Crash Course: The History of Dream SMP Season One
You want to get into the Dream SMP, but oh no! Thereās eight months of extensive and event-filled history to catch up on, and dozens of highlight videos to watch that donāt always include everything, and pages upon pages of detailed Wiki articlesā¦where do you start!?
Well, Iāve created this to summarize the events of Dream SMP Season One into a single post as a sort of ānarrative timeline.ā
Iāve also included the dates of the events to the best of my ability, so that everything is in (mostly) chronological order.
IādĀ highlyĀ recommend also checking out the Wiki for more detailed descriptions of the big events if youāre interested.Ā
Happy one-month anniversary of the Grand Finale!
Note: Some dates, but not all, are taken from VOD upload dates, and Tommyās VODs are usually uploaded a day later than initial broadcast, so they may be slightly inaccurate. Dates marked with * are the dates the VOD was uploaded, in cases where I am unsure of the original broadcast date.
The SMP started out as an ordinary survival server, and was often referred to asĀ āthe survival worldā on early Dream Team streams. The first eight members to join the SMP were: Dream, George, Sapnap, Badboyhalo, Ponk, Alyssa, Callahan and Sam, though Sam took a hiatus until the events of the Election Arc. The Community House was the first thing to be built in the center of a lake.Ā
It was in this period that Beckerson and Mars were named from donos (the various named knicknacks in the Community House are also from donos), Dream tamed a white horse named Spirit, and Sam tamed Fran. There were also several other various pets like dogs and foxes that were tamed by the members.
Some notable events from this period include: the construction of the Court House (and subsequently Sapnap and Georgeās murder trials there), Dream building the wooden path, George texting Dreamās mother, Sapnapās Famous Storytime Stream (in which Spirit died due to mobs), and the burning of Ponkās first Lemon Tree due to a conflict with George.
There was also a running joke that Callahan and Alyssa were dating (they arenāt)
Tommy joins July 4th. Tubbo arrives shortly after, with Fundy a day after Tubbo.
The day of Tommyās arrival:
Tommy joins the SMP. His first day, George and Dream get him to stand on a crafting table and he subsequently murders George and takes from the Community House chests. Dream and George put Tommy on trial in the Court House. After a brief manhunt, Tommy is banished 2,500 blocks away (the first of three exiles) in the snow and is ordered to stay there. He fails to comply and is briefly banned before Dream lets him back on. He chooses to settle on a hill next to Ponkās Lemon Tree.
The Disc War: Start of the Disc Saga
Taking place from July 9th* - July 11th*, though there were various events/conflicts relating to the discs that happened before and after this time.
After listening to two discs, Cat and Mellohi, with Tubbo on a bench while watching the sunset (VOD: July 8th*), Tommy considers the two discs to be his most prized possessions.Ā
This event is considered the first major war of the server, and the Disc Saga would continue to have developments throughout the rest of Season One.
The events of the first Disc War began due to another conflict between Sapnap, Ponk and Alyssa. Punz and Tubbo were also involved. Tommy ended up siding with Sapnap, and much vandalism and fighting happened before Dream logged on with the intention to stop it.Ā
Tommy and Sapnap murder Dream, and Dream steals Tommyās discs in return, threatening to burn them unless Tommy returns his gear. Tommy, Tubbo and Sapnap end up combining forces to murder Dream and take back the discs, which Tommy hides under his base. Dream spends time off stream digging up the entirety of Tommyās land in search of them.Ā
The rest of the Disc War proceeds with Tommy and Tubbo working repeatedly to take back the discs from Dream. It only ends when Tommy crafts an Ender Chest to put the discs in.
This was also around the time that Fundyās Socializing Club was built, which later led to a brief conflict taking place there.Ā
(It wasĀ alsoĀ during this time in the middle of the Disc War that Wilbur joined a call with Tommy and asked Dream out on a date to Pizza Hut, with Tommy speaking in game chat as Wilburās wingman. Dream says yes, George gets jealous on Twitter, and the infamousĀ VlogĀ plot starts. It would go on from July to October.)
July 12th: During a short conflict between Tommy and Tubbo over the death of Tubboās pet bee, Tommy burns down Tubboās house. Wilbur logs onto the server to act as Tommyās lawyer.Ā
On July 17th, Schlatt gets whitelisted on the server without Dreamās knowledge and Tommy spends a day with his idol. The SMPLive Cuck Shed is recreated in Dream SMP, and Tommy listens to the disc Blocks with Schlatt. People trend #kickschlatt on Twitter. Both Wilbur and Schlatt log off the server āpermanently,ā Wilbur by choice and Schlatt by banning (as Dream didnāt know who he was). Tommy gains ownership of Wilburās ball house.
