I went looking for a Minecraft server to join and googled a list. I'm looking for an SMP server that isn't filled to the brim with houses such that I can't build, doesn't protect everything in a 256-block radius when someone else puts down a block of dirt, doesn't have hundreds of players in diamond armor waiting by the spawn-wilderness line to gank you as soon as you leave, and has a community that actually helps people who've only got to the "Mine" part of Minecraft in Single Player.
Every server I've found has either become a PvP server, has everything protected such that I have to start dying of hunger before I can build, or is dead (i.e. no people connected). Is that normal?
Minecraft currently feels like a waste of £17, and not worth the hype that I've heard it was.
So, anyone have a server suggestion?