Minecraft says my multiplayer and clubs is turned off?

Hi, I hope you're doing great out there. I am an Independent advisor and I am here to help you in regard to your concern.

If I may ask, are you on Xbox console? If yes, an Xbox Live Gold subscription is required to play an online multiplayer game.

I thought turning the console off is turning it off or is this not the case?

I play Minecraft, then turn console off with the console controller command, "turn off console"

When I next turn in the console, with either the main power button or controller button,before I play on any realms or multiplayer game, I have to exit Minecraft, load a different app, wait for that to load, then exit the app back to the home screen, then load Minecraft again and wait about 5 mins for it to load

Now I can play Minecraft on multiplayer or realms servers.

If I want to play local games, I can without needing to "reload" Minecraft twice

Please, let us review if all these options are enabled:

Using the Xbox Family Settings app on your mobile device, enable Multiplayer for Minecraft.

In the Xbox Family Settings app:

Go to Settings > In Enable Minecraft > Select Allow this game.

Turn on Multiplayer to let a member play online with others

Enable Clubs so that a member can create and join Minecraft Realms servers.

To download the Family App: https://www.xbox.com/apps/family-settings-app

Hi Christopher, my name is Rodrigo. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

I am sorry to hear that.

Please, verify if his settings allog Minecraft Multiplayer.

You can enable the multiplayer for Minecraft from the Xbox Family Settings app on your mobile device.

In the Xbox Family Settings app:

Go to Settings > In Enable Minecraft > Select Allow this game.

Turn on Multiplayer to let a member play online with others

Enable Clubs so that a member can create and join Minecraft Realms servers.

To download the Family App: https://www.xbox.com/apps/family-settings-app

I hope this helps.

They temporarily turned off the ability to upload custom gamerpics, club pics, and club backgrounds.