This might genuinely have been the toughest mental challenge I've faced in this game. I've suffered through worse, yes, but the sheer amount of time this took me to complete by itself makes this stand out. Despite that, I really like this level. So let's talk about the experience a bit.
The initial reason for me going for this was the loss of a bet to a good friend of mine, Leon. I'm not gonna go into detail about what the bet itself was here, but his "punishment" for me was to beat this level. At first that seemed like a negative, because, in all honesty, I thought this level was really boring. Trying to postpone it, it really took me a while after the initial loss of the bet to actually start doing this. But over time, I actually began to really like the level. So I started seeing going for it as something rather exciting even, I'd say. Everything was going smoothly at first. Despite me facing a lot of the hard parts early on in the process, I still felt quite motivated and was really enjoying myself. As I learned more and more parts, I reached one of the very first ones of the level, that being Gaero's part at 10%. All of the other really difficult parts, those being specifically Enlex and Platnuu, I had been prepared for from the words of other people. But Gaero came as a bit of a shock, and was the first major hurdle on my path. But anyway, I continued, and started playing from 0. Getting consistent was definitely hard, but I got there eventually, and made some pretty good progress. It was all fine up until I had started getting to Enlex from 0. That's when the true challenge begun. Dying there over and over, and even with the very rare pass, getting through it seemed hopeless. It really felt like I could just get lucky any moment and beat the level, but it was impossible to predict when that was gonna happen. That's the main reason why this level is so mentally draining. Unlike with other levels, you really don't know when you're close to beating it. And then, one faithful day, after it all had seemed so desperate, victory decided to reach its hand to me. I had fluked the level from 86% after fully expecting to die after it multiple times. That release of adrenaline was truly one that I had never experienced before. What a great end to such a long journey.
As for the level itself, despite its faults and not so great balancing, I still think it's great for what it is. That tension when you get to Darwin's part from 0 is absolutely incredible, and I praise this levels creators for being able to execute that so well. I recommend this if you already have at least one main list beaten, but do beware if you're not good at long levels. This could definitely be quite a difficult challenge.
I'd also like to thank the following people: KuzzK, Gloover, Leon, AeonAir, zKonamii, Lexxxy, Cam5ron, Eurikuj, Naomi, Hemzy, ALiveWizard, Crab, and everyone who watched my streams or stayed in call with me for this. It truly has been incredible, and I wouldn't have done it without you.
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Extreme Demon #22
Level by: knobbelboy, Xaro, PanMan, Davphla, Rustam, Gaero, Th04, ZephiroX, Bianox, Platnuu, Tobi, Enlex, Ji, Darwin
Music: • Shinrog - Infertehno 2
Level Enjoyment: 60/100
Level Rating: 87/100
Level Difficulty: Extreme Demon
Placement on the Demonlist (as of completion): 55
Personal placement: ~39 (I know this opinion will trigger a lot of people. But yes, I do think this is close to Keres difficulty. This even seemed like it could be a new hardest at one point, but I don't think that's the case anymore. So either Keres is overrated as hell or this is really underrated, and I'd rather go with the latter. Also yeah, miles harder than Bloodlust. Not even comparable)
Record Before Completion: 86%
Attempts: 44,376
My Top 5 best accomplishments (according to the Demonlist)
#1 Keres: • Keres 100% by ItsHybri...
#2 Ragnarok: • Ragnarok 100% by knobb...
#3 Bloodlust: • (FIRST TOP 50) Bloodlu...
#4 Frozen Cave: • Frozen Cave 100% by Th...
#5 Loochiverse: • (FIRST IN UKRAINE) Loo...
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12 май 2023
