Who Has Left GD? Sea1997, Hotball1, Etzer & more || Geometry Dash History E3

[@CnekYT]

SEA was my favorite GD KZbinr, I feel since he left there has been a SEA shaped hole in the community. Some people have gotten to a level similar to how good he was like you for example. But it doesn't feel the same as SEA did

[@maxonator3913]

Agree 100%

[@hazel_slayzel]

I think the main problem is with the new news channels in geometry dash like Hus News and Community Report. They’re just not the same as G-News. Blue made a community post a few weeks ago asking his fans if he should continue g news where sea left off, which got tons of votes saying he should, so maybe it will come back soon with a new owner. It’s been multiple weeks though, so 8km beggining to doubt it

[@BrainETR]

There’s a SEA shaped hole in my SEA shaped heart... (UNDERTALE reference)

[@yumnamuhamed728]

same here. he was one of my most favourite gd youtubers

[@ballkicker931]

I DIDN'T KNOW HE LEFT NOOOOOO!!!

[@ExonTwins]

yes. more great content from an extremely underrated content creator

[@Klaux]

and Knuckles

[@unloaded1843]

U love to see it

[@sigmafortnite1]

Exon sniping

[@ExonTwins]

@@sigmafortnite1 lol

[@KriszGD]

Wow you played my level in the background at 9:40, thanks a lot!

[@FustinJields]

I had horrible luck on that level although only a 6 star.... Btw GG on Duelo Maestro!

[@agsechogd6406]

Lol yeah

[@maximizations]

etzer actually has refunded everyone, he just didnt post about it anywhere. also, he actually tried to start a video series called lmag which was about game development but he unlisted the announcement video. i actually found the link though kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3_TiayZmbWlsLc

[@Alex_.Z5]

That vid was uploaded over a year ago..

[@smogblazer4509]

how do you know that etzer refunded everyone?

[@maximizations]

@@smogblazer4509 th31 tweeted it a while ago

[@maximizations]

@@smogblazer4509 wait you edited your comment lmao

[@smogblazer4509]

@@maximizations yep, should've seen that a day ago tho

[@UraniumFractal]

That was a nice touch, playing Sidestep when it was SEA's segment!

[@maxonator3913]

Yeah

[@itzduhneh3558]

I was about to comment this, but you beat me to it.

[@bluex6095]

Sidestep is basically Sea's iconic soundtrack…

[@zazzking]

I honestly feel like the community died a little bit more when sea left. Everything has been much less hype since he left. It’s the same for Riot too.

[@oasisx722]

this is facts, the way he described stuff made the community very interesting

[@whatocallmyself5614]

Yea but isn’t riot back

[@baidrow]

Riot is back but not as hype

[@icecreampandas]

BaiDroW it was hype for a while but then he stopped uploading

[@baidrow]

Icecreampandas oh ok

[@omegacroc2928]

A gd related video about hotball without mentioning his ego? Hmm that’s new.

[@kxenyy]

Manh Hung Nguyen he went to fortnite and won a death run competition run by a youtuber and he got millions of views from it

[@kmasouss8449]

d thats so sad bro :(

[@eltitoguille4090]

@@Mog-Ops he wasnt, I knew him before his bb progress

[@eadrke3472]

i actually haven’t kept up with gd or fort yt , but hotball has a ego ? i knew him before any of this a few years back and he seemed like the coolest guy

[@Walroose64]

Really nice video, I knew about most of these but it was nice to reminisce on the old times. I feel like DonutCopper could’ve also been mentioned; he may not have had a huge influence, but unlike 3xotiC, he’s the only person who we actually know for sure that they died. His story is a sad one, but an interesting one.

[@gdphheaven-3116]

Is michigun sorry

[@Hyperlithh]

sidestep as the intro song to sea was perfect

[@983fjiwd32f]

Ikr the nostalgia...

