The Race to Dethrone Tartarus

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WOW this took a while to make, but it's finally here!!! I expect some of the research might be a little off, but hopefully it's mostly accurate. I'm so glad I managed to finish this in the time that I wanted to, and I actually really enjoyed making it. I wouldn't wanna do it all the time, but to be dumping hours of time into a video project is awesome, I love it lol.
Very interesting video, and I'm super proud of how it came out. I tried my best to make the script reading as smooth as possible, and to have good visuals and background music to accompany it, without it taking like 100 hours to make. The script for this was almost 3000 words, and all-in-all I probably spent 20-30 hours on this video. Most of the background footage used in this video isn't mine, so check out the original creators of those down below. Thanks!
Gameplay footage:
Dolphy - / dolphygeometrydash
Zynvire - / @zynvire
vitesse - / @vitessers
Bulovaa - / @bulovaa8480
DrCuber - / @drcuberr
Xanii - / xanii
Trick - / @trickgmd
Neiro / exen - / neiro1999
Just a GD Player - / justagdplayer
fnm04 - / fnm04
Baeru - / @baeru42
Tride (oh hey that's me) - / tridegd
These only include substantial use of gameplay, and doesn't include clips that are only a couple seconds long

[@AeonAir]

This is gonna be hype actually

[@TrustyDash]

Hey aeon

[@user-lv9cv1hr4m]

👨‍🦲👍

[@wohazas4317]

You know it’s going to be, I got my popcorn on hand 🍿💪

[@cubiminx]

omg

[@Glitcher19]

Hi aeonair

[@imbrand5040]

Slaughterhouse, Firework, Abyss of Darkness and Arcturus: *Literaly fighting to the death to finally beat Tartarus* Trueffet: *hey*

[@celestiall7566]

@@ascegd2225 Baeru: Yea look like Crimson Planet difficulty to me

[@iamcinna]

Funnier how it was verified in only 20k attempts too

[@thegamingfox4501]

U forgot Slaughterhouse

[@celestiall7566]

@@thegamingfox4501 read the comment again

[@person7587]

Sakupen Circles

[@Geo_GD]

that spaceuk reaction hits different now

[@Grandflea02]

Riot: Tartarus was designed to be as close to humanly impossible as a level can be. Gd Community: Still isn't hard enough.

[@L_A_Z_A_R_U_S]

Sakupen circles : *hold my 220k+ attempts*

[@UntarLaManteca]

But Riot's Tartarus is not the same as the rated version of Tartarus

[@xxcringexx3414]

Tartarus was a 1.9 demon all these levels are 2.1 or 2.0

[@RaishumGaming]

I swear the gd players are like superhuman like for real

[@LNP618]

@@xxcringexx3414 that doesn't change anything

[@lokerman788]

“How out of nowhere the Slaughterhouse verification was” 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@Ye3TuS_Gaming]

💀 ☠️ 💀 ☠️ 💀

[@chalkprinter24joe46]

gurgle

[@TrideGD]

Things I got wrong in this video that happened **before** this video released: - Doggie's version of slaughterhouse wasn't considered top 1, it was around top 5-10 difficulty - AoD's redecoration was finished like the day I released this so I didn't mention that - Akira Kurisu had a number of allegations which also lead to a lack of verification, but GDSkele took over the level, held a creator contest to replace some parts. Later on, Sebaslopez got a copy of the level and verified it, which was later considered to be the official verification, so deimos has been verified, just hasn't been rated Anything else I missed that didn't happen after this video, feel free to let me know

[@epicrapbattlesofhistorymrbeas]

ok

[@roxi0z0]

TDiamond is verifying Sakupen Circles with 76%

[@andremoli242]

AoD wasn't given to Xanii, it's a open verification, who beats it first gets the redeco copy

[@albertyao7343]

trueffet wasn't a megacollab, it was just made by rainstorm and syqual

[@weewodon]

death corridor

[@elijahrock3914]

he does everything. he does wulzy content, he does stream highlights, he does "a day with", and now he is the reincarnation of SEA.

[@heyimjustin3616]

cant believe people still remember SEA what a legend he was in the gd community

[@eetu54]

@@heyimjustin3616 sea literally thought me half the basics i know to this day

[@en1ax978]

@@heyimjustin3616 Why did he delete his videos though?

