This is why I like this game. I'd been stuck at my spawn point after dying and losing loads of ore, it was very annoying. Now I couldn't get back to my ikea laden cave dwelling because of baddies in my way. It felt just like a platform game and I'd got to that point where it was annoying. So I stopped in my spawn point and waited, and right in front of me the most amazing sunset appears with the square clouds just whisping over, it was lovely!
After that a few pigs could be punched on the way home and I got home safely!
DAY 2 TOMORROW
Yesterday I got lost and ended up cowering in a cave which I'd dug out. I had no torches so sat in dark all through the night. Just as the sun was coming up I realised I'd been staring at iron ore all night. Went to go get it and realised it wasn't iron ore at all and was then killed by a creeper :(
The spawning and losing your inventory thing is a bloody nightmare, fun though.
PB - is it likely that you'd run out of raw materials before you build whatever you'd want? Or am I just being silly?
edit: quite tempted to set up a server for this somewhere.. Does it stay consistent if you start/stop it, or does it re-initialise everytime you restart it?