History Awesome / DreamSMP

** The way he did it is awesome too. For context, [[TheStarscream Quackity]] got into an argument with Schlatt over him being a ControlFreak, as the latter tore down the White House, which Quackity had helped build. As [[BadBoss Schlatt]] belittled him and mentioned that he was on 2 and a half hearts and [[TemptingFate could be killed in one blow]], Quackity resigned as Vice President of Manburg and [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal shot Schlatt in the chest with a bow]] before leaving. And then there's also their [[UnequalPairing volatile]] [[DomesticAbuse engage]][[TilMurderDoUsPart ment]] to bear in mind...
-->'''Quackity:''' ''(kills Schlatt)'' Fuck you. Fuck you. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere I'm out. I'm outta here.]] I'm fucking outta here, man, go fuck yourself.

* Tommy and Techno return to L'Manburg to find that the Community House has been destroyed. Dream insists it was done by Tommy, and demands that Tubbo give up Tommy's disc. Tommy reveals himself, revealing it wasn't him... and then gets confronted by Tubbo. The fight that follows is as [[TearJerker/DreamSMP heartwrenching]] as it is awesome, with the both of them circling around eachother, jumping in and out of the water, all the while screaming their grievances at the top of their lungs.
** At the climax of the fight, Tommy screams at Tubbo that the discs are worth more to him than Tubbo ever was. This halts the entire fight in its tracks, and Tommy, immediately horrified with himself, [[HeelRealization realizes that by working with Techno,]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he's becoming the exact kind of person he never wanted to be]]. Tommy leaves a furious Techno, and decides to stand with Tubbo and the rest of L'Manburg.

** Tubbo and Tommy, armed to the teeth, follow the compass into the wilderness... Until they end up in a ''Shattered Savanna''. Arguably the coolest terrain generation in all of Minecraft, as set dressing for the final fight.

** Dream continues trying to [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslight]] Tommy, insisting they were friends, and that Tommy won't kill him. Tommy, however, has gotten smart to these tactics, and proceeds to take his revenge on Dream by taking not one, but TWO of his canon lives.

* While Quackity's behavior as a ManipulativeBastard during his May 22nd livestream is [[NightmareFuel/DreamSMP no laughing matter]], it's nonetheless impressive that he [[BrassBalls survives]] talking down [[PhysicalGod Foolish]] and [[HiredGuns Purpled]] even though they were absolutely capable of killing him, and to persuade them to consider joining Las Nevadas.

* Doubles as Heartwarming. On February 16th 2021, Ranboo went live for about five hours. During that time, he gained over ''18,000'' subscribers, breaking ''six'' subgoals, and becoming the ''fourth most subscribed Twitch streamer of ALL TIME!'' Ranboo not only started crying TearsOfJoy live on stream, but changed his channel description from "Just a guy trying to do something", to "Just a guy doing something."

** From the perspective of the Butcher's Army, the fact that they managed to trap Technoblade was a feat in and of itself. Killing him would have been impossible, but taking his horse hostage put Techno completely at their mercy. [[RefugeInAudacity It's such a ballsy move, one can't help but applaud it.]]

* While Quackity's behavior as a ManipulativeBastard during his May 22nd livestream is [[NightmareFuel/DreamSMP no laughing matter]], it's nonetheless impressive that he survives talking down [[PhysicalGod Foolish]] and [[HiredGuns Purpled]] even though they were absolutely capable of killing him, and to persuade them to consider joining Las Nevadas.
* Quackity's the first person to ever use Elytra in the SMP with his lore stream.

* While Quackity's behavior as a ManipulativeBastard during his May 22nd livestream was [[NightmareFuel/DreamSMP no laughing matter]], it was nonetheless impressive that he was able to talk down [[PhysicalGod Foolish]] and [[HiredGuns Purpled]] even though they were absolutely capable of killing him, and to persuade them to consider joining Las Nevadas.

* Techno's speeches. He's an English major in real life, and you can absolutely tell that with the detail and intensity he manages to work into every speech. Special mention should go to his speech about Theseus, which was not only one of the most intense moments in the server's history, but - according to Philza - was also ''entirely improvised.''

*** As Techno is trying to escape, he winds up in the Final Control Room, desperately trying to widen the tunnel to get his horse, Carl, through to the other side. Quackity confronts him there, and after a brief shouting match, the two get into a fight. Quackity has full Netherite with Protection IV and a diamond axe, while Techno has potions, unenchanted iron armor, and a Netherite [[ImprobableWeaponUser pick]][[PowerfulPick axe]]... And Techno ''wins.''

* Tommy and Techno finally confront Dream, leading to a very angry Tommy finally standing up for himself and confronting Dream over his manipulation and {{Gaslighting}}.

