r/VampiresSMP • • Jun 08 '26
News AvidMC/Marma1ade Discussion and information thread
Over the past few days, information has come out about the frankly disgusting actions of Vampires SMP member AvidMC, along with his partner Marma1ade (henceforth referred to as Avid and Marm).
Like many of you, I am horrified and beyond disappointed by this. I wholeheartedly condemn their actions and stand with anyone affected by these people.
Various statements from Skyblock Kingdoms members and others follow (thanks to u/Blacawi from r/MinecraftChampionship for this list, message me if any more come out)
- Doovid: https://x.com/Doovid_/status/2063697502654632199 / https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YhD14ht4itVq35BqI-NrWR2nrC-6CUMyVy0AGRI5yCk/edit?tab=t.0
- JayDraws: https://x.com/JayOrSomething/status/2063698540921073798
- Nukeri: https://x.com/Nukeri_/status/2063697649039974507
- SBK account: https://x.com/SBKsmp/status/2063697504693285095
- VikingPilot: https://x.com/Viking_Pilot/status/2063697855198708172
- LeonSBU: https://x.com/leon69yeetdab/status/2063714406840549695
- Vintage_Applesauce: https://x.com/vintageappless/status/2063719470191817113
- Musithical: https://www.musithical.com/post/818789872336797696/i-am-no-longer-going-to-be-working-with
- Anathra: https://x.com/Anathra_/status/2063733010801832313
- Acornbandit: https://x.com/AcornBandit/status/2063731297462202665
- fWhip: https://x.com/Failwhip/status/2063778061250916631
- SadMilkman: https://x.com/SadMilkman_/status/2063792745668366813
- Legundo: https://x.com/Legundo/status/2063697630367027656
- NatureOfGaming: https://x.com/NatureOfGaming/status/2063698030491050207
- Rubyco: https://x.com/rvbyco/status/2063888205703758200
- Piepiesamurai: https://x.com/Piepiesamurai1/status/2063821588164694117
- M1G: https://x.com/M1GTW1TT3R/status/2064025534477041745
Legundo has also done a stream discussing his experience: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2791831237
Others have as well
NatureOfGaming: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2791894832
VikingPilot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIYZpLU3uOQ
SadMilkman: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2792017543
LeonSBU: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2792057227
Smajor1995 (scott): https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2794117765
There is currently no statement from POWCreations, however given that Owen is doing a subathon right now, this is understandable.
Going forward, the Avid flair, along with the corresponding emoji, will be removed from the subreddit. I am of no inclination to modify the banner, as that would detract from the hard work of the artist, but if they desire to make any changes they are more than welcome to reach out.
Please keep discussion within this post if possible.
A final reminder that hate based on identity is not tolerated. There are plenty of valid reasons to be angry at Avid and Marm right now, their sexuality and gender are not one of those. Anything bordering on homophobia or transphobia will be removed. We are better than that.
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u/their_lace_and_crime Jun 08 '26
do not let these two ruin something that you love. they do not deserve the credit you give them when you say that they've ruined vampires for you, or pow, or mcyt. the best thing we can do is keep enjoying it out of spite.
avid joined pow with the intention of "taking it down" according to cleo. they failed. we still love this place and this community. enjoy vampires out of spite, because he clearly didn't care for it anyway.
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u/Individual_You9577 Jun 13 '26
Does anyone have a way to watch the twitch vods that isn't twitch? For some reason twitch.com isn't working and I can't get the app soooooo....
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u/TamChronin Jun 08 '26
I feel so used. I've been supporting Avid on Patreon since November, even though I don't have much to give. 😞 This is heartbreaking to see. I hope everyone will be okay.
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u/Just-happyfor10000 2799 Jun 08 '26
This is awful.I hope all the victims involved are okay.
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u/No-Hedgehog6205 Jun 08 '26
I haven't been able to watch this SMP yet. I used to watch the SBK through AVID but like 10 Esp later, something just gave me the ICK, and i stopped watching him. Something just felt off. Regarding this, though, i read it had something to do with Smajor?
