Hello everyone. I made this thread because I need help and dont know what to do. So after a few hours I ended up here...
I bought Minecraft for my 7yr old. He's been wanting to play online so for his bday, I bough him Xbox Live Gold. I assumed Minecraft multiplayer worked similar to Call of Duty with an open server but apparently I am wrong. I tried to "join" but the box is blank. He created a world and enabled anyone to join but no one has. Does he need to be friends with someone in order to play online? If servers are open, how to I get him on one?
My son loves this game and has been pretty bummed because he has been unable to play with anyone. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance,
Thanks for the quick reply Pizzaguy!!! At least now I know what to do. I know how rough some of these online players can be with their language. So hopefully I can find someone who is ok playing with a 7yr old.
Minecraft has settings on peoples servers that allow them to play either with friends of friends or by invite only. The best thing for you to do is scour this server subforum you are on right now for threads where people are looking for players. It helps if you know what your son has in mind as well.
Is he new to Minecraft completely? Does he want to play survival, creative, play on someones adventure or parkour server, etc.... There's a lot of choices and things to do with Minecraft.
There are plenty of servers who advertise as "kid friendly" and some who do not. As an adult who plays minecraft I'll tell you that usually the worst things said to kids are by other kids. The internet is the wild west and Minecraft is no different so don't expect a PG environment with the randoms that can show up on Xbox live, you really never know what you are going to come across.
His best bet is just to play on some of the posted servers, make some friends and then maybe play on servers with people he likes.
Thank you Dreamer! Thanks for tell me about the subforum as a starting point. I think I've found one and have been trying to add friends within his age group. He has had MC for a few months so he isnt new to the game. He also watches all these Youtube videos (they drive me crazy btw) so I'd like to think he knows what he's doing. Regarding the servers who say they're kid friendly, I used to play games often online and know how it can be so I'll certainly be monitoring. Thank you so much for the detailed info!!! It is greatly appreciated.
what his username ill play with him i don't use curses cause i feel like there pointless and because of private reasons but yeah im great at minecraft username is somespartanDJ
Hi there I have sent you a friend request so your son and my 9 and 7 year olds can play. We are also new at this multiplayer thing! Gamer tag magshenz.
Hello everyone, sorry for the delay. I would like to thank you all for your interest in playing MC with my son. His gamertag is under mine, but hes the one always on. The gamertag: arthurmack
@magshenz, ive seen you added my son and tried to invite him. he didnt recognize that it was an invite and missed it. please keep trying to send him invites whenever you see him. eventually he will learn.
Also, thanks to everyone for leaving their gamertags. i have sent each of you requests. my son is super excited to play with someone online.
Hello everyone. I made this thread because I need help and dont know what to do. So after a few hours I ended up here...
I bought Minecraft for my 7yr old. He's been wanting to play online so for his bday, I bough him Xbox Live Gold. I assumed Minecraft multiplayer worked similar to Call of Duty with an open server but apparently I am wrong. I tried to "join" but the box is blank. He created a world and enabled anyone to join but no one has. Does he need to be friends with someone in order to play online? If servers are open, how to I get him on one?
My son loves this game and has been pretty bummed because he has been unable to play with anyone. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance,
Art
You need xbox friends to join the world unfortunately its not open lobby style like cod
maybe try to find a player on here whos hosting a world that he could play with them on
Thanks for the quick reply Pizzaguy!!! At least now I know what to do. I know how rough some of these online players can be with their language. So hopefully I can find someone who is ok playing with a 7yr old.
One last thing, where would I even begin to look on this site? Lol. I have no clue where to start
Hey Arthur,
Minecraft has settings on peoples servers that allow them to play either with friends of friends or by invite only. The best thing for you to do is scour this server subforum you are on right now for threads where people are looking for players. It helps if you know what your son has in mind as well.
Is he new to Minecraft completely? Does he want to play survival, creative, play on someones adventure or parkour server, etc.... There's a lot of choices and things to do with Minecraft.
There are plenty of servers who advertise as "kid friendly" and some who do not. As an adult who plays minecraft I'll tell you that usually the worst things said to kids are by other kids. The internet is the wild west and Minecraft is no different so don't expect a PG environment with the randoms that can show up on Xbox live, you really never know what you are going to come across.
His best bet is just to play on some of the posted servers, make some friends and then maybe play on servers with people he likes.
Thank you Dreamer! Thanks for tell me about the subforum as a starting point. I think I've found one and have been trying to add friends within his age group. He has had MC for a few months so he isnt new to the game. He also watches all these Youtube videos (they drive me crazy btw) so I'd like to think he knows what he's doing. Regarding the servers who say they're kid friendly, I used to play games often online and know how it can be so I'll certainly be monitoring. Thank you so much for the detailed info!!! It is greatly appreciated.
I'm 12 and love playing minecraft i would play with him my username is somespartanDJ
what his username ill play with him i don't use curses cause i feel like there pointless and because of private reasons but yeah im great at minecraft username is somespartanDJ
Hi my name is GirlyWarrior22 and I have a bunch of servers that me and my friends play on and I would be happy to invite him in!
My my gamertag is GirlyWarrior22
I have an 8 year old son and he likes to play minecraft with kids his age. His GT is tHeDiaMoNDboSS8 if you would like to add him
Hi there I have sent you a friend request so your son and my 9 and 7 year olds can play. We are also new at this multiplayer thing! Gamer tag magshenz.
Hello everyone, sorry for the delay. I would like to thank you all for your interest in playing MC with my son. His gamertag is under mine, but hes the one always on. The gamertag: arthurmack
@magshenz, ive seen you added my son and tried to invite him. he didnt recognize that it was an invite and missed it. please keep trying to send him invites whenever you see him. eventually he will learn.
Also, thanks to everyone for leaving their gamertags. i have sent each of you requests. my son is super excited to play with someone online.