What If Bloodbath NEVER Existed?

Bloodbath is Geometry Dash's most important level. What if we delete it from the game? What happens to the history of Geometry Dash?
This video is very hypothetical, so predicting events is hard. This is my best guess at re-writing 8 years of history. Hope you enjoy!
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[@darkph4nt0m]

Avernus might not be verified, because Zoink's verification of Acheron really boosted him to the top. So Avernus might have been an abandoned project or simply not top 1

[@PythagoreanA2b2c2]

W

[@ZainAhmed456]

​@@PythagoreanA2b2c2damn the avernus haters really loved this comment

[@MeltyNote]

Oops! All fixed hitboxes!

[@Realnofake5]

Lets go

[@OneAlphaHelix]

Nice discovery. Could be possible

[@sergimeli4194]

Its incredible how crucial can a single lvl be. I renember entering GD my first time and trying the lvl without knowing it was the current hardest, i felt so frustrated, and since then, i always had beating bloodbath as a dream, and promised myself not leaving GD until i completed it. Now, with a 97%, i am so close to that child dream... I absolutely love this lvl

[@herobrine8763og]

Go! You’ve got this!

[@ManicCow]

Did you do it?

[@komir9491]

Yo did you beat it?!?!

[@sergimeli4194]

@@komir9491 bad ending: Im still stuck there...

[@Snomy]

​@@sergimeli4194 did u get it

[@inuis3024]

it’s interesting seeing this for extremely influential levels such as bloodbath, which pretty much put most of the focus on making harder levels

[@komet011]

if bloodbath didnt exist, there would be another level that would revolutionize the game, and there would be different history, different levels in the top 50

[@browniex5120]

It’s honestly crazy to see of how this single level could affect the entire game as a whole. Many really difficult and well known levels would’ve either not been started, and some top players would’ve probably not got into the spotlight.

[@DoughlessYT]

Extreme demons as we know them wouldn't be the same, the demonlist wouldn't be as well known as it is today, Riot would be known as the 2nd best player to Cyclic, etc. I don't like this alternative universe.

[@50Steaks68]

Cyclic wouldn’t have confessed

[@puppies3330]

I would like silent clubstep to have been top 1 in that universe!

[@Zandezz.]

I wish we lived in the universe where Conical Depression was a top 1

[@ElysiumGD]

I think that Tartarus may have existed as Silent Akbar since the project was initially started before Bloodbath even existed, providing the players working on it pulled through with it, the level could have been verified, but potentially nerfed & a bit later than Bloodbath was

[@sergimeli4194]

Somethings i think would have also changed: -zodiac wouldnt have benn as hated as it was, i still renember how everybody felt bad about the lvl because it dethroned a lvl as loved as bloodlust (not to say that being hacked made things worse) -avernus would have been a nive lvl. Because in this timeline tartarus and SWI never existed, the golden is determined to be the one to take the throne for more than one year. As the goldens legacy is bigger, probably the original decorators never discontinued the project, making an incredible and consistent deco. Also, because zoink never rose, the lvl would have been balanced -APTeam never existed: their most relevant projects (APT, SWI, CoCy) never existed (and sadly, we arent getting news of Blood Swamps), and if the team existed, it would be under another name (its literally named after Apocalyptic Trilogy)

[@cyrixate893]

as influencial this level is, if it didn't exist then I think there would be a different "bloodbath" in its place. maybe something another cataclysm victor would have made or just someone who we don't know about.

[@rienn8559]

definitely

[@ballclawguy]

I think straight fly might've also been much less popular in extreme demons since bloodbath wouldn't have been there to push the gimmick. I think top demons would've been more timing based or wave based as opposed to ship based.

[@NOTHING-zd2gs]

Think again when ice carbon diablo x is released its has so many straight fly and weird timings

[@zerarori]

Cyclic might not have confessed as sonic wave, which was made to dethrone bb didn’t come out. Therefore cyclic could’ve still hacked everything to this day

[@valeriewithsalt]

Riot would have made something else in Bloodbath's place regardless. Instead of a successor to Cataclysm, he would most likely build a successor to his other major achievement: Ice Carbon Diablo X. He still would've been the #1 player as 2.0 came around, which meant that Cyclic would be pressured to rival this hypothetical ICDX sequel and update Sonic Wave to its dark blue version. You also failed to mention Cyclic's other major project at the time: The Hell Zone. I don't think Bloodbath's erasure would affect it that much, as the original level would still be under Cyclic's radar.