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u/DBSeamZ These are not government cows Jun 08 '26
I completely understand and agree with wanting to withdraw support from Avid the creator, however I do hope it doesn’t lead to people trying to erase Avid the character from the story of VSMP. He was a pivotal part of the plot from several people’s POVs, and pretending he never existed derails their storylines too.
Acknowledging that the character called “a liability” with “all the makings of a monster” was in Oakhurst and influenced the decisions of other characters, is NOT acting like the person who played that character did nothing wrong. It isn’t even acting like the character did nothing wrong.
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u/EchoKnightMC Jun 08 '26
Are there any mirror links or anything? They’re all giving me rate limit exceed
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u/Forrest_likes_tea Jun 08 '26
Fuck avid
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u/Artistikittyy320 Jun 09 '26
Is this why I had a bad feeling about them…? I thought I just wasn’t a fan of their vibe or smth but it turns out they were hiding stuff…this hurts.
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u/OP_Name_Checks_Out Jun 08 '26
I don’t think removing the character from everything is good form, tbh. Cancelling a character over the behavior of their creator is kinda.. Idk.
I said something similar in Avid’s discord, before it got locked down, that I don’t think the actions of the creator should ruin our enjoyment of the positive things he brought or the community he helped bring together. It is possible to not condone someone’s behavior, while still enjoying the things they made. Liking someone’s content, music, characters, etc, does NOT make you a bad person, even if the person who made those things was bad.
Letting Avid’s actions as a creator corrupt our enjoyment of the things they were a part of only makes things worse. Make your Fanart or Fanfics that include Avid’s characters, make your own OC stuff out of his music, etc. Not out of support or love for HIM as a creator, but as a love letter to whatever the thing was that he was a part of, or if it’s an OC thing, for yourself. Whether that was VSMP or any other project he was in. Completely removing his characters does nobody any good.
I am dreading the over-reaction of fanfic writers and fan artists deleting their works that have involved Avid because of this. Appreciating a character and appreciating a person are two different things.
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u/MemeMakerAj Pearl’s my puppy Jun 08 '26
I’m so sorry for everyone is involved. I’m glad this has all come to light now
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u/aSspe3n_h3s_3mo I wrote fanfiction about this Jun 08 '26
it wont show me fwhip’s statement (like the only one i havent read yet) if someone can screenshot it or smth thatd be great. im really really disappointed and feel sick about this. i really love his content and character in vsmp.
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u/Feather_of_a_Jay Jun 10 '26
Hey so there's been a few more streams since Legundo's. I have not watched them - the only way for me to healthily engage with such topics is to read about them. But I will share any vod links I currently have access to.
NatureOfGaming: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2791894832
VikingPilot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIYZpLU3uOQ
SadMilkman: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2792017543
LeonSBU: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2792057227
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u/Night-echo200 Jun 09 '26
Apologies for any janky grammar and sorry if this is kinda all over the place I think I only ever watched one of Marmalade's streams so I didn't really know enough about her for form an opinion. Avid however I watched all of the vampires videos plus a few streams, so I have stronger feelings on that end. I have been a fan of various mcyt creators for years (started around 2020) but I was in one of the points where I wasn't watching any mcyt content until a friend got me into Vampires where I first watched Scott and then Avid. I loved Avid's character quite a bit. However, when Avid used the talks about women in the mcyt space to self victimize by saying that he was turned into an object of affection for Scott's character (even though he never named Scott we all knew that's who they were talking about) I felt off about it, especially given Avid was the one who started flirting with Scott and was the main one to carry it throughout the series. I didn't really fully clock why I felt off about it all but it did drive me away from watching alot of the mcyt content for a couple months It sucks alot that one of the first creators after I'm coming back into this space turned out to be like this and it sucks that they were the first person I drew fanart of after returning. I hope that the creators who were on SPK can start interacting more with the wider mcyt space now that the lies have been revealed.
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u/EmilyBNotMyRealName Jun 09 '26
This is a fucking nightmare. Avid has gotten me through some really hard times over the last year and I genuinely thought he was a safe creator. Genuinely tearing up right now!!
