[MC-78393] It won't let me on a server and i have everything right

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What I expected to happen was...:
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Go on my friends server
What actually happened was...:
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My game crashed and I don't know why
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go on Minecraft 1.7.9
2. Go to Multiplayer then Direct Connect
3. Type in any server then click Connect

Linked issues

duplicates

MC-38527 Crash after changing max view distance to 20 chunks in options.txt / Render distance too high in options.txt after downgrading

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migrated 2015-03-05T23:16:25Z

⚠️ Your Minecraft version is outdated. We currently take issues for version 1.8.x of the game.

Thank you for your report.
However, your ticket has been resolved as a duplicate.

This issue has been linked to the original bugreport: MC-38527. You can find or add further information on that report.
Please search before reporting any bugs, as it's likely that one exists already.