Skeppy

Skeppy (real name Zak Ahmed) is a POC MCYTer known for his trolls, PVP,Skeppy is an actual legend at bedwar (NOT A SH*TPOST) Hypixel Forum Post talking about Skeppy's stats. Mar 6, 2021. and event videos such as his series "Trapping 100 Kids". He's made well over a thousand Youtube videos and has over six million subscribers on his main channel. He is known for being dedicated and hard working, and there was a time where he used to upload multiple videos a day. More recently, he takes regular hiatuses before coming back with daily uploads for a time. He used to stream earlier in his career but rarely does so anymore.
In his videos he comes across as an excitable and loud personality, tending to shout and laugh uproariously. However in groups, he is usually much quieter. In real life group meetups he seems more subdued than in his videos, tending to only venture on camera when specifically called for, or when following BadBoyHalo. When he gets flustered or blushes, he tends to cover his face with his hands. Sometimes he physically leaves when he gets embarrassed. He is also extremely quiet when he's focused, such as when playing MCC.
Skeppy was born January 17, 2000 in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States. He's lived mostly in Florida, but also spent part of his childhood in Dubai and Toronto, Canada. As an adult he's also lived in Texas and Los Angeles, California where he lived with his friends TapL and Spifey. Outside of Youtube he used to have a merch company and has mentioned doing real estate, and ended up not going to college after graduating high school.
He came up with his username from SkepticalPvP, explaining that top Minecraft PvPers would have PvP at the end of their names, but he was skeptical of how good they really were. People would shorten it to Skep, and he eventually changed it to Skeppy. His Minecraft skin is the diamond block texture with what's known as a "derp face". After Technoblade's death a crown was added to his skin.
He often collaborates with other content creators, most notably with his best friend BadBoyHalo, usually trolling videos or playing together in Minecraft mini games (commonly Hypixel Bedwars). Fans shipping them together, either platonically or romantically, is Skeppy's most popular ship (see Skephalo).
He also has popular videos with Technoblade, who he competed with for subs when Techno was alive. Skeppy said he met Techno simply by spamming in Techno's chat to join him, and would purposefully try to betray and kill Techno (but was never really successful at preventing Techno from winning whatever minigame they were playing). In one famous video where Techno outsmarted a trolling Skeppy, Techno famously taunted Skeppy that, 'if you wish to defeat me, train for another thousand years', which has become a bit of a meme quote.Skeppy vs Technoblade (The Final Reckoning) Techno also reportedly said that Skeppy had cracked the code (to the Youtube algorithm) and Techno's dad said he heard Skeppy's name so often he felt like he already knew him. After Techno's death, Skeppy met and collaborated with Techno's dad on several videos and was selected by Techno's dad to present an award in honor of Technoblade from the Sarcoma Foundation.
He has played on the Dream SMP and other multiplayer servers, including his own SMPs with his group of friends called the iDots and ChadSMP, and won Minecraft competitions like Minecraft Monday and MCC. He also formed part of The Trio.
His character technically exists in the QSMP as well, although Skeppy never actually played on the server, thanks to BadBoyHalo frequently referencing him, building statues of him, and calling him while streaming to talk to the egg children. He was considered Dapper's other parent (with BadBoyHalo being Dapper's primary parent).
==Fandom==
Skeppy owns the public Minecraft server InvadedLands where fans can sometimes play in events hosted by him or end up being victim to a troll (or just play Minecraft).
His twitter fanbase is called diamondtwt (as Skeppy's minecraft skin is a diamond block, thus diamonds feature heavily in his branding). The twitter fandom can sometimes be clique heavy and judgmental. But like their creator they are mostly teasing and fun going, celebrating and mourning the loss of their streamer and tend to feel on the younger side of demographics.
Occasionally Skeppy has been known to like or even reply to fanworks. His direct interactions with fan content includes a video where he googled himself, which included reading a wiki page, looking at fanart and trying to read fanfic.GOOGLING MYSELF... on the SkeppysLab channel posted May 17, 2020. He's also watchedSkeppy Reacts To "Skeppy Maid MEP" clip from a privated Skeppy vid. Posted Dec 5, 2020. and commented positively under fanvids.Tongue Tied | Complete Skeppy & BadBoyHalo MAP | link to Skeppy's comment saying "This is so amazing!!"
Skeppy seems to try to keep in touch with his fanbase but he's grown more aloof as he's aged and streamed less. However his rare social media posts and streams are often celebrated and shared by a dedicated fanbase. His fans like to playfully tease Skeppy on his posts, such as jokingly calling him a 'bendy ruler' after Skeppy tweeted that he was "as straight as a ruler".