[@KevinLopez-wv1wv]

It quite bizarre knowing how much power and inspiration bloodbath truly holds quite literally Carried the game on its shoulders and we all thank riot for his contributions and inspiration he has given us I was a geometry dash fan since cataclysm but still bloodbath inspired me to push my limits I dropped the game years ago but recently picked back up and I’m gonna try to beat a lot of levels but I digress thank you riot and all hail bloodbath the level that created years of history without us even knowing

[@XxTR1D]

I don’t doubt there would be less levels, and way less players along with that. 2.2 would also likely come out sooner from RobTop being pressured by the game dying quicker.

[@robotpotato7943]

Bloodbath was one of the first well known hell themed levels, and there may be less of them today if Bloodbath was never created

[@sjunlee234]

I think Apocalyptic Trilogy would exist because Aftermath was named "Afterclysm" before. Someone would fill between Cataclysm and Aftermath with another Cataclysm remake. Or Aftermath uses Bloodbath's music part and becomes another "Bloodbath" in a parallel universe

[@minkmiau]

You should do Nine Circles one time, since it's one of the most influential levels of gd.

[@Macrotrophy-mq3wh]

Imagine we are living in a "if level did not exist" timeline and if he was slightly changed something drastically different would have happened this video is the representation of the butterfly effect

[@RubyGMD]

If firecracker and abbatoir existed in 1.9...

[@pattyyes6325]

i love this series its so interesting to me how many different outcomes can be made from one level

[@judewade1846]

I’d go as far as to say that levels like slaughterhouse might not exist as they were made to dethrone Tartarus

[@richgravelle997]

Also, with that, no sequels Injury, Kratos, The Human Limit, Vivisect, Eryx and Rare

[@richgravelle997]

And, without Slaughterhouse and Acheron, an upcoming level called "Her Funeral" never exist

[@Jeezwastaken]

Tartarus next! the longest reigning top 1!

[@addiethefemboy]

We need a "What if Clubstep/TOE2/Deadlocked Didnt Exist". That would be interesting

[@gebackenebananee5743]

I love this videos it must be extremely confusing to make these.

[@brinefilopolski33]

Make a video that talks about what would happen if tartarus never existed

[@nebnoobgeometrydash1524]

I am very confident i would have quit this game if it werent for bloodbath. I only did a level that hard because a streamer (now friemd of mine) was jumping from a hard demon to bloodbath. It was only after i beat bloodbath that i had confidence to do other levels and the motivation to keep playing.

[@c4elan]

i dont even think that arcturus or slaughterhouse would exist, (or at least not in their current state) because bloodbath was the first level to really start the oversaturation of red hell levels. cataclysm and the hell factory wouldve obviously influenced a lot of levels, but i dont think they would've done nearly as much impact to the popularity of hell style that bloodbath caused

[@richgravelle997]

Also, without slaughterhouse, you might also lose Injury (Include Mighty Step)

[@richgravelle997]

Without Arcturus, you might also lose Antares, Behemoth, and Viridian

[@richgravelle997]

Without both of these levels, you might not see Vivisect, Rare, and some top 1's that requires it

[@MendAmar]

5:15 Dolphy never ended up getting the prizes and the shoutout. i know Riot's channel was terminated at that time and Dolphy was accused of hacking, but even after Dolphy proved his legitimacy, Riot still never gave the prizes and the shoutout

[@tunapapuna]

the hell theme would die out

[@altonayuk8340]

It's kinda crazy how influential this level was, to the point that it's effect on the community can still be felt 8 years later.

[@richgravelle997]

You might know Silent Helheim and Nekravol can't be created without some levels (Nekravol has the Doom Eternal song, like Aeternus, so without Aeternus, they lose Nekravol)

[@The8BitNerd]

Even though this has been covered by other KZbinrs in a way, I would like to see you put out a video on what would happen if Space UK never cheated.

