My Thoughts on Firework by Cherry Team 

thx for the shoutout!

interesting level choice for the player shoutout 🧐

Honestly, I have mixed opinions on this level. I like the “Minimalistic” decoration, colors and theme, the decoration doesn’t obstruct the gameplay that much, but it doesn’t really “please visually”, the gameplay looks really annoying and inconsistent, but it doesn’t look forced and it flows well, I also like the the extensive cube parts since most extremes these days consist of ship and wave difficulty. The sync is almost perfect, and not only the clicks sync with the song but also the “icon’s movement”. These are my thoughts about this level, it’s a simple level but it works.

The song is a absolute banger, that’s mainly why I like the level lol

he was looking at me two invisible eyes two invisible REQUIEM

I like these videos if they're about an interesting level, which this one is. But overall i enjoy your other type of videos more.

Firework is a good level imo it's just so hard that it looks ridiculous for everyone

this shoutout aged very well based on the video

I think levels should be as hard to build as to beat. Top players are already torturing themselves to verify some of them, only to be played by no more than 20 players, please at least make them quality levels. That could help with a the over excessive amount of top 1 that are just... there to be there. If a level only gets attraction from its difficulty, you should reconsider it to be an extreme demon.

Honestly, Firework is probably my favorite level in the game. I think that levels these days have too many colors and too much decoration. Therefore, I love this gray glow style decoration so much. I love watching this level, and I’m the future I will definitely give it a shot and maybe even beat it. The song is also really good, as well as the mysterious theme of it. I don’t really mind the gameplay, as I’m sure it’s not that bad once you get consistent at it. My dream is to one day be the one to verify this level, and I have made a plan for that which I’m honestly quite proud of.

OF COURSE YOU USE FOOTAGE OF THE WEEB LEVEL

I really like this level, especially the part where you jump

It's so cool that you shouted out Kurumi in this video because he is now verifying firework. he got 70-100 yesterday :D

I overall enjoy monochrome levels,I'm so tired of color and glow that most levels have it's a great way to make you less annoyed by overly colorful levels

Here are my thoughts. I think the deco is decent. Probably wouldn’t say it’s as good as void wave or shinigami. But it’s better than your average extreme. Gameplay wise, I think the gameplay is ok in terms of visuals but of course is gonna be a nightmare to play. Orte (the gameplay creator of firework) is a really talented gameplay creator. He can make some really cool stuff. But this is one of his worst works in my opinion. Some parts are decent though. He probably had to limit his gameplay ideas just so it can be a top 1 since lots of flow gameplay creators use mechanics that aren’t necessarily difficult but can be eye appealing and consistent to play. Me personally am fine with monochrome levels cuz as long as the colors are good, I like them. If the colors are ugly like in some of JonathanGD’s works, I hate them. I think the color theme was well executed in firework since it feels consistent throughout the whole level. Those are my thoughts. On the video itself, I think it’s a good idea to have level reviews and I’ll watch them. So I suggest continuing doing this. Overall good video

You deserve way more subs, great video

"Kurumi is a Demon Slayer" Sounds like Date a Live x Demon Slayer lmao

I think the level could actualy be really fun if it was about top 20 difficulty, i think the main problem with this level is that it is trying to be top 1. I do really like atmosphere this level gives of, its very intimidating imo, but i could use some more colours. Great video!!!

I really like this type of videos, keep up the good work!

another great video! keep it up!!! Also I don't really think your "it doesn't feel right as a number one demon" point is valid, what you think is subjective. I wouldn't mind it being the number one demon. I get that you are trying to say that the level is less significant, but I still think it deserves the number one spot if someone putes in the time and effort to verify this beast before other harder levels come out, since the demons list is a objective ranking of the difficulty of levels, and not how relavent, cool or flashy levels look. Zodiac was once a top 1 demon, and it didn't have any special things going for the level. And it still "felt" like a good number one. oh I don't know if you've noticed, but a good friend of mine Timo351 just claimed the title of 8th kenos victor. He is on the list

Having played this level for a while now I can confidently say that for the most part, this level’s gameplay is very satisfying to pull off and not hard to learn. The difficulty in this level is solely from timings which make it a very skill based level with the exception of a couple of parts that will be fixed. I truly think that this will be a good number one demon, despite what people who have never played it are saying :)

I think its neat to hear someone else's opinion on controversial topics, so I think you should keep doing this

"2 or 3 years" lol kurumi really do be popping off

I feel like the talk about the deco and the name shouldn’t exist. Although yes, there is no obvious theme for the level, and the name may not seem to represent the level at first glance, think of it like music and paining, or other forms of art. The meaning of the level may possibly be what the viewer makes of it, how the name “firework” can fit with the theme in their own mind, it doesn’t have to be obvious. Another theory of mine is that it represents not death, but the shortness of life. All of the decorations are greyscale and spiders/cobwebs, things that are commonly associated with old, and past lives. Fireworks are very short, and pack a powerful punch, but are quickly forgotten with time. This level could be trying to say that the color will fade, and things will grow old. memories will be lost and we have to accept that. in time, the only remanence of humanity will be skeletons, and trying to live will be difficult. Its displaying how life is short, and will eventually make full circle by showing the other end of our time. We currently live in a world full of color, neon signs and phone LED’s but eventually, that wont exist we will live off rations made hundreds of years before, and billions of skeletons will be everywhere. Life is short. Those are my two theory’s. All about interpretation, or its about displaying the shortness of life.

