After reading this thread while the server was down, I decided, "I surrrpose it's time I post about me own tale!"

Pre-Noobstown
About three weeks ago, the boys at the local community kids club that I lead (irl) asked me if I played mc and eventually invited me to a factions PvP mcMMO server. It was my first multiplayer experience. I enjoyed being able to play mc with my young friends, but there was too much cussing and I didn't want them to get exposed any further than they already are at school. I told them I'm staying off that server for a while, but really liked mcMMO. And so, my search for an MMO server began.

Newb Days at Noobstown
I found Noobscraft.com via PMC I think, after visiting a few others that either were stagnant or required paid membership (I googled "mcMMO server"). The rules were what won me over for Noobstown--No Cussing! And PvP is here too as an Event, so my young friends just might like it. (I saw them online a couple times; they haven't completely bought in yet). At any rate, "This must be the place! Nyarr!"

I heavily tend to play solo, so once in Mining World I found an underground lake that I turned into a base. I ended up hungry for a couple real-life days as I waited for the few crops to grow. Meanwhile, I dug down for the mines, careful not to fall and use up precious hearts. I found out I was close to an abandoned mine with a Cave Spider spawner. A nearby chest was empty, telling me that somebody had been around already.

Aaand, time skip! I developed my secluded Mining World base to have five 9x9 wheat farms, some sugarcane farms, a jumping platform (for Acro), a fishing spot, and a maxed-out enchantment room. All my chests were hidden so I didn't worry much about being griefed.

Ohh! And Tidal suddenly tp'd in my base one time as I was about to harvest wheat. ("Whoa!" moment). Idk why. I didn't know who she was then until I looked it up on the forum. Another player also tpa'd without prior notice as I was about to enter my base from outside. I accepted to say hi, but he just left. Weird...

A Dilemma
Eventually, the sign by the Mining World portal finally sunk in---"Resets October 1st." It was then that I thought, "Gasp! What's gonna happen to all my treasurrrre?! Maybe I should get a town."

And I did.

I journeyed around the forum about current towns. I was not looking for a well-populated town, but a medium town with room for growth. And yet, my sole purpose was to have a place to store all me loot! After learning about the /town spawn command I did some town hopping to see which one I liked. Most of them were beautiful and creative; some were still being developed. I made a decision after walking by an empty plot in the moonlight and thought, "Lovely place to settle." I town-spawned often, waiting for someone to respond to my local-chat "Hi," hoping a TA was around. Finally, a reply from Zephar.

At Tortuga
Not much to say at this point, since I became a resident only yesterday. I claimed the plot I wanted. The Town Rules said first plot was free, but I went ahead and donated---such a lovely town deserves it! And so I moved in, made some chests, moved all me loot from me MW secret hideout... I picked up on the little detail that Zeph likes Bleach, so I was gonna make my plot look like Destructive Spell 96: Itto Kaso as a thank-you. But after getting everything but the lava ready (dun dun dunnn... I won't spoil it), I had to change designs. (See below)

Burnfireblaze came on to give me a town tour today. And this is where things are right now. To be continued.