[@mister_dolbaeb]

9:41 bro forgot about crimson planet and lucid nightmares, they would probably be rated a lot faster because no bloodlust

[@zBleep]

Imagine if we live in one of these timelines where a level simply didn't exist for us and that somehow negatively effected our timeline compared to the other with the level present in the game.

[@IVeryMuchHateYouTubeHandles]

It's horrifying, Really

[@VulcanMain]

bloodbath not existing is just the same as stereo madness not existing at this point

[@Nxbulah_]

8:45 Its actually unlikely that Artificial Ascent would exist without Bloodbath, because Anubis said that it was inspired by Cataclysm. But because of its many sequels such as bloodbath and aftermath, which dont exist in this scenario. Also, avernus probably wouldnt be top 1 because Zoink wouldnt have his skill boost.

[@Hyban123]

I really don't understand your reasoning here, cataclysm would still be hugely significant if bloodbath didn't exist if that's the point you are trying to make.

[@Nxbulah_]

@@Hyban123 Yes, but sequels inspire sequels.

[@richgravelle997]

Examples are Adramelech and Anemesis, as it might not exist, as it requires Athanatos, and as Aftermath never exist without Bloodbath, and the sequel to Aftermath is Athanatos which has the sequels

[@Javake]

can you do a what if nine circles never exsisted

[@AK_804]

The Mario Party 9 music at the start lol

[@patriotseangd]

Ouroboros also wouldn’t exist since it was originally planned to be a Yatagarasu sequel, this would cause Kyrie Eleison to also not exist

[@richgravelle997]

Also, no Orochi, because it has Bloodlust diamonds at 21%-22%, and Anemesis, because it has the decoration of The Apocalyptic Trilogy

[@patriotseangd]

@@richgravelle997 that doesn’t make sense

[@nianiaxd]

i dont think that nswish would be in the same spot as he is right now since his first 3 extremes were cata, bb and aftermath.

[@lego_by_leo]

Slaughterhouse would likely never be created, with Avernus and Silent Clubstep would of likely been verified earlier.

[@ventis109]

next video, what if the level brainsplatter, the hardest level of 2019, existed?

[@rocbot9479]

If there was no bloodbath riot would take on another level around equal to bloodbath difficulty. I doubt anything would change aside from that

[@NOTHING-zd2gs]

Without riot playing gd bloodbath,bloodlust,tartarus,acheron,aerturus and enternal would exits thats so much impact made on the gd community.

[@combineshowcases]

What if unnerfed blade of justice was verified back in 2017? That's an interesting one

[@noonenobody4282]

wouldve stayed in the top 1 for like 2 years

[@nergvinergvi7353]

​@@noonenobody4282unlikely because people would've tried overthrowing it from top 1 position and skill progression would've been much faster, if unnerfed boj was top 1 in 2019, Zodiac and Tartarus would've been way harder than they're right now, I mean see EoD, it's basically unnerfed boj and it's already higher on the list

[@escubingchannel]

Better not talk about Bloodbath Inspiration, existence and competition...

[@jamesbigfan364]

Next should be what if Demon Park never existed :)

[@GastyX153]

Next: "What if Demon Park NEVER Existed?"

[@VikTheGamer]

if bloodbath never existed, in theory there would be a just as influential level to take its place

[@Realnofake5]

What if mefewe verified sonic wave instead of getting 98%? (His version is buffed that’s why I feel this would make the game different)

[@WildPoint]

I’m guessing the game overall would be a bit harder since most levels on the top of the list back when sw was top 1 were made to rival sonic wave. Other levels were made to rival levels that topped it and the cycle continued. Acheron would probably be much harder

[@Vriptic_GD]

Make a video about what if the demon difficulty never existed

[@ElwoodCapcut]

Bloodbath also brought the higher fps discovery and raised the skill ceiling even higher. Edit: Nvm its in the video I missed it

[@Fudge_]

Apteam as a whole would probably not exist as it was created for the apocalyptic trilogy

[@richgravelle997]

