Desert you noob did you try what i suggested on XBL? also its beta 1.4 now i think, another thing is can you play it in your browser. Check for updates
I've played a few SMP servers, but the lag was so horrendous I just couldn't do it. If I had money and the know-how, i'd run my own, though. EDIT: I also started on a cracked version and ended up buying it.
I play minecraft I really like it! My person's skin is Midna from Zelda (no I didn't make it myself ) I made my husband a little sand castle fort in the desert with a cactus moat to kill stuff and then in the morning he can run down and gather anything that they dropped We run our own server, but it is just me, my husband, and two of our friends. It's really fun when you can play multiplayer with friends
My current skin is that of a Miner. I've been using it since the start but after seeing what Jessup did I want some MNC skins. Blackjack maybe? What about MNC mods? Like the mobs replaced with bots? That would be pretty awesome.
Haha... I've recently started working on my own set of skins. I was planning on doing all of the Pros and posting them then, but I'll do the ones that i've finished so far.
The key to not lagging is not having people explore and mine all over the place. The less "World" it has to load whenever you move the less lag you will get.
The last time I tried to connect in a server, a whole chunk didn't load and it was like the land got sliced by a huge knife, and the whole thing got removed. I tried walking over it because apparently the other guy on the server saw land where I saw this huge gaping hole. You could say I took a walk of faith. It didn't work, and I kept falling ( reach bottom, then start from top again ) until the admin teleported me out of the infinite loop. Thing's still buggy as hell.
I play on servers w/out any lag or bugs, and I play on both "vanilla" servers and modded servers. The modded ones to tend to have framerate drops but that's due to all the extra materials and stuff.
I'm currently playing on a server with a lot of mods. I like McMMO. You can slowly increase your skills in things like mining, tree chopping, fighting and even repairing tools and armor. When mining you have a small chance to get double drops and digging sometimes yields glowdust, apples, mushrooms... at higher levels. minrice, that's some very nice work on those skins. I think I have to improve mine a little bit when I find the time (aka when not logged on to the server).
Ahhhhhhhhh! I have been urging the Servers hosts to open a new server with the mcMMO mod. It sounds and looks freaking awesome! So Jessup you should like see if I can get whitelisted on that server you play on.