Dreamgate

The biggest cheating scandal in the history of Minecraft.

Dream finally admitted that he cheated during some of his Minecraft speedruns—most notoriously, his 1.16 Minecraft speedrun. Dream revealed he was using plugins that gave him an unfair advantage.

He denied it for months, manipulated his fanbase to attack those who disagreed with him—attacked, sent death threats, doxxing—and even went to the extent of hiring a supposed “Harvard-trained astrophysicist” to help him write a paper, however the report concluded that it was likely he did cheat, effectively backfiring his defence. The timing was also odd, considering he posted it six months after the scandal took place, and immediately after his 1.15 speedrun world record was rejected.

In admitting he cheated, he also ‘apologised’, however it wasn’t really an apology. He blamed the modder he hired, as well as the moderation team. He has maintained his innocence, claiming it was an ‘accident’ and that he had the mod on and didn’t know about it until later. He has since deleted the pastebin.

The response from those who aren’t diehard Dream stans has been one giant scoff. Many people compared this situation to John Swan, led many to the conclusion that Dream did cheat on purpose, and raised suspicion as to the overall authenticity of his YouTube channel.

Me: OMG Dream cheated! They’re now calling it Dreamgate.
Dream stans justifying his actions: No he just has ADHD that’s probably why he cheated
Me: How tf do you justify 0.0