No but you can play Minecraft Classic
You can't
bukkit
Yes.
You do not need to own Minecraft to host servers for it.
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You say that you are an idiot and a freakin sucker
You go on Minecraft Classic and click on Multiplayer. A good server is Team 9000 Free Build.
type /water or /lava
you go on minecraft launcher and go to options and force update you cant update if you got classic
The Classic version of Minecraft is free. You will need to go to the Minecraft website and create a free account. Then on the homepage you can choose to play a single player classic server or a multiplayer classic server. The full version of Minecraft requires you to buy the game. Once bought, you can play survival and creative modes which give much more features than classic version. You can either play alone or join a public server. Cracked Minecraft is considered stolen property by law. Downloading cracked Minecraft is an act of theft from Mojang, the creators of the game, which could get you in trouble with authorities. See the related links below.
In Minecraft classic you just go to the minecraft homepage and click classic multiplayer. From there you can choose a server you want to join, simple as that!If you want to join an beta server, that's a whole different story! To join an beta server you should first start minecraft, then you click multiplayer. The next part is much different than classic multiplayer, you need to get an IP address for the server you want to join, there are several websites that list such. Here is an example/server (If you want to join it): 173.162.239.157:25565You can just copy and past it into the entry bar asking for the address!Also in the new update 1.8 in beta you can save the servers you visited in a list unfortunately if you have a newer version of minecraft and the server hasn't updated you will not be allowed to connect to it