How close was I to DYING on my HARDEST DEMONS?

[@Abyssbreaker01]

This beginning is so real. I hate when top players say “unlucky” because it’s entirely their fault. I never say unlucky for this exact meaning

[@nickTria_]

@@Abyssbreaker01 some people say it ironically but it’s so easy to start using it as an excuse

[@user-lv9cv1hr4m]

It's def an excuse but there is unlucky moments.

[@kalidoesart]

I think it's a silly thing to correct people about. Yeah it's technically wrong to call it "unlucky", but at the end of the day no one's arguing that their bad experience was ACTUALLY unfavorable random chance instead of them messing up. If you call an experience "unlucky" everyone immediately knows what you mean.

[@BadChess56]

Sometimes you can be unlucky, for example your keyboard and mouse cut out, but yeah that's pretty rare.

[@ironpawthe1]

When it comes to saying that something is unlucky, at least from my experience it comes when you die to an easy section or to a section that you never die to. For example, I was playing Acu yesterday and died to the 88% (I think) dash orb twice, a place I usually pass with ease. I think that's pretty unlucky. The better word would be a stupid death but honestly it sometimes feels completely out of your control.

[@HappyIcons]

one time i recently had an actual "unlucky" death at the end of my 2nd hardest Triple Six, i was at the last cube and out of no where my mom decides to knock on my door, causing me to die. now if that isnt unlucky idk what is

[@nickTria_]

@@HappyIcons yeah that was unlucky I’ll let it slide

[@SecureHandle]

Should’ve focused

[@oblivionnn.]

@@SecureHandleok funny guy

[@sonjaholman]

@@SecureHandle bro he was focused. He got distracted by his mom when she knocked on his door. Did you not read the comment? He was at the end.

[@SecureHandle]

@@sonjaholman if you’re distracted you’re not focused. If a distraction disrupts your “focus” then you were not focused in the moment which means you should’ve focused in the moment. It did not physically impair their ability to play which means if they focused they wouldn’t have died. Also it wasn’t meant to be taken seriously

[@jon7826]

{insert generic comment about how this guy looks like tech here}

[@Fon1t]

{insert generic reply about how this guy does look like tech here}

[@noahortiz9252]

Fon1t

[@Vanex798]

Technical - No Technical+Failboat - Yes

[@hata6290]

its not generic if its TRUE

[@altitudeedits2]

⁠@@Fon1t{insert generic reply to generic reply about how this guy looks like tech here}

[@X3m.Gaming]

"the more skilled you are the higher chance you have to get lucky" moment

[@TiiroyGX]

So I'm shit

[@Accel_gaming]

Zoink and trick: Hello there! Miss me?

[@patrickk9956]

Wtf this editing is the best you've done yet

[@nickTria_]

@@patrickk9956 thank🙏

[@shubbb66]

The reason straightflying after landing on a block is so awkward is because when you gain extra momentum when going up from a block

[@oish6684]

you came reaaaally close at 94% on yata as well

[@nickTria_]

@@oish6684 I wish I saw that when I was recording😢

[@Compinvr]

haha, rAlly

[@VitaTheProto]

the editing on this one is really good yo (and the video is good :3) happy birthday btw

[@nickTria_]

@@VitaTheProto thanks and thanks and thanks🤠

[@Thatmanthing-xc7go]

The biggest thing about luck in GD, is the fact that it's a deterministic game, meaning if you click and let go at the exact same time, every time, you'll get the exact same results, only changing based on FPS. That's how bots work, it records your inputs, and replays them exactly, every click and release, every hold, every drop, to perfectly re-create what you did, and basically play it out for you, again. With that, the only thing that could be truly classified as lucky or not, would be if you got something like an insane lag spike that couldn't have been predicted. Luck, nowadays, is a term used to describe playing poorly, as opposed to describing something outside of their control that happened, a rather more deterministic word, from it's true definition, rather just to be used to describe a good or bad outcome, as opposed to one outside of their control.

[@MRKeksi]

fr

[@FRareDom]

bro is so underrated, good video man

[@JoshuaoGD]

Yeah I've kinda been thinking this too, interesting seeing somebody actually dedicating a whole video to this topic

[@schaffs2]

I've felt the same way about luck in GD for a while now, like the player is in full control of playing a level and yet it's near impossible to do tight timings 100% of the time so it might as well be luck even if it technically isn't

[@nickTria_]

@@schaffs2 exactly it’s this weird paradox where there’s less luck on the player side but the levels require more luck to beat

[@GDblank]

One of the best tria vid of all time

[@nickTria_]

@@GDblank thank🙏

[@danielllanes5298]

GG on 2k subs!

