I don't know what happened, but i cant access my old account. i have tried using every password it could have been and it wont work. then i tried recovering the password with email but it always says invalid. and finally, i tried creating a new account with that same nickname just in case it was taken down and it says name taken. idk what to do

Getting the invalid password message is like the new version of the screen that goes grey(?), if you are typing the right password. The log-in server(or whatever it is called) is down and you could either wait until the game logs you in despite the message or you can keep trying to log on.

I've tried for a while now, it's so bizarre

It's been quite some time, were you able to eventually log on?

sadly no. it sucks cause i had so much progress on it