Every time I beat a new hardest in this game it feels like a dream come true to me. But this case is a very special one. Completing this is what was regarded as the peak of skill in Geometry Dash back when I started actively playing the game again in 2020, and even continuing into 2021 when I got very decent at it (my hardest was Artificial Ascent when Tartarus got dethroned). So the fact that I can proudly say that I’m now a victor of this level is something that truly astounds me. 13 year old Naz would absolutely not believe me. Regarding my actual experience and thoughts on the level, I think if I actually expressed everything that I wanted, it wouldn’t even fit in this description. However, I'll try my best to summarize everything. So coming out fresh out of Zodiac, having fluked it from 75%, I was feeling extremely confident as a player. I knew I had to do something to truly cement my new skill ceiling. And I couldn’t have chosen another level other than Tartarus. As a ship player and someone with bad nerve control, I felt like this level would fit my skillset extremely well (kind of like Promethean). So I went into it on December 8th expecting to be pretty good at it. But not even getting 3 streams into it I was forced to take a break due to the ruZZians hacking into UA’s biggest internet provider’s network, which coincidentally also used to be my home internet provider. The internet would not return for another month. During this time a lot happened, but not regarding my progress on the level. That being the one and only 2.2 update releasing after almost 7 years, and also my trip to Sweden to meet one of my best friends CrispyPotatoTV. After all of that I returned home with my internet restored and ready to hard grind Tartarus. I was getting runs in the second half of the level pretty quickly, most notably 43-100. But then came time to learn and get consistent at the hardest part of the level - 23-46. This took me a while, but after a decent bit I felt like I was ready to start playing from 0. Progress went slowly but surely, up until I got a wild run for me at the time - 61%. I have a bit of a history with this number specifically, that being during my grind for Keres. I got stuck at this percentage for around a month, not being able to get any new bests. And the exact same thing happened with Tart. History repeats, eh? But then I broke the mindblock and started getting new bests again, this time into the second drop at 64%. This period wasn’t that fast, but not slow either. Then, I had one Saturday stream which would change my entire perception of this level - one where I got 81%x3 and 91%. The end of this journey felt so close, and I thought it was about to all be over. I kept on getting far, but not quite there. A lot of attempts in the second drop, some even into the 80s and another death at 91%, but I couldn’t quite reach the end. It was starting to take quite the toll on me, and was the most humbled I had felt as a GD player. I really wasn’t nearly ready enough to tackle this beast of a level, considering how long it was taking. But then one random stream, within the 1st hour I did it, and it was all over that moment.
Would I recommend this level? Probably not. The chokepoints in it are brutal, playing from 0 is extremely mentally taxing, and not a lot of fun is to be had. That’s not to say that it’s a horrible level, but it’s nowhere near a masterpiece either.
Thumbnail by @Crazey
Extreme Demon #31
Level by: ItzDolphy, Riot, Aurorus, EndLevel, Cyclic, Hinds, Aquatias, Salaxium, Komp, Azuler, Vermillion
Music: www.newgrounds.com/audio/list...
Level Enjoyment: 37/100
Level Rating: 63/100
Level Difficulty: Extreme Demon
Placement on the Demonlist (as of completion): 34
Personal placement: 34??? (absolutely no clue lmfao. All I know is it's way harder than Zodiac, that's for sure)
Record Before Completion: 91%x2
Attempts: 141,369 (estimate)
My Top 5 best accomplishments (according to the Demonlist)
#1 Tartarus: • (4 MONTHS, 141,369 ATT...
#2 Zodiac: • (FLUKE FROM 75%, 204 B...
#3 Keres: • Keres 100% by ItsHybri...
#4 Promethean: • Promethean 100% by End...
#5 Ragnarok: • Ragnarok 100% by knobb...
All completed extremes spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
My GD Info
Game Version: 2.2
Refresh rate: 240hz
Physics Bypass: NONE
Texture Pack: Npesta Texture Pack
Menu Loop: none in the video
List% deaths (some missing due to crashes):
47%x4
48%x28
49%x100
50%x31
51%x11
52%x52
53%x1
54%x11
55%x4
56%x26
57%x8
58%x13
60%x4
61%x26
62%x16
63%x2
64%x3
66%x1
67%x1
69%x1
71%x2
72%x1
74%x1
75%x5
78%x2
79%x2
80%x1
81%x4
82%x1
83%x1
86%x1
87%x1
91%x2
Specs
Keypad: Sayodevice O3C (Trigger 1.20, Release 0.10, RT Top 0.25, RT End 3.80, RT Trigger 0.20, RT Release 0.40)
Mouse: Razer Basilisk v3
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Chroma v2
Main Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G4 27"
CPU: Intel i7-8700
GPU: NVidia GTX 1660 Ti
RAM: 16 GB
5 апр 2024
