History Awesome / Dream

* First off, Minecraft Manhunt's high quality as a whole. The sheer concept of the Manhunts is simple yet amazing, combining two of Minecraft's notable aspects (speedrunning and PVP) and making a unique experience from them. The Manhunts' success is unlike most other series on [=YouTube=], and the charisma (as well as chemistry) of its participants, their notable skill at the game, the amazing guts and tactics performed on both sides,as well as no two Manhunts being the same, all makes for a one-of-a-kind series that have won over millions of fans.

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** Much like Dream, Sapnap also takes several levels in badass. Originally he's the least experienced of the hunters, frequently getting killed by Dream, and often [[ButtMonkey in the most humiliating ways]] (such instances being a suicide-leap into lava after Dream destroys the ground he jumps to as well as the [[ComedicSociopathy infamous Wither Skeleton incident]]). However, he soon gains several levels of competence and overall menace as the Manhunts go on, gaining enough skill to justify his [[LeeroyJenkins many attempts at charging Dream]]. He's notably the only hunter to even attempt to escape Dream's TNT trap (only failing by sheer luck), and he's also the one who makes one final attempt at killing Dream after respawning (also only failing by sheer luck). He also becomes by far and away the biggest threat during the "4 Hunters" video, crafting an enchanted diamond axe that puts him in NighInvulnerable territory until Dream somehow kills him and takes the axe for himself, and is also the consistent enemy during the final fight, even being the one to kill Dream at the end.

* Dream's team, the Pink Parrots, winning Minecraft Championship 8. When Dream and LetsPlay/{{Technoblade}} were announced to team up in [=MCC,=] fans knew this event would be one of the best. When the Decision Dome [[AudienceParticipation (when the audience chooses which game the participants are going to play next)]] came on, both Techno and Dream told their fans to choose Skyblockle. Not only did that game win in the Twitter poll, but more than 80% of people voting chose that option. In the final minigame, the Pink Parrots did really well. Most everyone expected the other team to win. When the Pink Parrots won, people started going to their voice chat to congratulate them. In the end, both Dream and Technoblade's channels got lots and lots of subscribers. Their amount of viewers averaged in the six-digits, meaning they each had at least 100,000 viewers or more watching their livestreams. That makes them winners.

* Dream consistently clearing Parkour Warrior becomes even more awesome when you learn that he's one of only ''two'' to ever complete it (with [=PeteZahHutt=] having cleared it back in MCC 6, whereas Dream's first clear was in MCC 8). Not only that, but he's the ''only'' one to have beaten Parkour Warrior more than once, having done so ''three times'' (in MCC 8, MCC 10, and MCC 11).

** Of particular note is their strategy during the final bout, which is reminiscent of Dream's strategy during MCC 8--funnel the arrows to each player based on a hierarchy going from Dream to George to Sapnap to Karl. This strategy works ''flawlessly'' as Dream gets all four of his team's kills in round 1, three of the four kills in round 2, and George proceeds to both clutch up round 2 and effortlessly land a double kill in round 3 for the win.

* Dream's channel's growth. He was a standard Minecraft YouTuber before 2020, with a decent fanbase and some viral hits but nothing too big. He's proceeded to get '''''nearly 12 million subs in a year''''', regularly hits #1 trending on the gaming tab, and the number of his videos under 1 million views can be counted with your hands (and most of them break at least 5 million if not more, with every Manhunt video since "Minecraft Speedrunner VS 2 Hunters" (not counting special videos like the livestreamed Manhunt or the [=IlluminaHD=] Manhunt) managing to break over ''20 million views''). All because one day he decided to make a video where his friend tried to kill him in Minecraft.

* This video is a mix of the two previous videos (3 Hunters Grand Finale and 4 Hunters). Dream spends most of the game at both an advantage and disadvantage. He manages to kill the hunters thrice early on (the first time with a close battle in a desert temple, the second time using a TNT minecart trap combined with another fight in another desert temple, and the third time by having the hunters weaken themselves with a failed attempt at exploding Dream with a bed, but all times the hunters bounce back quickly--with the third time ending in them ''getting full Protection 4 iron armor''.