--->'''Tommy:''' ''SHUT UP, EVERYONE, SHUT THE '''FUCK''' UP!'' Alright?! We have a ''day!'' I'm s- Tubbo, we can resolve whatever we have, everyone, sorry about that dog I just killed, sorry about every- every shit thing I've done. And you should all be sorry for every shit thing YOU'VE done, I've been in EX- No, this isn't the time. Wh- ''(sigh)'' You know Dream. I saw he built a- a PRISON over there, I don't know what's happening here, I've been gone, and ''none'' of you, NONE of you came to see me. But this isn't... This isn't about that. This is about L'Manburg. And probably the rest... of the SMP, I- I- If they're really coming on at 3 PM tomorrow... Then I dunno about you all, but I'm not gonna say my goodbyes. I'm gonna ''prepare''.

** When Tommy and Tubbo confront Dream, he taunts them by pillaring up with obsidian, sealing a jukebox in obsidian and putting Mellohi in, letting it play. Tommy starts asking Dream why he asked them to come there, why he's doing any of this... While Tubbo sneaks up behind Dream and whacks him off the pillar. Tubbo then continues holding Dream off while Tommy mines the obsidian and grabs Mellohi from the jukebox. What follows is a fight much like the early days of the disc war, with Tommy and Tubbo desperately pillaring up while trying to avoid Dream, while looking for an enderchest to put the disc into.

** Dream takes Tommy and Tubbo prisoner, leading them down the mountain... Then mines a wall, to reveal a pedestal. He forces the two of them onto it, then pushes a button, which makes the pedestal sink into the ground... To reveal an absolutely ''massive'' room, made entirely out of blackstone, with the discs on display. Not only that, but there's a side-room with displays for ''every valuable item on the server'', from pets, to weapons, to rarities, to [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Skeppy]]. Dream, in his final ploy to become the ultimate puppetmaster, planned to gather ''everyone's'' most valued items, and blackmail them with them.
** Once Dream has cut off all escape routes, he tells the kids his real plan, to kill Tubbo and put Tommy in the prison. Tommy tries to fight back, but Tubbo comforts him as he accepts his impending death, and the two give eachother a heartfelt goodbye... And then Punz steps through the portal. And then Sam. And Puffy. [[BigDamnHeroes And then about]] ''[[BigDamnHeroes half the whitelist]]'', [[BigDamnHeroes all armed to the teeth and ready for a fight.]] This scene has been compared by practically every fan to the iconic Portals scene from ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', and for a ''damn'' good reason.

*** What follows are perhaps some of the most [[CatharsisFactor cathartic moments]] in the server's history. Tommy, who knows for a fact that Dream won't kill him, grabs the Axe of Peace, borrows Sapnap's pickaxe... [[CallBack And digs a hole.]]

* The last time Tommy spent a week alone with Dream, [[ManipulativeBastard Dream]] had almost fully isolated and manipulated Tommy into thinking Dream was his only friend. However, this time, Tommy spent an entire week locked in the prison with Dream and all of his PTSD triggers, resisting both (presumably, as he didn't stream during this week) Dream's manipulations and his own traumas by [[TheGadfly being deliberately annoying]]. He spends the majority of his stream with Dream delivering TheReasonYouSuckSpeech after TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and deconstructing the idea that Technoblade will break him out. Though, when he brings up how he's bluffing on the Book, the tone becomes [[NightmareFuel extremely]] [[TearJerker different]].

** After Foolish is killed by Ant, Bad starts gleefully picking out a new sacrifice... Before being suddenly interrupted by [[BigDamnHeroes Quackity]], who jumps out of a secret tunnel, armed and ready to fight. He starts calling Bad out for all of his horrific misdeeds, and tries to get him to stand down. Bad, however, refuses, and the Eggpire surrounds Quackity, ready to take him down... not knowing that Quackity has quite the ace up his sleeve.
--->'''Bad:''' Guess what, Quackity? If you wanted to stop us, you should've brought more than just yourself. You should have brought an ''army'' with you.\\
'''Quackity:''' ''(chuckles)'' Guess what, Bad? I did! I did. In fact, I brought the next best thing. I brought ''[[EnemyMine my biggest enemy!]]''\\

---->'''Bad:''' WE HIRED YOU TO- TO TAKE OUT PUFFY, AND YOU ''JOIN THE ENEMY SIDE?!''\\

---->'''Puffy:''' YOU'VE TAKEN MY KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS, ANTFROST!

* Doubles as Heartwarming. On February 16th 2021, Ranboo went live for about five hours. During that time, he gained over ''18.000'' subscribers, breaking ''six'' subgoals, and becoming the ''fourth most subscribed Twitch-streamer of ALL TIME!'' Ranboo not only started crying TearsOfJoy live on stream, but changed his channel description from "Just a guy trying to do something", to "Just a guy doing something."

* On the same day as the above example, Captain Puffy officially became the biggest female Twitch-streamer on the ''entire'' platform.