[@julesmoizan8893]

I like at the end how you said that "if you choose to quit gd, you'll probably come back one day" I literally quit the game 3 times (1.9, early 2.0 and early 2.1) yet I keep coming back for some reason, maybe nostalgia or the creating aspect of the game

[@Wulzy]

12:53 Whoa

[@k01r01]

"we may have lost sea1997, but now we have wulzy" Edit: added the " at the end

[@opmab5941]

Best gd KZbinr wulzy

[@MatMart]

Imagine being addicted over 2 dollar spike jump game

[@zekgd3658]

Imagine being addicted to code with art

[@alika3651]

fortnite is free...

[@toastu5689]

Pff... Couldn't be me

[@ireadysucks3026]

5$ on steam

[@mxmxxlxrtgd3294]

I’m not embarrassed to say I am

[@ideac.]

You shouldve talked about RiverCiver. He was such an iconic geometry dash commentary back in 2016-2017 Definitely influential for me

[@ideac.]

@@killthemtodayrightnowtoday same, i could improve my english because of him, back in 2016 when i was 11

[@staringcorgi6475]

Too bad he's a racist bigot

[@jiyzo]

i recognize him. i dont remember him that much, but i knew he was really funny and cool

[@bloxyyt]

*nobody leaves the gd community* - colon

[@wixxo3271]

insendium?

[@Royale9]

Just go through the Top Creator leaderboard and you will count at least 40 who quit.

[@Comeyuca01]

neptune zobros Glittershroom hasn't made anything in a long while ZenthicAlpha BlassCFB etc etc..

[@Royale9]

@@Comeyuca01 Zenthic is back

[@bloxyyt]

the comment is a *joke.* i kinda thought that was easy to get?

[@EvilMC10]

It kinda sucks that hotball deleted all his gd videos, he could’ve just unlisted all of them and put them all in a playlist instead

[@BillybobJoelikestrains]

i only found out by watching this video and now i'm sad

[@CryoKonk]

Unfortunately his viewpoint is that gd is unprofessional, and so he doesn’t want any association between gd and his channel

[@takoz9978]

He just made the videos private and dislikes the game

[@JoicSeth]

@@CryoKonk more like: "I'm above this game. Leaving it was the best thing I did" when he had his 10 minutes of fame with the cizzorz deathrun

[@trystian8539]

@@JoicSeth hotball became so damn egotistical

[@Johnfree]

Nacho21 was really bad to see him leave. He literally uploaded a level called "last universe" that had a really depressing message above the editor, saying that the community is the only thing that the game has, cuz yknow the developer is taking 3+ years but he also says that the community, having little connection with the dev, absolutely lost control. It lost control over gameplay, having levels absolutely hard that only a few people can beat. It lost control over deco, having overdecorated levels that are unplayable in some mobile or even pc. He says its absolutely frustrating to play the game and create even and he complained about the players watching videos of the completions more than playing the levels. Levels are made to be played and not to be seen.

[@ssim11]

nacho never left

[@Johnfree]

@@ssim11 this is a 3 year old comment bro

[@ssim11]

@@Johnfree xd ya se soy fan tuyo

[@lakegordon3310]

I just kinda wanted to say ty for being respectful triaxas and exotic. The one really I really really hate gd water was because he was so rude to triaxas and of my best friends in trans and I know what they go through and water was being so disrespectful. Again I just wanted to say thank you

[@JustAspect]

hotball is never coming back according to his twitter. "leaving this community is the best decision i have ever made". Aside with that, his ego is way out of bounds. In his last gd video, which was his completion of erebus, he literally said at the end, and i quote: “Dude, im too good at this game." So personally im kinda glad he is gone but thats me

[@JustAspect]

@zirc gd well he also has a lot of fortnite subs cause he got a shoutout from a streamer, but thats also a problem because in their eyes he is an innocent player, they dont know what he is really like :/

[@abslzero]

Just asking why did hotball quit?

[@JustAspect]

@@abslzero because he enjoyed fortnite more i assume, but then when he started playing fortnite more he got a shoutout from a streamer so he obviously stuck with the game

[@wixxo3271]

he is a stupid young fortnite bitch lmfao

[@Razi7s]

i like ppl with ego

[@zen0x50]

I find it crazy that Hotball1's newer audiences will never discover the legend he once was.

