The game crashes on startup

Put the summary of the bug you're having here

*What I expected to happen was...:*The game to work
Describe what you thought should happen here. The splash screen should have shown up telling me about the updates. The play button should read 'play', not 'play offline.

*What actually happened was...:*A cute error message about magic, love, and crashing.
Describe what happened here Java.lang.nullpointerexception: group

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Put a step by step guide on how to trigger the bug here
2. ...start the game
3. ...watch it crash in multiplayer and singleplayer