Geometry Dash - Silent Club by Play 1107696
First off, apologies for uploading this so late. My editing software kept messing up the vid, and I didn't have time to figure out what was going on earlier, so I wasn't able to get this out till today. I'd also like to clarify that this is the verification of the rated version of Silent Club. My other video of this level is a 1.9 completion that happened several months ago. Another thing worth mentioning is that I bypassed to 288fps both times I beat this. Anyway, moving on to some history.
Silent Club is a 1.6 level that was created by Play 1107696 (aka blackP2Sfull) and uploaded on April 1st, 2014. It was quickly rated, and soon rose to notoriety, for good reason. Its difficulty far outclassed most levels at the time, with a few exceptions such as unnerfed Stereo Demoness. Over the course of the next year, little to no progress would be made on this level, mainly due to hardware limitations and players not being skilled enough. Sadly, Silent Club was unrated in early 2015 for unclear reasons, possibly because Cyclic discovered a (fake) secret way at the beginning. It's also possible that Rob unrated it simply because it was obviously hacked. Either way, the level faded into obscurity for quite some time after this. Despite being the inspiration for one of the biggest series in the game, the silent series, Silent Club itself was forgotten for the most part. Although a handful of rebalanced versions would eventually be verified, such as Superex's version, none of these retained the infamous orb spams between 44% and 52%. These spam sections are so stupidly inconsistent that they discouraged people from attempting the unnerfed version for over six years.
I stumbled across this level by chance when I was younger, and I've been intrigued by it ever since. I considered attempting it a few times, and last year I finally decided to give it a shot after getting a new mouse. In October, I managed to beat this on the 1.9 private server after weeks of grinding, making me the first victor of the unnerfed version. I wasn't entirely satisfied with this achievement, though; it felt like the level had yet to receive closure. A few months later, I approached Viprin about Silent Club to see if a fixed version had any chance of getting a rate in 2.1. To my surprise, he said yes, and even guaranteed that it would be rated if verified legitimately. The thought of Silent Club being on the list was more than enough motivation for me to come back to it. Unfortunately, I was dealing with major arm problems at the time, and had to postpone the verification process for a while as a result. Thankfully, my arm pain eventually went away (for the most part), and earlier this month I began grinding the level once again. After a few days of uneventful sessions, and just one death at the 50% spam this time, this lucky attempt came out of nowhere. It's amazing to see this rated again after being unrated for so long, and I'm glad I was able to make such a cool contribution to the game. Best of luck to anyone who attempts this.
This version fixes the layered orbs from 46% to 50%, which no longer work properly thanks to 2.1. Although the original version is technically still possible, it requires ridiculous click patterns that were clearly not intended by the creator (you have to triple click at two of the orbs), so I figured it made sense to verify a fixed version instead. I also fixed a secret way at the last ship that allowed you to slip through the saws at the top and bottom, skipping the corridor altogether. This wasn't possible in 1.9, but at some point Rob made saw hitboxes smaller for whatever reason. (There's another secret way at the very end that involves jumping over the ship portal, but I chose not to fix it as it's always been possible and requires a tight timing anyway.) You can still play the original version by turning on the LDM; this reverts the orb fixes and the secret way fix.
As for difficulty, this felt harder than Bloodlust for me. However, I'm not the best at spam, and this level is incredibly skillset based, so realistically it could end up anywhere from #10 to #30 on the list. I'd be surprised if it doesn't place somewhere in the top 20, though.
Sorry for making this description so long; this level means a lot to me, so I couldn't help but write this much about it. Special thanks to Iced and Stormfly once again for being people I could talk to while playing this (shoutout to sc call). If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments!
Attempts: ~20k (including 1.9 attempts)
Enjoyment: 1/10
Song: Clubstep by DJ-Nate
Thumbnail by Zerex
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