In July 2019 dreamwood had 1 000 subscribers after uploading a video on how he obtained PewDiePie’s Minecraft world seed today dream sits comfortably at the top with a massive 31 million subscribers and Counting one could always ask how did Jim rise to this level of Fame so quickly but to no one’s Surprise his massive growth stems from multiple viral videos however non-player as big of a factor into its growth than one video in particular his first Minecraft Manhunt dream would attempt to beat the game while his friend George hunted him down if dream dies he loses the challenge it was a simple concept But it led to a viral hit of 15 million views so Jim made another one and another and another but his growth to fame wasn’t as simple as making the same video over and over then letting the algorithm do its thing you see his first Manhunt videos had one major downfall That limited their potential dream will get an early kill on the Hunter and then his snowball and resources to the point it was impossible for the hunter to come back so dream decided to solve this by increasing the stakes as the series progressed versus two Hunters versus a Hunter with a full diamond Gear start versus three Hunters with more than one person hunting him they can much more easily recover from their setbacks and become a threat to him once again while this gave his viewers an incentive to watch the video from start to finish now That he’s at risk of dying throughout the entire video in reality all this did was replace one problem with another with each new installment dream found himself inching closer and closer to failure if things stayed the way they are he’d be on the road to consecutive losses dreamy had two options adapt Improvise overcome and sharpen his abilities acquire the skills to go head to head against 5 experienced players and come out on top or stagnate stay at its current skill level nothing ventured nothing gained and risk crashing the momentum of his Channel’s growth with absolutely no time to lose dream went With the former welcome back to the channel my friends these are the five obstacles that dream face to become the player he is today the first secret is very easy and it’s something everyone can immediately start doing see if you can notice what it is between these two clips Do you see what changed dream began his journey to Mastery with a weapon switch while swords are perfect in basic Minecraft Survival using them in PvP will instead put you at a massive disadvantage because your attacks can be blocked by shields in sword battles both players bait out attacks from their Opponents and try their own whenever shoes are down or use strategic movements to land strikes behind their opponents in The Manhunt dream doesn’t have the luxury for either of these since he has to face multiple hunters in a 1v5 a sword fight forces him to permanently go on defense with his Shield because there are five people here to block attacks from and five people he has to attack axes circumvent this issue they disable shoots for 5-4 seconds leveling the playing field and giving Jim a wider window of opportunity for attacks of his own they also do a Lot more damage a strike from a diamond sword against an unarmored player will deal with 7 hearts of damage to do 7 Huts of damage with an ax you just need a wooden one if a player with a diamond sword and a shield goes against the Player with a wooden ax and a shield the fight is skewed towards the one with the ax going up the table nadara axes do 10 damage compared to the 8 of netherite Swords adding armor enchantments and critical strikes to the mix is not even a competition anymore so James first Step to conquering Minecraft PVP was to make the first move that every Minecraft Java player made after the combat update switching to access it’s a switch that you my friend can make as well the simple switch to the ax leads you down the right path of becoming a better Player and on top of that it’s also the easiest step that every one of every skill level can learn pretty quickly to prove it let me demonstrate I’m pretty bad at the game I use the sword and I switch to peaceful mode whenever I get in trouble but here’s me perfecting X Timings on my first try uh let’s try again here’s me perfecting X timings on my first tried here’s me perfecting X timings on my first oh come on gives me perfecting X timings consecutively with no problems what however if someone as bad as me can achieve perfect timing On my first try after switching then it should be so easy that even you can get used to the switch pretty quickly as well dream making the switch to the acts as a good first step and it put him well ahead of his friends but he still had Plenty more to learn and this Head Start wasn’t going to last dream has made the switch to the ax but it was only a matter of time until his friends make the switch as well and he’ll be back to square one the Clock Was ticking for each second he spent planning his next Move was an inch closer the hunters would be to catching up what was something that dream could do to give himself a longer lasting advantage or perhaps even a permanent advantage over the hunters it couldn’t have been a change in combat while the ax allowed him to Brute Force his way out of Problems it wasn’t a viable strategy it was risky before and it will be downright suicidal to attempt against a larger more experienced group of hunters dream thought long and hard and when he looked at the bigger picture that’s when it hit him switching the