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[–] 17 points 2 months ago (6 children)

So is Microsoft who owns Minecraft who definitely presents private servers as dangerous (which for children may very well be true).

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  • [–] 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Having the possibility to setup a server allowed me to setup one for my sons and I. I’d rather have that then them going online…

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You would think that's what every parent would prefer....

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Both because it’s more safe and secure. Plus I have very fond memories of LAN parties and without private servers and local multiplayer kids won’t be able to experience that :(

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Don't worry, they'll still be able to drink a bunch of cough syrup and think they're really hanging out chatting with random people on forums and Pink Floyd and Abe Lincoln, and then get genuinely lost in a game for what seems like eternity but can only ever be vaguely recalled later.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    So are bicycles and kitchen knives. Ffs

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago*

    That was kind of my point?

    That just because it's "dangerous" for children doesn't justify banning it wholesale. Sorry I wasn't more clear.

    Yet Microsoft allows people access to host a private server while also putting up scary warnings for kids telling them to stick to the "safe" realms servers or whatever (are they even still called Realms? fuck if I know). On the one hand, it's good they haven't removed it entirely, on the other hand, it seems like that may be their eventual long-term goal with how they treat the private server ecosystem.

    I also think Discord and Roblox contributed to people not knowing what the fuck "server" actually means anymore.

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