Great Idea, Terrible Execution - A DreamSMP Retrospective

I tried scouring the internet to find anything about how the DreamSMP fell off, but nothing that I found really gave me a clear answer. This is a retrospective of my favorite Minecraft SMP that answers the question: How could something with so much passion and support behind it fail this badly? We’ll go over the genius decisions that made the server so successful and go over how those very same decisions led to the server’s downfall. Glossary to keep you barely not confused Disc Saga - the entire story where Dream tries to take Tommy’s discs L’manberg - The nation that Wilbur formed in order to gain independence from Dream Election Arc - The arc where Wilbur wanted to reinforce his power, so he held an election to gain the popularity of the people, but lost to Jschlatt and Quackity, which ended up with Wilbur and Tommy being banished from L’manberg Manberg - the name that Jschlatt renamed L’manberg to once he won the L’manberg election over Wilbur Pogtopia - the sanctuary tha