[@zen0x50]

@BOBABOLA Yeah, agreed. I wish Hotball had just unlisted his GD videos and put them in a playlist, instead of privating them for no one to see.

[@husky6981]

prntscr.com/sr7dt8 i had a convo with hotball1 like 6 months ago or something this is basically why he quit

[@husky6981]

^^ btw just copy the link and paste it into google

[@noji3516]

@@husky6981

[@solariix4388]

sandstorm handled it better no cap

[@Xanii]

Personally, I would say that breeze was also chased out of the community.

[@Vinistonesrrr]

No likes in this comment? Strange

[@noji3516]

@@Vinistonesrrr lol

[@ArtePlays]

@@Vinistonesrrr lol

[@masterdoge987]

Xanii he’s legit, I saw him streaming Artificial Dream and saw zero evidence of hacking

[@Xanii]

@@masterdoge987 artificial dream is quite literally free

[@Petalight]

I'm pretty sure Etzer ended up charging back the people he scammed, he just didn't make a video on it.

[@maximizations]

^

[@aviumcaravan]

he did, i recently made a post about it

[@SupremeShoelace]

Oh hey Pedro!

[@MuzikBike]

wait, so he gave the money back. then stole it again? disgusting

[@maximizations]

@@MuzikBike ?

[@nycturn]

Ya'll forgot about my man noobas. Influencial guy both being a creator and player.

[@ThinkAboutVic]

Hacker*

[@p1xelated306]

I'm pretty sure he is the first one to make gd challenge videos, which definitely inspired multiple top players and youtubers.

[@MyHandleIsAplaceholder]

He made cool levels

[@krazzywazzy]

Who cares if no as hacked, he was still an influential creator and player.

[@notaheatheranymore]

Костян был ахуенным, he still watches russian community videos, like DeCody.

[@raveyard21]

SEA1997 will always be remembered as a tier 10 KEK player

[@kxrma2610]

It’s kind of scary to go away like that. Having a community of fans, along with haters and people who just know you exist, then making one last tweet, saying you are about to die, then people hack your account, and use you as a clout chase.

[@ky-lt8cz]

ramo shouldve be mentioned here, as he went from hacker to just regulary commentary into a csgo meme(?) maker as can be seen on his twitter

[@mx_stafa]

Dude where's Sandstorm at? He is a x2 world champion in Brawlhalla and he has one of the most interesting stories in GD history.

[@aviumcaravan]

@@remuslol_ he does, but he doesn't bother doing it that much anymore. he's still here though.

[@MyHandleIsAplaceholder]

Wait I thought he had the same name as a brawhalla character

[@teejaay7609]

Placeholder idk about that but he is world number 1 in brawlhalla

[@gmdascensia]

He beat BloodLust recently tho

[@teejaay7609]

[GD] Ascensia wasn’t that recently, it was a few months at the very least now

[@Ninja-ib8wm]

Hotball said in a tweet around a month ago “yeah I’m never coming back to this game”

[@aviumcaravan]

and then started boosting his balls ego by saying "leaving this community was the best decision"

[@Hyban123]

@@aviumcaravan It's funny because the fortnite community is even worse

[@aviumcaravan]

@@Hyban123 ^

[@idlesquadron7283]

@@Hyban123 Yes

[@Vinistonesrrr]

@@Hyban123 agreed

[@GoesByJ]

This video was amazing. I have no clue why you are not huge yet. Please keep making more. (Also thank you for being respectful towards Triaxis)

[@nixisgamerguy]

It’s actually sad that Sea1997 left. He was one of my faves.

[@uvuvwevwevweonyentenyevweu9405]

Even though I stop playing GD, imma be honest, I'm still updated on to what's going on around the community.

[@_ego11]

Nobody: Me when he shows sea1997: tears up

[@smackky]

“This was really the only cancelling in GD” that aged like milk holy god

[@utopes]

wait why

[@ireadysucks3026]

@@utopes also cirtrax, antonsen and amoraltra although cirtrax stopped playing gd before he was “cancelled”

[@FishTacoXD]

This reminds me of Sea's legend series videod, except with a handful of people. It's really well put together and I really enjoyed it.

