Closed group of friends works fine in offline mode (pirate friendly mode).

If you can get a group of other parents to also pirate...

Not really in the cards, though I can appreciate your dedication to pirate advocacy.

	▲	ndriscoll 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The referenced config setting is apparently literally just whether to have the server authenticate accounts with Microsoft, so pirate and nonpirate players can play together on a server with checking off.