"[@BoxlZakness":l](/forums/meta/topics/we-re-working-on-it?post_id=32436#post_3243 6) The server was made publicly available right about the time >>1 and >>2 were uploaded.
As far as the *beta goes, I believe the site is still considered in beta at the moment. I'm not aware of what occurred prior to the public release however, if that's what you meant about the 'alpha' bit. Did you have any specific questions about something otherwise? I may be able to bug the admins when they're not too busy to get some answers for ya if so.