it's true - I mean it's hard to get a server running out of your
   home if you don't have help. *Plus many people don't have direct
   access to the router so they'd have to use quirky methods like
   Hamachi or pay for hosting. *Thankfully Minecraft Realms puts
   that process right in the game, and it's a little less scammy
   than some hosting places [although most really do try their best
   and some are great] But let's say you manage learn how to get
   through your own firewalls (on the computer, on the router) and
   the UNIVERSE can see your Minecraft server that you managed to
   get going. Then... you need a name. *A domain name. And..
   there's only a few places online that give you free names.
   *(freedns org is one of them - that's where I got the ignorelist
   from) - and THEY'RE confusing to use unless you find a video
   explaining it. I taught about a hundred people separately how to
   do it and I'm proud of it but after a while I had to stop. *But
   yeah, that's why there's so many numbers. *Names either cost
   money or the free is hard to find if you don't know where. [the
   only reason I sound negative is because the process is
   unnecessarily difficult and big companies make a lot of money by
   keeping things confusing and that bugs me. *There's no reason
   for it to be a maze like this except I guess it keeps hackers
   away or something]