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*What I expected to happen was...:I tried to join my friends bukkit server on 1.7.9 and it crashes whe nI try to join.
Describe what you thought should happen here
by the way, the "Affects/Versions thing won't let me choose 1.7.9 So I HAVE to put 1.8.7
What actually happened was...:
Describe what happened here
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Put a step by step guide on how to trigger the bug here
2. ...I click on the server
3. ...It crashes
Incomplete without the crash report, though likely duplicate of MC-38527, in which case your render distance is set too high for older versions of the game.