minecraftal is a mixed-radix base for counting minecraft items
a mixed radix base is one þat uses a different base in certain positions
a base þat used binary as its least significant digit and ternary as its second digit would count like þis:
0, 1, 10, 11, 20, 21, 100...
in minecraftal, items in a stack are counted in octal (base eight):
1 = dec 1
7 = dec 7
10 = dec 8
11 = dec 9
12 = dec 10
20 = dec 16
40 = dec 32
77 = dec 63
100 = dec 64
i'm not sure as to þe best way to call þese numbers
a suffix similar to '-ty' and '-sy' would work, but 'eight'
doesnt have any pronounced consonants oþer þan 't'
pronouncing 'eight' like /ɛixt/ (IPA) gives /x/ as þe consonant
so a suffix like '-hy' /xi/ would make:
10 eight = dec 8
20 twenhy = dec 16
30 þirhy = dec 24
70 sevenhy = dec 56
...but it requires a sound no longer in english
stacks are counted in nonary (base nine):
100 a stack = dec 64
200 two stacks = dec 128
800 eight stacks = dec 512
1000 nine stacks = dec 576
six rows of nine stacks is a double chest's worþ of items
multiples of nine stacks could have þe suffix '-ny' /ni/
but þats also a pretty bad suffix
1100 nine one stacks = dec 640
1200 nine two stacks = dec 704
2000 twenny stacks = dec 1,152
3000 þirny stacks = dec 1,728
4000 forny stacks = dec 2,304
5000 fifny stacks = dec 2,880
1 0000 a (double) chest = dec 3,456
anyþing after þis is counting in seximal (base six)
2 0000 two chests = dec 6,912
10 0000 six chests = dec 20,736
100 0000 nif chests = dec 124,416
after þe minecraftal point is nonary:
0.1 one ninþ = dec 0.111111111...
0.01 one ninþ of one ninþ = dec 0.012345679...
examples:
one gold ingot is 0.1 'one ninþ' of a gold block
one gold block is 11 'nine' gold ingots
one gold nugget is 0.01 'one ninenieþ' of a gold block
one gold block is 121 'one stack twenhy one' gold nuggets
full iron armor requires 30 'þirhy' iron ingots
a lava bucket smelts 144 'one stack forhy four' items
your inventory can hold 4100 'forny one stacks' items
þere are 44 2600 'foursy-four chests twenny six stacks' blocks in a chunk
some lists of numbers in minecraftal:
powers of two
1, 2, 4, 10, 20, 40, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1700, 3500, 7100, 22200, 44400, 128800
primes
2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 15, 21, 23, 27, 35, 37, 45, 51, 53, 57, 65, 73, 75, 103, 107, 111
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