I feel like I need to explain further why this video took so long. I've known roughly all of this information since 2020. The reason I didn't just put out a video then is because I realized the importance of this, not only to the community but to myself personally. The things that I discovered about this person that I have never met in my life is crazy. I knew that I needed to give saRy and his story justice. I needed it to be as good as I could make it, and the pieces only just now fell into place for this video to happen. I apologize for the super long hiatus, but I hope this video at least partially makes up for it. I don't know how long it's gonna take for me to start streaming. In all honesty, I'm nervous to start, because I don't want to fumble on myself and it's the worst thing ever in front of 100 people. I also don't have the most amount of time in the world? I don't know. Huge thanks to everyone who has supported me. I really want to thank the people in my small friend group who supported me through thick and thin. I don't think I would have been able to close this out if I didn't have the support of them. I hope you all enjoyed. 💙
A few things to note: - Ship physics got a massive overhaul in Update 2.0. Its changes made straight flying easier, while making precise, quick diagonal flying MUCH harder. That needs to be taken into account when discussing ship physics in old mobile screenshots. - Similarly, saRy's Hell Zone completion was (possibly) before the level was nerfed significantly. For example, the level notably had a precise orb timing which was changed into a pad at the VERY start of the level. - Silent Club had a secret way in it. It's not impossible to consider that scary took it to beat the level, keeping its existence hidden until Cyclic discovered it and got the level unrated. Otherwise, great video all around. You still put out high quality content years after your last upload.
I've heard about all of those points, but there was only so much that I could fit. I wanted to mention The Hell Zone being dubiously impossible on mobile, but I only wanted to deal with concrete evidence. Everything you mentioned is absolutely true though! Great work
@JosephGD It's worth mentioning that the secret way at the beginning does not work, if you try attempting that secret way, you will fail. This was intentionally left behind as a troll
Silent Club’s “secret way” does not even work on update 1.6, as the cube falls slightly higher than the portal. It was added there just for fun, as confirmed by P2Sfull himself about a year ago, saying he made it “as a joke”
the amount of research that went into making this video is insane. Huge huge probs for putting all of this together, especially with how scarce some of the resources are, also I would NEVER in a million years find out about Red World being nerfed. Thats insane to me. Good luck on Red World Classic!
As a player that was rather active back in 2014-2015 in the Google+ community, I wished I tried to research more on SaRy honestly. He was someone that I always kept at the back of my mind throughout the years and was one of my inspirations to start star grinding back then, along with Cyclic. It's weird knowing that not many people remember the impact he genuinely had in the community back then, just because he stopped playing. This was a great video to give homage to him.
i remember seeing the race on the leaderboards back then even when the 10000 stars got reached! ive played since 2013 on a few green users so im pretty much ancient in GD
This was worth the wait. SaRy truly is an important player in the game’s history, and I look forward to seeing this video prove that fact true with care.
You were one of the few people that I could actually talk to and vent to about not being able to get this out. Thank you so much for listening to my ramblings these past few years. You're a great dude :)
THE TIME HAS COME, AND SO HAVE I. I met you after you had burnt out and stopped uploading, Brab had been trying to get me into Geometry Dash, but it was you who truly piqued my curiosity and got me into playing GD early last year and now I've made a ton of progress and had a lot of fun and I have you to thank for it, but it made me sad knowing that I never got to see you upload, and only had the old videos you previously uploaded. To see you regain your passion is awesome. I was there to watch your progress on Bloodbath and Sakupen Hell, and I MISSED BOTH OF THOSE FUCKING COMPLETIONS, IM NOT MISSING THIS ONE I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU VERIFY IT AT 4 AM IM GONNA BE PISSED. Awesome video man, and can't wait to see this saga come to an end when you beat it. Go get em Spike.
if i got a nickel for every time sary's levels became impossible due to a physics change in a geometry dash game update, i would have two nickels which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
My read on "sometimes" is that it's a response to some question, maybe something like "Do you ever play Geometry Dash anymore?" Or maybe it means something in Korean
This is the biggest suprise of my day today. Didn't expect you to upload ever, but you did and the comeback was awesome! I've learned so much things about saRy and it's crazy how cool of a person they were. Really hope they see the video! And if you could, try to indicate more that you're alive Mr. Lotion. Best of luck in the university!
