The Level(s) That Dethroned Tartarus

[@SeptaGon7]

Edit 4/26/23: I didn't think this video could become outdated like my others but let's just ignore the Slaughterhouse part of this vid LMAO. For those who haven't heard yet, SpaceUK got exposed for botting basically everything, including Slaughterhouse's verification, and Doggie wouldn't beat it until months later. Two levels I could have included as well are Graceful and Crystal Edge. In Graceful's case, it was considered around Zodiac difficulty up until very recently, when I was already in the editing process for this video, and as for Crystal Edge, I haven't heard many opinions on it to ensure whether it is actually harder or not (and i kinda forgot that level existed sorry lol). Neither of these levels are rated and they don't seem to have any signs they will be rated any time soon, however, so the video's timeline is ultimately unaffected and they would have both played a similar role to Diabolic Clubstep in this video (both being verified shortly after oblivion and staying unrated).

[@wyattstuntman8362]

I remember being so disappointed that Graceful wasn't rated bc people said it would be top 1 or top 3 lol,

[@realorcest]

😅

[@OUTMORAL]

Additionally, SWI > Tartarus now

[@gdbros_35]

Crystal Edge is easier than tartarus in my opinion. (I'm the first victor)

[@ultrakawaHD]

good video, and technically, i still verified a "top 1" since arcturus is harder than oblivion...

[@shardrygd]

wasn't arcturus considered top 2 when you verified it?

[@Zenmode]

@@shardrygd yeah but nowadays it's considered harder than Tartarus

[@gd_chomp_2]

Yoo I heard you beat levels with your

[@PalkisAlt]

@@gd_chomp_2 oh god 💀

[@gdfra4733]

​@@gd_chomp_2 lol

[@Varium53]

I think my favourite part about Oblivion, Hard Machine and Arcturus is that we can all say we verified the hardest demon in our own way. Oblivion was the first to be verified, Hard Machine was the first to get rated, and Arcturus is the hardest. I can't really say the same for Diabolic Clubstep though :(

[@Sevant]

Diabolic was the first of the four to be commonly believed to be harder than Tartarus so it's unique as well

[@blankb.]

i'm racist

[@Goxiraj]

@@blankb. Ayo wtf

[@jackyy3]

@@blankb. this will greatly affect the fishing sessions in florida

[@MiquelVZLA]

@@blankb. how will this information affect rwanda's economy?

[@UFokinWotM8GD]

no crystal edge sadge

[@exiled_shadegd]

Basing off the new Tartarus move down, Oblivion, Arcturus, Firework, Diabolic Clubstep, Sonic Wave Infinity, Hard Machine, Graceful and (kinda?) VSC could all have dethroned Tartarus but it was undeservingly slaughterhouse

[@cobwebgd]

Sonic wave infinity is now ranked above Tartarus lol

[@lexycat]

amazing video, the background music especially shines to me

[@swiborg]

sick video bro :D also yeah i do plan on rebeating unnerfed TG once I get my verifications out of the way

[@fjaps]

Can't wait for the 472897th "final push" on anemesis :D

[@swiborg]

@@fjaps people like you are why there are so many of those. hate to break it to you brother

[@fjaps]

@@swiborg you can take as long as you want but I don't understand why you keep saying "yeah ill beat it this week" so confidently

[@nathandrouin909]

Very good video! You are definitely underrated and I hope that this video will break the algorithm soon because you deserve it!

[@tundra77]

awesome video, provides a ton of insight into the whole timeline. i love the infographic at the end btw its cool to look at

[@nolanlampgaming]

i'm glad you've made another documentary these videos are awesome

[@Zerelz]

I'm pretty sure hard machine was created originally to push the difficulty when ICDX was the hardest level, so does it make the level the most ambitious level in the game?

[@Zerelz]

@@EchaOmega it would probably be considered hacked

[@notJp_]

loving these docu style videos good job septa

[@cyrosia]

I remember thinking Tartarus was the peak of difficulty lmfao crazy to see how much has changed

[@danieltojzan6869]

That was where I got back, to GD.

