Minecraft Far Lands or Bust - Episode 588 - Farlander Furlough

Minecraft Far Lands or Bust - #588 - Farlander Furlough is the five-hundred eighty-eighth episode of Far Lands or Bust, and the ninety-eighth episode of Season 6.
==Video Overview==
===Transit of Mercury===
Kurt leaves the Hidey Hole at Wolfie's command, and heads west. The Child's Play Charity fundraiser is at $32,810.89. Tomorrow night Mercury is transiting in front of the sun, and you do need solar protected glasses and magnification to see it. 
===May Hiatus===
This May Kurt is going to take a hiatus, sabbatical, whatever it needs to be called. He needs time to figure things out, and has nothing but support for the idea. He's worried about losing his audience, but all his fans have assured Kurt that they will support him. Some collaborative series will continue to be uploaded but nothing major. A lot of people have noticed Kurt getting more and more exasperated in series, and he may even play games and not record during this break. He mentions the series is at 21,634.63 gigabytes, and wanders upon something reminiscent of the Canyon of Woah. 
===Question: Did you have fun at PAX East? What was your favorite experience other than getting to meet me?===
There was no specific moment, but the experience was really good. 
===Question: You often say you aren't a competitive minded person but there have been flashes in the pan where you flip on the competitive mode. Was there anything when you were a kid that got you obsessed over being the best at? Any childhood sports played?===
Kurt was forced to play some sports as a kid, he played t-ball and parent pitch but never got much out of that. One time he messed up a force out that made him sad. He won some young author awards, and talks about a lot of sports he does not understand. 
===Question: Have you ever considered any Twitch alternatives? I know now that you're kind of invested in Twitch with the sub tub and all, but I've been watching some other LPers on Beam.pro and kind of enjoy it more than Twitch===
He wishes he had known about other alternatives to Twitch, and is glad that competition is out there. Kurt's in the Twitch ecosystem, but has not really bought into the culture. Kurt liked MindCrack's open booth at PAX East, and has noticed the exclusivity of Twitch's booth. 
==Trivia==
* The end slate links to a Minecraft Vanilla Swirl CTM w/ Lorgon111 - 02 - Baby Zombie Chase! and Assetto Corsa (Multiplayer) - Conelanders League - Race 2: Magione Sprint (20 lap).