* Dream's channel's growth. He was a standard Minecraft YouTuber before 2020, with a decent fanbase and some viral hits but nothing too big. He's proceeded to get '''''nearly 12 million subs in a year''''', regularly hits trending on the gaming tab, and the number of his videos under 1 million views can be counted with your hands (and most of them break at least 5 million if not more, with every Manhunt video since "Minecraft Speedrunner VS 2 Hunters" (not counting special videos like the livestreamed Manhunt or the [=IlluminaHD=] Manhunt) managing to break over ''20 million views''). All because one day he decided to make a video where his friend tried to kill him in Minecraft.

* Dream's channel's growth. He was a standard Minecraft YouTuber before 2020, with a decent fanbase and some viral hits but nothing too big. He's proceeded to get '''''11 million subs in a year''''', regularly hits trending on the gaming tab, and the number of his videos under 1 million views can be counted with your hands (and most of them break at least 5 million if not more, with every Manhunt video since "Minecraft Speedrunner VS 2 Hunters" (not counting special videos like the livestreamed Manhunt or the [=IlluminaHD=] Manhunt) managing to break over ''20 million views''). All because one day he decided to make a video where his friend tried to kill him in Minecraft.

** Of particular note is their strategy during the final bout, which is reminiscent of Dream's strategy during MCC 8- funnel the arrows to each player based on a hierarchy going from Dream to George to Sapnap to Karl. This strategy works ''flawlessly'' as Dream gets all four of his team's kills in round 1, three of the four kills in round 2, and George proceeds to both clutch up round 2 and effortlessly land a double kill in round 3 for the win.

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* For starters, the hunters [[TookALevelInBadass actually live up to their title for once, forcing Dream on the run every step of the video rather than being fought and killed by Dream several times across the video]]--hell, Dream himself states that this was their best outing. They avoid Dream's traps, opt to simply destroy the blaze spawners rather than guard them or leave them for Dream to find (Dream only gets the required blaze rods because he kills George and loots his items, the only hunter death prior to the End fight), and are generally working better as a team, rarely [[LetsSplitUpGang splitting up to fight Dream alone]] (one of their usual blunders)--they even manage to outright ambush Dream in the Nether Fortress. And later, rather than simply going to follow Dream into the End as usual, they go there before him in an attempt to rig a trap near the End Portal[[note]]which retroactively means the blaze rods Dream looted from George were meaningless, as Dream didn't contribute a single Eye of Ender to the portal--which means his only victory in the video prior to the End fight was AllForNothing[[/note]], guaranteed to kill Dream the instant he enters the End in a move awfully reminiscent of the third 3 Hunters video (prematurely entering the End to rig a preset trap that killed Dream as soon as he entered the End). Dream spends a minute or so sulking about it (with the hunters taunting him by saying there's nothing forbidding them from doing so), then Dream proceeds to kill some creepers, mine some sand, ''craft some TNT'', and '''''drop the lit TNT into the End Portal to destroy George, Sapnap, Bad, and their trap all at once'''''. As this was a [=YouTube=] premiere, the chat instantly [[JustForPun exploded]] with cries of triumph as Dream blew George, Sapnap, and Bad to smithereens (for an added bonus, we see Dream's plan put in action from their perspective as Dream was still in the overworld), then casually walked into the End to kill the dragon. The hunters were at their very best, and Dream had to push himself to his absolute limits to outsmart them--arguably the perfect way to conclude a Manhunt episode.

* This video, on the other hand, is basically the reverse of the 3 Hunters Grand Finale. Dream basically dominates the hunters for the first half-hour of the video despite being at a resource disadvantage at the start, using various new {{Outside the Box Tactic}}s like getting up high and launching the hunters up with a fishing rod so they take fall damage, using boats to avoid fall damage before he can get water buckets, and using the same fishing rod to hoist a strider up to him so he can saddle it and get on in midair. (To say nothing of the Frost Walker stunt.) He gets to the End without much difficulty, and has destroyed all the crystals and has the dragon on low health before the hunters even get there... but once they do, everything changes. The hunters deploy their own crafted End Crystals to heal the dragon, leading to a dragged-out battle where Dream fights the hunters ''and'' the dragon, lasting for nearly half the video. Dream manages to keep going and deplete the hunters' entire supply of crystals, and eventually has the dragon on low health again. He lights TNT to finish off the dragon... and '''Sapnap kills him before it goes off'''. None of them can really figure out who actually won, since Dream killed the dragon, even though he died first.

