey is notable because he did not use the nether or any glitches
  On June 19, 2020, at 12:08:57 UTC, KilloCrazyMan became the first player to reach the Edge Far Lands through legitimate means without going to the Nether after 9 months of beginning his journey. He was followed by Eckwall on January 20, 2021.
  built up a community over those 14 years.
  Never heard of him until reading this post... I also couldn't find a video on his channel where he showcases that he reached them yet...
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.

I remember hearing about this when he first started. Good for him!

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.
- Is it circular around the spawn, or square?
  Did this guy know it would take him so long?
  Why did he do it?