Besides all the changes that the 1.9 prerelease had, they went and replaced many sounds and touched up many glitches they've never resolved.
Except that stupid pieces of ladder disappearing glitch.
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Version_historyAnyway, this fucker plays pretty damn stable.
I was playing the client from the actual server and I had no problems. I've never been able to do that before.
I want to plan some special things on the day of the final release of Minecraft.
For one, I will fix all the server problems and it's connection issues. I'll have a proper backup system and a rank system with support for multiple worlds.
Basically, the biggest issue with reusing the old RIA world is the fact that it was generated pre-biome update.
The fact is, that world may never spawn Strongholds unless I do some serious shit.
So, having a gateway to the old world seems to be one solution for that.
I don't think too many people who have seen the new biomes will complain about that because IMO, the new biomes beat the SHIT out of that old crap.
If we use the old world, we could reset some areas. This could be a compromise. Though, we are really spread out. :3
It's also possible we can transplant the visible area of our world into another one. Don't know how we'd go about this yet, but I know it's possible.