Dream (YouTuber)

Dream is an American YouTuber known primarily for Minecraft content and speedrun videos. He began his YouTube career in 2014 and gained substantial popularity in 2019 and 2020 having uploaded videos based around the game Minecraft. As of February 2021, his seven YouTube channels have collectively reached over 23.5 million subscribers and over 1.6 billion views. YouTube listed Dream as the breakout creator of 2020. At the end of 2020, Dream was accused of cheating following an investigation by a major speedrun website.

Dream
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
OccupationYouTuber
YouTube information
Also known asDreamWasTaken
Channels
Years active2014–present
Genre
Subscribers23.5 million (combined)
Total views1.6 billion (combined)
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers 2019 (Dream)
2020 (DreamXD; Dream Team; Dream Tech; Dream Shorts; Minecraft Manhunt)
2021 (Dream Music)
1,000,000 subscribers 2019 (Dream)
2020 (DreamXD; Dream Team)
10,000,000 subscribers 2020 (Dream)
Updated: February 5, 2021

Career

YouTube

Dream started his YouTube channel on February 8, 2014.[1]

In a video from January 2020, Dream and another YouTuber, GeorgeNotFound, connected an Arduino board to an electric dog collar which emitted an electric shock whenever a player lost health in the game Minecraft.[2]

In December 2020, in place of their annual YouTube Rewind series, YouTube released a list of their top-trending videos and creators. On the U.S. list, YouTube ranked Dream's "Minecraft Speedrunner VS 3 Hunters GRAND FINALE" video as the #7 "Top Trending Video", and ranked Dream as the #2 "Top Creator" and #1 "Breakout Creator".[3] A livestream by Dream on YouTube in November 2020 with 0.7 million peak viewers was the 6th highest viewed gaming stream of all time as of January 2021.[4] A December 2020 Polygon article stated that "2020 has been a tremendous year for Dream", describing him as "YouTube's biggest gaming channel of the moment".[5]

In February 2021, Dream launched another YouTube channel, "Dream Music", where released his debut single, "Roadtrip", featuring PmBata.[6]

Minecraft Manhunt

Dream's most well-known and most-watched series is Minecraft Manhunt, a game mode in which one player—usually Dream—attempts to speedrun the game with only one life, while another player or a team of players (the "Hunters") attempts to stop the speedrunner from beating the game, hunt them down and kill them. The hunters each have infinite lives and a compass pointed towards the speedrunner, and the hunters win the game if the speedrunner dies before completing the game.[7]

On December 26, 2019, Dream uploaded the first video in this series, titled "Beating Minecraft But My Friend Tries to Stop Me".[8] Dream would subsequently repeat this style of video on many occasions, with him increasing the number of Hunters over time.[7] Many of the videos have received tens of millions of views.[9] One of his Manhunt videos was sixth in YouTube's Top Trending Videos of 2020.[10]

Nicolas Perez, writing in Paste, described Minecraft Manhunt as "an experience that leaves me slack-jawed every time", stating the format of Minecraft Manhunt "seems to guarantee the hunters come out on top. But more often than not, Dream pulls just enough aces out of his sleeve to narrowly beat the hunters, and eventually the game."[7]

Dream SMP

The Dream SMP server is a private Survival Multiplayer Minecraft server owned by Dream, started in May 2020. It is played on by Dream and other prominent Minecraft content creators. The server is divided into factions and includes heavy roleplay[11] with major events being loosely scripted in advance, most other elements being improvisation, performed live on YouTube and Twitch. Cecilia D'Anastasio, writing in Wired, described the Dream SMP as a form of live theatre and as a "Macchiavellian political drama", with over 1 million people tuning in to the livestreams during January 2021.[12]

Minecraft competitions

Throughout 2020, Dream was a prominent participant in Minecraft Championship, a monthly Minecraft competition organized by Noxcrew. In 2020, Dream came first in the 8th and 11th Minecraft Championships.[13] In September 2020, during the 10th Minecraft Championship, he played for charity, raising around $3,400.[14]

Minecraft speedrun cheating claims

In early October 2020, Dream livestreamed a speedrun of Minecraft, and submitted his time to a major speedrunning website, Speedrun.com. He was awarded 5th place for the record.[5]

On December 11, 2020, following a two-month investigation, Speedrun.com's Minecraft verification team shared a 14-minute video and a report analyzing six archived livestreams of speedrunning sessions by Dream from around the time of the record; they concluded that the game had been modified to make the chance of obtaining certain items needed to complete the game higher than normal.[5][15] Dream denied the accusations in a YouTube video and responded with a commissioned report written by an anonymous statistician, whom he claimed was an astrophysicist.[9] Dot Esports said the report did not exonerate him, and "at most" suggested it was not impossible that he was lucky. The moderation team stood by their ruling. In a tweet, Dream indicated that he would accept their decision, without admitting fault.[15][16]

Discography

Singles
  • "Roadtrip" (featuring PmBata) (2021)

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Result Ref.
2020 Streamy Awards Gaming Won [17]
Breakout Creator Nominated

See also

References
  1. Dream. "About". YouTube.
  2. Livingston, Christopher (January 13, 2020). "Watch this Minecraft player get shocked by a dog collar whenever he takes damage". PC Gamer. Future plc. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  3. Allocca, Kevin (December 1, 2020). "2020's top-trending videos and creators". YouTube Official Blog. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  4. "Here Are The Biggest Twitch And YouTube Livestreams Ever". GameSpot. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  5. Hernandez, Patricia (December 15, 2020). "YouTube's big Minecraft cheating scandal, explained". Polygon. Vox Media.
  6. Mitra, Smita (February 4, 2021). "Minecraft YouTuber Dream launches music career with 'Roadtrip' song, fans ask 'anything he can't do'". MEAWW. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  7. Perez, Nicolas (October 23, 2020). "Why Watching Dream Beat Minecraft Against the Odds Is So Addicting". Paste Magazine. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  8. Dream (December 26, 2019). "Beating Minecraft, But My Friend Tries To Stop Me". YouTube. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  9. Boier, Peter (December 29, 2020). "Populær youtuber fanget i massivt stormvejr: Har han snydt?" [Popular YouTuber caught in massive storm: Has he cheated?]. DR (in Danish). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  10. Matt Patches (December 1, 2020). "YouTube announces the top videos and creators of 2020". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  11. Arsach, Steven (January 25, 2021). "Minecraft's top streamers are taking over the internet with their exclusive roleplaying server called Dream SMP". Insider. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  12. D'Anastasio, Cecilia (January 12, 2021). "In Minecraft's Dream SMP, All the Server's a Stage". Wired. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  13. Michael, Cale (September 26, 2020). "Minecraft – All MC Championship Winners". Dot Esports. Gamurs. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  14. Michael, Cale (September 26, 2020). "The best of MC Championship 10: Pokimane learns the game, Dream plays for charity, and more". Dot Esports. Gamurs. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  15. Watts, Rachel (January 7, 2021). "A brief summary of the cheating scandal surrounding YouTube's biggest Minecraft speedrunner". PC Gamer. Future plc. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  16. Alford, Aaron (January 1, 2021). "Dream Minecraft speedrun controversy: A history of events". Dot Esports. Gamurs. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  17. "10th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. 2020. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
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