[@brunogarcia9118]

Oh yeah, good times

[@MMitochondria]

9:22 I actually documented this on my channel with some crappy footage, people thought I was crazy or that it was fake. Glad that you knew of its existence.

[@Kaika433]

Your documentaries are top tier, Good job Septa

[@furiousfurii]

Great doc much love to you and knali yall did an amazing job

[@Diecidiez]

8:33 oh my god i can't fucking react otherwise they'll know I'm a hacker

[@PalkisAlt]

Oh yeah, the level that lasted from being in kindergarten to college. Man it was exciting to see which level would actually dethrone Tartarus, and seeing that TWO levels were enough to dethrone it (with Slaughterhouse being the one to officially dethrone Tartarus, which is fitting). And the amount of misjudged and unrated levels that ended up harder than tartarus was actually outrageous

[@q12aw50]

2:22 nswish def made his mark

[@MendaMendol]

7:39 this is so cursed to look at

[@SplitHeads]

Personally I think the demon list should stop caring about rates, like still having quality standards but not having to wait for Rob to rate so demons that don’t get rated can become top 1

[@q12aw50]

It’s so fucking stupid that people thought VSC deserved a rate. Challenges should not be rated no exceptions.

[@TheBlueElephant111]

brooo I was actually going to make a video on this exact topic whyyy. really good vid tho :)

[@sasdrob]

I feel bad for Sevant, wish Diabolic Clubstep was rated, it is a cool demon, it was top 1, and Sevant is just in general one of the nicest top players I have ever met honestly.

[@HaydenDom]

a new septa video? voiced by septa himself??? count me in :D

[@amonke8446]

Firework was the TRUE top one. It was only there for 18 seconds

[@GersonGaming]

Great video documentary good job Septa

[@tkienjoyer]

the swi thing was really dissapointing, the level had basically no identity other than being sonic wave 2 so it shouldve been sonic wave 2 but xanii wanted to make it "more enjoyable" (it isn't)

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

Tartarus, The barrier between silent and extreme levels.

[@kenos911]

"with one of the best players in the game, spaceuk"

[@your_waifu_hates_you]

Aged liked oof lol

[@Reapavon]

amazing documentary gege. i would recommend getting a new mic because that would be good for long commentary videos like this

[@enderpriceofficial]

I verified the golden let’s go.

[@thewatcher1253]

So interesting, I never thought that Tartarus have so much impact in the game. As always,nice vídeo Septa :)

[@Peroxide01]

What about Graceful? It could technically be considered a top 1 candidate in the same vein as Diabolic Clubstep. It was verified in July 2021, but to my knowledge the ILL/ULL considered it easier than Tartarus for some time. Today, though, it seems the ULL places it higher than Tartarus, meaning it could have technically (excluding Oblivion) been the hardest at some point. This is one of my favorite GD documentaries, though. Could also be interesting to look at other situations, like the levels that could technically have dethroned Bloodbath (e.g. WcropoliX never being rated, KrmaL's Phobos now being considered harder on HRR) or Bloodlust (e.g. Lucid Nightmares being considered harder now, Thinking Space being beaten around the same time as Zodiac, Death Corridor Z never being rated).

[@cbpcpotato6244]

should be titles as : All The Failed Top 1s

[@Knali2001]

Graceful is overrated

[@SeptaGon7]

Graceful being considered harder than tartarus is only a much more recent change in opinion, and back when I wrote the script it was only considered around zodiac difficulty at most, if it was included it likely wouldv'e had a similar segment as diabolic clubstep since it has still never been rated.

[@arcta]

Really interesting vid

[@VauffthugGD]

Very good video, good job !

[@NajkyDM]

Great video

[@Prometheus_Alt]

3:29 So the guy that apparently verified the unnerfed version was a hacker?

