My personal opinion is that although it may get grieved more; more people will be going to and can report the grieving faster and reverse it.
If people are that worried about Minetopia getting grieved we could have the portal world to only white-listed cities. Then people will just have to make...
The only good thing about the nether are glow blocks....there is a mod out there where you convert 4 gold blocks into a glowstone block...might be worth looking into.
Let me know how much smoothstone you will need. Also if u could give me access to your cobblestone, coal and treasury doors; I will start cranking out the smoothstone.
How about logs and sand as 1 logs can be converted into 4 planks and 4 sand can be converted into 1 sandstone. I would think you would rather have logs over planks as you can keep the logs you need and convert the rest into planks. Same with sand and sandstone.
I think the problem Gurw is that most players do just that; they stay close to the cities and very rarely venture out into the outlands. Most people other than the occasional death don't go back to spawn and don't have to make the trek. Therefore, only two types of players make the journey to...