I feel like sharing this. My own Diary of my life on NoobsTown.
I joined the server on November 2, 2012. I'm assuming it was V4 by then because Leigh said he joined "The first month of V5". I was here on behalf of my friend DwarfLeon that recommended it to me. I was still new to Minecraft and relied on him a lot. I joined DragonFire because he said it was a great town.
But one day, he said he'd quit because he'd gotten tired of it. So I was alone, I didn't talk a lot, I was just trying to make money.
One day, I was walking around in DragonFire, and I found this gargantuan sugar cane farm. I tried it out and I loved doing it because I didn't only get money, I also got levels and joy from it. So I bought VIP for 3 months to get the Double McMMO XP Perk to get to the Top 10, and eventually I got there. I continued to grind, but I had a competitor from me rising the tables: Citebafla. But I din't bother too much and continued harvesting.
When they announced that the ones that would be Top 10 in any McMMO skill or/and Top 100 Most Active, I harvested like ham until April 31st. The next day I flew to Asia and didn't log on NoobsTown during V5 anymore. I got paranoid that I'd get overthrown from my Top 10 spot, but fortunately, no one did, so I logged back on as a Veteran, February 22nd.
I had discovered the new McMMO Alchemy. I went "what's this?". I tried it out and I LOVED it! And after discovering the custom potions when you level up, I went ham on the skill for 3 months. I had grown new friends, such as Leigh5556, Halcyon13, blackrosemom964, etc. But I felt like something was missing. So I tried everything, from helping to gaining money, until I realized what I missed: Grinding skills in McMMO. So I did that until reality hit; I was getting addicted to the server.
So I took a break, and when I did come online, it wasn't for as long and it wasn't as frequent, until I finally left the server for a month. I had discovered other PC games, which I'm not going to mention. I drifted further and further away from NT until I one day came home and my IRL friend gives me a call and says "Wanna play Minecraft?"
I remembered NT and rushed to log back on, which was late November. I went ham on everything and today I am what I am: Proud McMMO Grinder, decent moneymaker, and my alter-ego: "The Alchemy King". I did re-establish thanks to mrfloris and Mistic_Ice for letting me in their town.
To new players: If you're new, try find the thing you enjoy about the server. It can be moneymaking, skill grinding, building, etc. And also know that the NoobsTown community is great and will always be.
Long Live Noobstown!
-adam5979