[@sharkbitesback2749]

@@en1ax978 idk

[@heyimjustin3616]

@@en1ax978 he didn't delete them, those vids are still there if you search well enough

[@nyukjustacommenter857]

Slaughterhouse: The quiet kid Abyss of Darkness: The bully Arcturus: The Jock Trueffet: The even quieter kid

[@pixikrblx]

damn firework is such a quiet kid, it didnt even show up on the list

[@nyukjustacommenter857]

@@pixikrblx That's how it feels to be second place sometimes

[@pixikrblx]

@@nyukjustacommenter857 true

[@LRexx]

Fun fact: Firework was actually placed at #1 on the demonlist for 18 seconds before Slaughterhouse got rated. This makes Firework the shortest-lived top 1 demon in GD history

[@starsyt3164]

The Rock House: Hey

[@MathGeniusGD]

I really enjoy your take on the documentary style videos. The factual information mixed with the subtle jokes thrown in adds so much to the vibe of the video. And I actually learned some new things from watching this. Really well done! 👍

[@TrideGD]

Thanks man, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@theoneandonlyexisting]

i agree with everyone in the comments , this one's gonna be a sick one

[@DuoFaceGaming]

I like how Trueffet just kinda seemingly came out of nowhere and wasn't even considered a contender due to the projected difficulty

[@ygfrt21]

"out of nowhere spaceuk verified slaughterhouse" hmmm...

[@foxtail286]

If Trueffet had been placed top 1 the entire community would have gone balls

[@shuricake4567]

It should be top 7 or 8 it's literally easeir than golden and arcturus is 3 tar is 4 swi is 5

[@bigferrous5692]

@@shuricake4567 hardest check

[@oshiimaaa]

@@shuricake4567 lolwut opinion

[@foxtail286]

@@shuricake4567 practice runs don't really matter dude

[@elliot157]

Truffet is super lame so I'm glad that didn't happen

[@MCFGlobalBusinessSol]

12:40 yea totally, so legit.

[@qseryGD]

it hurts...

[@golde727]

Hello Tride! I feel the need to leave a longer comment after watching this; I'll try to keep it short still. This might be one of the best videos I've watched this year. As I first saw the title, while I was impressed and excited, I did already see a couple videos on similiar subjects. But you have outdone yourself. You combined really funny editing and loads of information with a format an average GD player can watch and relate to. I don't know why, but you always feel so humane in your videos; it's like as if a friend was explaining, not some sort of a higher being, which is something I appreciate a lot, and I believe many others do too. Another surprise was how much I learned from this. I thought at this point my brain was so filled with upcoming top 1 videos, pro players' accounts and such, that I wouldn't learn anything new here. And you still managed to provide funny trivia, again with prime editing. This was amazing. Keep it up bro

[@TrideGD]

Thank you dude, I really tried with this video and it means a lot you saying all this

[@icewings_intotheclouds]

bro if this is one of the best videos you've watched this year, what content are you usually watching on this platform?

[@hreg7588]

@@icewings_intotheclouds clearly not your content downy

[@yushau]

@@hreg7588 Hreg :trollhd:

[@iwuhdihefwfeege9044]

@@hreg7588 damnnnn

[@Maize_Shorts]

"Sakupen circles is left without a verifier" "The verifier was obvious, Cursed" SIKEEEEEEE

[@olepettersen2617]

I think this is a good idea and very interesting, because there really is a lot cover in the time Tartarus was the number one demon. Edit: I hope it performs well too! Looking forward too what you have planed in the future!

[@Yusuketh443]

tartartrash

[@CantShootMe]

tartar sauce on my turkey. 🤌

[@zob3412]

Fun fact: The fisrt rated level to ever dethrone Tartarus in difficulty is a "TOP 10?" demon. Trumpet 🎺

[@user-tw2le9th8h]

Nope

[@TonyTheShooter]

@@user-tw2le9th8h lol why are you reading all the comments?

[@user-tw2le9th8h]

@@TonyTheShooter dk

[@TonyTheShooter]

@@user-tw2le9th8h lol ok

[@__Luq]

I like this new style you went for in this video, witch is more documentary sorta sounding! Love it, keep it up man!

[@nikolaynikolov3768]

This aged like a fine milk 🤓🤓🤓

[@zqurzero]

hackUK hacked slaughterhouse.

[@chique0505]

This type of videos are great! The quiet voice combined with little gameplay faded on the background makes the video really enjoyable. Keep up with these!