He also has regulars who show up in his event videos, reportedly waiting hours for the chance to participate, a fact that was demonstrated in one event video where last one to leave the server won (without Skeppy directly telling them that was the win condition, of course).Last to Leave Minecraft Server Wins!
There are many videos from participants in his events on Youtube.Who is The Best Skeppy Event Player? by EvanMCGaming Posted Oct 18, 2020 His event subfandom has a discord where they send alerts of when he might possibly be hosting. They even managed to snag the vanity discord url discord.gg/skeppy
Skeppy also sometimes goes to conventions such as Vidcon and has occasionally participated in panels and signings.
Skeppy is sometimes credited with the 2019 resurgence in popularity of Minecraft.
===Wank===
====Deleted Videos & Streams====
Fans sometimes preserve deleted streams and videos, however it is usually considered somewhat controversial to share them under the assumption that Skeppy deleted them "for a reason". Though a reason is rarely actually given. There is really only one stream where Skeppy's mods actually asked people not to share it, and that was his 21st birthday stream as Skeppy got drunk during it, however it's still reuploaded in it's entirety on Youtube anyway.
====Friendships====
Skeppy regularly comes under fire for continuing to be friends with or featuring creators in his videos who have fallen out of public favor, such as Sapnap or a6d.
=====Shipping=====
He's often shipped with his best friend BadBoyHalo (see BadBoyHalo & Skeppy). Skeppy's mentioned he regretted saying some of the things that encouraged the shipping, which temporarily killed the romantic shipping of them in 2020, but seems to tolerate his fans and friends doing it without much further comment nowadays. He even sometimes includes jokes in his videos in reference to the ship.
====Jokes====
Skeppy apologized for inadvertently joking about domestic violence (having a video titled "Beating a Girl in Bedwars" which he also tweeted out) and consequently donated video proceeds to a domestic abuse charity.Twitter thread containing a clip of Skeppy apologizing as well as screenshots of him agreeing to donate proceeds
There is another joke from 2020 he has yet to delete that people who want to find fault with him continue to criticize him for:
====QSMP Addition====
Many in the QSMP fandom didn't even realize Skeppy was a real person at first and not simply a made up character that BadBoyHalo created. Skeppy was resented by many in the fandom, and on the QSMP, who wanted to ship BadBoyHalo with other creators, viewing Skeppy (even though he wasn't even on the server) as merely an obstacle to their ships. Skeppy's fanbase begged the larger QSMP fanbases not to dismiss Skeppy out of hand or hate on him without even giving him a chance. It somewhat splintered his and Bad's joint fanbase as new BadBoyHalo fans had little idea who Skeppy actually was, and Skeppy fans became even more concerned at Skeppy being reduced to only his relation with BadBoyHalo instead of being treated as an actual independent person.
The animosity came to a head around the QSMP elections, as whoever became president would be allowed to add a new creator, and it was well known that BadBoyHalo, who was in the running for president, would almost certainly invite Skeppy. Adding fuel to the shipper fire, BadBoyHalo's main competition for president argued during the debates that adding Skeppy would be selfish and wrong, which encouraged their fanbase to try to dig up dirt on Skeppy to justify their content creator's attack, and leading to them harassing Skeppy and his fans. Skeppy fans accused others of being racist in their complaints about Skeppy, for insisting on holding him to a higher accountability than their own imperfect white favs, and for reducing him to just a prop for white men to fight about. 
The previous two jokes in the Jokes section were primarily used as justification for insulting Skeppy and as examples for why he should not be allowed to join the QSMP, as well as his inactive streaming schedule (although he uploaded Youtube videos almost daily), and used as a reason to vote against BadBoyHalo in his bid for the QSMP presidency. Skeppy being a world traveled POC already practicing Spanish and knowing some Arabic was completely ignored by the QSMP fandom who only saw him as an English speaking American and an extension of BadBoyHalo.
An interesting irony was, despite Skeppy's tasteless jokes, the QSMP creator that won the presidency turned out to have actually had relationships with underage fans in the past and had much more, and more vulgar, grooming jokes on twitter than Skeppy, and his QSMP running mate who lambasted Skeppy was known to have been abusive to his ex girlfriend, though the hypocrisy that someone would forgive an actual abuser and remain their fan while complaining about mere jokes was lost on them.
