The Stolen Level Controversy...

[@DailyDoseOfGeometryDash123]

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT GO OUT OF YOUR WAY AND HATE ON THE CREATOR OF THE LEVEL, OR ANY OTHER CREATORS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO. IF YOU DO IT YOU'LL BE SHOWING YOURE WORSE THAN THEM BY DOING IT. the best thing you could do to help would probably be sending this video to a moderator you know so maybe they can so something about it. Anyways i hope your day is good! Join the discord server if you wanna submit a clip to appear in the next video: discord.gg/dailydoseofgeometrydash

[@IstoleYourToast12]

Hi

[@Jelly_shy_guy_man]

Okay doockie

[@bluemars72]

ok

[@minkmiau]

Hating on them would be the worst Idea

[@alex-gf8ht]

i am angry right now

[@lnvald]

One day I reported a stolen level, and the guy who stole that level reported me, and I got banned for a week, and his level is still there. I love mods

[@TagelitoGD]

Mods suck

[@TagelitoGD]

Imo I think the mods were even worse than the thieves

[@somerandomdudefromsomewhere]

ikr

[@elpanaandy]

what level is that? the stolen?

[@cheeseburgermonkey7104]

Me when creator favoritism:

[@redour-rs]

“this level has a really interesting concept of just going up”

[@MoyaiX]

redour 💀💀

[@redour-rs]

@@MoyaiX oh look, its the same person who said “Glad your account is gonna come back, but this Redour guy should khs toxic ahh kid”

[@SkullXgd]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🔥🗣️🗣️🙏🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🔥🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🙏🙏🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@redour-rs]

@@MoyaiX oh look! its the same guy who said "Glad your account is gonna come back, but this Redour guy should khs toxic ahh kid"

[@SCatalan_2022]

Falling up?

[@lnvbot]

making all levels copyable was a mistake

[@DailyDoseOfGeometryDash123]

bro actually you got a fair point here. by making every level copyable even without hacks opened the dor for kids to steal shi easily lmao

[@alex-gf8ht]

​@@DailyDoseOfGeometryDash123i mean you're right but atleast the suffering of passwords no longer exists

[@matahugu8675]

fr, people keep stealing this tornado effect i made

[@thef7122]

Still copy hack exists so there wasn't going to be any difference.

[@goldengold8513]

IDEA: When a level is copied/assets are stolen and added in the level should be given a special warning notice before sending/rating it, encouraging mods to check for stolen assets before sending.

[@GDSFSplayer]

Getting restarted on the how to platform level is PAINFUL😕

[@geoblurryGD]

if he clicked r he would have just done the same checkpoint 😭

[@2ItalianCats]

Nah my game crashed Somewhere in the 1500's rip

[@creativegamer_03]

biggest mistake is using a texture pack that makes it look similar

[@miniiore]

I accidentally clicked practice mode during the 1300s 😭😭😭😭😭

[@tatann0912]

That's why you must press space to exit pause

[@scmbgoogle7790]

2:42 The level Jumper, in a game played by someone named "GW Jax", and Jax also works in The Amazing Digital Circus

[@dobi2447]

ah thanks

[@RenBergMapping]

2:32 Fun fact: Waterflame has a song called -Orange- which is literally -Jumper- with Pomni meme melody at 0:.28, and it came out 14 years ago 🤯

[@kapakabibium]

"pomni meme melody" IT'S CALLED THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS OUTRO THEME!!!!!! i think.

[@GDReadyPC]

@@kapakabibium i watched the movie on my amazon tv

[@RealZerenaFan]

@@kapakabibium its also THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS PILOT INTRO THEME

[@gdsosen]

@@kapakabibiumnoone cares

[@crimsonamogsus7351]

I’m pretty sure what you’re talking about is a reference to the “Super Mario world” game for the SNES

[@Reesefied]

2:11 the pain of texture packs

[@clouddy677]

You could just press R to reset

[@Youknowwho_GD]

I blame Natural Disaster for stealing first…

[@rutap-patur]

true !

[@AnotherSwissYoutubeUser]

Nah Manix648 did it first for his level "The Yatsgsrasu"

[@samepee]

Natural Disaster stays one of the best level in the game imo. And I'm talking about the top 10, Natural Disaster, not the bad remake top 60 Stormy Earthquake

[@SomeTouhouPlayer]

@@AnotherSwissKZbinUserthe “*yatsgsarasu*” ?

