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So, I just got Minecraft last night and I've been playing on single and multiplayer (mineZ to be specific). But, tonight it's been laggy on single, and I get an error message when I try to join a multiplayer server. This is what shows up every time: Its jumbled like this in fullscreen and windowed view.
I've tried restarting my computer but it just won't fix..
Please tell me it's fixable and I didn't waste 20$ on something that wont work...

the servers are down for everybody, they should have it back up soon. Click the link to see the info.

http://xpaw.ru/mcstatus/