Such a cool coincidence that the player you shouted out in the Firework video is now verifying it.

Its funny how kurumi, the person nork gave a shout out, went on to be the verifier of firework.

Dude seriously this length of video is much better for your videos, a lot of other videos of yours are just so long it’s hard to get through but this was much nicer. I would suggest making all your videos this length, it would probably lead to more growth for your channel.

Well then. It seems the level has been finally verified. And it got rated around the same time as Slaughterhouse and Arcturus. Now we'll have to wait and see where they would get placed and which one would end up being the hardest of the three. They'll likely even dethrone Tartarus.

I’ve never even heard of Eternal Night lmaaaoooooo

Little did Norkbork know, Kurumi is now verifying firework

This is a great video, and I really liked how you detailed both your opinion along with the over saturation of top 1 demons. Personally, I don’t really mind levels that aim to be top 1, but the main gripe I have with them is that I wish they were a bit easier so that more of the community could play and enjoy them. However, levels like The Golden, Tartarus, Galaxy Collapse, Orochi, and a few others that you mentioned are spectacular levels that do deserve to be in their rightful place on the top hardest levels. Regarding Firework, I definitely have mixed opinions on it, but overall, I don’t think it’s really a bad level, it’s just annoying that it has to be so hard. I did a practice run on it today, and it took me around 2k attempts, which is insane, since The Golden only took me 1k, and Tartarus took me around 800. I’m sure it will be similar to Tartarus in the future (on how it could have a large legacy). So yeah, awesome video, really like the style of these, and GL with school man! Trust me, I know this year is gonna be a bit tough 🤦‍♂️

Even though it’s like, very generic, this level is one of my favorites. I actually have no idea why.

What a coincidence that he is now verifier of Firework

its really cool; if you will be doing thoughts on, but not exclusively levels, maybe do “thoughts on Levelution?” its kinda an old trend but I think its a cool topic to do

One thing thats bugging me: - Talks about "Firework" - Uses footage from other levels

In retrospective, this video was truly ahead of its time

Yoooo all Pokemon music :) And yeah these videos are cool

Some interesting facts: 1. Dolphy requested Vernam for Top-1 demon. 2. After finishing Firework, Dolphy said that he won’t verify this level and his request was a joke. 3. After the news about open verification, only a few unknown people were having some nice progress on this level but they dropped it because of difficulty.

First time on your Channel but i can tell this vid was fun to watch

I would love this to be a series. I think fire work would be better as a top 10 though.

I like that you shoutouted Kurumi! (I'm one of his mods)

My teacher: “let’s have a class discussion on Firework by cherryteam.” The Asian kid:

i generally dont like how nerfing top 1's is being endorsed for the sake of "enjoyment" because if it goes too far then we wont have enough top 1's, but when it comes to firework i agree that it should not be top 1, because of its theme and the gameplay. sync based gameplay is more enjoyable the easier it is.

Something absolutely ridiculous about firework from the time it was starting to get verified to when it was verified is that it never got nerfed, it actually got buffed beyond belief

I think this level would benefit from having some subtle usage of other colors, similar to what "distraught" by Alkali presents. It's mostly grey, but the structures often pulse with various colors and it looks amazing. The completely monochromatic decoration of "Firework" just feels underwhelming and forgettable.

The guy you shouted out literally got 39% on this level today, and has great runs on the other sections of the level. We might actually see it a lot sooner if Kurumi keeps up the progress, which is insane

Little did he know somebody has made a full checkpoint run

this level just feels like a generic hard demon except EXTREMELY hard kinda like zodiac but zodiac had story this doesnt it feels forced im fine with firework being a hard demon not a top 1 and i agree that top 1s should be like orochi and SWI

for the people that are talking about kurumi and saying this video is ironic from the shoutout. this video is 4 months old and kurumi still wasn’t the verifier at the time.

Who's here after ROb Top rated Arcturus, Slaughterhouse and Firework at the same time

"The over saturation of [number 1 demons] is unlike anything we have seen before" Clearly you weren't around when everyone was trying to knock Bloodbath off of the top spot. Athanatos, Sakupen Hell, Step to hell, every version of Sonic Wave (original, SWI, AB, another one that I can't remember the name of), Bloodlust, Yatagarasu, Low Death, Asmodeus, Blade of Justice. There were a shit ton of levels.

Top 1 is a real target to hit for but sometimes I think it’s best for a level to find a suited placement on the list after the layout has been made and played through but a couple people that way the levels would feel less forced. Also the difficulty although still being shown and suggested a placement would be more suiting and enjoyable after adjustments as those who attempt to beat the level will have a better understanding for the full gameplay and it’s kinks.

