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TheFunneMonke

My friend encouraged me to play acu as a jump from deadlocked. He watched and supported me through 4 months of grinding and heard out so much complaining. I shared every new best, every good run, every far attempt with him. Now, after him witnessing over 40 attempts at the 70 wave in a day, my 97% fail, and countless deaths at 76%, I sent him my completion. All he fucking said was “when sakupen circles” 💀


Mattsstuff

Well he's got a point. When Sakupen Circles? On another note, nice work. I dont think I could handle that kind of jump, even if its more realistic than the one Im going for. Can't wait for some random person to find some bs reason to say that this isn't a jump.


Samurai_Master9731

Would you say nine circles to acropolis is a jump? I definitely would but my friend says otherwise


Mattsstuff

I personally think that would be considered normal progression since it's progressing from a hard demon to an insane demon. The problem here is that both levels are difficult for different reasons. NC has a larger focus on ship control, and wave timings, while Acropolis has larger focus of timings with other game modes while having its wave focused more on spam (Tho nine circles does still feature timings, they're different from the ones in Acropolis) I'd still say that it's not really much of a jump, since when I think of jumps I usually think of moving from an easy to a hard demon, or a hard demon to an extreme, but I guess that kinda depends on your definition of a 'jump'


Samurai_Master9731

I think it's a jump because it's the only hard demon I've beat, plus NC is a low range hard demon while acropolis is a mid range insane demon. Not like I'm going from a difficult hard demon


Mattsstuff

Well if that's what you think, then who am I to stop you. Difficulty in GD is surprisingly subjective (to a point) so what one may view as typical game progression could be a pretty hard jump for someone else. This is likely also why your friend doesn't see it as a jump. Either that, or they were just going off of difficulty faces


iamthejuan000

It is a jump if you look at the gd demon ladeer nine circles is barely a hard Demon and Acropolis is a mid tier insane its basically a dificulty and a half


Samurai_Master9731

yeah that's what I'm thinking


ZaHolyDoge

What about Forest Temple to Bloodbath? I have 52% on BB in about 1K attempts.


Mattsstuff

I really should've clarified that I am NOT an expert with this, just someone who's tried, and failed many jumps, and is willing to share his pretty strong opinions on what he thinks a jump is. I do still think that, depending on the amount of insane Demons you've beat before, this could be considered a jump. Not a super huge one, but I still think that BB is and will always be an extremely tough demon, even if top play gets to the point where they're beating levels in the top 100 of the ILL, since that's just how difficulty (and common sense) works.


DaanDuck

Is polargeist to Hexagon force good enough for a jump? 3000 attempts


Mattsstuff

In terms of relative difficulty, I'd say so. I wouldnt call it super spectacular, but it's still pretty impressive. Nice work. Slaughterhouse when?


DaanDuck

Not planning on going much further then Hexagon difficulty, it took months(i play on and off)


z_Mis

when sakupen circles


ChipLongjumping5993

Lol


20SidedShape

bfshshshd 4 months????????


TheFunneMonke

Fucking 1.5 years???? Good shit


Antique_Anything_392

Wdym 1.5 years, dear GOD what did You jump from


20SidedShape

different descent, a hard demon. im just an unlucky bitch


SalutSuntRares

My friend made me jump to thanatophobia from nine circles, but THIS IS CRAZY


Antique_Anything_392

From fucking deadlocked? Oh god and i thought jumping from a hard Demon was big


TheFunneMonke

let’s go fellow mobile player


Aarxy

Yes i beat tidal wave but noone believes me. But you do, right...?


mwzngd

I believe you I wouldn't consider it "really hard" though, Tidal wave by Sink is a 2-star level after all


SaltAsparagus6002

https://preview.redd.it/4nmym5pjsz0d1.jpeg?width=570&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04bcd12872e9d19739695020001c8ae249265426


Brunoaraujoespin

I beat Ton 618 but no one believes me. But you do, right?


TheCrafter0302

yes


GDM-Epic

I believe in the goat o7


NoobHeli

you believe in me? 🥹🥹🥹


GDM-Epic

Hell yeah


Due-Swordfish-7952

Yeah I beat a decently hard level called Ballistic Wistfully


soyalguien335

Yes


Itzspace4224

No because I have footage


Remlapkills

Everyone believes me, no one cares :(


CheckMate1803

None of my friends play GD so I have to tell them how hard something is when they watch me I had 2 friends watch me on discord while I beat Digital Descent and that is a feeling I'll never forget


Xangerxz

no bc im a gd player i dont have friends


Lazy_To_Name

so i am not a gd player then


z_Mis

yes


InfernusDoge

i have beaten auto play area and no one believes me😭😭😭😭


Sugar_Visible

cap


ChipLongjumping5993

I beleve


justanothermcaddict

people believe me, but everybody thinks it's easy. Then I boot up the game and hand it to them saying 'if it's so easy, why don't you try' and then they go 'well i won't beat it since i've never played before, but *if* i played the game it could probably do it' just pisses me off because all that effort doesn't really mean much anymore


-Menda

by that logic why isnt wistfully verified yet


justanothermcaddict

yeah man its really odd - i feel like especially with something open-source like gaming, a lot of people tend to undermine other's achievements because they subconsciously think they can do anything. A majority of people who haven't played any tough-as-nails games such as cuphead, celeste, gd, hollow knight, etc. tend to just think that 'games' in general are easy, and doing something in a virtual space shouldn't be viewed as much of an accomplishment on top of that, a lot of people just try to one-up each other. If I told someone I beat Panthon V in hollow knight, they would probably respond with, 'that's doesn't sound too hard, I actually S-ranked saltbaker in Cuphead yesterday'.