* This video is a mix of the two previous videos (3 Hunters Grand Finale and 4 Hunters). Dream spends most of the game at both an advantage and disadvantage. He manages to kill the hunters thrice early on (the first time with a close battle in a desert temple, the second time using a TNT minecart trap combined with another fight in another desert temple, and the third time by having the hunters weaken themselves with a failed attempt at exploding Dream with a bed, but all times the hunters bounce back quickly--with the third time ending in them ''getting full Protection 4 iron armor''. Dream, not one to be outdone, orchestrates an elaborate escape route in the Nether that exploits the Nether's bedrock roof. Dream crafts a portal to escape, sees the hunters, and runs back in... And then, he lures the hunters into chasing him, teleports back to the portal, ''ignites TNT on the portal to destroy it'', and '''''leaves the hunters trapped in the emptiness above the Nether without a Flint & Steel''''' as he escapes back to the overworld, leaving him free to uncover the stronghold at his leisure and forcing the hunters to kill each other, sacrificing their OP gear for a chance to continue the hunt.

* There's a fight [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kygSV5CJkO8 in the 2 Hunters video]] during Dream's Ender Pearl hunt that lasts for an entire seven to eight minutes in-video (and over 15 minutes in-game). The fight is an excellent display of Dream's own skill in combat, George and Sapnap's ability to fight him on equal ground and show why ''they're'' the ones Dream has hunt him, and is overall a fight of many twists and turns as Dream attempts to burn them in lava and the hunters attempt to hide the bed letting them respawn and stay in the fight. It ends with the bed destroyed and the hunters killed, but it was a very close one.

* The Ender Pearl escape in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kygSV5CJkO8 Minecraft Speedrunner VS 2 Hunters]] is easily [[SignatureScene one of the most famous scenes in all of Manhunt history]], with some using it to compare Dream to an undefeatable anime protagonist. Sapnap and George have knocked Dream off the End platform and cut off his water, causing him to fall into the void. Then in a moment that's around 10 seconds, George kills Sapnap in celebration and his items fall into the void. Dream moves to get Sapnap's falling Ender Pearl and grabs it, throwing it to get to safety. He then quickly kills George, securing his victory against the Ender Dragon and the hunters.

* Dream at the beginning of the three-hunter Minecraft Manhunt. Dream finds a ravine near some pumpkins and trees, and he sees a small water lake. He goes for it, but just after he landed safely, he uses his blocks to block off the water while all three of the hunters were falling in the ravine, and ''all three of them fell for Dream's trap.''

* In the fourth 3 Hunters video, the hunters wait outside Dream's Nether portal and proceed to attack Dream with lava once he enters, causing Dream to use his water--only for the hunters to react by taking the water and knocking Dream off the high tower he built the portal on. With no water, he's doomed to die from fall damage--and then, in a split second (and we do mean a ''split'' second), Dream sees a horse and lands on it in a tactic people have called "MLG Horse" as a result of the video.

* The "3 Hunters Grand Finale" video is sure to go down in history. For starters, the hunters [[TookALevelInBadass actually live up to their title for once, forcing Dream on the run every step of the video rather than being fought and killed by Dream several times across the video]]--hell, Dream himself states that this was their best outing. They avoid Dream's traps, opt to simply destroy the blaze spawners rather than guard them or leave them for Dream to find (Dream only gets the required blaze rods because he kills George and loots his items, the only hunter death prior to the End fight), and are generally working better as a team, rarely [[LetsSplitUpGang splitting up to fight Dream alone]] (one of their usual blunders)--they even manage to outright ambush Dream in the Nether Fortress. And later, rather than simply going to follow Dream into the End as usual, they go there before him in an attempt to rig a trap near the End Portal[[note]]which retroactively means the blaze rods Dream looted from George were meaningless, as Dream didn't contribute a single Eye of Ender to the portal--which means his only victory in the video prior to the End fight was AllForNothing[[/note]], guaranteed to kill Dream the instant he enters the End in a move awfully reminiscent of the third 3 Hunters video (prematurely entering the End to rig a preset trap that killed Dream as soon as he entered the End). Dream spends a minute or so sulking about it (with the hunters taunting him by saying there's nothing forbidding them from doing so), then Dream proceeds to kill some creepers, mine some sand, ''craft some TNT'', and '''''drop the lit TNT into the End Portal to destroy George, Sapnap, Bad, and their trap all at once'''''. As this was a [=YouTube=] premiere, the chat instantly [[JustForPun exploded]] with cries of triumph as Dream blew George, Sapnap, and Bad to smithereens (for an added bonus, we see Dream's plan put in action from their perspective as Dream was still in the overworld), then casually walked into the End to kill the dragon. The hunters were at their very best, and Dream had to push himself to his absolute limits to outsmart them--arguably the perfect way to conclude a Manhunt episode.

