The video garnered 20 million views in under 24 hours and has accumulated 39 million views to date. 2, when - after several days of revealing his face over FaceTime to creators like Anthony Padilla, KSI, Bella Poarch, Addison Rae and Marques Brownlee, all of whom posted videos of their reactions to Dream’s face without revealing what he actually looked like - Dream premiered his face reveal video on his YouTube channel. But it wasn’t just Dream’s fans who didn’t know what he looked like most of his collaborators and friends, including George, had never seen his face - on screen or in real life - either.Īll of it changed on Oct. The only visual signifier that his fans had was the black-and-white smiley face and mask that represented his existence across all platforms and streams its slight grin lent an ironic, seemingly Microsoft Paintified mystique to the creator’s identity. “We almost don’t even really play the game,” adds George.ĭream was well known for not showing his face on-screen. “It very much is just Minecraft being used as a medium to tell a story versus being an actual game.” “Essentially we created a world there’s tons of different characters, and there’s lore behind everyone’s backstories and there’s different betrayals and back-stabbings and awesome arcs that end in friendships and enemies and destruction,” says Dream of the DSMP. The two chatted with Variety two days after TwitchCon San Diego, where they both made appearances. Additionally, the pair often brainstorms inventive ways to play Minecraft, resulting in videos like “ Minecraft, But Gravity Changes Randomly” - in which the two attempt to play the game while the gravity flips without notice - or “Beating Minecraft While Being Electrocuted When I Take Damage,” in which George engineers a dog collar to electrocute him whenever his character takes damage in the game. With the collective efforts of other notable creators like TommyInnit, Wilbur Soot, Tubbo, Ranboo, CaptainPuffy, Hannahxxrose and more, who comprise the Dream survival multi-player Minecraft server (Dream SMP or DSMP for short), Dream and George have created a veritable multiverse within the world of Minecraft, crafting storylines replete with lore, inside jokes and memes. "I owe you all everything and will do my best to always give it to you and give it back to the world," he said.The pair met when they were working as software developers and became friends, then decided to make Minecraft content together. He also thanked everyone who supported him all these years. Anyone can be under the mask and I don't want my face reveal to take away from that fact because it's true and it can be and you can do it if you want to." "This channel is living proof that anyone can do anything. He plans on adding real-life content as well and do more creative executions that he did not get the chance to do before. In terms of his content, however, it will stay pretty much the same and Dream said he has no plans of adding a face cam. "My goal was to just start doing things, get out, meet creators, say hi to my friends finally just get out in the world, be an actual creator, be a person," he said. "Hi, my name is Clay, otherwise known as Dream online," he said.ĭream said he first showed his face to his friends and other creators via FaceTime before doing the big reveal to the public.Īccording to Dream, he decided to do the reveal as he is meeting one of his friends and he is tired of hiding from those who want to leak his face. In a video uploaded on Monday, the content creator first teased fans about showing his face, hiding inside a blanket and standing so his head is out of the frame.Įventually, he picked up his smiley mask and without further ado, introduced himself with his own face. Minecraft YouTuber Dream has finally revealed his face to his fans.
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