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me watching half of the community go from deadlocked to nine circles to sonic wave, thus missing out on some of the best levels that this game has to offer

I did the classic Deadlocked to Acu jump.

Not worth it. Terrible idea. I made excellent progress in one week, and made the mistake of thinking that this would be a cakewalk. It took three months after that of awful mental, basically throwing myself over and over hoping something would change; basically the definition of insanity.

Ultimately though I do believe it was probably for the better. That experience convinced me to be incredibly cautious of jumps and my mental playing this game in general. If I didn't do Deadlocked to Acu, who knows if I would have tried something ten thousand times worse instead. Not that this means I recommend jumping just so you can experience how it feels to fall. That's the wrong takeaway.

Deadlocked to Acu is common enough that I don't really think much when I see it elsewhere. Just "oh man I did that!! i hope it went well for them" and kinda that's it tbh

If you want to jump? Good luck! Know that it's perfectly fine to say "actually nvm" and admit that you simply aren't ready. The level probably won't be going anywhere, you can come back anytime later :D

As someone who jumped from electrodynamix to clubstep - best idea ever. It was rough, but a smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. Honestly I might get downvoted for this but if you need a normal progression in GD you're just kinda bad.

I jumped from Toe2 to Rupture, and it was not worth it. I spent like 40k attempts on a shitty ipad and got like 80% before losing interest. After like 3 years, I picked up gd again and beat it within 5k attempts on a better phone. It was not too worth it cus idk if it really increased my skill for the time sent but that just might be for me. I probably wouldnt have done it if I could go back.

I have respect for those who have sucessfully done a jump of such a magnitude, and its kinda funny to see people who make bold jumps but fail to beat these level.

My number one tip for anyone is to jump to a level you LOVE. I loved rupture cus of the funny cold rage compilation and the music so I was able to persist with it. Also have someone you can share the progress with.

I mean jumping works
That's one of the main mechanics of the gmae

I mean usually I just want to get over a spike or two maybe an obstacle

my "jump" is the smallest conceivable jump possible, deadlocked (high easy) to nine circles (low hard)

i mean I did like 98% random ass fluke to bug death past final input and then didn't beat for like a month so that's fun

I didn't expect recognition at all, I just did it for the funsies i don't even like nine circles that much

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no good levels inbetween that interested me

I jumped from U235 to killbot and beat it as my fifth extreme. I did it because I was really interessted in the level and also saw many people say it’s really fun (which is also confirmed by EDEL)

Was worth it?

It was absolutely worth it and I never regreted it. As I said killbot is really fun and I would actually recommend it to all people trying to do a jump to a level of similar difficulty.

Number 1 tip for people doing a jump:

Choose a level that is fun. By far the best resource for this is the EDEL which has a list of all extremes and the average enjoyement rating for them. Ideally choose a level with at least 80 average enjoyenmet (the more the better) and at least 15 ratings (the more the better).

Secondly you also want to do a reasonable jump (ie. don’t jump to high). Something like bloodbath to goner is a fairly reasonable, but something like clubstep to zodiac isn’t.

Lastly you idealy want to choose a level that fits your skillset, but that isn’t really necessary as long as the first two conditions are met (killbot was the first memory level I’ve beaten).

So in conclusion: Jumps are worth it if you jump to a level that isn’t unreasonably difficult for you and if the level is fun. Otherwise you will just drop the level unless you have an insanely strong will.

There's a strange but unfortunately common sentiment in the community that jumps are this big, bad, evil, scary, ultimate sin of a GD player. Even while I was reading your post, I noticed your questions were phrased with such negative connotation. I truly do not understand. Let people play the game how they want to play. If they are having fun, that's all that matters; if at the end they feel accomplished, that's all that matters.

I'll entertain your questions though:

• What is your ACTUAL reason behind doing a jump?