@Make-pl9uxno actually If your heart does not really intend to change your religion to Islam, the shahadat will just be ordinary words and will not change your religion.
literally today i was thinking about how few videos about saRy are out there, because of being absolutely forgotten, and then, this documentary popped up on my feed great video, and also really informative, i'm not very old in the community even though i've been playing since 1.8/1.9, but i always wanted to know about saRy, since i remember seeing his name a lot of times over the years
man as someone whos been around since 2014-15 you explained so much in so much detail for real, lots of stuff that was crazy to figure out ab the red world stuff and just ab sary in general, great video boss you've earned a well deserved sub (:
Stellar documentary. I feel like a lot of gd documentaries get caught up in saying "In April, he completed this extreme. Then in June, he verified the top one. Then over the next few months, he took a break, beating easier extremes". Like they just list completion dates. This was a good discussion about all aspects of the topic.
6:17 Red World seems to have never actually been rated before it was fixed. Sea’s unlisted video on it from September 2016 says the same, and I’m not aware of any evidence that suggests it was rated. This would make it one of, if not the only unrated level to have been fixed by an elder mod, and would likely explain why it wasn’t fixed sooner. This is an easy misconception to make as SaRy had numerous other rated levels, but they may be lost to time.
Hey so I need to add something. I don't know where I have heard this, if it was a lie told to me by someone or if I even made that up. Let me explain. A few weeks ago I was talking with a friend of mine, Refios if my memory serves correct, and we talked about saRy (no capitalized S ^^') Either way I remembered this weird story I've heard sometime in early 2015. Apparently there was a meeting hosted within the GW/a meeting some Korean players that could be affiliated to the GW. Did saRy partake in it? I don't know, did this ever happen, heck I don't even know. All I remember is that there was a meeting which I think I was told he did in fact partake in. I am 99% sure this is bogus, I've always held an interest, even close to a decade ago in history and especially mysterious/foggy/undocumented history. fair to say in early 2015 I wanted to know what happened in 2013/14. There is a good chance I made that up myself just to argue with someone, that's the most likely scenario. Though this is so old that I cannot be sure. It may as well have been told to me. I was once in contact with KeIas, Lightning back in the days, to join the GW which as a 13 yo Frenchman was pretty complex. Either way this is one of the info sitting in the back of my memory that I cannot prove nor disprove. If anyone has heard of that it would be nice for you to come forward, I'm as intrigued as you all. Also and while I'm at it, I've heard/read somewhere about a drama involving Kudabe and the Korean community as a whole. On this one I am way more certain it's nothing I could have invented for the sake of an argument. Though again no prove, I tried asking SuperSNSD but he has never heard of it so it has probably happened while he was doing his military service, that should have then happened in or close to 1.6. As far as I know it was pretty heated, made Kudabe not so appreciated within the community and devided quite a bit said community. I was never able to find anything about that, not that I searched much either, but I insist that this one I would have had no reason to make it up. The saRy one I have my reason to think I made that up to win an argument over his legitimacy when I was still very young. The other one, well, I did not have a clue Kudabe was somewhat relevant in the Korean sphere and would have no interest inventing a drama that I barely ever told anyone anyway. Either way, very nice video, I was there when saRy grinded his final stars and uploaded Red World, would have loved to have started earlier but it is what it is. Thanks for bringing back some dusty memories Lation! EDITS/Video Corrections: -Demonov is a level by lenov, it is also the level that black P2SFull (silent club creator) that become his new nickname: Play 1107696 from the top of my head. It was largely loved by the Korea community and pushed to rated. -Tbf it's most likely he left because of military -You are absolutely right there is no proof he cheated, it's possible he hacked some due to pressure. My theory would be that he felt compelled to prove he was the best and resorted to hacking. It's unlikely in my opinion that he hacked his stars/most demons. Though while I have no proof the accusation has pretty much none either. -I haven't mentionned that but I really like your conclusion -I also do not recall red World being ever rated, in fact I actually remember being surprised when I was playing that it was not getting rated, though I cannot prove for certain what I'm saying is true. But I'm quite confident.
You are literally one of the best content creators I've seen within the geometry Dash community ngl. I've always wanted to make content like this before, but the research is extremely hard to do with topics like these, especially with everything being so buried and filled with misinformation. It's incredible how much time you spend on your videos, and I hope to see more videos like this on your channel in the future!
YOOOOOO THIS VIDEO IS A BANGER!!! I can't believe the dedication you had into making this, and I'm super happy to be informed of the impact that Sary had on the community. He's always been sitting on the back of my mind as a mystery, but now as a person who has a strong passion for this game, I really love to see this! Amazing job bro, and good luck with your verification :D
@@Lation I've been around since 2.1's release and I remember VERY WELL that Red World was rated during that time. I remember it specifically being a Medium Demon, not sure why, and I remember playing it and figuring out that it was impossible. I then have a separate memory of checking again somewhere around a year later and finding it being unrated. I very specifically remembering noticing at that time that it was unrated now where it had previously been rated. There is always the chance that I could be mis-remembering, but I'm really confident in that memory.
