I'm just hoping that the game code is flexible enough to mod in the old dialogue menu or that the new one is versatile enough to not feel dumbed down.

Who's exited for getting lost in the wasteland again? With all the new weapon, armor, base and mod possibilities its probably going to be pretty good.

Ive had the exact problem with minecraft servers before (power outage and all) and the problem is most likely that the maps spawnpoint was set down to bedrock. Like ladyM said you could fix it in MCEdit just by moving the spawnpoint back to the surface.

Just went on to see what everyone has built and it crashed while I was on there, although what I saw was pretty good.

the ones ive finished recently that I enjoyed were
Kino's journey (both the tv and the 2 ovas were masterfully well written)
Gunbuster 2 (it was like a test of the writing style of gurren lagann)
Spice and Wolf (great music, plot and animation overall)

Im just going to leave this right here.
http://sadpanda.us/images/612210-9WOXDNM.jpg
mirai nikki, working II and C³ look interesting.

I have a server now send me a pm with your Minecraft name to be put on the whitelist and to get the ip.

A new bill in congress is trying to be passed and it would prevent any kind of video streams involving copyrighted content including movies music and video games.
This video thoroughly explains it from my point of view.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib7-vSrp6y8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib7-vSrp6y8</a>
And heres a link to the bill

In my opinion the government should just stay out of internet matters or at least appoint someone who understands this sort of thing better.