!! Season One

* During the Red Banquet, the Eggpire reveals their treachery and attempts to summary execute everyone there, even succeeding in murdering Foolish. Then, right before the Eggpire brings up Awesamdude to execute ''him'', [[BigDamnHeroes Quackity enters the room through a hidden doorway]], secretly gives Puffy a netherite axe to arm her, and reveals that he brought [[EnemyMine Tech]][[TheDreaded nobl]][[OneManArmy ade]] and [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Purpled]].
** The three of them, plus Techno's hound army, shift the balance of power and give Puffy the chance to kill Antfrost to avenge Foolish before the rest of the Eggpire is forced to flee the scene due to being outnumbered and ''massively'' outpowered.

* Despite how horrifying [[MagnificentBastard Dream's]] manipulation of Tommy was, you have to give the man credit. In a few days Tommy has gone from screaming and cursing at Dream anytime he does anything, to seeking his approval. Before his exile, he was actively hostile against Dream and refused to do anything he was told, ''specifically'' just because Dream said to. After just one week of isolation he is actively trying to please Dream, to the point where when he is going into Techno's base to look for company, he hesitates. Notably, while Dream initially had to get Tommy down to a few hearts before he would agree to take off his armor, after a few days Tommy complies without even complaining and even lights the TNT to blow it up himself. What's more, even after all that, Tommy still believes when Dream tells him they are friends, to the point where he [[StockholmSyndrome builds a tent for Dream]] close to his own. Dream is not just beating Tommy down, he's doing so while simultaneously convincing him that it's everyone else's fault. He convinces Tommy that everyone received the party invitations but that Dream was the only person who cared enough to come and even says that he got a trident specifically for the purpose of coming to see Tommy easier. He even gifts Tommy his own trident, which Tommy is extremely thankful for.
-->'''Dream:''' Here, can you light that [TNT]? I don't have a... thingy.
-->'''Tommy:''' Oh, okay. ''(pauses)'' I don't want to.
-->'''Dream:''' Just light it.

** Tubbo and Tommy, armed to the teeth, follow the compass into the wilderness... Until they end up in a ''Shattered Savannah''. Arguably the coolest terrain generation in all of Minecraft, as set dressing for the final fight.

* The last time Tommy spent a week alone with Dream, [[ManipulativeBastard Dream]] had almost fully isolated and manipulated Tommy into thinking Dream was his only friend. However, this time, Tommy spent an entire week locked in the prison with Dream and all of his PTSD triggers, resisting both (presumably, as he didn't stream during this week) Dream's manipulations and his own traumas by [[TheGadfly being deliberately annoying]].

* The production value that goes into some of the streams is absolutely ''[[SugarWiki/VisualEffectOfAwesome insane]]''. From Quackity turning his lore streams into cinematic events complete with scripted cutscenes and cinematic cameras, to Fundy managing to create a DreamWithinADream narrative in which the environment constantly changes around him that he pulls off without any signs of teleportation or the world being edited around him, to Ranboo setting up a scene where an obsidian prison collapses in on itself as part of a MindScrew narrative, to the ''massive'' builds commissioned for Tales from the SMP. The Dream SMP might just be silly Minecraft roleplay, but the level of effort and care put into some of these streams is nothing short of incredible.

* The production value that goes into some of the streams is absolutely ''[[VisualEffectOfAwesome insane]]''. From Quackity turning his lore streams into cinematic events complete with scripted cutscenes and cinematic cameras, to Fundy managing to create a DreamWithinADream narrative in which the environment constantly changes around him that he pulls off without any signs of teleportation or the world being edited around him, to Ranboo setting up a scene where an obsidian prison collapses in on itself as part of a MindScrew narrative, to the ''massive'' builds commissioned for Tales from the SMP. The Dream SMP might just be silly Minecraft roleplay, but the level of effort and care put into some of these streams is nothing short of incredible.

* The production value that goes into some of the streams is absolutely ''insane''. From Quackity turning his lore streams into cinematic events complete with scripted cutscenes and cinematic cameras, to Fundy managing to create a DreamWithinADream narrative in which the environment constantly changes around him that he pulls off without any signs of teleportation or the world being edited around him, to Ranboo setting up a scene where an obsidian prison collapses in on itself as part of a MindScrew narrative, to the ''massive'' builds commissioned for Tales from the SMP. The Dream SMP might just be silly Minecraft roleplay, but the level of effort and care put into some of these streams is nothing short of incredible.

* The production value that goes into some of the streams is absolutely ''insane''. From Quackity turning his lore streams into cinematic events complete with scripted cutscenes and cinematic cameras, to Fundy managing to create a DreamWithinADream narrative in which the environment constantly changes around him that he pulls off without any signs of teleportation or the world being edited around him, to the ''massive'' builds commissioned for Tales from the SMP. The Dream SMP might just be silly Minecraft roleplay, but the level of effort and care put into some of these streams is nothing short of incredible.