Also worth mentioning is Eret joining July 19th.
The Lāmanburg War for Independence (akaĀ āRevolutionā)
This was a relatively short butĀ veryĀ consequential arc, taking place from July 24th to August 2nd, a little over a week in total. It is the second major war of the server, and the first to be faction-based.
July 24th: Wilbur joins the server again.
He decides to start an empire with Tommy. He builds the Camarvan (akaĀ āhto dog vanā) in a remote part of the woods and recruits Tommy to help create artificial scarcity in the serverās drug market by stealing everyoneās blaze rods. This isnāt taken too kindly by other members, especially Sapnap. One thing leads to another and they decide to mark out a tiny square in the woods to declare as an independent country. Tubbo joins them, and he and Tommy singĀ āHallelujahā to a tilled patch of dirt (this melody would later become the Lāmanburg National Anthem). They also recruit Eret to help build. They decide on a name: Lāmanburg, and also don revolutionary skins.
Dream comes over, displeased by this, and declares war. His side consists of Dream, George, Sapnap and Punz, though the Lāmanburgians attempted to convince George to their side due to his Britishness.Ā
Eret builds the walls, Fundy joins the revolution after logging in within the walls and being very confused, Wilbur claims Fundy as his son. Tommy constructs a fight club beneath his house and, after poorly speaking Dutch to Fundy, goes down the path placing signs in various languages sayingĀ āthe green bastard shall die!ā as propaganda to Dreamās viewers of various nationalities.
Dream and Sapnap log on during one of Dreamās streams, inspect the area, and go through a multi-step plan to demoralize the Lāmanburgians: they burn down all the trees around their land, lavacast a huge cobblestone wall just outside, construct obsidian TNT cannons around the walls, and fire several TNT blasts into the country, destroying part of the hotdog vanās roof. George joins the call, gets filled in on whatās been happening, and assists in the chaos. Eret, the only Lāmanburgian online, is helpless and can only meekly protest in game chat. As a final message, Dream and Sapnap set fire to Tubboās house (the second time) and Dream gives his famousĀ āwhite flagsā ultimatum.Ā
The ultimatumās war date was pushed back a day due to Twitter drama. The final evening before war, Dream, after doing his serious stream, logs onto the server and blows up Tommyās land with TNT, exploding part of the beloved Cuck Shed. Wilbur, in VC, tells Tommy to return the favor to Dream, but instead, Tommy chooses not to fight fire with fire. Impressed, Wilbur makes Tommy his right hand man. Eret joins Dreamās side around this time.
The day of war comes. Dreamās side goes to Tubboās jungle base to kill Tubbo repeatedly. Thereās a brief conflict at the Power Tower. Wilbur logs on - the Lāmanburg side is grossly underprepared. They meet at the Embassy and exchange fire with the Dream SMP members. After Dream seems to retreat, Eret suggests they return to Lāmanburg, saying he has aĀ āsecret weapon:ā Eret has been grinding for items.
He leads them down a long tunnel into a blackstoneĀ āFinal Control Room.ā The chests are empty, and Tommy pushes a button in the middle of the room, wondering what its function is. The redstone doors slide open and Dreamās men ambush and kill all of them, leaving them with nothing.
After speaking with Wilbur, who refuses surrender, Dream returns to Lāmanburg and lights a piece of TNT at the entrance, triggering tons of TNT that had been laid beneath the ground beforehand to ignite. Tommy leads everyone into a final bunker. As one last chance at independence, Tommy challenges Dream to a bow duel for Mellohi. George and Wilbur have a short exchange in which they reflect on their Pizza Hut Date, wondering how they could end up like this, with their men fighting each other on opposite sides. Wilbur tells George he should have been on their side as a British person. Eret too.
Tommy and Dream take ten paces and fire at each other on the Prime Path.
Instead of giving up just Mellohi, though, Tommy asks Dream if he could give up Cat as well in return forĀ ātechnical independence.ā Dream agrees. Wilbur declares independence again, putting himself as President, Tommy as Vice President, and Tubbo as Secretary of State. Eret, meanwhile, is declared king of the Dream SMP.Ā
YOOOOOOOOOOOOā¦you know the rest.
Jack Manifold is whitelisted. Itās a silver-lining ending.