[@notapplicable1112]

You have a good narrator voice honestly, I would be happy to see more of these since this is really well made despite the couple inaccuracies in parts Edit: It’s also just awesome to see a ‘SEA styled’ GD vid based on a period in time that I actually got to experience in the community

[@mongolempiremapping948]

Even though Trueffet technically won the race, 7 months after the video was made I made a realisation which is that Hard Machine was the true level who dethroned Tartarus, verified 1 month after Trueffet, currently Hard Machine is above Tartarus and Trueffet is below Tartarus so I think the real winner of the race is Hard Machine.

[@crosss87]

i've always had massive respect and appreciation for these kind of videos, so i'm glad you did it and it was really well done.

[@AJpenguin712]

Dude how do you only have 24.5k subs? You deserve 1.5M ngl, your videos are so entertaining!

[@EsportCat]

here before the premire This is gonna be really hype

[@luke62848]

Everybody:I want #1 mommy get get! Tartarus:THATS SO CHEAP ILL JUST BUY #1 LOL

[@notmagolor]

i really love GD documentary style videos - it's really cool learning the history of levels, especially after just coming back to the game 3 years later lol

[@senti2001]

Bro this video honestly a banger. I love your editing and documentary style 💜

[@Acer86]

This was very entertaining. Definitely make more of these types of videos. You made this so well, with the good mini jokes, the way you made it, and everything about it. I give this a 17/10 lol

[@samperkins3607]

I cant wait, been following you for a while and your content keeps on getting better! Keep it up man! Love It!

[@BerdlyGaming]

Incredible. Nothing short of bewildering. This is the type of video that shows up in your recommendation, even when you’ve never heard of the topic, and it blows you away anyway. This will probably happen and I could see this being a big role in your channel exploding in the future. Again, incredible work. I, and I’m almost certain many other people too, would love to see more content like this!

[@CoolTurtleGamer]

Oh dang, no shot. I can't wait bro. This is gonna be awesome!

[@GuiDuckz]

this was my favorite video fo you so far! these documentaries are so interesting!

[@yaboimrsh7514]

Bro I love these types of vids. Did not expect it to come from u but u honestly smashed it. Keep up the amazing work bro

[@Reapavon]

10:34 Doggies version of Slaughterhouse was top 5-10 it was not top 1 until Icecaved make a fixed version of the impossible unnerfed version a few months ago btw Great Video!

[@bloxyyt]

hi reapavon

[@Reapavon]

hey bro

[@GDStreamHighlights]

The current state of all the levels mentioned in this video (as of August 16, 2023): Silent Circles: Silent Circles has since been dropped by Dolphy after he got 70% and Xanii, the verifier of Sonic Wave Infinity, picked up the level and nerfed it until it was Top 40-60 difficulty and verified it. The level was never rated. Deimos (AkiraKurisu): Swiborg has not made much progress recently with his most recent progress being 57-100% which was 2 months ago. It is unknown if it will ever be verified because of demotivation of Doggie verifying the official version. Anemesis: The last progress on this level was 33-76% by Swiborg on a new buffed Top 1 version. Around 2 weeks ago, we have seen a couple new parts being finished by people such as CDMusic. Sakupen Circles: This level was verified by Diamond in late 2021 after Cursed dropped it and it was placed at #1 on the demonlist, being the first level to be placed above Slaughterhouse before being moved down below it. Sonic Wave Infinity: Xanii verified this level and it was placed at #3 on the demonlist before being moved up to #2, above The Golden. Recently, Tartarus was moved down below Sonic Wave Infinity, so it could technically be considered the first level to dethrone Tartarus by modern opinions. Abyss of Darkness: Abyss of Darkness was verified by Cursed in 70k+ attempts after Dils thik died at 98% twice, but he has since beaten it.

[@partypenguin3699]

It’s funny how much the opinions have changed since this video. SWI, arcturus and hard machine (which at the time this video was released was considered to be around zodiac difficulty) have been moved above tartarus, and technically oblivion was the first level to be verified that is today considered harder than tartarus

[@leloMT]

this is such an amazing video, it really makes me happy to see someone doing this type of documentary videos again, i hope you can do more in the future this really was fun to watch

[@The_Horizon]

last time I played this cube game bloodlust was the hardest what

[@frias9k]

yeah well it’s at number 26 now lol

[@olek0]

lol

[@kevinstinks3073]

Hello

[@div4929]

gonna be sick I was right lol, anyways tride please make more videos like these. they're actually amazing and I loved every second I watched it.