[@p.1492]

I think he is but he has beat frozen cave, trueffet, promethean, rust and shardscapes legitimately.

[@CrizorNotCrazen]

No he isn't, I guess it's because he beat it on 432fps which is forbidden on pointercrate

[@p.1492]

@@CrizorNotCrazen oh thanks for the info

[@diamondking169]

Your videos are sooo good. Maybe get a better mic though? That would be the cherry on top 😃

[@lzide3835]

We need a sequel to the hardest level in Geometry Dash video

[@CatkinsonGD]

damn today is a great day for content

[@chrysanthgd7970]

i think it should be considered either oblivion or slaughterhouse, for me I'd say oblivion because it seems unfair to exclude a level from dethroning a top 1 just because it wasnt rated until much later

[@valeriewithsalt]

update it's SWI

[@YahooYoutuber2048]

4:50 Photoshop flowey: -_-

[@KonigTheV]

And what is with acheron?

[@irrelevent860]

now to this dat tartarus is nearly out of the top 20

[@drewisgolden]

I actually verified the golden unnerfed, it’s far back on my channel but I doubt it will be buffed again

[@YossarianGD]

😅

[@vulblhotdiessfi]

Holy shit nice

[@tidalwave22gd]

I know this guy

[@vulblhotdiessfi]

@@tidalwave22gd huh true

[@luiswm6311]

What about Graceful?

[@Yubfan69420]

Just realised vsc was verified in my birthday

[@leta2742]

Good video but because you talked about challenges, what about the third variant by Skoe ?

[@zeenoh5811]

was accidentally hacked and also was verified after slaughterhouse

[@legoyoshi3]

Sweet video...

[@plexusGD]

Hey septa, can you put a link in the description to the timeline at the end? 16:00

[@SeptaGon7]

will put in the desc, forgot to oops cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/592527533002457088/958858432713220176/unknown.png

[@maus999]

Good video

[@ox1y1gen]

that's the impossible level guy

[@super6070]

Great video although the timeline was very confusing i kinda wish it was more clear.

[@SeptaGon7]

the timeline is talked about in order of when the levels started to be thought of as harder than tartarus, though I can see how that wasnt very clear, will work on that in the future

[@Knali2001]

😳 I helped you make this... A little

[@blysteryxgd6709]

This is the definition of a GD documentary. Amazing work!

[@zxc5713]

This is the history...

[@baactiba3039]

I remember trying to convince the two gd players I know IRL that Dice88 was the best player at the time but they wouldn't hear it (This was before space, nswish was still #1). I still believe that, for a period, dice was the best GD player.

[@fjaps]

No space was already the best player by far even a few months before slaughterhouse, I still remember how quick he would beat top 10s even after "quitting" the game

[@asega3143]

Great video, however the radio-style voice edit is unbearable so I had to use subtitles with no sound

[@SeptaGon7]

not sure what you mean by radio style voice edit i didnt edit the sound of my voice thats just how my mic sounds, sorry its unbearable ig

[@asega3143]

​Oh, I thought it was intentional... Because in all your previous videos it was ok. I didn't mean to be rude(

[@ZycroniumGD]

this video sounds like a cartier'god song

[@BrodieMitch]

I said space uk had no significant achievements and a million people said he dethroned tartarus even though that is barely the case

[@fjaps]

Well he dethroned firework or whatever level you consider top 1 before slaughterhouse

[@BrodieMitch]

@@fjaps not vsc

[@fjaps]

Ok you're trolling

[@MendAmar]

Lol this aged well

[@newlineschannel]

Very coool

[@sam19622u]

i kept telling people (my friends and more) arcturus was harder than tartarus and nobody belived me, in the end i was correct

[@spikacobaka1705]

Why Robert topala is not rating hard levels

[@Noquan727]

what happened to bro's mic

[@pepsienjoyer17]

Not that anybody asked, but The Hallucination is probably not included because it was rated/verified and placed on the list way after Tartarus was dethroned even from the top 5.