And also the level, Mighty Step, will not exist because it has the Apocalyptic Trilogy monster, and also inspired by Slaughterhouse

[@harrygoesgaming]

My hardest demon is bloodbath but i’ve also beaten innards so it wouldn’t be too bad

[@sapphirez1]

innards is harder imo

[@harrygoesgaming]

@@sapphirez1 i just suck at consistency lol

[@gkoble]

i prob wouldnt be playing the game either lol

[@chrono9503]

Basically no more red hell levels

[@etheonbampa7469]

Next video idea: what if nine circles never existed

[@ThePolulos]

Xenoblade soundtrack as background music haha nice

[@richgravelle997]

No bloodbath, No Top 1 (because Acheron (current top 1) can't be existed without it, also no aftermath, no Apocalyptic Trilogy (upcoming top 1) because The Apocalyptic Trilogy requires Aftermath which requires Bloodbath)

[@Mypfpisacoolduck]

It will be my new best from toe 2

[@rasheau1]

Idea: What if Nine Circles NEVER existed

[@vortex.fps12]

He said bloodlust more times than me my name 💀💀💀

[@FSORto10K]

Do ICDX or Cataclysm next

[@acevictorium__]

i am still waiting for what if spaceuk never hacked

[@FaizanGMD]

Wavix made a video about it.

[@Frosty0818]

What if ultimate destruction existed

[@ThePrimeYeeter]

i think if bloodbath never existed alpha never clear will be top 1

[@shoplifter01gud]

What about if clubstep never existed?

[@murraygraham2923]

But if there was no Acheron then this video might not exist cause u are the Acheron guy

[@ImAverage-et9wb]

video idea: what if spaceuk never hacked?

[@MALC0RYGD]

what happened to sakupen circles

[@rKl8779]

Yo can you make a vid about if SpaceUK never existed i mean Space is the one who betrayed us

[@somebodywhosbored5454]

Bro you should do what if Trusta verified unnerfed yata

[@INoromania]

Without bloodbath i wouldnt play gd probably. It Was a big goal for me to beat bloodbath, what I did in 2020. Without this goal i wouldnt have 3100h in this game today soo thanks for bloodbath 😊 I dont know if my grammar is correct, my english is not the yellow from the egg :D

[@aRealMango]

Update: nswish is a hacker?

[@Backflipping]

what is robtop never existed 🕵‍♂

[@jjgh5421]

Great video

[@Glitcher19]

Also tech trilogy bc artificial ascent was a cata remake (anubis' video)

[@OneAlphaHelix]

Cata remake, not bloodbath remake.

[@Glitcher19]

​@@OneAlphaHelixoh you're right, I totally forgot that bloodbath was made after cata, ops sorry about that one :), great vid tho!

[@gester-]

this is how much riot had made an impact on the game.

[@nasdfigol]

Not conical depression as top 1 😭

[@AxolotlPlays1-t9r]

everyhing would be fucked up

[@NoelleUnknown]

I swear i’ve seen this same concept somewhere

[@averagelizard2489]

Are you in love with the concept?

[@leos4286]

What if Zoink never played gd

[@Yuuiuyuuuuyiyu]

What if Bloodbath was never mad?

[@Thomas-22cab]

Bloodbath is one f the most influential levels

[@knel14]

then i wouldnt have died at 99% on it

[@RiptedGd]

gl

[@randomoriginality9670]

Video really got my blood bathing.

[@GDMeep]

Fire vid

[@Realnofake5]

I suggested this

[@Edvardopfake69]

The demon list whould be medded up as hell😅

[@notd4n1]

it wouldnt exist

[@The76Hoff07]

Gone

[@A_HayBale_playingvideogames]

cool vids

[@airycubed]

he truly is not the chips :(

[@gdslopes]

Ur friend reacted more than you and wasnt the one to beat the level lmfao

[@Sky__eX]

the game would be dead 100%

[@oskarsierzega9193]

I love taking baths

[@jimbaro]

No way

[@PythagoreanA2b2c2]

I got last yooooo live chat comment lol

[@whaverie]

2nd zo i must get the pin imo