I knew this player for collaboration and red world, got interested for him but I never search or found any information until this day xD. Thanks for this interesting documentary :D
I absolutly love GD history, it mystifies the game so much and seeing someone go full archeologist mode to find things like these are absolutely unbelievable. I have to commend you for making such an effort to unearth and remember such an iconic figure. GG and may Sary clear everyone's maps!
I never thought I’d see you upload again, let alone consider streaming. I wasn’t even shown your community posts; I went out of my way to look for them wondering where you went. I look forward to where you’re going next :) Excellent video as always, and thanks for helping get me back into GD. 🧡 Edit: Also, thanks for the subtitles on your videos, I really appreciate them
I always loved checking his profile for updates on his progress, and remember when toe 2 dropped and he went from the white default icon to the green toe 2 monster. Even made a level trying to recreate the icons, I was still relatively young at the time and just made random stuff
I love the music taste influence from great creators like LEMMiNO and EmpLemon. Definitely learned a few things about saRy while watching this, and thanks for making an archive; I will be checking that out. Two very small mistakes I noticed were: Firstly, at 4:00, which shows the wrong year in the date. And Secondly, not an issue with the video itself but rather the subtitles. There were a few parts were the subtitles did not exactly match what was being said, but that doesn't really matter. What I did find interesting is 13:40, which seems to include a sentence that was later removed from the script(?). In all seriousness, this is a nice documentary about saRy and I thank you for that. Double thanks for adding subtitles, that really shows class. I believe you'll make it big someday, in whatever you focus your efforts on! :3
the return of the king 💙 EDIT: oh my god. i'm not even into GD that much and after watching this, i feel like ive been playing since 2014. you went over everything and detailed it so well to the point where someone could just get this in their recommendation, not even knowing what GD is, and mostly understand this scenario. It shows that you put 3 years into this video, and the fruits of your labor have finally ripened. we're eating good tonight.10/10 video i have goosebumps right now.
Ill never get tired of people talking about old player's lore or something. Its just so fascinating to see something like this to be discovered just now after years. Thank you for making this Oh i also like the usage of firewatch's ost on this video :)
This is one of the most groundbreaking videos in gd history. Sary is a monumentally vital part of the community and all these new discoveries are absolutely insane. Props to you for spending three years making this video.
Been a long time! I remembered first time seeing your channel 2 years ago and got inspired get me into the GD Community and starting my own channel. And fast forward to today, now that I'm more skilled and made tons of progress on Extreme Demons, I just wanna say that: Thank you, for inspiring me (and every new players) and welcome back to the community!! :D
I only recently started playing Geometry Dash and don't know what half the portals do, but this was one of the most interesting documentaries I've ever seen
Hello! This is a really cool video, good work Lation! I want to add a comment, as I remember that SaRy dropped 1.9 because a technical issue he had with his phone, although I don't remember if this is correct. Great video! Hope to see you in the fututre, maybe a Cyclic vid? hahaha
to say this documentary was entertaining is an understatement. this was such an amazing video that i was completely invested in from start to finish. i can't believe how after your 3 years of research, which btw is absolutely insane, that you were able to discover Red World being nerfed, which is even more insane. even now, after so many years, we're learning more new things about this $4 square game's complicated history. i'm proud of all the effort and passion you put into this project. it definitely paid off in the end, and i wish you luck with university!!
I've been messing around with old ship physics lately, and i think it IS possible to go this straight with the ship. I have a 60hz monitor and I used a 1.9 GD client, so the physics should be around the same, and when I was jitterclicking with the ship gamemode on, I was momentairly able to go just as straight as SaRy in the screenshot.
