OK, basically my minecraft worked but now it doesn't load. This started happening right after Beta was released so is this just a server problem? If it is then why doesn't my Alpha work either? I downloaded alpha a couple days ago it shouldn't be affected by the Beta release.

If it is original, then it is something with minecraft.

I heard somethign was down for a while though, so idk.

NEW QUESTION: Ever since Beta update my Minecraft has been so slow I find myself quitting often and returning later to see if it'll actually run. It never does. WHY IS IT SO $~€~!\,¥• SLOW
One more thing, I can't play my alpha save file anymore. This is a minor problem to me because I played it only twice, this could be more annoying to those who've played Alpha lots. Do either of these problems happen to anyone else?

Everything works fine for me. It might just be your computer?

It's most likely my computer, I find that strange though because alpha worked and "creative" mode did too. Oh, question reasked for jefferlope or anyone else mincraft obsessed: can you still play your alpha?

No, because Minecraft updates straight to Beta, I don't see how anyone could play Alpha, unless they played offline ever since Beta came out.

so all alpha savefiles are gone? some people probably put hours into their worlds

No.

And I believe you can play a past version without playing offline, you just need to modify some stuff around.

ahhh well then, it doesn't matter since I only got through one in alpha. I'll play minecraft more and ask questions after I get through the games I got from Christmas. Maybe by then that Markus Persson dude will make minecraft faster on Macs.