*** Dream's editing in this case is a very nice aversion of SpoiledByTheFormat, as looking at the finished video there's barely over two minutes left before Dream even enters the stronghold. It'd be easy to assume that Dream dies to the trap or maybe even before, but nope. Dream just knew that the trap would be the climax of the video and decided to leave the dragon as more of an afterthought.

* The 4 Hunters video, on the other hand, is basically the reverse. Dream basically dominates the hunters for the first half-hour of the video despite being at a resource disadvantage at the start, using various new {{Outside the Box Tactic}}s like getting up high and launching the hunters up with a fishing rod so they take fall damage, using boats to avoid fall damage before he can get water buckets, and using the same fishing rod to hoist a strider up to him so he can saddle it and get on in midair. (To say nothing of the Frost Walker stunt.) He gets to the End without much difficulty, and has destroyed all the crystals and has the dragon on low health before the hunters even get there... but once they do, everything changes. The hunters deploy their own crafted End Crystals to heal the dragon, leading to a dragged-out battle where Dream fights the hunters ''and'' the dragon, lasting for nearly half the video. Dream manages to keep going and deplete the hunters' entire supply of crystals, and eventually has the dragon on low health again. He lights TNT to finish off the dragon... and '''Sapnap kills him before it goes off'''. None of them can really figure out who actually won, since Dream killed the dragon, even though he died first.
** Also, Dream spends most of the video using an enchanted diamond axe [[NamedWeapon named Dream]] [[{{Irony}} Slayer]] that he looted from Sapnap early on.

* The "4 Hunters Rematch" video is a mix of the two previous videos. Dream spends most of the game at both an advantage and disadvantage. He manages to kill the hunters thrice early on (the first time with a close battle in a desert temple, the second time using a TNT minecart trap combined with another fight in another desert temple, and the third time by having the hunters weaken themselves with a failed attempt at exploding Dream with a bed, but all times the hunters bounce back quickly--with the third time ending in them ''getting full Protection 4 iron armor''. Dream, not one to be outdone, orchestrates an elaborate escape route in the Nether that exploits the Nether's bedrock roof. Dream crafts a portal to escape, sees the hunters, and runs back in... And then, he lures the hunters into chasing him, teleports back to the portal, ''ignites TNT on the portal to destroy it'', and '''''leaves the hunters trapped in the emptiness above the Nether without a Flint & Steel''''' as he escapes back to the overworld, leaving him free to uncover the stronghold at his leisure and forcing the hunters to kill each other, sacrificing their OP gear for a chance to continue the hunt.
** The ending isn't as bombastic or over-the-top as the "2 Hunters" video or the "3 Hunters Grand Finale" video, but it doesn't need to be. The End fight turns into a stealth mission as the hunters position themselves at vantage points within the End, forcing Dream into hiding. They make sure to look out for Dream, knowing that if he reaches the Ender Dragon he'll likely kill it too quickly for them to stop him. What does Dream do? He burrows underground, only emerges near the central portal, and narrowly avoids the hunters' notice by hiding behind the portal's main pillar long enough for the dragon to land. The hunters are quite confident that they've won... and then they see the dragon's HP ''plummet'' as Dream unleashes his inventory of beds on the poor thing, freaking out as they fail to reach Dream in time to stop him from landing the killing blow with his axe.

* There's something to be said about Dream's growth. [[TookALevelInBadass He becomes so skilled in Manhunts that multiple hunters are needed for it to be a]] ''[[TookALevelInBadass challenge]]''. For contrast, in his earlier Manhunts it was a close match between him and George, and Dream even ''lost'' on a few occasions. If Dream were to go against a lone hunter ''now'', it [[CurbStompBattle might not even be close]].
** Notably, the bonus video of the "4 Hunters" video reveals that Dream thought he wouldn't stand a ''chance'' against 4 hunters. However, he more than holds his own and performs so well that the winning side is outright debated even throughout said bonus video. That's right, Dream exceeded his own expectations so well that the end result was completely up in the air (and even as Dream concedes that the hunters technically won he continues to insist that it was technically a tie as well).