something of note is that the rectangles in the triple spike cube in red world also lost their hitboxes, but were not restored along with the bricks at the start of the level, so checking for any other instances of that object in the level would be important to get it to its proper form imo
didnt think a video about a player ive only heard of (despite playing gd since the cataclysm completion days) by a youtuber ive never seen could bring me back down memory lane
I'm so glad somebody made a documentary on Sary. Ive always wanted to know more about him. Also a big coincidence i was scrolling through sarys posts on the gmdw cafe a few days ago
I love videos like this that dig into the stories of old players. Id be interested in a video about pretty much any of these somewhat mysterious old players like Dorabae, Neptune and maybe even someone like True Nature and Gelt would make an interesting video to be honest. I just really enjoy stuff about the early days of the community. By the way, this was my gd video of the year for 2023
You make the best GD video essays on this website, it's truly amazing. This is probably my favorite video of yours yet! Even if you decide not to continue forth with UA-cam essays, you would leave it off at a great place. However, I would be ecstatic if you kept making more videos! Also, your profile picture is very cute :3
Stop leaving 😢 I can’t play GD until the new update whenever the hell that’ll come out but I still love your very few videos, they feel so suspenseful and I love the info, even if you don’t have ideas like make them! 3 years for a video is crazy dedication, we’re happy whenever you upload
I remember how weird it was when I first found red world (I hadn’t known about sary’s legacy at the time, i didn’t interact with the community at all and such) and how the removal of the block made the level impossible. And I remember how confused I was when I came back to the game multiple years later only for the level to be possible again. I was half convinced that I had dreamt the whole thing
Can we appreciate the Restoration Union level of research Lation made for this video ALONE? Man... it hurts to think about it Congrats on finally finishing this project, you inspired me to make content similar to these kinda documentaries (Also what's with the PFP, are ya a furry? Not that I care cuz I am quite the furry myself xD)
SaRy was top 1 when i started playing way back around a decade ago, or at least, when i first looked at the leaderboards, with around 8000 stars, crazy how nowadays, having even 10000 stars isn't even that big of a deal, all it takes is a few weeks of grinding
I feel like I need to explain further why this video took so long.
I've known roughly all of this information since 2020. The reason I didn't just put out a video then is because I realized the importance of this, not only to the community but to myself personally. The things that I discovered about this person that I have never met in my life is crazy.
I knew that I needed to give saRy and his story justice. I needed it to be as good as I could make it, and the pieces only just now fell into place for this video to happen. I apologize for the super long hiatus, but I hope this video at least partially makes up for it.
I don't know how long it's gonna take for me to start streaming. In all honesty, I'm nervous to start, because I don't want to fumble on myself and it's the worst thing ever in front of 100 people. I also don't have the most amount of time in the world? I don't know.
Huge thanks to everyone who has supported me. I really want to thank the people in my small friend group who supported me through thick and thin. I don't think I would have been able to close this out if I didn't have the support of them. I hope you all enjoyed. 💙
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I feel like “sometimes” was a response to the question most asked to him, “Did you hack?”
@@Ezzy1331_ dude I’ve never thought of that. Good point
That might’ve actually been true
GENIUS🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐
I think we solved it sibs
LATION DROPPED!?
Lmao yea
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Forks
BEFORE CARTI‼️
Lotion dropped *SOAP DROPPED...*
Sary and Cyclic fighting the #1 spot is hilarious. Two people who were secretly hacking when nobody else knew.
Cyclic only hacked two levels
@@Omicron0001 although many people have had their theories, there is no undeniable proof for anything yet.
The funniest thing is that we still don’t really know how Cyclic hacked levels other than Sonic Wave and the Hell Zone
@@itisrm even funnier is that they must have thought of eachother as insanely amazing players because of this
Could be happening rn also
Its sick to see an early inspiration of mines finally return to making content, good luck with whatever you decide to do in the future!
So true
don’t call me an early inspiration when you have like 4x more subs than me. you’re gonna make me want to make me roll into my grave early lmao
lol@@Lation
Hi mat mart
Hello
A few things to note:
- Ship physics got a massive overhaul in Update 2.0. Its changes made straight flying easier, while making precise, quick diagonal flying MUCH harder. That needs to be taken into account when discussing ship physics in old mobile screenshots.
- Similarly, saRy's Hell Zone completion was (possibly) before the level was nerfed significantly. For example, the level notably had a precise orb timing which was changed into a pad at the VERY start of the level.
- Silent Club had a secret way in it. It's not impossible to consider that scary took it to beat the level, keeping its existence hidden until Cyclic discovered it and got the level unrated.
Otherwise, great video all around. You still put out high quality content years after your last upload.
I've heard about all of those points, but there was only so much that I could fit. I wanted to mention The Hell Zone being dubiously impossible on mobile, but I only wanted to deal with concrete evidence.
Everything you mentioned is absolutely true though! Great work
@@Lationhey there! I know this is unrelated to the comment but I love the new pfp art!
@JosephGD It's worth mentioning that the secret way at the beginning does not work, if you try attempting that secret way, you will fail. This was intentionally left behind as a troll
Silent Club’s “secret way” does not even work on update 1.6, as the cube falls slightly higher than the portal. It was added there just for fun, as confirmed by P2Sfull himself about a year ago, saying he made it “as a joke”
@@geo1496p2sfull is still around?