fight to an X battle was Something everyone could do if he could do it if you the viewer could do it if I could do it with some limitations then his friends can do it too so what did dream change in his future Manhunt fights nothing he instead diverted his attention to what happens before the Fight and what happens during the fight put simply dream focus more on planning and improvising for the fight rather than the fight itself taking a Pitch Out Of The Art of War every battle is won or lost before it is ever fought fighting against one ugly lime green colored man With four of your Hunter Powers should be an easy ax fight unless said line Green Man switches to the skin of one of your pals Blends in with the crowd and then ambushes you with PNP dream won this fight without a single swing of his ax entering the nether to hunt down the Ugly lime green colored man should be pretty easy there’s three of us and only one of him until he ambushes you with another bit explosion dream ended this fight in less than a second however sometimes things don’t go according to plan in this Manhunt dream was digging straight down like an Absolute madman he was planning to dig downwards and Go full circle to Ambush the hunters however except now got too horny and got into the bed too fast come here George please Handing him a massive head start on the silver freaking platter dream won the fight because he knew when to abandon a plan when better opportunities arise you can start doing these things as well in fact let’s go through some examples right now in a situation where at a disadvantage whether you’re outnumbered Or low on health run this trade turns things into an anxiety fest with one ineffective jump one mistake or one wrong turn could spell death for you to put it simply running straight is like putting yourself in a wheelchair can’t stand it forever and it will be a matter Of time until you get too tired heels and slopes are your friends get The High Ground Anakin Jedi looks like saber Skywalker I don’t know I never watched Star Wars and make use of The High Ground to your advantage forcing your enemies to go on the defensive or face The threat of potentially fatal fall damage Ravines are your best friends dream uses them a lot he jumps across them and then he prevents the hunters from following him sometimes even killing them in a process and The Ravines with water at the bottom are both perfect for you to jump into and Also perfect for you to counter attack before damage if you find yourself in a bad situation but a good enough distance away from your enemies try towering if they Tower Up Too Close to You there’ll be one punch away from falling to their deaths finally when it comes to running Away your enemies might use ranged weapons such as balls and crossbows where you could just run straight and proceed to get hit by every projectile or you know just don’t you can also use other mobs to your advantage by having them tank damage you would have otherwise taken you see these Guys they’re called villagers or as I prefer to call them acceptable casualties use them as meat shoes without their consent and hide behind them whenever possible and if they die because of you they were a worthy sacrifice for the greater good just pray and send them to heaven with peace and move on The ability to use anything and everything to Advantage gives you a massive boost in combat it certainly gave dream a massive lead over the hunters buying him plenty of time to make his next step but he didn’t need a single extra second dream already knew what he had to do to further increase This difference in skill you see planning and improvising around the fight rather than changing the technicalities of the fight gave him a massive lead because there was always an element of surprise everyone can change their weapons switch to an ax okay I’ll switch them Xbox of two now or even but Planning and improvising always had an added Randomness to it one moment the hunters are chasing him down preparing to engage in an x-fight and in the blink of an eye they are stuck helplessly between cobwebs before being exploded to smithereens catching your opponents by surprise and leveraging advantages Before they can even react is one of the most effective strategies when it comes to PVP each step you’re ahead of your opponent is another step closer they are to defeat what’s more difficult an enemy with a set pattern of moves that you can easily pick up on memorize and create a Perfect routine against or an enemy that will constantly switches things and requires you to immediately react and prepare an instant perfect counter by reflex obviously the second one is harder dream decided to capitalize on this newfound skill rather than changing how he plans or improvises for a fight His third secret to improving as a player was to be as unpredictable as he possibly can in this Manhunt dreamy enters a portal to avoid the fight and it sends him to the nether rooftop dream lets the hunters think that he trapped himself in a corner with nowhere to run Then just as they think they’ve trapped him he switches to end the pose and begins teleporting towards the portal exploding the portal as he leaves he traps them in the nether with Nowhere to Run Jim was multiple steps ahead of them and they played right into his hands he Predicted their neuron activation from seeing him as an easy target and use it to lure them perfectly into his trap in this Manhunt he Towers up to escape the hunters and by himself some time but just as