[@KaedogH]

I normally still say both lucky and unlucky when explaining my completions because i have no other words for 15 deaths at the end ship on cataclysm (unlucky) and only two deaths past 80 in future funk II (lucky)

[@SarkanySzem]

0:33 not my goat chopblox catching a stray 😭

[@nickTria_]

@@SarkanySzem chopblox is the goat icl but that was one of the first things that popped up when I searched for unluckiest victor💔

[@Samtaylor0829]

If you are playing a level that requires so many timings that are so few frames, you can only be so precise and are bound to be within a frame or two on some of the timings. Especially with most input devices being imperfect, it’s hard to blame that on lack of skill. Cool video idea though! I might do this myself.

[@GUGUStak]

watching ur sonic wave streams was really fun

[@FrankSnakeSnail]

Dude the last spike on fog was like me on 8o. I was inside the last spike lol. Great video (happy birthday)

[@nickTria_]

@@FrankSnakeSnail thanks and thanks🤠

[@userperson83]

​@@nickTria_had no idea its your birthday, happy bday!🎉🎉

[@Vernosis]

Dude this is a fire video idea

[@nickTria_]

@@Vernosis thanks!

[@spoonge324]

another tria classic

[@nickTria_]

@@spoonge324 🤠🤠

[@masterdoge987]

I have a very odd relationship with the word “luck” in Geometry Dash, that pretty much stems from all three of my most recent hardests - Doradura, Black Blizzard, and Sunset Sandstorm. To start with, Doradura - partly because of my own skill issues, partly because flow-based Extremes are probably the farthest thing from my skillset in this game, and partly because I was playing on a 60hz iPad, Doradura is without a doubt the worst experience I have ever had in this game. The last 30% of gameplay (notice I said “of gameplay”, as the level ends at 91) was absolutely FULL of random chokepoints and transitions that flat-out WOULD NOT WORK on 60hz, whether it was a wave-to-cube transition being entirely dysfunctional or a dash orb acting completely different from attempt to attempt. (All of the bugs were completely fixed with 2.2 + a 240hz PC, by the way.) When I say I died in the last 40% of the level 291 times, that’s not a joke - I really had that many deaths, and only about half of those were actually to something skill-based. Not only was my experience with Doradura more abysmal than any experience I have had before or since, but I’d go as far as to say that it was worse than any experience any victor has had with the level, by a long shot. Black Blizzard and Sunset Sandstorm, on the other hand, took the idea of getting unlucky and COMPLETELY turned it on its head. Black Blizzard is by a long shot the luckiest experience I’ve ever had with this game, with Sunset being a close second. In my Black Blizzard completion attempt, there were about 10 places in the ship/ball dual alone where I should have died, but I somehow managed to fluke pretty much the entire dual - I fluked the level from 65 and only got to the dual twice from 0. Meanwhile, with Sunset, there were just so many chokepoints in the last 20% that I should have died to. Particularly the transition at 86% - I did the last click extremely awkwardly, just barely had enough room to squeeze by the sawblade, and despite my absolute panic, I managed to keep the run alive and beat it that attempt. I only died in the UFO six times from 0, with a worst death of 79%, and took just over 12.4K attempts. (For reference, Black Blizzard took me 25.4K.) In contrast to Doradura, I’d actually say my experience (for lack of using the L-word) was amongst the best of any victor, and I don’t know how. Do I think luck exists? Definitely - there’s always going to be a margin of error when it comes to levels, whether that’s with the level itself or the player. But nerve control is also absolutely crucial - there’s a reason I’ve been able to fluke, or at least get relatively good experiences with, pretty much all of my Extremes since Doradura; my nerve control is significantly better than it was back then. Geometry Dash and beating very difficult levels may rely considerably on luck, but it does not do so entirely. Great video btw :D

[@nickTria_]

@@masterdoge987 well said

[@bartolini411]

Thank you Technical!

[@TheCometTeam]

I have a request Tria. If you haven't start any different extreme demon or whatever, but I would love to see you play Neutra (if you have balls to do it)

[@turtlgd]

What about, for example, a 240hz frame perfect timing? There isn't a single person who can get 100% consistent with them, so I'd argue passing them is not always within the player's control

[@nickTria_]

@@turtlgd definitely involves some luck. The way I think of gd is that there’s a paradox where the better you are the less luck is involved on the player side (more control over your icon), but the more luck is involved on the level side (stupidly hard clicks like you mentioned)

[@owrnp123]

Thank you for the perfect vid while eating

[@nickTria_]

@@owrnp123 anytime!