[@Fredodododo]

some of this aged badly 💀

[@d1amondd52]

I love these styles of videos and you did an awesome job for your first commentary video. Keep up the good work Tride!

[@jsjdnshsnsngjdjdjshs]

I usually always enjoy these types of videos, and this was no exception. Awesome video!

[@aidanely]

One thing that would help with Deimos’s would be great to see an “Aries” and a “Mars” or something because 3 Deimos levels in the top 40 is a bit absurd, I guess Something else that I find insane is how much of a jump zodiac was to Tartarus and then zodiac to Tartarus, then slaughterhouse too is insanely hard so I’m not sure where these levels are going to place Also great video. It’s fantastic how easy you make these videos seem

[@TYsdrawkcaB]

Aries, definitely. Roman mythology is copied from Greek.

[@user-rr9qq4go1d]

R.I.P. bloodlust

[@Kobe_Abogutal]

Is these any moon or atleast a space body named Aries? You probably meant Ceres. Or Ariel

[@alexanderm.635]

@@Kobe_Abogutal i think they meant Ares, the god of war

[@Kobe_Abogutal]

@@alexanderm.635 oh okay, I didn't know where these names came from

[@sheilio7374]

Swi is harder now.

[@andromeda6435]

Very interesting to see a swap in content style! But it totally adds a freshness to your channel and is very intriguing.. Also, the fact that you did such a good job with this is awesome!

[@NotNochos]

I love this kind of video. Please keep this AMAZING type of content style up, I love your vids.

[@mikkokormann6814]

13:37 this conversation will forever be funny to me

[@Clodling]

Slaughterhouse, Firework, Abyssal Darkness, Arcturus: fighting for the throne Trueeffet: too slow

[@user-tw2le9th8h]

Nope

[@literallysweden]

I love the documentary style content you gotta keep doing this, looking forward to next vid :)

[@bigdude10]

Wow this video is awesome, I love the new style Tride!

[@zentryii]

Knowing how much dedication GD players put into the game, it's actually very inspiring to see.

[@lepudo2758]

Abyss of darkness was verified today…

[@HowToDrinkWater101]

And I watched the video. WHY IS THAT RATED HARDER THAN SLAUGHTERHOUSE?!!?!!! Sure it's long and has precision and is hard but slaughterhouse is a challenge level. Extremely difficult. Stupid that abyss of darkness is rated harder than slaughterhouse.

[@Xyphos]

@@HowToDrinkWater101 cope and progress check

[@Xyphos]

@@HowToDrinkWater101 aod is more diverse in its gameplay and has a bunch of hard frame perfects, gameplay, longer, and awkward Slaughterhouse is wave based, pretty consistent FPS like aod but they’re rather simple. More people had mastered wave than the entirety of the gamemodes. It’s also short. That’s that and go cope

[@sharkisthere]

Love this video, really summarizes last year

[@AmzaGD]

Amazing video Tride I watched it in one sitting, very interesting.

[@lauraashworth4602]

hi, just wanted to say doggies slaughterhouse version was actually believed to be easier than tartarus (it was believed to be top 3-10) just wanted to correct that. great video otherwise!

[@baba5071]

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 am so mad

[@nteachristou3909]

@@baba5071 u joking or not?

[@baba5071]

@@nteachristou3909 what do you think

[@AccursedFir]

YOOO this looks intresting

[@spajw4082]

If been watching you since you had 5k subs. It's amazing how much you have grown.

[@iKeMaElprem]

Tride it’s amazing that you also make this type of videos. Keep up with the work :D

[@Globert]

10:20 Dils actually dropped AoD because of lack of free time (studying and other life stuff), not because of lack of motivation (or at least not *only* because of this)

[@dampseeker]

imaging verifying arcturus thinking it would be #1 then it gets placed at #5

[@ShindaWawa_]

Really gives me sea1997 vibes, but modern! I enjoyed every minute of this video and it was really well written and researched. Great job Tride (:

[@soyou_]

I enjoyed this format a lot so thank you.

[@EremeyKaChannel]

Trueffet is now below Tartarus

[@user-tw2le9th8h]

Yup

[@kingstonwvnerfer211]

It’s at #6

[@ZMan778]

Aged like the finest milk this world has seen.

[@4kaayy]

Hi tride, I just wanted to say that these kinds of videos are awesome! I would love to see more of this kind of video, and I will always watch them. Good day!