they are closing in on him he jumps down into the water to escape no Biggie the hunters can jump down and continue the chase there but what they don’t see coming is dream having frostwalker Enchanted boots freezing the water they were safely landed in immediately killing two of the hunters and letting him win the fight super easy barely an inconvenience dream once again perfectly predicts their next Moves while making sure it’s impossible for them to predict his moves I mean of course they were surprised we all know depth Strider is just objectively better and so nobody expects anyone to enchant their boots with frost Walker because it sucks he’s always surprising them and Catching them off guard with his 200 IQ Next Level moves there’s physical damage magic damage but surprising your opponents utilizes the best kind of damage psychological damage abuse every mistake capitalize on the predictability and utterly humiliate the sub human lesser species by reminding them just how much of an absence These three changes skyrocketed dream into the pro scene he became a contender for best player alongside other Masters such as technoblade and Illumina Illumina Illumina illumination people began debating as to who was the best player of all time and his name popped up quite frequently there were even people watching Hitman Technoblade to fight one-on-one to see who was the better player however all this attention actually ended up affecting his skills negatively dream has gotten to where he is because he took big steps into improving his skills a complete change in weapons swapping from something he’s used to Using for as long as he’s played the game into something he’s completely new to a 180 shift then strategy focusing on aspects other than a fight and an unflinching focus and always trying to one-up the hunters predicting their predictions to continue improving as a Player at this fast of a rate he had to take another big step it worked before so it has to work again however this was an awful mindset to have is stagnated in scale searching for the next big thing the next big change to make wasting a lot of valuable time it Didn’t take long for his friends to catch up to him or at least be close enough to the point where they began to pose the threat to him once again dream would end his four Hunter series with a 3-2 score barely making it through each win with each rematch having dream on The brink of death more often than he prefer he would start his 500 series with a loss with the score at zero to one dream was in hot water if he doesn’t improve the 500 series is going to be a 0-2 ending it right on the spot he’s Back to where he was at the start except now the stakes are much much higher and dream had much more to lose had he given up at the start of the series he crashed the momentum of his growth but it wasn’t a big issue as he was still in his early Stages of the channel he could have just found another viral hit to leverage off and restart the momentum giving up what he was now was giving up 10 to 100 millions of views to say what crash’s momentum will be a massive understatement feeling the pressure of This many eyes on him dream has to make the most important decision of his career once again the Clock Was ticking fast time was running out it was now or never and so dream made his decision he gave up he gave up trying to make big drastic changes in his playstyle and that’s Okay he didn’t need to make changes as big as the first three rather than trying to climb the skill ladder five steps instantly he can just start by taking one step at a time dream’s fourth secret was realizing that multiple small actions over the course of a longer Period of time was much more beneficial than massive drastic actions in the snap of a finger dream went into PVP Basics taking the time to learn other PVP Concepts such as bridging and staircasing and learning how to use situational tools like the fishing rod dream was finally seeing improvements in His skills again it was letting go of the constant need to make massive splitting changes and develop simple habits that give him a steady climb to the top bit by bit he inched the head in the skill curve it wasn’t a steep slope but at least he was making progress Towards the skill ceiling once again with a clear mind and Newfound goals dream took one last look at the fight sequences perhaps it was the mental clarity perhaps he was being freed of all the pressure or maybe it was actually luck but dream realized here he had one final Trick up his sleeve let me ask you something if I told you that to master Minecraft PVP you’d have to master Minecraft itself what would you say you’d raise your eyebrows roll your eyes and tell me well duh you don’t say Zay but believe me when I say you should Never neglect learning about Minecraft if you ever want to learn how to be good at Minecraft PVP dream finally realizes this in this moment his final secret was to subscribe to Zay Lawrence so he could receive entertaining educational content about Minecraft right in his YouTube home feed joining the 11.4 percent of my Viewers watching making sure to hit the like button on all the video he watches in other words dream’s Fifth and final secret was realizing that he needed to know everything about Minecraft from his features to his history and even the game’s bugs do you know they are one of Iron X attacks it takes to kill someone in full diamond armor knowing when to go offensive and when to go defensive with an ax is valuable in a fight no