[@lFishyyGMD]

I remember i had a really unlucky death at 95% on 8o. It still gives me trauma. I remember dying to a transition with one click remaining, i fied to a 2.2 bug, i died to the pillar with the cube portal. Still get trauma about it.

[@userperson83]

One time, i was very "unlucky" because i was about to beat toe 2 (my hardest) and i was at the end of the mini wave when my cousin just randomly decides to tap on my screen for no reason, died at 94% for a reason.

[@lukascashmere6657]

just found your channel love your stuff dude great work

[@nickTria_]

@@lukascashmere6657 thanks man🤠🤠

[@lukascashmere6657]

@@nickTria_ ofc bro best geo dash vid i have seen yet

[@TheRealSnaggletooth]

Although, I did get unlucky with the last ball in Acropolis because every time I practiced it, I got through it 98% of the time, then I died there 10+ times in regular runs. Thats unlucky.

[@xThe69Fish]

That is some crazy editing, so crazy i forgot i was watching you untill the face cam appeared lmao

[@nickTria_]

@@xThe69Fish I’m glad you liked it!

[@bluecore1027]

With this analysis of how you got lucky with these completions, I also think it would be very interesting to peek the flip side by taking a look at fails (or deaths in general) where you just BARELY hit a spike or something. Would those deaths not technically count as unlucky?

[@nickTria_]

@@bluecore1027 it would definitely be tough to find a collection of close deaths but if I somehow manage to I could make a video out of it. I would def consider dying by 1 or 2 frames unlucky (for me) since I consider surviving by 1 or 2 frames is lucky

[@bluecore1027]

@@nickTria_ I didn't really think barely dying is something that you could make a video out of (apologies if I was implying that). I guess this was just an interesting thought I wanted to put in for you to think about or consider. Doesn't bother me at all if it doesn't work out in application!

[@DarthSkril]

being unlucky makes sense. Dying past 80% on a level at least 20 times is unlucky. its subjective not objective you cant control what luck actually is. beating a level requires some degree of luck

[@ZainAhmed456]

For the Ball Consistency on Sonic Wave, its just a inherently Consistent part, 2.2 buffed it, not nerfed.

[@vespli]

i fumbled the click pattern in my killbot completion at the 50% wave and i can say a LOT of those timings were luck

[@LonxGD]

great video technical

[@kowalgd7079]

I found this pretty interesting as I did yatagarasu as my first extreme demon (and only extreme so far since I haven’t beat verdant landscape yet) and I found the part at 37 really hard and the part at 62 pretty easy and you called 37 free and 62 hard which is the opposite of how I found them

[@nickTria_]

@@kowalgd7079 when I was talking about 37 I mean the ball part before it with all the buffer clicks. That next ship part was def not easy I’m with you on that one

[@v16b]

BRO WE KNOW WHAT LUCK IS

[@jonathondoeathon8536]

bros resting heart rate is 100 bpm

[@sharky1742]

I hate naming names but brad on tiktok is a great example of "unluckies victor" mentality. in reality, he made a massive jump in difficulty to zodiac and was surprised when it took him over 100k attempts and he kept dying from nerves at the end. jumps are stupid and it should be encouraged to work your way up the ladder like a normal person. the other issue is if you make a jump to a top50, chances are, you wont be able to do any of the levels around it on the list without the same pain.Z

[@ljmoods]

I literally have that plush in my room

[@nickTria_]

@@ljmoods it’s so good

[@hata6290]

YOU ARE LITERALLY TECHNICAL 2.0 WTF

[@dannyfuller4075]

underrated

[@Ballistic2770]

W portal music

[@OrangeJuiceExploring-r6k]

I fluked Extinction from 50% I started a week ago, Is that good (also it was in 160 att)

[@nickTria_]

@@OrangeJuiceExploring-r6k nope

[@OrangeJuiceExploring-r6k]

@@nickTria_ ok

[@erianlikesvandalism]

bro COOKED with that intro

[@nickTria_]

@@erianlikesvandalism thank🙏

[@erianlikesvandalism]

@@nickTria_ than 🙏

[@nickTria_]

@@erianlikesvandalism tha🙏

[@erianlikesvandalism]

@@nickTria_ th 🙏

[@nickTria_]

@@erianlikesvandalism t🙏

[@SightlessRain1]

people say they're unlucky because they don't want to admit they have a skill issue. I say I'm unlucky because I know I have a skill issue. We are not the same.