[@shrimpaerospace]

yooo its þe guy

[@Toastex_]

Also another case of this was Endless Skies by (me) remember creators if you are planning to make a remake or inspired level always credit the creator, I made the mistake of forgetting this. it's always important to be original even when others aren't. Stay Strong Creators! ❤

[@Toastex_]

Also if any of you guys know ab this level lmk! I'm always open to feedback and down to change anything lol

[@A1nonym0usgd]

Cool video, I despise people that steal stuff from levels and not giving credit, it’s just sad at this point

[@StarfruitGamer123]

The sad thing about Starry Nights is that it also just has bad gameplay, horrible transitions, and mid decoration that barely deserved a feature in the first place. So the fact that it stole assets makes me wonder if the creator spent more than an hour making the level or not.

[@memesong21]

not only that but the level it stole from has a few bad transitions as well 😭

[@memesong21]

not nearly as bad but still not good

[@Miles-Morales-q3w]

The gameplay is horrible fr

[@thisweirdchannel619]

yo I made a post on reddit about the try to die stolen level and I was surprised to see the guy get banned the next day

[@MistaLuke]

Ty for adding my TV portal into the vid :) i was lacking inspiration to finish the lvl and now i'm feeling good and going to continue it. (theres a little normal face at the top-left btw)

[@6316]

2:32 "not many people will catch the refrence" proceeds to play the most popular online song

[@UltraPlasmaMan]

0:01 Dang, he types SLOW

[@CireGD_Gaming]

LMAO I TRIED MY BEST TO TYPE FAST

[@Halfaway_Shorts]

2:32 robvatopper is that you 😮

[@isaaccastillo9457]

I dont get the reference

[@hiamptor]

@@isaaccastillo9457 frickin amazing digital circus music

[@WyattW_]

LOL it does sound like a rip he’d do tbf

[@facuzamorano7839]

​@@hiamptorI think is thefatrat unity

[@hiamptor]

@@facuzamorano7839 you do not get the referance 💀

[@alprini]

As a creator, I would hate it if anything I made got stolen and then rated, some people are just too lazy to even try to create so they ruin other peoples chances

[@lucascapcut3562]

3:19 AINT NO WAY THAT GUY ELOVED FROM A CUBE, INTO A BUNCH OF PIXELS🥶🥶🥶

[@alex-gf8ht]

particule trigger

[@Accelerator520]

@@alex-gf8htwhy does it flip around when I translate it….?

[@alex-gf8ht]

@@Accelerator520 really?

[@MistaLuke]

i wanted to make it optimized so yeah it's just a particule trigger lol and some scale triggers that took a while to create a good amount to give the illusion of a spinning TV, which now i'm testing things with the floor and walls with gradient triggers and area move to make a good looking 3D.

[@lucascapcut3562]

@@MistaLukeoh wow. Nice job though

[@Cynixk]

1:56 I have the last part in this level! I sincerely hope this gets rated, it’s been sent so many times…

[@V-87TheAnimator]

I was here for the building of this level! But didn’t have a part in it…

[@breadisverytasty]

2:03 this is why i have a restart keybind

[@robloxuniverses9912]

Once I was at the last part of Snowy Mountain (1200 seconds in playing) and I pressed THE PRACTICE BUTTON.

[@coggymilk]

I think its crazy that now anyone can copy any level. I think that change needs to be reverted. I also think that if the creator wants their level to be copyable, bring back the password feature, or maybe make it so that only friends can copy the level.

[@Mikrofalówka27273]

True but most people will still use copy hack. I wish this hack was never made

[@MichaelNwabuko]

​@@Mikrofalówka27273 This hack is otherwise needed, for example to practice on a level with some changes when it isn't copyable.

[@Anxmaly666]

This has been happening long before 2.2 released, levels being copyable by default has nothing to do with it

[@coggymilk]

​@@Mikrofalówka27273 same man

[@R0CK3T_DEV_]

with the way geometry dash works, making levels "impossible to steal" is just impossible but there could be more regulation regarding those levels, maybe a way for mods/elder mods to report stolen levels if they find out? and maybe a form for players to fill out on boomlings or something if they find out their level was stolen

[@mr.dragon.purple9209]

3:03 Geometry dash is taking over talent shows

[@GD-Viva]

It’s just a song.