doubt but dream also knows exactly how much damage a crit from his ex deals against Their armor he also knows how long an ax disables the shields for and how many times he has to disable them and with those he is able to calculate how many strikes he needs to land the kill making him 15 times more dangerous in x-fights do you know that the ender dragon arena And the end City exists in the same Dimension each with their own coordinates dream does he uses his knowledge paired with the knowledge on how to build a flying machine to enter the entity without even having to defeat the Ender Dragon obtaining an elytra giving him an Unstoppable advantage over The hunters instantly killing two of them effortlessly destroying the end crystals and Landing him an easy win in a bag his perfect planning means perfect game sense that won him the rematch against the five Hunters let’s switch things up a bit do you know how 4 damage is calculated in Minecraft dream knows It like the back of his hand is with this knowledge that allows him to confidently take the fall to continue fighting net without any fear of dying despite setner having way better armor than him and for comparison here’s George who doesn’t know how far damage works it was perfect improvisation means Perfect game knowledge and Josh suiciding that one dream this fight and in the grand finale this was what everything was leading up to he used his comprehensive knowledge of the game to amplify his ex-fight with health tracking he Amplified his fight planning and amplifies improvisations by knowing Every secret that the game had to offer thus also amplifying his unpredictability but how does he apply this game knowledge on the PVP tactics he’s learned how does he apply it on something as situational and niche as a fishing rod get some blocks yes oh my God Ending the five Hunter series with three to two dream has successfully conquered all the obstacles in his way he transitioned to using an ax he learned to plan and improvise around the fight he developed the trait of being unpredictable he learned a valuable lesson about progress and then Diversified himself with several PVP Strategies he mastered the base game and he successfully acquired the skills to go head to head against five experienced players and Rise Up on Top This was a story of how an average player who returned to the game learned 10 years of PVP in the span of two and these are the Five Secrets he used for his insane growth this is how he achieved the reputation he has today but this wasn’t the full story on October 3rd 2020 an event in Minecraft would change his reputation for the worse to Minecraft mob Vault it is here that dream will be Accused of breaking the mop board and be held responsible for ruining the event and the game as a whole but was it really dream’s fault it’s easy to point fingers and blame something or someone in fact it’s in human nature and this video will explain how the mob votes Themselves are killing the game will explain why I think dream isn’t to blame for breaking the mob boat so check it out and I’ll see you there thank you Video Information
This video, titled ‘How Dream Mastered Minecraft PvP In 2 Years’, was uploaded by Xayllernste on 2022-12-09 20:16:50. It has garnered 77160 views and 4113 likes. The duration of the video is 00:20:24 or 1224 seconds.
How did a relatively unknown and average player become one of the most popular professionals in Minecraft?
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—External Sources (in video order)— [1] How To PVP In Minecraft 1.19 – Here’s what you’ve been doing WRONG! https://youtu.be/Zf4cLozpdKo (By Ro11en)
[3] Zelda Breath of the Wild – Thunderblight Ganon Boss Battle https://youtu.be/14ZaO3-TkOU
[3] “Pitch Meetings” Pitch Meeting (100th Episode Bonus) https://youtu.be/OEaSnmf1JwY (By ScreenRant)
[4] Teaching Dream how to PvP in Minecraft (ANALYSIS) Cxlvxn Vs. Dream https://youtu.be/fFeshxnmTdI (By Cxlvxn)
[4] How I Mastered Minecraft 1.8 PVP in 1 Week https://youtu.be/M23zIkeycm4 (By MysteryOre)
—Music used in the video (in order)— [Intro, 2] Bobby Cole – Epic Dawn https://youtu.be/beCC9xJjLZQ
[Intro, 3] Hotline Miami – Release https://youtu.be/ZSzoKL-iO5M
[Intro] League of Legends – Warwick’s Hunt Music https://youtu.be/bQmyllqmThc (© Riot Music Team)
[1] Denis Kotenko – Dark Electronic Cinematic 01 https://youtu.be/aKdw-8TCnbU
[1, 5] Hotline Miami – Hydrogen https://youtu.be/SNE2oCZH_4k (by M.O.O.N.) (© Devolver Digital)
[2] Ib – BGM008 (By YASUpochi)
[2] Oleksandr Koltsov – Electronica Punch https://youtu.be/WoAZutswAcA
[2] Michael Vignola – Halo https://youtu.be/S4MC7QdayXc
[2] Diego Martinez – Ready And Go https://youtu.be/rxfqhAOfIqo
[2] Peter Godfrey – Playtime https://youtu.be/MqtACTZMHm8
[3] Lance Conrad – Wavy https://youtu.be/0NS60gDQ-5g
[3] Ray Aley – Dominating https://youtu.be/PJfsA8JKdEw
[3] Bobby Cole – Music for a Killer https://youtu.be/N0YxfcnPrXU
[4] Ugonna Onyekwe – End of Time https://youtu.be/-JUxmkZ_Hvw
[4, 5] Claude Debussy – Clair de Lune (Music By: Beta Records, https://goo.gl/peHHCX) https://youtu.be/Bk2vYua459g
[4, 5] Bobby Cole – Tension in the Air https://youtu.be/Vv9-cxbacOg
[5] Mario Kart DS – Waluigi Pinball (© Nintendo)
[5] Diego Martinez – Snap Swing https://tunereel.com/royalty-free-music/snap-swing
[5] GraemeCornies, BrianPickett, JamesChapple, DaveKelly – hot chicks in black
[5] Luke Neumann – Take them in
[Outro] Jason Donnelly – Action Preparation https://youtu.be/ORHevqbtJFE
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