Talk:Java Edition Alpha level format

I've restored this page from a google cache. it needs to be checked for lost formatting and broken/missing links Eminence

"due to the sheer size of the map (several times the surface area of the Earth)." Can someone explain what this is refering to? The map has a potential of reaching TB sizes, no doubt. Anyhow the surface of the Earth (refering to our reallife planet) is about 510 million km² (source en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth) If you think of a block in minecraft to be 1 m² that would make 510 billion blocks. There is no way for minecraft to reach as many blocks as just once "the surface area of the Earth"... If this refers to the surface of the explored map itself then please rephrase it. There is no "the Earth" in Minecraft. happymoep