[@gdxxfrissonxx]

Hotball1... damn. I forgot all about him as soon as he started his fortnite career. Unfortunate, he was a beast.

[@shostyd]

Your well-researched video and clean editing have earned you a new subscriber. I really notice the influence of SEA, and that is a good thing. Keep it up!

[@海誠ー]

I miss hotball1 I used to be friends with him back when I was in like 4th-5th grade

[@Hausty1]

Really? that's nice, I either miss him :(

[@kylex6825]

im still friends with him but all he talks is fortnite ;/

[@idlesquadron7283]

@@kylex6825 lol

[@Hausty1]

@@kylex6825 😭😭

[@JoSephGD]

Man, this game...it's only a shell of its former self.

[@tavmoc]

Bro, this video is freaking high quality, I don’t know why you don’t have more subscribers. Great video!

[@Klaux]

I miss the old SEA tbh :(

[@Eachj2]

Hi Klaux!!!!

[@Klaux]

@@Eachj2 hi :)

[@viktor5534]

Me 2,especially the MFH series. :(

[@frde2190]

Me too

[@Somewhere_Bagel]

I love his new videos

[@ThisLuvee]

13:10 This hits hard. I've probably quit and came back to GD like 3 or 4 times already in the past 4 years lol

[@RaivoltG]

I am mod on hotballs KZbin and twitch channels and I have to say he changed so much once he got 144hz. He got more egotistical and was a completely different person. He stated he’d never come back to gd and it was the best decision he ever made that he left. I really miss the guy though. We even made a level together

[@Piaj]

I was a mod on his twitch and would talk to him through his twitch chat a lot in his early fortnite era when he had about 6 viewers per stream and was real active in his discord and stuff but I never really got to experience his ego being that big

[@Piaj]

But also I def believe he did get a big ego because he was quite young and got super popular off the cizzors deathruns super quick

[@Piaj]

Around the time hotball quit it felt like everybody was quitting and the gd community had pretty much come to a stop, that’s around when I kinda went off the game (came back around start of 2022) but people like Dorami and tons of other big KZbinrs were making videos saying they were quitting and shit I guess they just immediately came back idk

[@Sadius]

"This is really the only cancelling that's ever happened." Well that's changed a bit

[@bacbac7580]

Sadius??

[@HaxMastr]

i quit the game 4 times. Now i'm more active than ever. currently working on a couple collabs. Keep an eye out for Galaxian Nightmare, and Subsonic Pulse

[@thepuff_vods7618]

Super cool video. As someone who has been around to remember all of these people and remember them leaving, this was a great look back. Was kinda hoping to hear about Satcho. It was never clear to me what happened to him. He just kinda disappeared and people like End made fun of him a lot.

[@madeinrogd7246]

I love how he called TriAxis she, because she was transgender. love to see that

[@noirgyh6127]

Water was an asshole

[@FustinJields]

@@noirgyh6127 Only for that one situation.

[@theemeraldboat9947]

JumperOverrated GMD nah in general

[@kendricktaylor3298]

Can't tell if you're trying to be mumkey, nerdcity, or emplemon.🤔 Nah but in all seriousness, I love your videos and it's great to see someone genuinely interested in commentary I'm the gd community, and ngl you helped me get back into the game. Good shit bro.

[@flashbot708]

This was actually a really good video. Very informal. I hate when some youtubers start drama to put on other KZbinrs.

[@Zqtaa]

Great video as always, Lfritz. Your content never ceases to entertain me :)

[@ExenityGD]

well, you’re right about coming back.

[@lovelymayapop]

omg

[@FormulaTurismo]

I still miss SEA. I came into this community in Febuary 2018 (just after Bloodlust was verified) and he taught me so much about the GD comunity and its past. Thanks to him I learned about Riot, Cyclic, Sohn0924, The Silent series and so much more.