* And in a meta example, Dream's channel's growth. He was a standard Minecraft YouTuber before 2020, with a decent fanbase and some viral hits but nothing too big. He's proceeded to get '''''11 million subs in a year''''', regularly hits trending on the gaming tab, and the number of his videos under 1 million views can be counted with your hands (and most of them break at least 5 million if not more, with every Manhunt video since "Minecraft Speedrunner VS 2 Hunters" (not counting special videos like the livestreamed Manhunt or the [=IlluminaHD=] Manhunt) managing to break over ''20 million views''). All because one day he decided to make a video where his friend tried to kill him in Minecraft.

*** And as if that weren't enough, ''both "3 Hunters Finale Rematch" and "3 Hunters Grand Finale" reached #1 on the gaming tab of [=YouTube=]'s trending system''. In less than a year Dream went from barely hitting a million views to ''consistently topping ten million views and getting on the top of [=YouTube=]'s trending page''.

* The "4 Hunters Rematch" video is a mix of the two previous videos. Dream spends most of the game at both an advantage and disadvantage. He manages to kill the hunters thrice early on (the first time with a close battle in a desert temple, the second time using a TNT minecart combined with another fight in another desert temple, and the third time by having the hunters weaken themselves with a failed attempt at exploding Dream with a bed, but all times the hunters bounce back quickly--with the third time ending in them ''getting full Protection 4 iron armor''. Dream, not one to be outdone, orchestrates an elaborate escape route in the Nether that exploits the Nether's bedrock roof. Dream crafts a portal to escape, sees the hunters, and runs back in... And then, he lures the hunters into chasing him, teleports back to the portal, ''ignites TNT on the portal to destroy it'', and '''''leaves the hunters trapped in the emptiness above the Nether without a Flint & Steel''''' as he escapes back to the overworld, leaving him free to uncover the stronghold at his leisure and forcing the hunters to kill each other, sacrificing their OP gear for a chance to continue the hunt.

* The "4 Hunters Rematch" video is a mix of the two previous videos. Dream spends most of the game at both an advantage and disadvantage. He manages to kill the hunters twice early on (the first time using a TNT minecart combined with a close fight in a desert temple, and the second time by having the hunters weaken themselves with a failed attempt at exploding Dream with a bed, but both times the hunters bounce back quickly (with the second time ending in them ''getting full Protection 4 iron armor''. Dream, not one to be outdone, orchestrates an elaborate escape route in the Nether that exploits the Nether's bedrock roof. Dream crafts a portal to escape, sees the hunters, and runs back in... And then, he lures the hunters into chasing him, teleports back to the portal, ''ignites TNT on the portal to destroy it'', and '''''leaves the hunters trapped in the emptiness above the Nether without a Flint & Steel''''' as he escapes back to the overworld, leaving him free to uncover the stronghold at his leisure and forcing the hunters to kill each other, sacrificing their OP gear for a chance to continue the hunt.

** Sapnap in particular gets some credit. While Dream wins in the end, Sapnap doesn't just sit there and mope about the trap's failure as George and Bad do. Sapnap grabs a bed (likely planned to be used in the trap to explode Dream), goes right back into the End, and proceeds to kamikaze Dream in an effort to kill him before he can finish off the dragon. Sure, the attack is a NoSell on Dream and it actually only helps Dream by leaving the dragon on enough HP for Dream to kill it in one hit[[note]]the four of them actually thought Sapnap killed the dragon even though the game gave Dream the credit, with the running theory being that Dream's final attack only registered after the bed explosion even though he did it before--Dream was considered the victor regardless[[/note]], but give the guy props for trying--had Dream not been armored up with a shield at the ready, it very much could have killed Dream despite the trap's failure.