4:00 dang it took bro almost 9 years to gain 4000 more stars that's crazy
Typo in the edit😭
the amount of research that went into making this video is insane. Huge huge probs for putting all of this together, especially with how scarce some of the resources are, also I would NEVER in a million years find out about Red World being nerfed. Thats insane to me. Good luck on Red World Classic!
Welcome back!
hi Vader craft man
As a player that was rather active back in 2014-2015 in the Google+ community, I wished I tried to research more on SaRy honestly. He was someone that I always kept at the back of my mind throughout the years and was one of my inspirations to start star grinding back then, along with Cyclic. It's weird knowing that not many people remember the impact he genuinely had in the community back then, just because he stopped playing. This was a great video to give homage to him.
Gdmy jumpscare
i remember seeing the race on the leaderboards back then even when the 10000 stars got reached! ive played since 2013 on a few green users so im pretty much ancient in GD
leify comment with no likes?
@@elliotsyptyst im Kinda irrelevant nowadays:/ I couldnt keep up the phase i made my content with
This was worth the wait. SaRy truly is an important player in the game’s history, and I look forward to seeing this video prove that fact true with care.
Oliv😊
Sary definitely comes back in 2.2. At least just to witness what GD have turned into.
4:00 Damn, congratulations to sary for being the first player to reach 14000 stars last month. I wonder where they at now
@@hyperthetical wait, he was active last year?!
I'm very glad you uploaded this video ever since you told me about it, great work on it :)
You were one of the few people that I could actually talk to and vent to about not being able to get this out. Thank you so much for listening to my ramblings these past few years. You're a great dude :)
That discovery about Red World's swing-copter part was amazing, and so was the method you used to figure it out!
Just messing around! I've always had a suspicion that that would happen, but never checked prior to the first discovery
read "red world" as "rain world" aaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAwawa
THE TIME HAS COME, AND SO HAVE I. I met you after you had burnt out and stopped uploading, Brab had been trying to get me into Geometry Dash, but it was you who truly piqued my curiosity and got me into playing GD early last year and now I've made a ton of progress and had a lot of fun and I have you to thank for it, but it made me sad knowing that I never got to see you upload, and only had the old videos you previously uploaded. To see you regain your passion is awesome. I was there to watch your progress on Bloodbath and Sakupen Hell, and I MISSED BOTH OF THOSE FUCKING COMPLETIONS, IM NOT MISSING THIS ONE I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU VERIFY IT AT 4 AM IM GONNA BE PISSED. Awesome video man, and can't wait to see this saga come to an end when you beat it. Go get em Spike.
You WHAT?
I will ONLY be playing the level live on stream. Pinkie promise
if i got a nickel for every time sary's levels became impossible due to a physics change in a geometry dash game update, i would have two nickels which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
My read on "sometimes" is that it's a response to some question, maybe something like "Do you ever play Geometry Dash anymore?" Or maybe it means something in Korean
This is the biggest suprise of my day today. Didn't expect you to upload ever, but you did and the comeback was awesome! I've learned so much things about saRy and it's crazy how cool of a person they were. Really hope they see the video! And if you could, try to indicate more that you're alive Mr. Lotion. Best of luck in the university!
@Make-pl9uxno actually If your heart does not really intend to change your religion to Islam, the shahadat will just be ordinary words and will not change your religion.
literally today i was thinking about how few videos about saRy are out there, because of being absolutely forgotten, and then, this documentary popped up on my feed
great video, and also really informative, i'm not very old in the community even though i've been playing since 1.8/1.9, but i always wanted to know about saRy, since i remember seeing his name a lot of times over the years
man as someone whos been around since 2014-15 you explained so much in so much detail for real, lots of stuff that was crazy to figure out ab the red world stuff and just ab sary in general, great video boss you've earned a well deserved sub (:
@Make-pl9ux whar
Stellar documentary. I feel like a lot of gd documentaries get caught up in saying "In April, he completed this extreme. Then in June, he verified the top one. Then over the next few months, he took a break, beating easier extremes". Like they just list completion dates. This was a good discussion about all aspects of the topic.
6:17 Red World seems to have never actually been rated before it was fixed. Sea’s unlisted video on it from September 2016 says the same, and I’m not aware of any evidence that suggests it was rated. This would make it one of, if not the only unrated level to have been fixed by an elder mod, and would likely explain why it wasn’t fixed sooner. This is an easy misconception to make as SaRy had numerous other rated levels, but they may be lost to time.