I would like to see more of this vids in the future. I think firework is an incredible level, as I love its glow deco and I think it's very fitting for a top 1 demon. I don't really care about the gameplay couse when levels are this difficulty is impossible to make them fun. The level is stuning thanks to its unique gameplay (I'm not saying its good gameplay, just saying it really makes me feel fear of playing it) I also like a lot the monochrome colors couse no part feel better than other and it doesn't suffer of the megacolab syndrome as all parte fit nicely! I think cherry did a great job!

I think an underrated component of a top 1 demon is the song, for example how zodiac isn’t the best level ever but the song just amazing to listen to. A lot of other hard extremes pick boring songs and as a result get forgotten about very quickly no matter how good they look

Coming back to this video now, oh boy has the opinions on this level shifted

the main that frustrates me is people complaining about the deco being low quality. this could very well be because the monochrome greyscale theme doesn't make anything stand out, but taking a closer look you can see that a lot of thought went into the design, and the execution is a lot more high quality than many top 10s. as for what makes a good #1, I think I have to agree with you that the way they pulled it off was their best way of doing it. otherwise, if you want a level that deserves #1, you'd basically be required to have major community figures involved, which is why people see anything from riot, viprin, knob, anything to do with sonic wave as deserving

I like this episode. I think this should be a series, lol.

The name firework was said to be a satyr to the level theme, i’m not sure if this was true tho

With the name "firework" I would expect bright colors, and explosions and not something that can rival gears of War for its usage of the color gray.

the timing of the shoutout tho

Little did he know kurumi would get 68 on firework

Amazing video! I would like to see more of those on top 1s demons!

9:48 impossible for human. Kurumi : lets buff this !

The player who you shouted out is now verifying the level in the video lol

norkbork: "one day far in the future someone will pick up the level and verify" "we could we could see this as a top 1 2-3 years from now" Kurumi: *gets 70 to 96 in 4 months and 3 weeks later is over halfway on a buffed version*

you should do a video like this for eternal night anyway great video, keep doing what you're doing

Incase anyone wants to know the level at 0:52 is Starpunk

Dolphy is back now and he is verifying lets gooo

Firework will probably be the next elysium universe. Mostly forgotten by the community, but will likely be verified sooner or later because it has its own charm to it.

It's probably going to be verified in the upcoming months - maybe before 2.2! Players are improving really quickly!

cherryteam is such a good team imo

Please make more of these

Some day there will be a point where Vsc will be in a top 1

About the level’s name, I think I heard something about the title getting lost in translation, and that firework wasn’t meant to be the fireworks that we think of, but I’m not completely sure on how true this is

underrated channel

Well, fireworks explode in short bursts of light. Life itself can be seen as a short burst of light in the infinite expanse of nothingness which comes after (depending on your beliefs). Either that, or the level name suggests the idea of you life flashing before your eyes before dying.

Love these vids

plz continue doing this series

Idk if anyone has said this yet, but I think it's called firework because when a firework burns out, it is grey and "dead", like the deco in the level.

"the level will probably be verified by someone in about 2 years" months later begins to be verified by the person he gave a shoutout

I just like it

Nice vid!

I just can't wait to finally see a another demon hit #1

good explanation

I feel like the Deco kinda gives out the vibe of hopelessness, sadness, and of course, fear. also, Jesus christ the ship around 80% is a top 50 demon on its own.

Only 3 months later and someone has already picked it up and has 49%...

Dolphy recently uploaded a progress video. The progress was 15%

I love how norkbork isnt selfish and how he always supports low subbed channels who DESERVE their subs

Anyone here after kurumi got 58 and buffed firework?

Kurumi has 68% on an extremely buffed version so I think it’s gonna be verified in 2021

In regards with the title I know this might seem blindingly obvious and a lot of other people have probably picked up on it, but it could just be an ironic statement. Because a firework is bright and colourful but this level is the absence of that soooo idk. But this is just a suggestion and is no way concrete fact.

the reason i dislike levels like firework is bc they just feel like they werw made for the sole purpose of being no. 1. On the other hand, levels like SWI and the golden are good bc they are actually good levels. extreme demons in general should be levels that are made into extreme challenges, instead of difficulty made into a level

NUMBER TWO DEMON TARTARUS WHAT DID I MISS?

I hate this gatekeeping on the top demons. "Tartarus needs to be #1 cuz it is significant", I don't care, I just wanna see how far geometry dash players can push themselves. See just how far the human body can be pushed towards perfection.

What if Deimos didnt exist?

Bruh i knew ur gonna shoutout kurumi. :)

My opinion about this level is a simple one: nowaday creator "Over-use" the top 1, they went to far, and only a few creator like Xender want to create beautiful level. So if Firework got rated, that probably is the level that required the max skill without cheat, creator (i swear) stop to try to make the hardest possible demon, because Firework is simply unbeatable (even harder than Silent Clubstep someone say), so, the level look good to watch, awful to play, but i hope that it got rated and remain number one for ever so creator stop to be so ossessive to the next TOP 1 Demon

Yo norkbork uploaded.

I know this is controversial, but I think it looks EPIC. I'm really hyped for it, but It's just my opinion.

Firework couldn't be verified right now. Me with Presidential Heaven I accidentally buffed too much: ....