Dream SMP

The Dream SMP, formerly known as the Dream Team SMP, is a private, whitelisted Minecraft survival server played on by content creators associated with Dream. It is well-known within and outside of the Minecraft community for being a roleplay-focused server with a history of factions, wars, and character arcs, with the Sleepy Bois' characters driving forward many of the server's storylines.

Server gameplay is streamed on Twitch and YouTube. Although not all content creators have a VODs channel, stream highlights and videos can generally be found on YouTube.

The main Dream SMP wiki is the Dream Team Wiki.

SMP members

The SMP members are ordered by join date. Members and streaming platforms denoted with an asterisk (*) are inactive. Members denoted with a caret (^) have access to the server console.

Current

Character(s)	Content creator	IGN(s)	Join date	Platform
Dream DreamXD	Dream^	Dream DreamXD	24 April 2020	Twitch
George	GeorgeNotFound	GeorgeNotFound		Twitch
Sapnap	Sapnap^	Sapnap		Twitch
Callahan	Callahan	Callahan		N/A
Awesamdude	awesamdude^	awesamdude	28 April 2020	Twitch
Ponk	Ponk	Ponk	8 May 2020	Twitch
BadBoyHalo	BadBoyHalo^	BadBoyHalo	10 May 2020	Twitch YouTube
TommyInnit	TommyInnit	TommyInnit	4 July 2020	Twitch
Tubbo	Tubbo	Tubbo_	7 July 2020	Twitch
Fundy	Fundy	ItsFundy		Twitch
Punz	Punz	Punz		Twitch
Purpled	Purpled	Purpled		Twitch
Wilbur Soot Ghostbur	Wilbur Soot	WilburSoot	12 July 2020	Twitch
Jschlatt	Jschlatt	jschlatt	16 July 2020	Twitch
Skeppy	Skeppy	Skeppy		Twitch
Eret	Eret	The_Eret	20 July 2020	Twitch
Jack Manifold	JackManifoldTV	JackManifoldTV	3 August 2020	Twitch
Niki Nihachu	Niki Nihachu	Nihachu	6 August 2020	Twitch
Quackity Mexican Dream	Quackity	Quackity	17 August 2020	Twitch
Karl Jacobs	Karl Jacobs	KarlJacobs	27 August 2020	Twitch
HBomb	HBomb94	HBomb94	22 September 2020	Twitch
Technoblade	Technoblade	Technoblade		YouTube
Antfrost	Antfrost	Antfrost	23 September 2020	Twitch
Philza	Ph1LzA	Ph1LzA	16 November 2020	Twitch
Connor	ConnorEatsPants	ConnorEatsPants		Twitch
Captain Puffy	Captain Puffy	CaptainPuffy		Twitch
Vikkstar	Vikkstar123	Vikkstar123	23 November 2020	Twitch
LazarBeam	LazarBeam	LazarCodeLazar		Twitch YouTube
Ranboo	Ranboo	Ranboo	27 November 2020	Twitch
Foolish	Foolish Gamers	FoolishG	16 January 2021	Twitch
Hannah	Hannahxxrose	hannahxxrose	18 January 2021	Twitch
Charlie	Slimecicle	Slimecicle	22 January 2021	Twitch
Michaelmcchill	Michaelmcchill	Michaelmcchill	16 May 2021	Twitch
Eryn	Cyberonix	Cyberonix	22 October 2021	Twitch
TinaKitten	TinaKitten	TinaKitten	23 October 2021	Twitch
BoomerNA	BoomerNA	BoomerNA	28 October 2021	Twitch
SeaPeeKay	SeaPeeKay	SeaPeeKay	16 March 2022	Twitch
Aimsey	aimsey	AimseyYT		Twitch

Former

Character(s)	Content Creator	IGN(s)	Join date	Leave date
Alyssa	ItsAlyssa	ItsAlyssa	28 April 2020	2021
Jikishi	Jikishi	Demetrius	23 October 2021	25 October 2021

History

Main article: Dream SMP/History

The Dream Team (Dream, GeorgeNotFound, and Sapnap) created the Dream SMP, then called the Dream Team SMP, on April 24, 2020, to play on for leisure. Although many other people joined the server as well, there were only minor conflicts and no real storyline.

On July 4, 2020, TommyInnit joined the server, introducing the first storyline through a conflict over his prized music discs ("cat" and "mellohi"). This conflict continued until January 20, 2021, and created underlying tension throughout other arcs that would later be introduced.

On July 12, 2020, Wilbur Soot joined the server. He and Tommy founded the nation of L'Manberg, and its following War of Independence and rule was the focus on several further storylines. After the introduction of a planned story, new members began joining after major plot points. For example, both Technoblade and Ph1LzA joined after major conflicts.