** The way he did it is awesome too. For context, [[TheStarscream Quackity]] got into an argument with Schlatt over him being a ControlFreak, as the latter tore down the White House, which Quackity had helped build. As [[BadBoss Schlatt]] belittled him and mentioned that he was on 2 and a half hearts and [[TemptingFate could be killed in one blow]], Quackity resigned as Vice President of Manburg and [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal shot Schlatt in the chest with a bow]] before leaving. And then there's also their [[UnequalPairing volatile]] [[DomesticAbuse engage]][[[[TilMurderDoUsPart ment]] to bear in mind...

** The way he did it is awesome too. For context, [[TheStarscream Quackity]] got into an argument with Schlatt over him being a ControlFreak, as the latter tore down the White House, which Quackity had helped build. As [[BadBoss Schlatt]] belittled him and mentioned that he was on 2 and a half hearts and [[TemptingFate could be killed in one blow]], Quackity resigned as Vice President of Manburg and [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal shot Schlatt in the chest with a bow]] before leaving. And then there's also their [[UnequalPairing volatile]] [[TilMurderDoUsPart engagement]] to bear in mind...

** The way he does it is awesome too. For context, [[TheStarscream Quackity]] gets into an argument with Schlatt over him being a ControlFreak, as the latter tears down the White House, which Quackity helped build. As [[BadBoss Schlatt]] belittles him and mentions that he was on 2 and a half hearts and [[TemptingFate could be killed in one blow]], Quackity resigns as Vice President of Manburg and [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal shoots Schlatt in the chest with a bow]] before leaving. And then there's also their [[UnequalPairing volatile]] [[TilMurderDoUsPart engagement]] to bear in mind...

* Preceding the Battle of the Lake, Tommy gave a speech that he ended with "I have [[LetsPlay/{{Technoblade}} the blade]]." That itself is awesome given how he's outnumbered and outmatched even when he has Dream on his side, but it gets even better when, in a moment of perfect timing, ''[[TheDreaded Technoblade himself joined the game a split second later]]'', proceeding to help Tommy and Dream give Sapnap, Bad, Ant, and Skeppy the beating of their lives.

** From the perspective of the Butcher's Army, the fact that they managed to trap Technoblade was a feat in and of itself. Killing him would have been impossible, but taking his horse hostage put Techno completely at their mercy. It's such a ballsy move, one can't help but applaud it.

* Foolish is a rather kind and pacifistic individual who prefers to stay out of the server's greater conflicts. When the Statue of Ra was blown up by the Eggpire, Foolish proceeded to calmly threaten them to leave and when they refused, he struck them with a bolt of lightning to send them fleeing in a panic.

* The initial Disc War, the first truly major event on the server, ended in [[https://youtu.be/mu8anFNaLuY?t=3415 epic fashion]] when Tommy managed to retrieve his discs from Dream, but knowing he would come after them, decided to make an Ender Chest so they would stay secure. The recipe called for 8 obsidian, and Tommy only managed to mine 7 blocks as Tubbo tried to hold Dream off. Tubbo realized he had a spare obsidian block at his home and managed to give it to him all while being stalked by Dream. Tommy completed the Ender Chest and managed to save all of his things inside ''just'' before Dream killed him. The moment was so thrilling he leaped out of his chair in real life.

* The following day, Bad confronts Sam over his interference in their plans, specifically, to trap Tommy and Tubbo inside the Egg-room. Sam immediately [[PapaWolftakes a stand]], with Puffy [[MamaBear backing him up]], and makes it ''very'' clear that, no matter what, [[PapaWolf he will]] ''[[PapaWolf not]]'' [[PapaWolf allow the Eggpire to get a hold of Tommy.]]

* The following day, Bad confronts Sam over his interference in their plans, specifically, to trap Tommy and Tubbo inside the Egg-room. Sam immediately takes a stand, with Puffy backing him up, and makes it ''very'' clear that, no matter what, [[PapaWolf he will]] ''[[PapaWolf not]]'' [[PapaWolf allow the Eggpire to get a hold of Tommy.]]

* The Disc Saga, the first truly major event on the server, ended in [[https://youtu.be/mu8anFNaLuY?t=3415 epic fashion]] when Tommy managed to retrieve his discs from Dream, but knowing he would come after them, decided to make an Ender Chest so they would stay secure. The recipe called for 8 obsidian, and Tommy only managed to mine 7 blocks as Tubbo tried to hold Dream off. Tubbo realized he had a spare obsidian block at his home and managed to give it to him all while being stalked by Dream. Tommy completed the ender chest and managed to save all of his things inside ''just'' before Dream killed him. The moment was so thrilling he leaped out of his chair in real life.