[@nickTria_]

@@SightlessRain1 real

[@contentcauldren]

Really cool video +1 sub

[@naoseipou]

Kids when they get destroyed on the fighting game and can't accept it: ur just lucky trash 💀

[@nickTria_]

@@naoseipou literally

[@mike.5561]

GG

[@mike.5561]

idk y I said that because u didnt beat anything but really good video tria :)

[@oish6684]

GG

[@GPR_GD]

anything tria does is a win 💪

[@viking2204]

Nice vid

[@nickTria_]

@@mike.5561 gg mike

[@superdogthegreatest]

One time I died at 98 on platinum adventure and I was SCREAMING. How did I fall THERE? 😂

[@Ceppyz]

These types of videos are just there to flex your skill. But great vid!

[@vanshkmc]

hawk pooah shit on that thang

[@Gamerbroz227]

8:45 I'm in a dark room at 5 am

[@Kickingpro]

great vid

[@SpiritofPoison]

It is luck how good someone is already with nerve control. Because I know there are people that play this game who have never had a crazy issue with nerve control. I understand your point but our base natural abilities aren’t something we control. Building them are but weren’t not all dealt the same cards. Ik your point though.

[@nickTria_]

@@SpiritofPoison yeah naturally having good nerve control is definitely lucky but having naturally bad nerve control is (usually) fixable to a degree

[@SpiritofPoison]

@@nickTria_ would you say the best way to build better nerve control is by just playing longer levels?

[@nickTria_]

@@SpiritofPoison that’s what worked best for me. I got a really big nerve control boost after beating Neon Mixtape Tour which is 4 min long. After that I’ve been able to play much better while I’m nervous

[@Collazoo]

the only thing i disagree with in the beginning is nerve control, nerves aren't very easy to control and can randomly js be worse some days

[@nickTria_]

@@Collazoo not if you’re goated like me

[@minibruhh7678]

thank 🙏

[@nickTria_]

@@minibruhh7678 thank🙏

[@oish6684]

you’re welcome

[@AkiiiiDesu]

8:46 I was watching in a dark room 😢

[@nickTria_]

@@AkiiiiDesu I am so sorry

[@Fon1t]

I forgot - Video 9 of recommending Plasma Pulse Finale

[@erianlikesvandalism]

ok yata guy

[@Fon1t]

@@erianlikesvandalism ok phantasmagoria recommender guy

[@GamingEqualsPain]

You need more subscribers

[@nickTria_]

@@GamingEqualsPain I appreciate that🤠

[@cursedone8771]

Banger!!!

[@themaninblue8393]

Bro this shit is peak wth 😭

[@nickTria_]

@@themaninblue8393 thanks🤠🤠

[@Pikaboy_10]

to me unlucky to me means whenever I get a lag spike past 60

[@Didanek]

lucky to not get close to dying

[@nickTria_]

@@Didanek good point actually I hadn’t thought about that. Having a “perfect” attempt is so rare it could be considered lucky

[@2020toyotacorolla]

nice vid lmao

[@nickTria_]

@@2020toyotacorolla thanks!

[@Baconium]

vid starts at 2:13

[@Nm-Better]

what was the level on the beginning?

[@nickTria_]

@@Nm-Better cold sweat

[@Nm-Better]

@@nickTria_ thank you

[@ewetwentythree]

I don't think I agree with the idea that people are using the word luck "wrong". Even if I personally avoid using in the same context for those reasons

[@Smile.734]

u kinda look like technical u Rly LOOK like technical even

[@dragonslayer-is4ow]

nice

[@ptyw.]

how can you live by 1 or 2 frame and be lucky but dying by 1 or 2 frames isnt unlucky???? how can good luck exist without bad luck. contradictory.

[@nickTria_]

@@ptyw. I would definitely consider dying by 1 or 2 frames unlucky. I just didn’t focus on that bc that wasn’t really what I wanted the video to be about

[@ptyw.]

@@nickTria_ idk to me it just seemed like you just said getting unlucky isnt possible and that people are just making excuses, when thats just objectively not true. yeah id argue a lot of people use getting unlucky as an excuse but luck is 100% a factor. If you have 90% consistency with an input and you die to it 4 times in a row, thats bad luck, you cant really put that on skill moreso luck. its a balance but bad luck and good luck are both very real things and this video portrays bad luck as just an excuse

[@nickTria_]

@@ptyw. the wording may have been a little extreme but I didn’t mean for it to get taken super seriously the vid was just for entertainment purposes

[@TheGameScout-i5k]

❤😊

[@Summrsgmd]

Luck doesn't exist

[@TheGameScout-i5k]

❤😊