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Dream SMP (originally known as DreamTeam SMP) is a private and whitelisted Minecraft survival multiplayer (SMP) server run by Dream Team and friends. Dream SMP is well known as a roleplay-themed server with mostly improvised plots and a long-standing history of alliance, war, factions, time periods, and characters.
Following Wilbur’s announcement that he’d be stepping down as head writer, it wasn’t until December 3rd, 2020, that Technoblade announced on stream that they’d be writing a portion of the script, with Dream clarifying on Tik Tok in a comment that Techno would be writing for his character, Dream.
In another conflict, Wilbur Soot established L’Manberg, an offworld state for non-US players, which broke away from Greater Dream SMP and won a war of independence. The party held a presidential election in which SWAG2020 ran mate GeorgeNotFound. Quackity, SWAG2020’s presidential candidate, formed an offworld coalition party called SchWAG2020 alongside Jschlatt. The coalition party won the election with 46% of the vote
L’Manberg was then invaded, destroyed and dissolved in January 2021.
Dream and Quackity will be working on the main story arc after Manberg’s, while Tommy and Wilbur will be working with Fundy and Tubbo, as well as other members.
At the end of January 30, 2021 during the non-lore stream, Ranboo said that each creator writes their own character’s main story and that the writing process is “collaborative”.
On February 21, 2021 Dream said on Twitter that it was him and Tommy who wrote about Tommy’s current prison situation and that they’ve already written the story. Dream went on to talk about it on the Eboy’s Podcast, saying that some events are written months in advance and others are written a day or two before the decision is made.
Dream SMP has gained a cult following and fan base, with hundreds of thousands attending live events. Its stories are analyzed in documentary style videos, such as MatPat’s, which describes the series as “narrative storytelling by gaming”. Broderick credits the Dream SMP’s unprecedented success to the way its story is presented, describing it as “a deep concept that basically makes viewers their own directors, jumping from stream to stream to find out which version they want to see”. Benjamin Herold wrote in September 2021 that “the Dream SMP” “helped millions of children reconnect with the social world” during COVID-19.
According to The Verge, the Dream SMP is a “global phenomenon”, with fans of the Dream SMP creating massive amounts of fanfic, fanart and fan songs. One of the most notable fanworks, Heat Waves, is a fanfic series dedicated to the Dream SMP hosted by Archive of Our Own that reached the top three kudos on the site. Named after the song “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals, it’s been suggested that this is one of the reasons why the song made it to the top of the 2020 Triple J hottest 100 in Australia.
The server’s stories have led to fanart, fanfic, animation, and even an online musical. Unlike many other online creators, Dream has actually encouraged fanfic about him, saying that it will ultimately help his career. One of the most well-known fanfics is by a Filipina animator named Sad-ist, who draws events from the story set of the server along with music and dialogue snippets.
At the end of March 2022, Dream stated that Season 2 is unlikely to take place due to other members' busy schedules and lack of motivation, as well as the fact that Technoblade is no longer a part of the game. In the end, the majority of the members showed up on April 10, 2022, and defeated Ender Dragon.
All in all, the combination of these factors, as well as people moving on, as well as new servers like Quackity’s QSMP, led to a decrease in demand for Dream SMP. Moreover, Dream’s loss of momentum meant that it couldn’t sustain itself.
Date: Apr 11, 2023