I started playing single player again now with a texture pack. Until multiplayer is the same as single player (ie monsters, can die etc) Im not bothering with the multiplayer. I want to build epic rollercoasters etc.
Ive not touched SMP for Ages, its too broken to be enjoyable for me.
And when a Dual Core Xenon server cant keep up with a little block game, theres something wrong.
*Yes. I know its alpha.