The story continued to center around L'Manberg, particularly people interested in its preservation and destruction, until L'Manberg's destruction on January 6, 2021. The server then broke into several factions, including Snowchester (led by Tubbo), the Syndicate (led by Techno), and the Badlands (led by BadBoyHalo). During this time, Tommy and Tubbo put Dream in prison, where Dream revealed his ability to bring people and animals back to life, and a mysterious red growth known as the Egg began to expand across the server. As confrontation with the Egg continued, Quackity built the Las Nevadas casino, and on April 29, 2021, Wilbur was revived.

Additionally, Karl Jacobs created a series, Tales from the SMP, which explores stories in the server's past and future through his character's time-traveling abilities.

The scripted improvisation style of the server that Wilbur introduced has continued, with most characters in the SMP contributing to the expanding server lore. Recently, content creators have also been focusing more on the development of their own characters, and streams have become increasingly lore-based.

Many other guests have also appeared on the Dream SMP, either through members' accounts, through voice calls, or for only brief periods of time to collaborate with members for comedic content. These guests include Drista (Dream's younger sister), KSI, and Corpse Husband.

Writing

Tommy had a general idea of how the war over his discs, known as the Disc Saga, would go; however, most events were clearly improvised.

Soon after joining the server, Wilbur transitioned the storyline into scripted improvisation, where major plot points are planned beforehand and everything in between is improvised. Although this began lightheartedly, Wilbur soon began writing the story with input from other creators, especially in regard to their respective characters. For example, when asked about how he wrote the different characters, Wilbur stated:

"It depends person to person. Techno definitely wouldn't let me write him any differently but Tommy was pretty lenient in working alongside me as a character"

Wilbur also wrote the characters into the story rather than shaped the story with the characters (i.e. the characters are pushed around by their circumstances instead of acting off their own ideals). This writing style allowed the storyline to diverge from pre-planned plot points, introducing an element of unpredictability for the content creators and viewers. Wilbur gave the events of the Manberg Festival as an example:

"There were a lot of surprises and a lot of stuff changed as improv happened. One I'll give away was how Techno was NOT supposed to use a firework and murder Schlatt and Quackity in crossfire ahahah

"Ended up being pretty cool though and we rolled with it"

Additionally, Wilbur drafted two alternate storylines for the results of the first L'Manberg election, neither of which came to pass fully.

As the head writer, Wilbur wrote the L'Manberg independence, Manberg, and Pogtopia arcs before stepping down on November 16, 2020 to focus on personal projects.

Wilbur also introduced the three lives system, where each character has three canon lives before dying. Wilbur did not introduce this until after he stepped down; he did not write the story with this theory in mind. However, he made it canon after seeing a post about it on Reddit. He then posted a list of characters' canon lives on December 4, 2020. This system is now canon and guides the plot of the SMP.

On December 3, 2020, Technoblade announced that he was writing the plot. Dream then clarified that Technoblade would be writing his own character's arc, while Dream, Quackity, and Tommy would be writing the main storyline with other members, including Wilbur, Fundy, and Tubbo, providing input.

On January 30, 2021, Ranboo reaffirmed that the server was written through collaborative storytelling, where each creator works on their own character in separate storylines that occasionally merge for large events. This is a shift from Wilbur's original writing style (from the story guiding the characters to the characters guiding the story).

After his character's revival on April 29, 2021, Wilbur announced that he was planning some lore for the future. On May 14, Phil confirmed that Wilbur would return to writing the plot.

Media

The Verge published an article about the Dream SMP fanbase on March 19, 2021.

Due to its growing popularity, the Dream SMP has been featured in several articles and videos. These include (in chronological order):

• "In Minecraft’s Dream SMP, All the Server’s a Stage" from Wired on January 12, 2021.
• "Minecraft's top streamers are taking over the internet with their exclusive roleplaying server called Dream SMP" from Insider on January 25, 2021.
• "Inside YouTube's Minecraft boom: how an exclusive roleplay server helped a group of streamers dominate the platform's charts" from Insider on February 16, 2021.
• "Living the Dream SMP" from The Verge on March 19, 2021.
• "The Dream SMP - An Epic for the Modern Era | YouTube Culture & Trends Report" from YouTube Culture & Trends on June 10, 2021.

Trivia

• The Dream SMP world seed is 5826025064014972987.
• Many major SMP lore events happen on dates related to the number 16. For example, major events have occurred on the 16th of September, October, November, and December, 2020, and on January 6 and 16, 2021.
• Tommy created the name "Dream SMP" in order to clickbait Dream in his videos.