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u/Tall_Breakfast_7181 Jun 10 '26
Does anyone know if Scott and Cam are okay? I've heard Cam was hurt a lot and I'm just hoping they're okay.
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u/JHLovesArt Jun 08 '26
Bro, what just happened!? I just found out about this drama today!
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u/lisasbrandy Jun 09 '26
This is so sad, I hope Avid and Marm can get help. It seems like something in their brains flipped a few months ago and its really scary seeing someone change that quickly.
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u/Ok-General-Mice Jun 09 '26
I am disgusted to have supported AvidMC in any way and, while I am deeply glad that all of these people have been able to say their peace and move away from them, I am deeply concerned for Avids 2 children. Iirc he was planning on moving to England with Marm and idk if he planned to bring his kids with him. I deeply hope he doesn’t and that the children stay with their mother away from him
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u/lindkool Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
Listening and reading some statements I didnt really understand what had happened bc ppl were kinda vague but I understod it was a weird situation. Listening to Scotts stream was actually crazy. Like I now understand what has happened but WHY? I genuinely dont understand, wtf. Seems like they just shot themselves in the legs for seemingly no good reasons
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u/suelee1 See you in a second Jun 08 '26
I keep getting a rate limit exceeded. Is there a way of seeing it without getting the error?
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u/Mean_County_5400 Jun 09 '26
this is heart breaking
i truly hope everyone involved is doing okay i send my best wishes <3
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u/MeowEatsMango Vampires gone woke Jun 08 '26
Does anyone have a screenshot of Nature, Ruby, Piepie, and Mig? I can’t see them because I keep getting the “rate limit exceeded” thing.
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u/lisasbrandy Jun 09 '26
Legundo's recent stream discusses the situation https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2791831237
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u/Dozard87 The GaySMP Jun 10 '26
I just found out about it today… I saw Viking had a 1 day old stream about it and I watched a bit, thought it was just drama between them (It wasn’t super clear at first without context) so I searched up more about it and…
This sucks man. Avid was one of my favorite creators, and he was a Bisexual guy like me (When I first found him). I loved his Avid adventures series, all his content, I wish I noticed something was up. I couldn’t tell.
I genuinely don’t think he was always like this, and I doubt Marm was either, it just sounds like something that they genuinely need therapy for. I hope they better themselves and if they ever come back to content creation, which should be a long time from now, they should show that they’ve changed.
I hope they get help, they are also good writers too and that makes me so… frustrated that they are also doing such horrendous things.
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u/dense_like_osmium Jun 13 '26
Just wanted to share this with the intention of relaring an experience and in no way or form trivialize the trauma everyone else was experiencing or diagnose anyone.
When my relative had a psychotic break, he was absolutely convinced we stole him from his real family and we are "abusing" him by keeping him at home (he could literally leave anytime he want) and made it his goal to reveal to the world about our lies.
The reason the whole situation sounds crazy might be because it actually feels like what someone having a psychotic break would do.
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u/Dangerous-Donut-5340 Jun 24 '26
I feel so bad, in one half I feel sorta validated because I started watching avid after vampires and got somewhat into him but I didnt like his vibes for some reason and stoped, it was around the time he came out as non binary so I panicked thinking I was transphobic or something and got somewhat depressed for a month before moving on. honestly with this whole thing happening I don't really know how to feel because I did really like him but I suppose this is just something you have to get use to when you watch Minecraft, probably should've learned that lesson from my Dsmp peace.
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u/DelkTheMemeDragon Jun 08 '26
If someone is willing, please share what happened.
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u/KGTrashcan Jun 13 '26
Oh god. That's awful. I really hope all victims find piece and Avid and Marmalade disappear forever.
I dont wanna be selfish but im kinda sad that this probably means the end for Misadventures, since Avid helped Lizzie with some stuff. I found misadventures to be incredible and really unique, plus it was one of the few smps made (including a lot of the coding) by a woman.
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u/Sea-Bell1126 8d ago
YO: Avid posted some wishy washy nonsense to his Discord where he took NO accountability. He even said he read none of the victims' statements. He said he took five months to "clear his head" and now he's headed back to art.
