I don't really get what happened. Did he just get killed while trying to make something?

There are things in the game called Creepers. They are like walking green phalluses. When they get close to you, they explode. They are very very frightening. A Creeper happened while he was in his inventory.

I just bought it.

 

I am running a permanent server.

 

Right, what do I do?

I went a bit stupid and bought it as well, not quite sure why... played it for about 4-5 hours first time around, but now it's becoming a bit difficult and I'm losing patience :(

Try connecting to my server - not sure how well it'll work.

 

just type projectbob.net

ok I got it. So far I have made a wee cave house with a back door, and some tools and that. A spider killed me, and there are very scary noises. Cool! Also I went on Mikee's server but nobody was in.

Yeah there were 3 of us earlier, but all is quiet now. Come find our little dungeon thing!

 

I'll probably be on there most of saturday night. :)

I'm mostly looking forward to the future multiplayer survivor development. Quite like the idea of a bunch of us teaming up to try and survive in a hostile land and eventually starting a working settlement. Can't hardly comprehend all the stuff you can build and make with it though.

Can I own the slaves?

Gonna turn off my server :(

 

Your Linode, linode19423, has exceeded the notification threshold (1000) for disk io rate by averaging 1250.18 for the last 2 hours.

 

Bleeh

Um, that's just the default alert?

The thresholds are set deliberately low so they can be tuned appropriately, and the alert alone is not a sign that you're exceeding any maximums/limits.

Hrumpf. Servers sitting there on 90-100% RAM used by java the entire time too. I don't want to go having to pay money at the end of the month.

Java servers will generally do that - occupy as much RAM as they're given, even if they're not actively using it.
Check the Minecraft docs for a way to set the memory limits, and lower it to something more reasonable.

Also, I'd go check on the Linode forums for how to make sure you're not doing anything that'll result in extra payments. I don't remember there being fees for RAM use, but I didn't look into that in detail.

Awww...

OMFG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94&feature=related 

there are some people with a lot of time on their hands! The ace thing is, some of them turn out to be Notch and make the actual game. Hooray!

Does the paid version differ from the free one on the main site?

Free version? If you mean the download link, you need an account to log in/activate it.

yeah, its had a fair bit added apparently, well ahead. And all future updates (which should be many) will be included.

Got properly hooked tonight. Expanded my humble cave upwards and downwards, so there's now a few storeys of house going up and a spiral shaft down into some caves which I've been gradually clearing. Woke up 'this morning' to find a couple of Creepers waiting outside, one of whom exploded and took out a load of wall and stairs from one side of my tower! Bastard, but it made me giggle.

Next plans: found a new exit to the sea in my cave system so I'm going to channel in a river and use it to flush out monsters further down I think.

That's all well and good, but when you learn how to spawn TNT on request, the game suddenly becomes less interesting :(