Okay, so I want to sum up what happened in the last 2-3 hours or so:
Strafe, Shady, Exuro and I lost some items due to a server crash that reset our inventories.
We then explored an abandoned mineshaft, which I think was a quite good experience.
We got separated quite a few times, wandered here and there, and all ended up dying (except for Shady IIRC).
So, don't know about the others, but I lost some items, got some nice things inside the mineshaft, and lost them all again.
So I decided to bury myself next to the spawn, where I was blown to pieces by Shady.
Oh well, at least it all was quite funny.
Edit: ninja'd
Lesson learned: Don't go mining with Shady. :V
Or don't get away from him :V