You know, I'm not so fond of the SMP server anymore. It started out great, in 1.7. It used to be just friends playing the game and having fun. Then 1.8 came out, nothing much changed really, we still played it the same way. Then minecraft 1.0 came out and we moved to classic, so many ops were on and the server was peaceful. Then Nick, Relkeb, Optical, Ramkitty, Tobs, Morten, and a few I did not mention decided to update the SMP server to minecraft 1.0. It started out decent, we got a lot of new players, and they began playing on the server frequently. Some even joined in on mumble and chatted there. But, after we thrived on, the market began being the center of attention. In 1.2, now, people have turned the server into a trading server.
Here is a vague example:
This server isn't even an SMP server anymore. It's died for me, I am sick of SMP and I am not going to be on it any longer.