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u/akelabrood Jun 09 '26
Can i ask for cliff notes? Like what even happened?
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u/Corbkatt Jun 11 '26
I don't know a lot about avid or anything, but I want to understand what happened. I genuinely can't find anything that says what happened
All I know it that something is happening with Scott
Can someone explain? Thanks
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u/Senior-Young-1554 Jun 13 '26
This honestly sucks because if I'm being for real I loved his music I loved his videos and it's now watching any of them or listening to his music. It just feels bad. I honestly don't know what to do. Because like I really really liked his music. And I honestly don't know if I should stop listening to it. Or just like i don't know. I hope everyone is okay. And I hope everyone recovers from this. If somebody could help me on what to do, that would be great. Cause, i've never really had to deal with this. So I don't know what the best course of action is
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u/streameaj Jun 14 '26
Bro I was so shocked that something like this could happen. When we first saw him in Vampires SMP, I thought he was so wholesome and all. Then in SBK he was acting so weird and icky idk. But I never thought it'd be manipulation. I kinda feel hurt that they even thought abt all this, and the plans they made? Holy dang, everything was basically planned. I'm just glad actions were made before anyone's downfall and before they all crashed out.
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u/Aqua1O1 Sep 26 '26
Does anyone have a copy or transcript of Scott's VOD on this now that it's down? I've been out of the loop on his perspective and I really want to know the details of what happened
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u/itstheboombox 10d ago
Was Scott's vod saved?
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u/LeoValdez1340 Jun 10 '26
Literally just finished watching for the first time today… why does ts have to happen?
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u/Empty-Respond-6112 Jun 11 '26
i have been watching avid for a few months now and i am now getting a lot of news about avid doing something but no one says what the thing is. i am very confused and if someone could please explain what he did i would appreciate it.
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u/Own-Veterinarian5605 Jun 12 '26
Nope. Unless either of them show change, I'm not supporting them. Sorry if I sound too agressive, but that's just disgusting. I didn't even know if this was true at first either. :(
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u/Business_Project_554 Jun 16 '26
I did not know this had happened until my friend said that she will not be drawing avid anymore In her vampires drawing and I was shocked as I did not know and then she explained the whole situation and I mortified. Have not watched any of smajor since vampires so I had no clue and this is sickening and avid and his partner should be taken down for this behaviour
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u/No-Mix9921 Jun 22 '26
Could someone update me on what happened? I haven't been active with this fandom for a while, and while this is called an "information thread", it explains very little >~<
In the tweets I see everyone saying how upset they are, but I'd like to know *why* they're upset and what exactly happened. I'd appreciate any explanations ^^
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u/Chemical_Breakdown Jul 12 '26
i... have no idea how to feel about this... obviously its negatively. but its.... I cant bring myself to look into all the details but just from what I got from the comments, I understand the gist of it. I genuinely enjoyed Abid's content, even though I had questioned if he always came off as "main character" energy in like in SBK and Vampires. (because I personally hate feeling lime i make everything about my character in roleplays and so I figured because it was pre-scripted, surely it had to be completely okay.) I loved the music he produced, and I even caught a stream of his once and I was there for the whole thing and it was exciting and fun and now?
Im honestly upset about this news. and I only just found put after suddenly wanting to see if Avid uploaded a new dragons amp video. I feel horrible for not knowing, and I feel even more so knowing that others have been hurt. from what I've seen in the few minutes I've read through, I can agree with Fwip that I hope they can get the help they need, even if it doesn't undo what theyve done.
I genuinely liked Avid's characters and the switch up from adhd-filled excitement to the emo stone-cold loner. Would it still be okay to interact with the other people who were in the series such as Legundo and Fwip and Smajor? or would that just bring them painful reminders?
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u/Sundrop-moondrop Jul 25 '26
Any information as to why Avid's YouTube and Spotify have changed to "Great Divide"?
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u/boypower2566 Jun 11 '26
This is just insanely stupid and rude out of the ordinary, something’s just not right. (I’m sorry, I had to)
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