[@mr.dragon.purple9209]

@@GD-Viva 3:03 Geometry dash is taking over talent shows

[@GD-Viva]

@@mr.dragon.purple9209 I don’t think the song was originally made for Geometry Dash.

[@Bombfish1256]

Harder difficulty face in a robber costume looks so funny 😂

[@CathusGD]

2:44 DavJT Is a Good Creator or... GOD OF GEOMETRY DASH

[@EPIC_BOI69]

To be fair we dont have an infinite amount of designs and its really hard to come up with original ones so this was bound to happen eventually

[@majinsoup]

i already thought the "every level is copyable" was a dogshit idea and this just proves it

[@parali30]

Copy hax exists anyways

[@Anxmaly666]

This was already happening a lot in 2.1 genius

[@memesong21]

​@@Anxmaly666this

[@majinsoup]

@@Anxmaly666 yeah but the fact it makes it so much worse is the problem

[@Anxmaly666]

@@majinsoup No it doesnt, it was always a useless feature

[@Homie0_0]

Gabe is the most depressing name ever

[@jaredvalencia2112]

Gabe Newell: 😢

[@V-Mine]

We have also have witnessed this during 2.1 But this is really just straight up slaughter

[@thegreatyeet3443]

house

[@alex-gf8ht]

house

[@mightbeblitz8840]

house

[@mefbezos8650]

1:37 This is how New dancing line levels work

[@matahugu8675]

1:43 old level but still really cool, sad it never got rated

[@Jesty.r]

Uphill gameplay is incredibly ass, i can see why its not rated

[@RetroIsWatching]

​@@Jesty.r to be fair, the deco is really good and the idea is acceptable when you think about it, but you quickly realize that its bad once you try it

[@Ingot-Games]

My idea: if you grab something from a copied level and save it as a custom object, it would save a piece of information with the object saying "Copied from level ... by ...". This could be added as a tag on the level page once it gets uploaded on the server.

[@Jose-y4t3b]

2:34 THE amizing digital circus

[@maybellx3]

i hate tadc

[@Mason_hammer]

@@maybellx3 SAME

[@maxwell6881]

@@maybellx3 why?

[@Jose-y4t3b]

​@@maxwell6881Is exploted

[@Thidagtahu]

@@maxwell6881 Brainrot,Blame that Brainrot not an original, I also saw it from a child watching a KZbin short and it was very cringe

[@Squiddo-gt6xu]

2:33 ah yes, my favorite level, the amazing digital jumper.

[@unnombre6466]

The fact that I didn't recognize it makes me happy

[@Squiddo-gt6xu]

@@unnombre6466 lol

[@TemporaryName-zq7by]

1:25 I’m sorry, HOW MANY CPS??????

[@peepthehorror-y8o]

2:32 "Not many people will catch the reference" 398 million people: 😶

[@Darkdonny728]

1:08 Bro it is robtops fault that people keep stealing levels as he made everything copyable he should make it like it was in 2.1 when you can give it a password or just make it not copyable

[@Anxmaly666]

Hey genius, this was still happening in 2.1 despite those options being a thing. It makes no difference

[@peteyerey]

1:26 I really hate how geometry dash hard levels have degenerated into more of a casual question of "do you have one of those mouses that click like a bajillion times per second"

[@CookingKidz]

lol I reported a stolen level and I got banned for two days. Wth mods🤦

[@ideac.]

ngl this difficulty face in the thumbnail goes hard asf

[@Secretbrony5]

My suggestion for solution: If you copy a level, you can't upload that copied level

[@Rickmonas90]

that would make those "make your own ___" levels extinct

[@Secretbrony5]

@@Rickmonas90 Oh yeah.

[@gdtachyonalt]

@@Rickmonas90 that’s a good thing

[@Rickmonas90]

@@gdtachyonalt ye

[@potatojuiceultra]

rip all collabs ever

[@ProcuradorGD]

I have contact with a few mods and I have already told them about the Tfor1 situation, they have confirmed that they are doing stuff on it.

