So I have a kid turning 13 Thursday, and his sister wants to get him a Minecraft server so he can run games without people mucking with them. Can anyone suggest a good hosting service? I've done some Googliing, but it's hard to find reliable reviews for something like this so far.
#2
Dei
Modded or unmodded? If unmodded you might just want to use Minecraft Realms.
#3
Shakey
When I hosted our Minecraft server, I used Bisect Hosting. https://www.bisecthosting.com/
I don’t have any complaints, but I would sign up for a lower package and wait for a sale. They often have 60% off for life on their premium packages.
When I hosted our Minecraft server, I used Bisect Hosting. https://www.bisecthosting.com/
I don’t have any complaints, but I would sign up for a lower package and wait for a sale. They often have 60% off for life on their premium packages.
I assume I can upgrade later, but if the limitation is ten players at once, I think the cheapest premium might be fine. He's not going to need more that that for a while I would imagine.
I assume I can upgrade later, but if the limitation is ten players at once, I think the cheapest premium might be fine. He's not going to need more that that for a while I would imagine.
One of the ones on the page I linked should work then.
#10
PatrThom
I've never done anything other than rolling my own, so I have no idea what the various commercial servers offer (other than more support and a monthly bill).
We don't do a whole lot of downloading/streaming at my place, so bandwidth contention was never really an issue, either.
I've never done anything other than rolling my own, so I have no idea what the various commercial servers offer (other than more support and a monthly bill).
We don't do a whole lot of downloading/streaming at my place, so bandwidth contention was never really an issue, either.
Which would be another option. If you have an extra pc sitting around, setting up a Minecraft server isn’t too difficult. Unless he would want friends to be able to join. Getting it accessible from outside your network could be tricky.
#12
Fun Size
Okay, so I signed up for a premium server on Bisect, and made sure everyone here has the universal Bedrock Minecraft running, but I cannot connect. It says it's up and running on the Bisect page, but Minecraft can't see it.
Okay, so I signed up for a premium server on Bisect, and made sure everyone here has the universal Bedrock Minecraft running, but I cannot connect. It says it's up and running on the Bisect page, but Minecraft can't see it.
I don't think they give Java versions the names like Bedrock, so you might be using the wrong version of Minecraft (aka using Windows Edition not Java)
#14
PatrThom
Yeah I think the Java version of Minecraft is just called "The Java Version."
--Patrick
#15
Fun Size
Yeah, and I shied away from the java version when I found out that most versions are now the unified "Bedrock" version that MS has released. So the Windows 10 version.
Yeah, and I shied away from the java version when I found out that most versions are now the unified "Bedrock" version that MS has released. So the Windows 10 version.