---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Shall we play a game?

Time: 04/01/18 18:27
Description: Initializing game

com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: com.google.gson.stream.MalformedJsonException: Invalid escape sequence at line 4 column 38 path $.pack.description
	at com.google.gson.internal.Streams.parse(Streams.java:60)
	at com.google.gson.JsonParser.parse(JsonParser.java:84)
	at com.google.gson.JsonParser.parse(JsonParser.java:59)
	at sf.a(SourceFile:73)
	at sf.a(SourceFile:66)
	at sx.a(SourceFile:35)
	at ss.a(SourceFile:38)
	at su.a(SourceFile:33)
	at bny.a(SourceFile:1170)
	at bnv.an(SourceFile:439)
	at bnv.a(SourceFile:367)
	at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:140)
Caused by: com.google.gson.stream.MalformedJsonException: Invalid escape sequence at line 4 column 38 path $.pack.description
	at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.syntaxError(JsonReader.java:1559)
	at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.readEscapeCharacter(JsonReader.java:1550)
	at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.nextQuotedValue(JsonReader.java:1004)
	at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.nextString(JsonReader.java:815)
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$29.read(TypeAdapters.java:718)
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$29.read(TypeAdapters.java:739)
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$29.read(TypeAdapters.java:739)
	at com.google.gson.internal.bind.TypeAdapters$29.read(TypeAdapters.java:714)
	at com.google.gson.internal.Streams.parse(Streams.java:48)
	... 11 more


A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Thread: Client thread
Stacktrace:
	at com.google.gson.internal.Streams.parse(Streams.java:60)
	at com.google.gson.JsonParser.parse(JsonParser.java:84)
	at com.google.gson.JsonParser.parse(JsonParser.java:59)
	at sf.a(SourceFile:73)
	at sf.a(SourceFile:66)
	at sx.a(SourceFile:35)
	at ss.a(SourceFile:38)
	at su.a(SourceFile:33)
	at bny.a(SourceFile:1170)
	at bnv.an(SourceFile:439)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
	at bnv.a(SourceFile:367)
	at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:140)

-- System Details --
Details:
	Minecraft Version: 18w01a
	Operating System: Linux (amd64) version 4.9.0-4-amd64
	Java Version: 1.8.0_151, Oracle Corporation
	Java VM Version: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
	Memory: 82035544 bytes (78 MB) / 167772160 bytes (160 MB) up to 2147483648 bytes (2048 MB)
	JVM Flags: 7 total; -Xmx2G -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:G1NewSizePercent=20 -XX:G1ReservePercent=20 -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:G1HeapRegionSize=32M
	IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
	Launched Version: 18w01a
	LWJGL: 3.1.2 build 29
	OpenGL: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Sandybridge Mobile  GL version 3.0 Mesa 13.0.6, Intel Open Source Technology Center
	GL Caps: Using GL 1.3 multitexturing.
Using GL 1.3 texture combiners.
Using framebuffer objects because OpenGL 3.0 is supported and separate blending is supported.
Shaders are available because OpenGL 2.1 is supported.
VBOs are available because OpenGL 1.5 is supported.

	Using VBOs: Yes
	Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
	Type: Client (map_client.txt)
	Resource Packs: Custom Faithful1.12.zip (incompatible)
	Current Language: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
	Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
	CPU: 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz