First thing is first, I am a Dream Fan, I rather like his content and got into it over the manhunt stuff. Secondly, this is me just throwing my hat into the rink and from the things I’ve read. Thirdly, I’ve only take basic statistics, and it’s more complicated than just looking at numbers.
This is just some of the questions I ask myself after reading articals about this whole ‘Did Dream Cheat on Speedrunning’?
1. Why make a video at all? Being in college, allegations of cheating are taken seriously, and at the most timely manner. The school will not wait to bring you into the office to ask if you have been plagiarizing or cheating.
So, my question is, why did they make a video calling Dream out? I have not heard nor seen them do this to other players or youtubers. So what makes Dream any different? Because he’s a big name youtuber? That’s pretty suspicious
2. Why did they wait to get the files? At the utmost conveince, if foudn out anyone has modded or do anything, one should get the files first and at the quickest manner possible.
But, instead, (from what Iv’e gathered) they made a video first calling him out as a cheater, then asked for the files. Waiting a total of 10 days! Ten saying he could have changed it in that time.
Well, if you have caught him cheating at all, then you should have gotten the files FRIST before anything else! Less of a window of time for him to have changed anything.
3. Backtracking. I noticed in my articals I read about this, that when Dream did give his files over and admitted that, yeah, he does mod for youtuber videos. The team was quick to back track, stating they ‘didn’t have much proof, but his luck was suspicious’.
I’m not law person, but I’ve had enough liars in my life to know that backtracking is a sign that one is trying to make their lie believeable. It’s either they weren’t expecting Dream to give up his files, much less make them public, or they were trying to soften the hate both sides were getting.
4. Comparison to Trump? Really guys? Trump refused to give up his own taxes returns for a long time, I still don’t know if he did. Compared to Dream who made his files public and gave them up to the team and was honest that yea he mods them for videos. Trump would have refused to give up anything and try to redirect the problem else where.
5. This was very unprofessionally handled. But I also heard that this team is a group of younger people whoa re volunteer workers. (Don’t know if this a true) I also read they hadn’t even informed Dream they were going to make a video that not only attacked his character, but also hardly told him anything about their suspicions he cheated.
That is not only bad journaling, that is also very deplorable and slander at that point whether he did it or not! Give the fact they even stated they had ‘Little proof’
What should they have done? Oh I don’t know, got his files before anything else, not waiting days to get it. Emailed him in private to ask about this. Hired an actualy person to look over it to see if these allegations were correct if they were that worried.
NOT post a FUCKING video attacking his character for the WORLD to see! Espeically on flimsy evidence they have admitted to be flimsy, just strangly lucky. Dream is a youtuber, while popular, he’s a person. (He’s not a white house person in charge of the whole country, he’s a guy with a fan following.)
Had you been caught cheating at a game, event, or anything, would you liked being taken up on stage and called out with no defense to your name in front of everyone? I’d be rightly pissed too and embarrassed!
6. The creditable of the guy Dream hired. Look, I know the document isn’t well put together, nor do we know this guy in person. But, look guys, while I’ll admit it’s suspicious, this guy was hired to explain high level math to a bunch of people who either didn’t read the article, don’t know math that well, or just don’t care. AKA it was dumbed down for a reason.
I honestly don’t think many of us would have read an article of a bunch of numbers, when most of us barely read the one the modorators put out.
Why do we need to know who this guy is? So some of us can send him hate because he dared defend a man who they think Cheated? Don’t deny it, you guys just want to send anon/email hate a poor man making a living because he dared defend someone you hate.
It’s no wonder this man possible asked to remain anonymous. Internet dogpiles aren’t always a good thing.
and 7. Regardless of whether Dream cheated or not is something only Dream will know. And I have to say this, stop throwing your stones from your glass house.
People, I’ll level with you, we aren’t all saints here. Many of us have cheated at something, big or small, in our lives. Whether it be on a test, SATs for college, a college exam, at your work place to get a few extra bucks on overtime, or even to get recongnision for something you didn’t do.
If everone was treated the same, like many want, all our dirty laundry would be aired out on a video for the world to see.
Does this mean we should call people out? No, something do need to be stated. But I can’t see how cheating a minecraft game, on a man who placed 16th over all, is a big deal.
Think about this, out of the many submission recived, using probility also, at least a good handful of them have cheated or did something small. Some of these go unnoticed, while others are noticed.
I can bet to you, if Dream did cheat, HE WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE.
So, my dear readers, why is no one calling them out on a youtube video and sending them hate?
Because theya re lesser known youtubers? I say everyone should be under this mindset of ‘Guilty until proven innocent’ we have going on.
To clarify. It’s all sus on both ends. But I’ll take it in stides and wait it out for this to either blow over or a truth to be found.
Anyway: My personal opinion? I don’t think the guy cheated, all these questions point to something fishy going on with the modorater team. And having been accused myself of cheating, when I never did, it’s a hard battle to fight.
