A lot of people play 1.8. I used to play it all the time, and I still do sometimes. Really, I'm fine with the 1.9+ combat, but I still use 1.8 for things like Hypixel. We're not hacking because we have mods that display things like health above people's heads and AutoSprint that are only on 1.8.
Also, Minehut is based on 1.14.4. Not 1.14.2.
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