====Weppy and Other Fanart Woes====
Because Skeppy is a POC content creator there is pushback against artists who white wash or 'graywash' (color skin a distinctly gray shade) Skeppy to give him the correct skin color and features in fanworks. On Twitter, 'Weppy' is the nickname for the whitewashed fanart of Skeppy. Artists will sometimes go so far as to recolor or redraw fanart they view as having whitewashed Skeppy if the original artist refuses to do so themselves. Tensions between fans can sometimes be exacerbated by SkeppyGo Skeppy!! fanart on Twitter This is an example of Skephalo fanart that the artist acknowledges is whitewashing Skeppy that both Skeppy and Bad liked regardless. Posted by @Kamskii01 on March 15, 2021. or his friendsScreenshot on Twitter of TapL (another POC streamer and friend of Skeppy) liking fanart that 'greywashes' Skeppy (and which the artist later deleted and updated with a new skin tone) liking fanart that includes him 'incorrectly colored'.
On Twitter however, this normally just cause is sometimes taken too far and used more like a weapon to harass fanartists. Even ones that 'correctly' color Skeppy, or have in the past, can be attacked en masse with racism accusations. For example, there are color chartsColor chart example from Twitter sometimes passed around with "acceptable" colors for Skeppy's skin tone and even when artists use them, they can still be accused of drawing him too light.A mild example of an artist being accused of whitewashing with a color chart. Despite refuting the accusation they later reposted their art with a different skin tone. There is rarely leeway given for style or other artistic endeavors. The primary goal no longer becomes to educate and encourage change, but instead to force artists out of the fandom, as hostile fans dogpile, blacklist, insult and even go so far as to remind people that the artist is/was 'racist' with any new fanart they might produce.
The same thing can happen with NSFW that can be linked to a SFW account, even though Skeppy hasn't technically said anything about what fan content he prefers his fans produce, perhaps because there is large overlap with his fanbase and BadBoyHalo's (who has said he doesn't like NSFW content).
==Example Fanworks==
===Fanart===
File:ExWuesuXAAYeV1c.jpeg|Skeppy drawn with the box head of his Minecraft skin. This is a common character design choice, especially for more playful or cartoony fanart. @NoonesArt
File:SkeppyLoveOrHostAd.jpg|Artwork featuring reference to Skeppy's Love Or Host. This fanart matches the fanart Skeppy sometimes uses as a profile picture on various sites of him wearing a blue hat with his derp face on it. @_t1r3d_coffee_
File:Red_Skeppy.jpeg|Colloquially known as Red Skeppy, because of the obvious color swap from blue to red, this art depicts Skeppy's DSMP character possessed by The Egg. @jlemongrass
File:Skeppy_in_Hades.jpg|Crossover with Hades depicting Skeppy with partial diamond skin, a fairly common fanart trait. @CristinaMrc2001
File:Skeppyyyyyyyyy.jpg|Another artwork depicting an otherwise human Skeppy with diamond freckles. His outfit includes a crown and his sleeves feature his most popular memes, namely 14 and 🔰. @skphalos
File:Bbhlikeswiggle.jpg|BadBoyHalo and Skeppy RPF @wiggle_rain
File:Sapphy Skeppy.jpeg|A melding of Skeppy's real appearance and his Dream SMP character by sapphy
===Fanvids===
* Buttercup || MAP - Skeppy's birthday gift hosted by Kitsickles
* world’s smallest violin - skeppy animatic by spoopdeedoop
* he’s so XD by skepeiz
=== Fansong ===
* Skeppy - If it's not worth it don't do it by Faster. A remix of one of the Skeppy meme sayings that commonly gets repeated by Skeppy fans, or the variation, "it was worth it so I did it"
* was it worth it? - a Skeppy Megalo-style song for the Undertale AU "Invaded History", created by solunary. This song has also been remixed and covered many times.
* I miss the old Skeppy - a meme parody song originally by heyaaron2488
===Fanfic===
On AO3 as of July 5th, 2024, there are 8,099 works that include the tag Zak Ahmed | Skeppy.
Zak Ahmed | Skeppy/Darryl Noveschosch | BadBoyHalo is the most popular Skeppy relationship tag with 3,411 works, with the platonic tag Zak Ahmed & Darryl Noveschosch having 1,493 works.
*Unspoken Rules . A popular unlabeled relationship RPF story between Skeppy and BadBoyHalo. The most kudos HappyDuo fic on AO3 as of February 2023.
*Towards the Sun by 42starsintheuniverse. An AU of Skeppy escaping a totalitarian government and meeting demon BadBoyHalo.
===Meta===
* SKEPPY RESPONDED TO SUNNYV2 by pdl ft. a6d
=== Challenges ===
* Skeptober
== Archives and Communities ==
*Skeppy's Wikifeet
==References==
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