[@Dragaconic]

From what I have heard, it is difficult for RobTop to catch stolen assets or levels when he is rating them, since there are millions of levels that have all been uploaded over many years. Ive seen stolen rated levels that were copies of levels from many years ago. Of course it is impossible to memorize every level that is ever sent/rated, and it does mean that sometimes a stolen level slips by, and ends up rated. Usually, once Rob is made aware, that level is unrated. As for ways to stop or reduce level theft, thats hard. Obviously bringing back the ability to not make your level copyable would work. (As a creator, I still dont get why that was removed.) However, putting other measures in place can also be a very delicate balance. Trying to not make uploading more difficult for creators, and trying not to create rare scenarios where the original creator is punished rather then the copier (highly improbable, but could happen) is extremely difficult. If a level is stolen, for now the best thing to always do is to just let a Mod know so the word can get to RobTop, and support the original creator instead, since they deserve the downloads and likes. Dont go after the creator that stole the level either, let Mods or RobTop deal with them.

[@cheeseburgermonkey7104]

One word: Copyright

[@Anxmaly666]

​@@cheeseburgermonkey7104 you really thought you cooked with that one didn't you?

[@Blickos456]

The jumper refrence is refrencing the amazing digital circus end theme (or the start too)

[@giraffe-xg8ps]

i think robtop should add the optional "allow copy" back

[@Anxmaly666]

It doesn't make a difference, this was still happening in 2.1 and even before that

[@giraffe-xg8ps]

@@Anxmaly666 yeah but it has been happening more and now literally anyone can copy stuff

[@Anxmaly666]

@@giraffe-xg8ps So your solution is to bring back something that doesn't fix the issue rather than making Rob and his mods pay more attention to what they are sending/rating?

[@giraffe-xg8ps]

@@Anxmaly666 yeah i know it doesnt fix the issu, but it makes things better because less levels are copyable. and how does it make robtop and the mods pay more attention to what theyre rating?

[@Aqua_Squid]

I'm scared that my levels might just get stolen. 😬

[@WTIF2024]

2:24 My intro makes a reappearance :o

[@saidsdadadsdw1314]

This controversy kinda reminds me of Natural Disaster but worse

[@COMCERTEZANAOEOBEBE]

Riot... 0:10

[@lolfool866]

"This is a cool ad!" *the ad then proceeds to play music from a friday night funkin mod*

[@Flame_Offical101]

Bro couldn’t afford an intro💀

[@CaptainJack199]

At least I don’t even have an intro 👍👍👍

[@M.N.E.I-X-Shadow]

‏‪1:36‬‏ Sonic 4 Episode 1 Special Stage In Geometry Dash

[@FuunnyGD]

Goofy ah wave 1:34 💀

[@WyattW_]

2:33 siivagunner where you at (Joke: The Amazing Digital Circus Main Theme)

[@Often_Guy]

People here within 24 hours, 👇

[@alex-gf8ht]

me i guess 🤷‍♂️

[@courtneypenhallegon4214]

Why.

[@lnvald]

stop

[@GoliathEndoFreddy]

Stop like begging

[@arjunprogramming2190]

Hi

[@neevee_gd]

the portal design was from little nightmare

[@zynthanimate333]

There was also a level called Fisher Darkness, that was copied and featured. It's deleted by the creator now, but for some reason I still see it at the second-to-last page of featured.

[@Enderia2]

0:50 robtop decided “you know what? It’s time for me to do something.”

[@Idkwhuttoputherenoeee]

In my opinion if they steal the effects but not the level it's fine helps new players but if it's the whole level n o

[@filipe4134]

15 stolen levels got rated while my original early 2.2 platformer level hasn’t gotten rated with 19 sends.

[@dradekon]

2:32 the amazing digital jumper

[@VampireFlutist]

“Not many people will catch the reference”, proceeds to play one of the most famous meme themes from one of the most popular internet shows ever

[@memesong21]

they could not be less subtle if they tried

[@TheFluxChampion]

This makes me rethink if the level "The Silent Hill" which I have showcased on my channel, has been stolen soem assets. The level is copyable too. It seems like some parts are just copy pasted onto the level, and the last part could have been a supernerfed version of Ton 618

[@ReaperRYT_]

I actually got accused of stealing a lantern from a level I've never even heard of. The lanterns are HAND MADE

[@InfiniteSp20-5]

2:33 hmm.. yea i see i see.. Digital circus.

[@starrekt2037]

2:13 wrong buttons ca be terrifying

[@kingofblocktown3982]

This exact same thing happened to me 2:02 I was EXTREMELY angry. And this is why I much prefer classic over platformer.

