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Minecraft YouTuber Clay “Dream” recently participated in an elaborate prank that celebrated the spirit of April Fools’ Day. The joke involved the YouTuber being offered a role as the “CEO” of Minecraft, in addition to other responsibilities. While pranks like these are not uncommon on the first of April, Dream’s popularity and following within the game's community prompted tons of enthusiastic reactions from players, content creators, and fans.
Every year, Mojang Studios finds new ways to introduce a unique set of Easter eggs and features to interact with the community on April Fools’ Day. With Dream’s YouTube and Twitch channels growing every day, collaborating with him on a prank such as this isn’t surprising.
Fans are ecstatic as Dream is offered Minecraft “CEO” position on April Fools’ Day
A tradition from the earliest days of the game, the occasion often involves unusual but fun content. For example, last year’s April Fools’ update wiped out player inventories and had them placing one block at a time. This year, Mojang added the moon as a dimension, the cheese block, a new variant of the cow mob known as the moon cow as well as a fire effect that randomly pops up on the game's Launcher.
As for Dream, his side of the prank was shown via a YouTube short on his channel. In the short, titled YouTube sent me a Minecraft 30Mil Sub Playbutton, the speedrunner is seen teasing and subsequently unboxing a package from YouTube. The package was revealed to have two sections, with the lower one potentially containing some sort of award.
Once he opened the top layer for the viewers, a poster came into view that highlighted some of Dream’s best moments on YouTube, including his face reveal and thumbnail of his most viewed video. The belle of the ball, however, was a small document that had a large message on it.
The note thanked the YouTuber for his contribution to the game's community and platform and went on to state that, in light of “Google’s ongoing acquisition of Minecraft,” they would be offering him the position of Chief Executive Officer and Head of Foreign Relations for the game.
As he reeled in disbelief, the streamer opened the lower section of the package to reveal an award with a grass block on it that read “The #1 Minecraft YouTuber”. As he finished the note, it was clear that the event was an elaborate prank, since no reports of Google acquiring Minecraft or Dream becoming “CEO” have emerged.
However, the joke was extremely effective as hundreds of fans began to congratulate the YouTuber on various social media platforms. An important fact to note here is that Dream decided to post his short before April 1, which was effective in making many believe this was legitimate.
Fan reactions to Dream’s “appointment” as CEO of Minecraft
While many took the bait and some were confused, a sizable contingent sarcastically congratulated the YouTuber as they understood the situation. Many even called the prank out, which collectively resulted in the community having a fun time.