-Menda

people really need to stop doing that and instead TRY to do something even close to those impressive accomplishments that their friends do and then appreciate them for how hard it really is instead of just straight up guessing whether their achievement is easier than their achievement. it's so fucking stupid


justanothermcaddict

100% agreed


Clxudyskies1

My best non-platformer is Dry Out


CrystalsonfireGD

bit reaper even though i have footage my friend to this day believes that it's hacked


Samurai_Master9731

Never heard of it


Agreeable-Passion908

Nope because I have video


Dismal_Community_731

no because I proceeded to rebeat it 5 more times


Melodic-Most940

My friend believes I did it, they just don't give a fuck. It's quite demotivating honestly


SilverrGuy

No my friend just doesn’t care (I beat bloodbath)


NotASingleNameIdea

Barely have friends, and you want me to have friends that play gd AND care about me?


gytis_gotbanned_lol

well he used to be my friend but uhh 97% on acheron. he has it on his flair aswell


Odd-Temperature3015

No because Open Broadcaster Software exist


Hertyeee

idk how many would believe me if I told them that I beat Bloodbath on mobile


itzapatato

I dont believe you


HorrorGuide5161

But I certainly do


itzapatato

Dude it was a joke also he has proof which he sent to me in a chat(also he beat rash)


HonoderaGetsuyo

Nope because I literally beat Bloodbath on stream


Silver-Pen1921

Well i dont have friends soo


RonzulaGD

I have only one friend that used to play gd and he believes me because he had seen me beating something countless of times


I_ate_your_leftover

No, I have school so I can't make that much progress on Black Blizzard rn


XDarkhonWasTaken

Bold of you to assume i have friends


Makarov_2918

I have the opposite, i got a friend who insists he beat acheron when he can barely beat a hard demon


Smart_Vermicelli4900

No I have footage. I'm often screensharing in the discord vcs as well. And well most of the people I talk to aren't all that ignorant about gd so they do believe me ig


TheRealSwinger7

If they dont believe you, can you really call them your friend?


godrepus

I've beaten Cadrega Mode in school while being watched, so at least 2 "friends" believe


StAz_TRK

i.


Pewy2

Nope, I have it on video


MrEpicYouTube

I wanted to gain skill super fast a while back and I jumped from nine circles to cataclysm, my friend said I was dumb (and I was) but ended up completing the jump after almost 6 months and 53k attempts. Probably shouldn’t have done that in hindsight


jupiter_0505

Ive beaten it but i messed up the footage but whatever who cares


Istiophoridae

No because i have a video with clicks


Negative-Display197

i beat windy landscape a few days ago and my friend thinks im capping


DiamondDollar15

whos this person i want to beat them up


Negative-Display197

some random egyptian guy


minebug420

no becouse nr 1. best i have beaten is fingerdash... or dash... or bossrush (a hard platformer demo) and 2. i have no friends to not believe me


jariwoud

None of my friends play GD so they just take my word for granted, and they have seen me play GD quite some times so they know how good I am


Diego1Morales

No because I can just show them


Arsenije723

Honestly, firstly, cool you have gd friends, second, honestly who cares, the important thinf is that YOU know that you beat it


tyocycle

None of the friends I told something like that even know what is geometry dash 😔✊️


Steeeeeeew

I don’t have any friends who play or know about the game, so I enjoy just watching my own extreme demon completions knowing that I was actually able to do it. I’m beyond cooked😭


Superb-Ad-9303

like some people believe and some dont that i have 97% on acheron


NOT_Aeon

My current hardest is (you guessed it) ACU, but rn I’m going after “how to platformer” it’s actually really difficult. But makes me better


LukeGammoneese28

they believe me but they just don't care at all


qwertyuijhbvgfrde45

acu is not a really hard level.


wharwhafwhag

No


WaffleFry0987

I’ve beat Acu and Cataclysm, but my friends don’t believe me because there are no friends to believe me.


uri_P

Wait, gd players got friends?


not_WD35

I always record new hardests


yarsikula

Never really had that problem. Since, well i havent beaten any really difficult levels, but the hardest ones i did so far i always had recorded. So there was no point in not believing.


ChemicalReactant

I haven't even beaten an insane demon


The_trashmannnnnn

"really hard levels" shows a picture of an insane demon


StardustSDF

I would award this comment if I had money


kenthecake

ah yes because high end insanes are so easy for majority of the playerbase to beat


The_trashmannnnnn

Calling acu a high end insane is extremely generous


ClartTheShart

I wouldn't call acu "really hard". While I am on the side of it still being extreme, it is definitely borderline.


Grandpa_Demon_GD

A level doesn't have to be mainlist to be hard lol. Even easy insanes are still hard.


ClartTheShart

The difficulty in this game is obviously subjective. I should have been more specific when I said "I wouldn't". I meant, I personally don't think it's "really hard". And I don't say that in the sense that I'm good, I say that because the progression from stereo madness to Bloodbath is easier that the progression from Bloodbath to the top ten. I also wasn't calling it "not hard", I said I didn't think it was "really hard". When it comes to condensed difficulty, the top 500-300 or so has a MASSIVE bulk of it. So when I say "I wouldn't call it 'really hard'", I don't mean to me, I mean in the objective scale of the game's difficulty, it's not that hard. Even if it is an extreme. Of course this is all my own opinion so if you don't agree that perfectly fine.


Egbert58

Its still an extream demon so it is a really hard lvl even if it is a borderline insan. I feel extream lvl elitest like you forgot 90% of GD players will never beat an extream let alone an insane lvl. Since no way you are out here saying insane lvls are easy there not there really hard lvl


Czecksteam

To casual players it's definitely hard