I could live with the Hillside houses, I was just concerned they'd be too quick to finish but thinking about it, there's no reason why we couldn't have 3-4-5 smaller houses each interlinked. This would give you space without the big visual impact on the landscape. The drawback is no moat of lava with automatic bridge!
I really don't mind, I just want to get a community project going...spreading out and linking by rail was good attempt but a bit too ambitious and early. If we can get this to work together, it may lead on to other things
Mining World update:
Down to L27 now - that's 20,000+ blocks excavated from the big dig alone! Through killing cows up top and zombies in the strip mine (as well as those that spawn in the tree shadows!). If you eant to help with this please do but keep the walls straight please...just want to see what a bloody great hole from surface to bedrock looks like!
Don't forget, this is Old School, so come to the mining world "naked" and make your own iron armour...I'll leave food in the chests by the furnaces. Only make diamond armour/equipment when you find the diamonds!
I've managed to make an enchanting table. It will only enchant to low levels at the moment so if you come across paper or books on the mining world stick them in the chest and post here
If you want to hunt zombies and diamonds you'll need some ladders...if you stand at the top of the open cast mine and look across, you'll see a ragged opening in the wall which is where the steps down to the strip mine are. Ladder up to that and away you go. If I get time I'll put a ladder up for you.
Finally, house rule is "mine together and share"...your iron ingots are in chest with your name on it, Marina