[@supersyrelle9583]

‘Not many people will catch the reference’ Me : Really?, Amazing Digital Circus,

[@oussamaking8766]

Stealing levels is not something we should underestimate, we need to do something about it, if we don't that more people try to do it, and more levels will get rated with no originality, stop this BS

[@GreedanXYZ]

LETTSS GOO SISYPHUS MADE IT INTO DAILY DOSE OF GD!!!

[@slimeyscratch]

2:33 Welcome, to the AMAZING DIGITAL CUBE GAME!

[@only_eclypse]

2:32 by the way, for those of you who don't know, this is a "The Amazing Digital Circus" reference

[@devilfm8490]

2:44 this is fire and apparently we’re getting crazy 4 next year

[@greengreenanimations]

2:31 i catched it THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS'S THEME X JUMPER

[@LimeJay]

GD should make copying levels work like Mario Maker, where you can’t upload a level you copied from someone else. Even when you modify it

[@Karakal4]

That might not work for collabs, so maybe only be able to upload while unlisted

[@Anxmaly666]

No

[@TheGamingG810]

2:33 the amazing digital circus

[@MartInsaneGD]

0:51 okay tbh this is was soooooooooo unexpected

[@CHRONOS-memes]

I saw this lvl a while ago and yea great job rob for rating lvls that copied other lvls but not ones that have effort put into them

[@alexwood8223]

LOVE THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS SONG ON JUMPER

[@djmiller1245]

2:30 AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS

[@andrezin8102]

2:32 it goes hard and the song would be called the amazing digital jumper

[@STG24]

1:10 remember when 2.202 was released? People started complaining about that all levels need to be copyable, and it became worse with 2.205, since that is the mobile bugfix update. It seems very simple, but just look what that has made... Also, I'm a victim of beating Try To Die and needeng to rebeat it as Ultrakillmeworld

[@memesong21]

level theft has been happening since before the update

[@memesong21]

it's been a thing since ~1.2 actually

[@STG24]

@@memesong21 Well yes, thanks for the information, but now everyone can copy any new level wothout needeng mod menus, imagine iOS players that only exist for copying, improving a little, and reuploading levels to get creator points and make the creator of the og mad until the copy gets unrated

[@LicoPicoPicoPico-cv9oq]

That real facecam in the last clip was CRAZY 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣

[@midicraftormididash]

imagine if a random 4 year old gets his level rated by copying a level unnoticeably

[@i.gvideos]

The reference at 2:31 is the amazing digital circus because of the song

[@FractorX12]

Tidal wave Daily Dose Of Geometry Dash IRL Jumpscare

[@RenardioMFG]

“Stare-y night” What are we, Irish?

[@m4vgd]

1:43 i beat this a while ago, rate worthy imo, great song 👍

[@Only_free_palestine]

2:35 "amazing digital jumper :"

[@mgmpking]

Ngl Sometimes people steal stuff only for recent tab and for fun but sometimes the people tha stole for fun become bad once their stolen copy of the level gets rated 😅

[@totallynormalminecart519]

Yeah, stealing should be more punishable in more serious cases like Natural Disaster (like if you're stealing cherryteam's resigns or culuc's lightnings). I'm not very familiar with the situation but I genuinely hope that it's the background that got stolen. Cause if it was the block design that's just absurd. Placing a block and slapping a star onto it, wow you're a genius of design. Such a deep and complex work of art. What next? Copyright for default 1.9 blocks? xD Anyway if it was anything more serious it's just sad man.

[@IsBlox2011]

If this is rate standards than dear nastalgists should be epic💀

[@Draagon_fr]

Btw i'm the one who sent the comment in full caps and the reason i did this is because i think that stealing is an extremely bad thing, as a cp creator myself i'd be horrified if one day someone gets away with a feature on a stolen level of mine, this is very bad to do so dont!

[@Squad5Captains]

today's intro is having so much effort my eyes have been blessed

[@Ehhejndndxj]

Bro I accidentally exited how to platformer on room 1972

[@vrman6955]

2:32 The Amazing Geometrical Circus

[@Tex582]

You really need to see Nebs reaction to verifying unnerfed zodiac it is the most insane reaction ever

[@Baggyknowsyourlocation]

0:00 Subtitles: Hello everyone this is your daily po of Geometry Dash