[@EREnder]

This was pretty interesting although I knew about most of this it still is cool to watch and go back to these. Also good vid :D

[@FloofiWan]

Man.... I remember all of these happening! This was certainly a memory lane, good work with the video, this was amazing!

[@solrac6324]

Wow! You’re performing so well your content man, keep the quality. I know that you will be a really good creator content for the gd community! Lov ur vids

[@cubingcraft2]

it’s weird how there’s another person now who left in the same way 3x0tic did..... and the greatest geometry dash player and personality of all time..... if Michigun’s account gets hacked that person is extremely disrespectful considering the fact that he didn’t hack (not that hacking 3x0tic isn’t extremely disrespectful but michi was a great personality)

[@braeden9606]

The last part of Wherwin's comment at 6:14 is great

[@justpotato8119]

I would love if you did a whole video on the triaxis situation, Im just really confused with her situation since everytime someone talks about how she left GD the reason is always something else, I remember at the time that all of that was happening people were accusing Triaxis of pedophilia not really about being trans so seeing that no one talks about that when discussing the issue feels very confusing to me, I hope she is at a better place tho.

[@dahperson9343]

Sea was my fav. Id rewatch his videos a lot cuz they were so gud. I legit got a bit emotional in his quitting vid

[@staringcorgi6475]

But it's inevitable

[@thornless2731]

Although I appreciate your positive outlook on the situation, I do not think Hotball will ever be coming back. He once said in his Twitter “Leaving this community is the best decision I ever made”. Sad stuff. I really used to enjoy his streams, and I was even a mod. Guess you can’t stop someone who’s hypnotized by fame.

[@ValidationOff]

I absolutely loved this video. After Sea left, there hasn't been many people who upload interesting GD Content so thanks for uploading this!

[@cubingcraft2]

when i saw 3x0tic’s name chills went down my spine

[@eli.jahhhh]

I was a mod for hotball, He hearted almost all of my comments, He’s on my Fortnite friends list, and I even played with him and Im in one of his videos. I don’t know what happened to him but he was really cool. I was there when he first picked up asteria. I hope the best for him

[@rankedqueue5403]

When the intro said "you want a rant from the beast" I thought he said "You want a rant from an obese" and i started dying

[@iamveryconfusedabout]

this type of content, with interey (and in this case nostalgic) subject matter and calm narration, is filling the 'sea shaped void' one of the other commenters commented about I love it

[@xOwlK]

Actually epic video. I love these kinds of gd history videos they are so entertaining and informational! Love these 😘❤❤

[@GDNebula_]

In my recommended, glad it was, amazing edits and cool research :) good job I’m sure you’ll get the subs u deserve soon enough

[@trickyy5738]

I remember when hotball beat bloodlust first, I loved that man

[@mixxdup]

i would definitely be interested in a triaxis video. i feel like there's a whole lot to the situation and i joined the community a bit after all that went down and never got to catch up with everything.

[@henryskehan7052]

“One of the only Cancellings thats ever happened” Enter Crazen

[@exyl_sounds]

Monetized gang

[@exyl_sounds]

lmao at the destiny clip at the end

[@nicobrunetti3381]

What about Optical, although maybe not the most influential creator, I think it would've been an interesting point in how GD made him discover his passion and helped him move on to a career in graphic design.

[@kolixan]

Wow, this really throws me back to when I was active in the GD community. Never watched a GD video like this in about 2 years. I think most people quit the GD community because the community made the game really not fun, which is why I left. Great video!

[@rem2644]

Bro ur content is extremely good, just found your channel and im addicted now

[@tapdot]

I hope that some of the big players come back with 2.2, because of multiplayer mode and other features which might spark their interest.

[@vapoh1467]

Wait, I thought you only were a creator lol. Glad to have discovered this channel and good job with this video

[@janis285]

i actually spoke with triaxis by chance a couple months back. she's making music as shye now and seems to be doing well :)

[@fairsaa7975]

I always find it interesting how seriously the community takes stopping playing the game; like there'll be announcements and shiz, as if you can't just stop playing a game.