"While I'm far from a great gd player"
My brother in christ, you beat sakupen hell
not great
@@onlyanava less than 1% of the playerbase can do that. Pretty great to me
Unless you think great means "top player". In which case no
@@SkyenNovaA id say great is beating a top 250+
The pre-1.9, Korean-dominated ‘Dark Ages’ of GD are fascinating. Great video
@Make-pl9ux bugatti is very halal car. Mashallah🙏 ☪️
3:09 i like how everyone on the leaderboard added "love" because of valentine, kinda wholesome honestly
bro this video deserves millions of views, the documentary is so good keep up the good work.
It's been 2 years, I can't describe it. It feels like it's been, frozen. It's taken a long time, and at the same time, no time at all.
Hey so I need to add something. I don't know where I have heard this, if it was a lie told to me by someone or if I even made that up. Let me explain.
A few weeks ago I was talking with a friend of mine, Refios if my memory serves correct, and we talked about saRy (no capitalized S ^^') Either way I remembered this weird story I've heard sometime in early 2015. Apparently there was a meeting hosted within the GW/a meeting some Korean players that could be affiliated to the GW. Did saRy partake in it? I don't know, did this ever happen, heck I don't even know. All I remember is that there was a meeting which I think I was told he did in fact partake in.
I am 99% sure this is bogus, I've always held an interest, even close to a decade ago in history and especially mysterious/foggy/undocumented history. fair to say in early 2015 I wanted to know what happened in 2013/14. There is a good chance I made that up myself just to argue with someone, that's the most likely scenario. Though this is so old that I cannot be sure. It may as well have been told to me. I was once in contact with KeIas, Lightning back in the days, to join the GW which as a 13 yo Frenchman was pretty complex. Either way this is one of the info sitting in the back of my memory that I cannot prove nor disprove.
If anyone has heard of that it would be nice for you to come forward, I'm as intrigued as you all.
Also and while I'm at it, I've heard/read somewhere about a drama involving Kudabe and the Korean community as a whole. On this one I am way more certain it's nothing I could have invented for the sake of an argument. Though again no prove, I tried asking SuperSNSD but he has never heard of it so it has probably happened while he was doing his military service, that should have then happened in or close to 1.6. As far as I know it was pretty heated, made Kudabe not so appreciated within the community and devided quite a bit said community. I was never able to find anything about that, not that I searched much either, but I insist that this one I would have had no reason to make it up. The saRy one I have my reason to think I made that up to win an argument over his legitimacy when I was still very young. The other one, well, I did not have a clue Kudabe was somewhat relevant in the Korean sphere and would have no interest inventing a drama that I barely ever told anyone anyway.
Either way, very nice video, I was there when saRy grinded his final stars and uploaded Red World, would have loved to have started earlier but it is what it is. Thanks for bringing back some dusty memories Lation!
EDITS/Video Corrections:
-Demonov is a level by lenov, it is also the level that black P2SFull (silent club creator) that become his new nickname: Play 1107696 from the top of my head. It was largely loved by the Korea community and pushed to rated.
-Tbf it's most likely he left because of military
-You are absolutely right there is no proof he cheated, it's possible he hacked some due to pressure. My theory would be that he felt compelled to prove he was the best and resorted to hacking. It's unlikely in my opinion that he hacked his stars/most demons. Though while I have no proof the accusation has pretty much none either.
-I haven't mentionned that but I really like your conclusion
-I also do not recall red World being ever rated, in fact I actually remember being surprised when I was playing that it was not getting rated, though I cannot prove for certain what I'm saying is true. But I'm quite confident.
there is actually proof that there is no proof it was rated. There's a twitter thread on it but i can't find it
You are literally one of the best content creators I've seen within the geometry Dash community ngl. I've always wanted to make content like this before, but the research is extremely hard to do with topics like these, especially with everything being so buried and filled with misinformation. It's incredible how much time you spend on your videos, and I hope to see more videos like this on your channel in the future!
The chapter title cards feel like an EmpLemon video.
Great job Lation, this is a very nice video!
Sary really deserved a video like this. Happy you made one!
YOOOOOO THIS VIDEO IS A BANGER!!! I can't believe the dedication you had into making this, and I'm super happy to be informed of the impact that Sary had on the community. He's always been sitting on the back of my mind as a mystery, but now as a person who has a strong passion for this game, I really love to see this! Amazing job bro, and good luck with your verification :D
When the world needed him the most…
When Lation said he quit making videos…
When he made a community post saying goodbye…
The King returned!
slight correction: red world was never rated until it got fixed by Pauze (from restoration union)
overall cool documentary!
