Casey LissApr 10, 2024

The hurdles I'm jumping through to get Declan to be able to play on a Minecraft server that I'm hosting, using his Switch, are truly asinine.

This is user-hostile from top to bottom, inside and out.

And all this started because he put HOURS into building something locally on his switch that just ✨disappeared ✨.

Show threadCasey LissApr 10, 2024
1) He needs a Nintendo Switch Online account to do so
2) *I* have a Nintendo Switch Online account, and am trying to convert to a family plan, but Nintendo's website refuses to let me.
3) He **also** needs an Xbox account, despite us never having owned an Xbox
4) The Switch edition of Minecraft doesn't allow you to enter arbitrary IPs, so at the very least I need to add a DNS record to pihole and at the most I may need an entire faux server that masquerades as a real one
Show threadJohn SiracusaApr 10, 2024
@caseyliss You’d better hope he doesn’t start asking you to install mods.
Show threadRyan Williamson
@siracusa @caseyliss My 7-year-old who plays on Switch is starting to ask about mods and I’m so terrified to undertake this adventure Casey is just starting.
Apr 11, 2024 at 12:39amWeb