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A Minecraft Simulation Proved That The Game Can Beat Itself After Nearly 2 Billion Years - IGN
Publisher description: Minecraft is no stranger to simulations, but it turns out that under the right conditions, the game can beat itself if given billions of years.
NewsAPI | Sep 22, 2026 | Jacqueline Thomas
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This was discovered by YouTuber RedLogic, who built a custom Minecraft simulation to see if the game could ever beat itself without a player ever joining. The endermen didn't even find the portal to the dragon until 35,510 years into the simulation. All told, the simulation took 1. 97 billion years to complete, but it did complete.
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