The Minecraft streamer Dream was involved in a major scandal regarding one of his speedruns, as he cheated to achieve it. But his fans couldn’t care less: Dream is extremely popular. He has now won the award for “Content Creator” of the year 2021 at “The Game Awards.” He says: If you don’t like it, you can deal with it.
Why is Dream considered a cheater?
- Dream was involved in a larger controversy: The YouTuber, who appears only masked, does speedruns in Minecraft, trying to kill the Ender Dragon as quickly as possible. One run went particularly well, as Dream was so lucky with loot that people said it was impossible – a cheat must have been used. The probability of such luck is 1 in 117,000,000,000.
- Dream was stripped of the record – however, he vehemently denied the cheating allegations. Ultimately, Dream admitted that it wasn’t luck. He said he had installed a plugin that changes drop rates in Minecraft but had overlooked that this plugin might have contributed to his record. He wasn’t aware of it.
- Despite these allegations, Dream is incredibly popular. He has 27.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 1.8 million fans following him on Twitter. He also likes to use this influence to manipulate votes. Sometimes just to show that he can.
This is the award he has now won: Dream has won the award for “Content Creator of the Year” at The Game Awards. He was nominated alongside Grefg, Ibai, Gaules, and Fuslie.
The nomination was made by a jury, who largely decided who won the award. However, there was also a public component, and Dream had urged people to vote for him.
Twitch streamers wished for other nominations
This is the background story: The nomination of Dream was critically discussed beforehand, as the other 4 nominees are Twitch streamers – Dream, however, rarely streams on Twitch.
Dream was also the only male content creator who streams in English.
In the Twitch bubble, it was felt that others deserved the spot more than him, such as Ludwig, xQc or Sykkuno, who had shaped Twitch in 2021. However, there was fierce backlash on Twitter for these statements.
That Dream was involved in this cheating scandal, however, did not seem to worry many. The criticism towards Dream was more that he hardly ever streams on Twitch. The other 3 male creators who were nominated stream in Spanish or Portuguese, and hardly make a mark in the English-speaking Twitch scene.
“If you don’t like it, you can deal with it”
This is what Dream says about his victory: Dream says: “Anyone who is angry now can remain angry.”
There are many great people who deserve recognition, including the other nominees and many others. He hopes that they will be appreciated as much as possible.
Dream says that if it were up to him, Ludwig would have won, but everyone has their own opinion.
He has won, so people can deal with it.
Consistently modest. We reported on the conflict regarding Dream’s nomination beforehand:
Minecraft: Twitch streamers dare to suggest that Dream does not deserve an award
