I bought the game and joined the server yesterday after playing the tutorial in single player. It turns out that is winter time (I don't know if it matters to find flint) but have to walk very far from the spawn before I can even dig any block and I haven't been able to find any loose flint in the surface at all (and snow does doesn't make it any easier haha)
Taking into consideration that flint seems to be the basic to start crafting things. What can a new player do in this instance? Am I missing something?