'Minecraft' star Dream meets his screaming fans for first time

Online, Dream is known to his fans by his voice, a Minecraft avatar and an image of a lopsided smiley face. In a digital-attention economy, where appearance is currency, Dream’s anonymity and massive fame were unusual. — Screengrab from YouTube

Minecraft celebrity Dream, 23, who showed his face for the first time ever to more than 50 million fans across the Internet on Tuesday, got to meet some of them in person at Twitch’s annual convention in San Diego on Friday. Hundreds of his screaming followers queued to get a glimpse and photograph the cyber superstar.

Dream, whose real name is Clay and last name is unknown, seemed overwhelmed by the the reception.