I can't help but notice how Minecraft (and pretty well most Voxel Block Games I've heard of) have the natural things so wrong when it comes to size.
In most of these games one block is about 1 meter cubed. So that means in Minecraft each character is almost 7 feet tall!!! Also their shoulder width is also nearing a meter. My arm span is a meter and a half.....
Also these 'epic' mountains arise from usually above sea level so at most they're only going to get up to 60 meters tall at the most. In real life that could be considered a hill, nowhere near a real mountain.
On top of that the oceans are only a dozen or so meters deep. I don't think so. Our Oceans are so deep that going too deep can have things crushed by the water pressure!!!
Also stairs and slabs would also have steps of half a meter. Nobody can easily traverse half meter steps. Atleast not as easily as Steve or the testificates.
Also every tree - no matter how tall - has a trunk 1 meter in diameter. That seems ridiculous especially considering most are only about 5 meters tall or so.
Any other funny things regarding size and scale you would like to bring up?
Let us also not forget that Steve can stuff more than 13x13x13 meters of material into his pants pockets - enough material to build a fairly large house.
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People don't think about the 50cm steps until they remember that each block is 1 cubic meter. The whole game is disproportional only when you start putting measurements into the game.
It's Minecraft, where gravity doesn't exist, your only company is the undead, you can punch trees, and exploding green penises are your worst enemies. Believe me, as to the point where the dragons were added, measurements are purely mental.
The player is actually about 1.7 meters tall, which would make him closer to about 5 feet 7 inches tall.
What I find kind of odd is the players effective arm span, considering how far away you are able to hit and break stuff, even without a tool or weapon.
Let us also not forget that Steve can stuff more than 13x13x13 meters of material into his pants pockets - enough material to build a fairly large house.
In fact, that's not the most ridiculous thing about what he can carry. With a full inventory of gold, Steve is able to carry 44,467.2 metric tons. Considering the fact that the playermodel takes up around 2 m3 of space, Steve's density is 22,333.2 grams/cm3. Fun fact: the density of the sun is only 1.4 grams/cm3. Therefore, Steve is approximately 15,881 times denser than the sun.
This calculation also ignores any armor he may be wearing, and gives him some extra volume in that 2 cubic meters is a fairly generous estimate. His density could probably get even higher.
In fact, that's not the most ridiculous thing about what he can carry. With a full inventory of gold, Steve is able to carry 44,467.2 metric tons. Considering the fact that the playermodel takes up around 2 m3 of space, Steve's density is 22,333.2 grams/cm3. Fun fact: the density of the sun is only 1.4 grams/cm3. Therefore, Steve is approximately 15,881 times denser than the sun.
This calculation also ignores any armor he may be wearing, and gives him some extra volume in that 2 cubic meters is a fairly generous estimate. His density could probably get even higher.
It's Minecraft, where gravity doesn't exist, your only company is the undead, you can punch trees, and exploding green penises are your worst enemies. Believe me, as to the point where the dragons were added, measurements are purely mental.
Gravity does exist, it is just that its physics work differently in this alternate universe, as it does in most alternate universes in the multiverse.
how long would it take you to climb mountain if it were realistically proportional in game? how long would it take to render?
games do what they must to make it actually enjoyable.
In most of these games one block is about 1 meter cubed. So that means in Minecraft each character is almost 7 feet tall!!! Also their shoulder width is also nearing a meter. My arm span is a meter and a half.....
Also these 'epic' mountains arise from usually above sea level so at most they're only going to get up to 60 meters tall at the most. In real life that could be considered a hill, nowhere near a real mountain.
On top of that the oceans are only a dozen or so meters deep. I don't think so. Our Oceans are so deep that going too deep can have things crushed by the water pressure!!!
Also stairs and slabs would also have steps of half a meter. Nobody can easily traverse half meter steps. Atleast not as easily as Steve or the testificates.
Also every tree - no matter how tall - has a trunk 1 meter in diameter. That seems ridiculous especially considering most are only about 5 meters tall or so.
Any other funny things regarding size and scale you would like to bring up?
Oh wait! There is!
Just joking. But seriously, its just a game.
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What I find kind of odd is the players effective arm span, considering how far away you are able to hit and break stuff, even without a tool or weapon.
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In fact, that's not the most ridiculous thing about what he can carry. With a full inventory of gold, Steve is able to carry 44,467.2 metric tons. Considering the fact that the playermodel takes up around 2 m3 of space, Steve's density is 22,333.2 grams/cm3. Fun fact: the density of the sun is only 1.4 grams/cm3. Therefore, Steve is approximately 15,881 times denser than the sun.
This calculation also ignores any armor he may be wearing, and gives him some extra volume in that 2 cubic meters is a fairly generous estimate. His density could probably get even higher.
CONCLUSION: Steve is secretly a black hole.
LMAO that made my day
Gravity does exist, it is just that its physics work differently in this alternate universe, as it does in most alternate universes in the multiverse.
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how long would it take you to climb mountain if it were realistically proportional in game? how long would it take to render?
games do what they must to make it actually enjoyable.