fittan wrote:

all i did was mine and die from gravel or lava without storing the resources i got each time
my deaths have lost a stack of diamond and two stacks of gold ore among other junk like diamond equipment

This is why I don't like the commiecuckery of sharing all resources in one main base. Because someone will take all my diamond and get killed.

Remember to keep a bucket of water when you're mining in case of lava.