Really? That's wild. I didn't know that... Good catch
@@Lation I've been around since 2.1's release and I remember VERY WELL that Red World was rated during that time. I remember it specifically being a Medium Demon, not sure why, and I remember playing it and figuring out that it was impossible. I then have a separate memory of checking again somewhere around a year later and finding it being unrated. I very specifically remembering noticing at that time that it was unrated now where it had previously been rated.
There is always the chance that I could be mis-remembering, but I'm really confident in that memory.
An unexpected return, I love your style of documentary and video topics so glad to see you make a return before 2.2!
I knew this player for collaboration and red world, got interested for him but I never search or found any information until this day xD. Thanks for this interesting documentary :D
I absolutly love GD history, it mystifies the game so much and seeing someone go full archeologist mode to find things like these are absolutely unbelievable.
I have to commend you for making such an effort to unearth and remember such an iconic figure.
GG and may Sary clear everyone's maps!
@Make-pl9ux Sary clears hard maps Allah doesn't Sary>Allah In my books
I never thought I’d see you upload again, let alone consider streaming. I wasn’t even shown your community posts; I went out of my way to look for them wondering where you went. I look forward to where you’re going next :)
Excellent video as always, and thanks for helping get me back into GD. 🧡
Edit: Also, thanks for the subtitles on your videos, I really appreciate them
I always loved checking his profile for updates on his progress, and remember when toe 2 dropped and he went from the white default icon to the green toe 2 monster. Even made a level trying to recreate the icons, I was still relatively young at the time and just made random stuff
I love the music taste influence from great creators like LEMMiNO and EmpLemon. Definitely learned a few things about saRy while watching this, and thanks for making an archive; I will be checking that out.
Two very small mistakes I noticed were: Firstly, at 4:00, which shows the wrong year in the date. And Secondly, not an issue with the video itself but rather the subtitles. There were a few parts were the subtitles did not exactly match what was being said, but that doesn't really matter. What I did find interesting is 13:40, which seems to include a sentence that was later removed from the script(?).
In all seriousness, this is a nice documentary about saRy and I thank you for that. Double thanks for adding subtitles, that really shows class.
I believe you'll make it big someday, in whatever you focus your efforts on! :3
the return of the king 💙
EDIT: oh my god. i'm not even into GD that much and after watching this, i feel like ive been playing since 2014. you went over everything and detailed it so well to the point where someone could just get this in their recommendation, not even knowing what GD is, and mostly understand this scenario. It shows that you put 3 years into this video, and the fruits of your labor have finally ripened. we're eating good tonight.10/10 video i have goosebumps right now.
@Make-pl9uxI'm sorry but this is a terrible way of promoting a religion
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On the 789th day he has resurrected. The GOAT is back.
ill always remember watching lation’s videos two years ago inside during a snowstorm. good times. so happy to see him drop again after all this time
@Make-pl9uxim not following allah
Ill never get tired of people talking about old player's lore or something. Its just so fascinating to see something like this to be discovered just now after years. Thank you for making this
Oh i also like the usage of firewatch's ost on this video :)
This is one of the most groundbreaking videos in gd history. Sary is a monumentally vital part of the community and all these new discoveries are absolutely insane. Props to you for spending three years making this video.
thank you for finally clearing most of the story, W video and W person and the wait did not disappoint
Been a long time!
I remembered first time seeing your channel 2 years ago and got inspired get me into the GD Community and starting my own channel. And fast forward to today, now that I'm more skilled and made tons of progress on Extreme Demons, I just wanna say that:
Thank you, for inspiring me (and every new players) and welcome back to the community!! :D
Wow, it's been a while! such a good video too!
oh, and good luck on red world classic!
SaRy continues to be by far my favorite early history of GD player. I love Star grinding, and knowing SaRy’s story is still so wild to me
The amount of dedication put into this video is unreal, and the final project is beautiful. Good luck on Red World Classic
hi ohpie
I only recently started playing Geometry Dash and don't know what half the portals do, but this was one of the most interesting documentaries I've ever seen
one of my favorite gd videos i’ve ever seen. you did an insanely good job with this video man the wait was worth it
this video is so good, you are a genius! love the content ❤
Man U and a couple of other people were really my inspiration to start making gd content great to see u back
Amazing video Lation!
Hello! This is a really cool video, good work Lation! I want to add a comment, as I remember that SaRy dropped 1.9 because a technical issue he had with his phone, although I don't remember if this is correct. Great video! Hope to see you in the fututre, maybe a Cyclic vid? hahaha
sary was probably the first to use white icons
Lation finally remembered the password to his UA-cam channel
The legend has returned… welcome back Lation!
