Ha!
On an unrelated note, I've realised that Martyr Island (Name likely to change) is a weird one. It's a desert island with a snowy forest on it >_> (1140,65,2566 on the dynamap)
Right click on the little cog on the bottom left of the dynmap, copy link location, and just share it that way. It provides a direct link to what you are looking at, zoom level and everything.
Hello everyone. I'm new to minecraft - tried the demo and quickly bought the game the yesterday. Played a little on my own map, building a little house inside a cave with windows and everything! (that seems like a big deal to me!). Now I've ventured online to see what other people are doing. Joined your server and WOW! This is incredible. Died a couple of times wandering around the rorkistead houses in absolute awe (think I had to pick my jaw up from the floor at one point) and finally made it out.
I ran to pretty much where no other buildings were as I don't want to encroach on anybody else's construction and upset them. Not really sure what else will upset you guys though. Am I allowed to go to your constructions and have a look around? I see in this thread people getting upset at someone for looking around a glass dome, but there seems little point to me in playing with other people if I can't see what you're all making!
Anyway, let me know please if there are any big no-no's. I've just started construction (well, not really - I've started mining with a view to converting the surface level to some sort of aquatic villa in the (probably very far!) futute) on an island in the middle of a biiiig lake outside of Rorkistead. Feel free to visit and see the progress as it (slowly) updates. There might not be much going on the next few days but just you wait, this is going to be great... eventually!
Also, I just found iron for the first time. Yay! Guessing I smelt the iron like I did the glass. Just found out how to make stairs!!! Such a cool game, can't believe it took me so long to check it out.
Anyway, feel free to pop by and say 'hello', and hopefully I'll see you around soon!
Happy to have you playing. Exploring houses is fine, but I'd recommend against opening others' chests. Don't damage what appears to be someone's creation. Feel free to build anywhere in town, just use common sense when building near someone. Avoid building within 3 blocks of what would be considered their boundary, be it a fence or a wall. Claims of any land should be established with some sort of line, usually easiest with torches. As long as it is obviously a line, it is a claim, and building on it would be considered griefing. If you cause too much trouble after being told the rules, you will be banned from the server, at first on a temporary basis, and after being unbanned, if more trouble is caused, a permanent basis. We have quite a few non-vanilla minecraft features on the server, if you have any questions about something you see, feel free to ask.