[@valeriewithsalt]

"Harder than Kenos"

[@EidamGD]

Really well made video! Also maybe I'm missing something, but shouldn't Graceful also be mentioned? It was verified less than a month after Oblivion and afaik it's considered harder than Tartarus on udl

[@destrudot]

tar tar sauce

[@SpeedyBeaverr]

why didnt you mention gracefyul? Still unrated and estimated above Tartarus

[@sergimeli4194]

Wait, dovi hacked unnerfed the golden? Oh shit, i had the hope this will have been actually legit verified...

[@MendAmar]

yes and no, though he did verify it legitimately without noclip, speedhack or macro, he was playing on banned fps (480) and demonlist allows it up to 360

[@speedyfriend67]

TrusTartarus

[@Corrupt_W]

Arctic lights should have been mentionned, it was literally verified BEFORE tartarus, and yet it ended up being placed below it, but eventually on May 27th it was finally moved to it's Number 1 spot, even above Slaughterhouse and Oblivion that are considered the levels to have dethroned Tartarus. I think that's an L video. /s

[@ijlal0259]

Have you considered getting a new microphone?

[@SeptaGon7]

yep, saving up for one currently

[@notveryultraguy]

The undeniable one is oblivion but unless it changes swi is currently the one

[@Spidercola]

SWI was verified before oblivion

[@notveryultraguy]

​@Spidercola yeah I said this really poorly what I was trying to say was oblivion is 100% harder but swi might be harder

[@Saturn_57]

I have tartarus behind my teeth

[@plexusGD]

5:10 PLAYABLE IS A GOD DAMN STRETCH

[@obamaobama8163]

Poor oblivion 😓

[@irxosm1]

Wouldn't silent clubstep have technically dethroned Tartarus as it was "verified" earlier, just took a long time for first legit victor

[@SeptaGon7]

silent clubstep was verified in mid 2022 long after slaughterhouse was verified

[@irxosm1]

@@SeptaGon7 It was verified back when it first came out and was rated, just took a while for the first legitivictor/legit verifier

[@SeptaGon7]

@@irxosm1 in the gd community, "verified" when talking about hacked levels refers to the first legitimate victor. hope this helps!

[@bluecubeidk]

Firework is considered a former top 1 since slaughter house was hacked

[@tim0_kek]

is there any proof of dovi hacking unnerfed the golden? he even linked the raw footage but with quite clicks

[@tim0_kek]

oh wait i remember he used 480fps and not 360

[@CrizorNotCrazen]

​@@tim0_kek432fps*

[@epicmangames8234]

It’s now top 14

[@Aerobrake]

ew crazen

[@royaltek]

tordorous

[@physixx9649]

I fucking called it and no one believed me

[@xaph77]

Well, The race to dethrone Tartarus isn’t over yet. Sonic Wave Infinity or Trueffet could maybe move above Tartarus or Oblivion or Hard Machine or Arcturus could get moved down. The demon list will always be inaccurate.

[@TypicalNoob785]

Fun fact: i actually jumped from acropolis to tartarus then wasureta and those are my only demons im trying to get a 19-100 on the golden and hard machine

[@Sevant]

But everyone knows Tartarus was never top 1 😈

[@SeptaGon7]

ok hipo

[@jojo989GD]

septa's videos are godtier

[@the_Real_Cloud999]

guys look its spaceuk

[@thesinzer5458]

Elllo

[@noobysanwich]

Bo More like bobobobobobobobobobo

[@EnderSlayer3035]

In my opinion, the golden was the first to dethrone tartarus. Opinions change, decode used to be really hard, then we got good at wave. The Golden was the first level to dethrone Tartarus, even if it eventually got switched.

[@Kingofkittens1]

2

[@aliegetasdelen8674]

Sakupen Circles left the chat

[@AdamAcre]

damn this is so outdated

[@zrris]

when the hacker

[@cushmara1166]

yo you could at least get a decent mic LMAO

[@fabricorn6298]

second