Minecraft YouTuber with millions of subscribers meets his fans face-to-face for the first time
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Earlier this week, he showed his millions of fans for the first time what his face looks like after years of being anonymous online.
And now the popular American Minecraft YouTube Dream, which has gathered more than 30.9 million subscribers by sharing clips of him playing the game, has met its fans in person for the first time.
Adoring supporters screamed with excitement as they saw the influencer, whose real name is Clay, in person at the platform Twitch’s annual convention on Friday, Bloomberg reports; with many turned away because of capacity.
The 23-year-old expressed his love for his fans at the San Diego event, responding to the reaction to his viral face reveal after some trolls called the creator ugly, after others. influencers had described him as beautiful and handsome.
Online gamer Clay, 23, known to his fans as Dream, delighted audiences when he posted a “face reveal” on his channel Monday
“I got text messages from so many friends of mine saying, ‘Are you okay?'” he said, according to the outlet.
“I was like, well, if you have 30 million eyeballs on you, a million, two million people are going to be joking or being mean or not being great people. If you take such a large pool, there will be a portion.’
On his panel – called Dream & Friends: The Ultimate SMP Reunion – Dream also admitted that he cried with overwhelming emotion after the reveal, and his mother had him calm down.
He said, ‘I went to my room and started to cry…I had never felt this feeling before. Happiness but with an overwhelming “Wow, this is real, this is my life”.’
Dream had never shown his face before and clearly became synonymous with a huge face mask decorated with a smiley face (pictured last year)
The YouTuber revealed that he even hired a makeup artist for the memorable video.
Dream — who said he had quit a job at Apple Inc and with $200,000 in savings — began spending his days in front of the computer all day trying to build his wildly successful channel, Bloomberg reports.
He also revealed the effort he made to keep his identity a secret. Despite living in Orlando, Florida, the creator would go all the way to Georgia for a dental appointment.
The reveal of Dream’s face has been seen by more than 37 million people and currently has 3.6 million likes. In a video on Monday, Dream revealed that his real name is Clay and took off his mask to show his face for the first time.
The 23-year-old said the move was meant to help him “get out into the world” and meet people face-to-face after years of being anonymous online.
Popular Minecraft YouTuber has revealed for the first time what he looks like after eight years of online content creation
He had taken to Twitter to share the exciting news, writing: “In about 2 hours my face reveal video will premiere on YouTube.
“My next tweet will be a picture of me and my best friends finally getting together.”
The announcement garnered more than 644,900 likes and some 85,800 shares.
The simple reveal video – titled ‘hi, I’m Dream’. and just over five minutes – started with Dream in a chair, with his back to the camera.
“This is weird. Hello…’ he began. ‘I don’t know how to do this. I feel like I was waiting to figure out how to do it and I was like, “I’ll just do it” and now I’m like “okay, well, what am I supposed to do”…
“Do I like to take the bandage off…”
The creator paused and revealed he was “so nervous” before shielding his face with his iconic mask and finally shoving it out of the way.
He admitted that he felt “clumsy” and then went on to give an introduction.
The creator later took to social media to post photos with George and fellow Mincecraft creator Nick, 21, known online as Sapnap.
“The dream team collection is complete,” he wrote in a post on Instagram, where the online creator has 3.2 million followers
“Hello, my name is Clay, also known as Dream online…”
Dream revealed his reasons for the face reveal, saying that his best friend (and fellow Minecraft YouTuber) George Davidson, 25 – who is from the UK but is moving to the US – was a huge motivator.
He admitted that George was on his way while the video was being filmed, and the pair would meet for the first time despite knowing each other and being friends since he was 11 years old.
“My goal was just to start doing things,” he said. “Go out… meet creators, say hello to my friends, finally… just go out into the world, be a real creator, be a person.”
He previously took to Twitter to share the exciting news, writing: “In about 2 hours my face reveal video will premiere on YouTube.
Admittedly, having felt “locked in” and dealing with strange cases when it came to being digitally faceless, he now looked forward to creating new content with friends and continuing to be a Minecraft creator.
Dream shared his love for his fans and concluded: “This channel is living proof that anyone can do anything… anyone can be under the mask. I don’t want my facial expression to take away that fact.
“Dream could have been anyone from anywhere.”
Social media went wild with #dreamfacereveral trending on Twitter and TikTok, with creators then taking to social media to respond to the news.
Dream (pictured left and right, with his friends George and Nick) created his YouTube channel in 2014 and has since been praised for its rapid growth, with millions of views on almost every video
Also dream of FaceTimed influencers – including Addison Rae – capturing their reaction on camera, with many commenting how beautiful they thought he was.
The creator later took to social media to post photos with George and fellow Mincecraft creator Nick, 21, known online as Sapnap.
“The dream team collection is complete,” he wrote in a post on Instagram, where the online creator has 3.2 million followers.
Dream created his YouTube channel in 2014 and has since been praised for its rapid growth, with millions of views on almost every video.
His face reveal currently has over 14 million views, with some 1.7 million likes.