* The "4 Hunters Rematch" video is a mix of the two previous videos. Dream spends most of the game at both an advantage and disadvantage. He manages to kill the hunters twice early on (the first time using a TNT minecart combined with a close fight in a desert temple, and the second time by having the hunters weaken themselves with a failed attempt at exploding Dream with a bed, but both times the hunters bounce back quickly (with the second time ending in them ''getting full Protection 4 iron armor''. Dream, not one to be outdone, orchestrates an elaborate escape route in the Nether that exploits the Nether's bedrock roof. Dream crafts a portal to escape, sees the hunters, and runs back in... And then, he lures the hunters into chasing him, teleports back to the portal, ''ignites TNT on the portal to destroy it'', and '''''leaves the hunters trapped in the Nether without a Flint & Steel''''' as he escapes back to the overworld, leaving him free to uncover the stronghold at his leisure and forcing the hunters to kill each other, sacrificing their OP gear for a chance to continue the hunt.

* The "4 Hunters Rematch" video is a mix of the two previous videos. Dream spends most of the game at both an advantage and disadvantage. He manages to kill the hunters twice early on (the first time using a TNT minecart combined with a close fight in a desert temple, and the second time by having the hunters weaken themselves with a failed attempt at exploding Dream with a bed, but both times the hunters bounce back quickly (with the second time ending in them ''getting and enchanting iron armor''. Dream, not one to be outdone, orchestrates an elaborate escape route in the Nether that exploits the Nether's bedrock roof. Dream crafts a portal to escape, sees the hunters, and runs back in... And then, he lures the hunters into chasing him, teleports back to the portal, ''ignites TNT on the portal to destroy it'', and '''''leaves the hunters trapped in the Nether without a Flint & Steel''''' as he escapes back to the overworld, leaving him free to uncover the stronghold at his leisure and forcing the hunters to kill each other, sacrificing their OP gear for a chance to continue the hunt.

* The "4 Hunters Rematch" video is a mix of the two previous videos. Dream spends most of the game at both an advantage and disadvantage. He manages to kill the hunters twice early on (the first time using a TNT minecart combined with a close fight in a desert temple, and the second time by having the hunters weaken themselves with a failed attempt at exploding Dream with a bed, but both times the hunters bounce back quickly (with the second time ending in them ''getting and enchanting iron armor''. Dream, not one to be outdone, orchestrates an elaborate escape route in the Nether that exploits the Nether's bedrock roof. Dream crafts a portal to escape, sees the hunters, and runs back in... And then, he lures the hunters into chasing him, teleports back to the portal, ''ignites TNT on the portal'', and '''''leaves the hunters trapped in the Nether without a Flint & Steel''''' as he escapes, leaving him free to uncover the stronghold at his leisure.

* And in a meta example, Dream's channel's growth. He was a standard Minecraft YouTuber before 2020, with a decent fanbase and some viral hits but nothing too big. He's proceeded to get '''''11 million subs in a year''''', regularly hits trending on the gaming tab, and the number of his videos under 1 million views can be counted with your hands (and most of them break at least 5 million if not more, with every Manhunt video since "Minecraft Speedrunner VS 2 Hunters" (not counting special videos like the livestreamed Manhunt or the IlluminaHD Manhunt) managing to break over ''20 million views''). All because one day he decided to make a video where his friend tried to kill him in Minecraft.

* And in a meta example, Dream's channel's growth. He was a standard Minecraft YouTuber before 2020, with a decent fanbase and some viral hits but nothing too big. He's proceeded to get '''''10 million subs in a year''''', regularly hits trending on the gaming tab, and the number of his videos under 1 million views can be counted with your hands (and most of them break at least 5 million if not more, with his Manhunt videos consistently hitting 10 million and above). All because one day he decided to make a video where his friend tried to kill him in Minecraft.

* And in a meta example, Dream's channel's growth. He was a standard Minecraft YouTuber before 2020, with a decent fanbase and some viral hits but nothing too big. He's proceeded to get '''''10 million subs in under a year''''', regularly hits trending on the gaming tab, and the number of his videos under 1 million views can be counted with your hands (and most of them break at least 5 million if not more, with his Manhunt videos consistently hitting 10 million and above). All because one day he decided to make a video where his friend tried to kill him in Minecraft.

* And in a meta example, Dream's channel's growth. He was a standard Minecraft YouTuber before 2020, with a decent fanbase and some viral hits but nothing too big. He's proceeded to get ''nearly 8 million subs in under a year'', regularly hits trending on the gaming tab, and the number of his videos under 1 million views can be counted with your hands (and most of them break at least 5 million if not more, with his Manhunt videos consistently hitting 10 million and above). All because one day he decided to make a video where his friend tried to kill him in Minecraft.