What happened to Dream SMP? Reasons behind Minecraft server’s closure explored
The popular Minecraft survival server Dream SMP officially shut down today, bringing the three-year-old collaboration between the biggest content creators and streamers to an end. Here is Tubbo explaining how the server will be shutting down on today's stream:
TommyInnit, Tubbo, Dream, and others streamed the game one last time today in the finale as they bid an emotional goodbye to arguably the most popular Minecraft web series of all time. But why did Dream SMP shut down? Here are the reasons explored.
The Minecraft server was founded mainly by GeorgeNotFound and Dream back in May-April 2020. The server was in survival mode and had a star-studded roster of streamers and content creators who have collaborated over the years with their fictionalized avatars.
TommyInnit, Tubbo, Sapnap, Quackity, Technoblade, and Wilbur are just some of the big names associated with the series, which has a loosely overarching story with different groups of creators playing their parts. Friendships, betrayals, and all-out wars between factions have attracted hundreds of thousands of viewers to tune in to their favorite streamer's broadcasts through the years.
While Dream SMP burst into popularity during the pandemic, it had gradually gone cold with many big streamers going their separate ways over the last few months. Rumors about an impending shutdown gained prominence after the co-founder of the server, Dream, revealed that there probably won't be a Season 2 of the series on a Twitch stream from last month. He stated:
The Twitch streamer mentioned how the original impetus to make a server was just so that he and his friends could goof around for the fans to see. However, gradually Dream SMP became so much more, with its iconic structures and
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