http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/111839557217042432
so new map 1.8 .. then 1.9 comes .. if we want the new stuff again there we 1) enjoy dodgy chunk boundaries? 2) new new map for 1.9?

or am I understanding it wrong?

I think all the terrain generation additions are in 1.8. So, unless any surprises pop up, 1.9 shouldn't require a new map.

Edit: I just read the post. Derp.

Edit Deux: Perhaps a short border for 1.8, which can then be extended come 1.9?

well while talking with broonie and kahr the other day it went down to a 6000x6000 (-3k to +3k) map (from 5000x5000) with the intention to expand to 12000x12000 at 1.9.
After looking at how much free space we have on the current map from over 6 months of play it's clear we don't need 20000x20000 really.
Just a bit of a whine that we will get a dodgy 1.8to1.9 region. guess we could class it as a special extra biome

So you're saying that there will be less space in the next map? Bad idea considering oceans will make up most of the surface in 1.8. There would still probably be enough space, but the oceans should be considered.

Oceans will be a good thing, Hopefully people will think more about what and where they build.

One thing that really annoyed me in our current map was I'd build a jetty to a large part of water and over the weeks every available bit of it would be filled with a new build or links to larger seas would be cut of by badly built bridges and roads.

Old boat spawn used to be an island which you could navigate round completely, its impossible now. Same happened with new spawn I built a huge boat house on my coastal town hoping to enjoy sailing back and forth between spawn and eventually Oasis popped up taking up the whole sea and cutting off a further part from me, I don't have a problem with Oasis it's an amazing build but I was annoyed for a bit.

I welcome the new map size however I think there should be rules about sea, no sea bridges that cut over large expanses of water, use a bloody boat or build the bridge high enough to allow boat travel underneith. /rant

No sea bridges, OK, but what about if I drained a large area of sea?

Waterbodies close to Spawn are expected to get built on/over. If you want an ocean to yourself travel a bit further out - there are hundreds!

Ha, I don't want to be a sea nazi, I just think it's a question of aesthetics we have the new spawn and it's western themed anybody who built a glass tower with lava running down the side would soon find themselves having to rebuild it or face a ban. I just think we should have a similar rule for sea I'm not apposed to sea builds just ones that cut of navigation, I'm the kind of player who likes to work with the land (usually) The idea of sailing a sea and eventually up an estuary to a river into a huge land mass is really cool but someone cutting that all off with build is really obnoxious.

The first thing I did when I joined was build an island fortress surrounded by sea, but ultimatly it's boring and a bit lonely, I like to see builds and docks running along the coast as I sail by.

I Agree with Mysterysteve_UK. As soon as a walkway is put over water (Even if you make it out to the middle of the sea where you make a build from scratch from the sea bed to the surface) loads of rubbish builds pop up branching off that walkway with the "glass tower with lava running down the side" type of rubbish.

I have no problem personally with people filling up the sea. As long as its not loads of pointless rubbish to clutter up the place.

Note: I don't mind lava and glass towers, as long as its done in a decent artistic way. Near the current spawn is a lava tree thing that is done decently.

We have a rule to prevent stupid builds, not ugly ones. Everyone can't like the same things, unfortunately - the reason I'm in the middle of nowhere.

Anyway, getting a bit off-topic here...