[@thatssoninja1]

First, it's usually popular people in the community so they wanna make it clear, and I'm pretty sure most people do that but I'm not sure

[@metalmelter6735]

I miss sea1997 he had the only GD content I watched consistently.

[@WildPeanuts]

This channel needs more attention tbh i love the commentary the editing and just good quality i love ur vids very good

[@asins4905]

holy shit that mutetroll video is iconic i completely forgot about it

[@DemonzSlayer49]

From my understanding, Sea's last video on geometry dash stated he only wont be posting anymore GD on youtube. He did not state that he wont be playing GD. Thats why he still makes GD content on his other SM platforms

[@Radosaint]

As someone who left GD ~2 years ago after playing since december 2013 I find this video fascinating

[@zhatai]

this is a really amazing and well made video. really glad this was in my recommended. subbed!

[@lamp88]

cool and interesting commentary :)

[@maxonator3913]

Is that the Legendaray dragon? Lol

[@raciogd]

Nice video! I think you got something wrong with the Triaxis and Water thing though. He said Triaxis was trying to get attention after she posted a video of her cutting herself. Otherwise I believe everything is very accurate, good job!

[@TRD6932]

"Someday, you will jump over your last spike and build your last level"

[@test_0181]

1:30 that song always gives me SEA1997 nostalgia

[@le_plankton]

hello there. around the time TriAxis came out (about 8 or 9 years ago), I left a disrespectful comment under one of her videos and I would like to officially apologize for my childish and disrespectful behaviour of the past.

[@Virci_]

That combo of Summertime and Korn is so fucking weird in the intro I fucking love it 😂

[@weewodon]

3:53 actually he did it twice, one was the first time he beat it, and the second? When it was a weekly demon, he fluked it in 56 attempts. (I think)

[@kmasouss8449]

59*

[@Kunjura]

Nice video I rewatch it every now and then.

[@Acidthoth]

Yes Triaxis is a she

[@cubingcraft2]

@@Kunjura she wasn’t known as it but she was

[@Kunjura]

@@cubingcraft2 this comment was dumb sorrrrryyyy

[@dogrzz7082]

i miss content like this in the community, thanks lfritz

[@pigeon4422]

I think it'd be kind of awesome if SEA came back. He was my only source of gd news. This game is inescapable, after all ;)

[@abdoonyt9049]

I LIKE YOUR CONTENT I AM GONNA SHARE YOUR CHANNEL.

[@nannukbic-chips3240]

"3xotic is the most interesting one which is why i saved him for last" my crying that the vid is about to end

[@omarsools8636]

Yes I love this miss hotball1😔

[@Tanrod-uu4si]

Hotball1 came into my stream yesterday as he was a good friend of mine 4-5 years ago. He said he plays OSU now and fortnite, but doesnt plan on coming back to GD

[@joaqmg]

I've left the game between 2017-2018 and I returned. The community is unique and the game is literally infinit, it's impossible to escape from it.

[@GDNachoo]

I remember Etzer apologized on twitter and as far as I know he gave all the money back, but It's not something that much people know Or maybe it's a bad memory Edit: lil didn't saw that comment

[@solariix4388]

GDNacho hey its the bfb man

[@solariix4388]

react to ii episode 14 or die

[@solariix4388]

also bfb 23

[@staringcorgi6475]

But we shouldn't forgive him

[@Alferia]

I think I'm the only GD Commentator who's content was not inspired by Sea's. Partially because Sea was a trash human being towards me(It is a long story), and I like watching not GD Content all the time. My inspirations for making GD commentators were people such as DigitalTy, JoshScorcher, Wambu, Gigguk, Chuggaaconroy, SomeCallMeJohnny, and the list goes on of people who's content has influenced my work. SEA deserves some credit, but I found his content just mediocre and easily improveable through many means but it just never happened with his GD Content. I told myself I wouldn't talk about the drama with SEA I had with him(which turns out more people ended up siding with me), but I just thought I'd mention my experience with Sea was not very positive.

[@TRD6932]

i recently saw SEA's channel and today he mostly uploads "science-related content"