There's a new patch out. It's a great patch for multiplayer. It fixes a lot of annoying things.
* Swords and other weapons now deal damage properly * Added proper hurt animations and sounds to mobs and players * Fixed dead players logging in as invisible ghosts * Made arrows visible and deal damage * Hoes now produce proper seeds * Creepers make noises and animate before exploding * Explosions animate properly * No more infinite free arrows * Server logging now appends to server.log rather than overwriting it * Buttons and levers (and a few other blocks probably, it’s a general solution) animate properly * Fixed minecarts (and pigs!) moving twice as fast as they should when ridden. * The join server screen now remembers the last entered ip * Increased chunk saving frequency on the server * Leaving sneak mode no longer triggers a million sounds * You can now see sneaking players * Names of sneaking players aren’t visible through walls, and are visible a much shorter distance * Snowballs!!
KESA (Killer 73.33%, Explorer 60.00%, Socializer 46.67%, Achiever 20.00%) The dead are likely dull fellows, full of tedious complaints – 'the ground's too cold, my gravestone should be larger, why does he get more worms than I do...' - "Dolorous" Edd Tollett