[@totalmadness116]

Really good video Tride! loved it ♥

[@Bobthebean70]

Spaceuk verifies slaughter house oh wait he hacked it -_-

[@knighted7491]

Doggie's version of slaughterhouse was like top 5 if I'm not mistaken

[@TrideGD]

Yeah, someone let me know that in the premiere. Didn't catch that unfortunately :/

[@thatoneguy9582]

i remember hearing top 20

[@Bitzerrr]

as of july 4th 2023 SWI is placed above tartarus and trueffet placed below it. meaning that SWI was really the first level to dethrone it

[@WhyLonk]

I really love this style of video!

[@paired]

ITS SO FUNNY HOW AMONG US DOES NOT KNOW GD YET CHEERED ON XANII TO COMPLETE SWI.

[@SaturneKx]

i think you should keep switching your content style like this than just sticking to one type because its fun and it makes your content not get stale (in my opinion)

[@Laibani103]

super entertaining and super well put together. loved it!

[@divop_]

yo i recently discovered your channel! like the style of content and i do enjoy documentary type videos! continue with your hard work man!

[@KaiGuyGD]

Oh yeah. This is gonna be big.

[@mianzahid3204]

umm hlo!!!

[@MeraQ_X]

“If Arcturus decoration was up to standards” Tartarus decoration:

[@maiakirstinbarrera2877]

lol yeah i cant fcking believe it xD

[@ballba11ball]

yeah but Tartarus was hosted by riot so it’s an automatic feature from robtop

[@Aespha]

Banger. You've improved so much

[@Beaniesofree]

the cat vibing to deimos left me with no option other than to subscribe XD nice video :)

[@lieblingsklasse8151]

Spaceuk☠☠☠

[@superprobablylevel]

swi is above tartarus now

[@shayan.m245]

This was such a good vid I rly enjoyed this style

[@Jaymull]

I love this style of documentary video. Very well made

[@BurumaMan]

This aged like milk

[@TrideGD]

You aged like milk

[@BurumaMan]

@@TrideGD :D

[@BurumaMan]

@@TrideGD great vid tho

[@Real-3nder]

This aged like chees

[@ADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

such a good documentary u covered everything so well bro

[@Desitd874]

Spaceuk: YES I BEAT IT- SLAUGHTERHOUSE!!! This should stay as #1 for a long while... Sakupen Circles: ._.

[@Xanii]

i gotta pee

[@TrideGD]

Alright you got an hour and 35 minutes

[@lokerman788]

HackUK

[@lanfry1847]

I really like this type of videos, keep it up man🔥🔥

[@PracticeMode]

By your insane amount of efforts in making good videos, I can see you reaching a 100k subscribers and I am not lying, I am serious

[@luke62848]

Sakupen circles right now is top 1 but Tride is trying to make a top 1 layout I searched on KZbin and safari

[@user-tw2le9th8h]

Stuff you should fix; 4:28 Cursed has 70(x4) on sakupen circles aswell and the first time he got 70 was 29 days before firework being verified. 12:06 Trick and Cursed are also in the AoD verification race 14:28 Trueffet is only made only by Rainstorm(layout) and SyQual(decorater) 14:30 Trueffet got buffed by Baeru so it makes sence for the original Trueffet to be concidered top 5 14:53 Players like SpaceUK/Jeller/Dice88 concider Trueffet easier then Tartarus AND Swi (and The Golden for space and jeller) so Trueffet and Tartarus switching places again might happen EDIT: TARTARUS AND TRUEFFET SWAPED LMFAO

[@electroflame6188]

Space was literally one of the ones that voted trueffet as being harder than tartarus shortly before it was moved lmao

[@user-tw2le9th8h]

@@electroflame6188 that was way before slaughterhouse and firework.

[@electroflame6188]

@@user-tw2le9th8h bruh what the vote was held just before arcturus was placed

[@user-tw2le9th8h]

@@electroflame6188 sauce please

[@electroflame6188]

@@user-tw2le9th8h the discord

[@NoelleUnknown]

Loving the documentary type of vids, litteraly my fav type of gd vids, please make more like this and keep the work up

[@C4_SM]

This is your greatest work. This truly shows how amazing you are being a content creator 😋

[@DaRobotYT]

12:29

[@file4318]

Awesome video. I love how you are constantly improving your content despite not "needing" to for views.

[@ily_leira]

Ngl, your voice is super soothing to hear, i really love it.

[@rhinocer0srex868]

I really like this style of video so keep it up!