A delight to see u post again, ur documentaries r some of the best and u were doing them years ago, u were way ahead of ur time in terms of quality
I’m so happy your back, this video is great
4:00 2023?
But also banger video Lation
to say this documentary was entertaining is an understatement. this was such an amazing video that i was completely invested in from start to finish. i can't believe how after your 3 years of research, which btw is absolutely insane, that you were able to discover Red World being nerfed, which is even more insane. even now, after so many years, we're learning more new things about this $4 square game's complicated history.
i'm proud of all the effort and passion you put into this project. it definitely paid off in the end, and i wish you luck with university!!
I've been messing around with old ship physics lately, and i think it IS possible to go this straight with the ship. I have a 60hz monitor and I used a 1.9 GD client, so the physics should be around the same, and when I was jitterclicking with the ship gamemode on, I was momentairly able to go just as straight as SaRy in the screenshot.
something of note is that the rectangles in the triple spike cube in red world also lost their hitboxes, but were not restored along with the bricks at the start of the level, so checking for any other instances of that object in the level would be important to get it to its proper form imo
Amazing video as usual, good job dude‼️
I remember watching seas documentary on him in early 2016, this is wild to see I forgot he existed lowkey
4:01 holy shit he got 14000 stars in 2023
LATION IS BACK BABY
didnt think a video about a player ive only heard of (despite playing gd since the cataclysm completion days) by a youtuber ive never seen could bring me back down memory lane
Really neat vid Lation, I'm really happy you're back, hopefully it'll stay like that, good job Lation :)
YOURE BACK OMG WHAT IM GONNA WATCH THE HELL OUT OF THIS
This is truly amazing.
Big dedication man.
Great video, cool to see you upload again!
I'm so glad somebody made a documentary on Sary. Ive always wanted to know more about him.
Also a big coincidence i was scrolling through sarys posts on the gmdw cafe a few days ago
I love videos like this that dig into the stories of old players. Id be interested in a video about pretty much any of these somewhat mysterious old players like Dorabae, Neptune and maybe even someone like True Nature and Gelt would make an interesting video to be honest. I just really enjoy stuff about the early days of the community. By the way, this was my gd video of the year for 2023
Look who finally came back
*tears of joy*
4:00 are you sure it's 2023?
You make the best GD video essays on this website, it's truly amazing. This is probably my favorite video of yours yet! Even if you decide not to continue forth with UA-cam essays, you would leave it off at a great place. However, I would be ecstatic if you kept making more videos!
Also, your profile picture is very cute :3
This video is amazing! Congrats on finally closing this chapter in your life!
the legend has returned everyone
Him and Exotic were so underrated, great vid!
4:02 "October 5, 2023" lol, great video tho!
Those Red World findings are so interesting! Congrats on this video, it's really awesome.
i just came back to your channel and you just uploaded :D
Hey great video man, nice to see people still passionate and interested in GD lore!!!
i love how at his silent club completion even cyclic said ???? despite him being a hacker too
Stop leaving 😢 I can’t play GD until the new update whenever the hell that’ll come out but I still love your very few videos, they feel so suspenseful and I love the info, even if you don’t have ideas like make them! 3 years for a video is crazy dedication, we’re happy whenever you upload
Lation came back with the milk
Wow this is amazing! Great job!!
I remember how weird it was when I first found red world (I hadn’t known about sary’s legacy at the time, i didn’t interact with the community at all and such) and how the removal of the block made the level impossible. And I remember how confused I was when I came back to the game multiple years later only for the level to be possible again. I was half convinced that I had dreamt the whole thing
Can we appreciate the Restoration Union level of research Lation made for this video ALONE? Man... it hurts to think about it
Congrats on finally finishing this project, you inspired me to make content similar to these kinda documentaries
(Also what's with the PFP, are ya a furry? Not that I care cuz I am quite the furry myself xD)
2:43 "congrats Dream~~" this person predicted the future
SaRy was top 1 when i started playing way back around a decade ago, or at least, when i first looked at the leaderboards, with around 8000 stars, crazy how nowadays, having even 10000 stars isn't even that big of a deal, all it takes is a few weeks of grinding
Absolutely wonderful video. I really appreciate your dedication to this video. Keep it up!
THE GOAT IS BACK
so happy you uploaded again
FINALY A NEW VIDEO LETS GOOOO
Bro this is actually one of the best gd videos .evr. maybe is just that i like old gd