I jumped from Clubstep/ToE2/Deadlocked to Bloodbath. I've been playing since over a decade ago, but took a long break until recently. Now that I'm older and far more experienced with games in general, completing easy demons was just not challenging or stimulating enough for me. I distinctly remember beating one of the weeklies in 35 attempts. So I was just like F it, I'll go for Bloodbath. Not out of a need for attention or a "skillboost," but because I just wanted to. When I was 7 years old I would have never dreamed of beating Bloodbath. It's essentially the final boss, the "poster girl" of GD, so to speak. For me, it was an epic first extreme demon. * Are there any ulterior motives or are you just desperate for a skill boost?

What even is this question? * Are you actually jumping to that level because you GENUINELY like it so much or is it purely to curb some sort of need for attention?

Like I said earlier, this sentence has such a snarky and condescending tone. I feel like basic decency isn't hard. Yes, it's because I like Bloodbath that much. * Is it all a stunt to hopefully gather some publicity?

Good question. No. * How convinced are you that you'll ACTUALLY pull through with it?

When I was playing I was pretty convinced. I don't think my jump was super large though, but not small either. * How much time and effort are you ACTUALLY ready to put into something like that?

Until I stopped having fun, or I stopped being determined enough to beat the level. The latter of course depends on how much you like the level, which for me, Bloodbath was a legendary first extreme. * Do you think that doing such a jump will give you the skill you desire?

Yes, and I feel like I did gain a lot more skill. Especially with ship. * Are you aware of the sheer determination and perseverance you'll have to output just to be able to achieve such a baffling feat, to most players?

Another good question. Only jump if you are prepared and have the mental fortitude and determination. Jumping shouldn't just be a publicity stunt, but something you truly want to do.

THESE QUESTIONS ARE IF YOU ALREADY DID A JUMP: * If you already did an incredibly large jump (in retrospect), was it worth it and would you reconsider it if you were given the chance?

Yes, it was worth it. It took me 2 weeks and 10,561 attempts including start pos. Playing Bloodbath was the most fun I've had recently on the game. * What do you think of others who have tried/done such a thing before?

Hell yeah, congratulations and/or good luck. * What would be your #1 tip for anyone who plans on doing a jump?

Mentality is the most important aspect of the video game. If you are not having fun and feeling frustrated, take a break. If your willpower and determination to beat the level is not just wavering, but completely void, take a break. At the end of the day, it's a video game. Health above all else.

Don't let a community discourage you from doing what you want to do.

i'm currently "jumping" from black blizzard to ta1lsd0ll, i never wanted or intended to jump but it just kinda happened.

i first saw tailsdoll on youtube or something and thought it was so cool looking, i would watch showcases and completions of it at work every day and do speed hacked no clip runs on the layout for fun. so i decided "ok im gonna play some harder extremes to work my way up to tailsdoll", but i just had 0 fun playing these levels cause all i was thinking about was how much i wanted to play tailsdoll. so eventually i said screw it and started grinding just to see if i could learn it and now 2 months later im still improving and having fun so 🤷my progression is less "beat tailsdoll" and more "have fun playing tailsdoll"

I've been on a sort of backburner jump to Congregation for the past year. My flair used to show it, but I switch it to Venus Kinda Awesome because its my current focus right now.

What is your ACTUAL reason behind doing a jump?

2 different reasons actually.

1. I started the jump after having a rough time with Supersonic. The ship and wave sections were kicking my ass, so I wanted to play something really hard that had no ship or wave. Congregation was the first level that came to mind.
2. I had recently beaten Nine Circles (thus why I was playing Supersonic) and actually doing that made me realize I liked having a goal more than achieving it. Just some to do and work towards. Congregation was WAAAAYYYY outside my skill range, so I figured a jump to it would take forever. That is precisely what I wanted and why I call it a backburner jump. If I got some time, no internet, and nothing to do, Congregation was what I play.

Are there any ulterior motives or are you just desperate for a skill boost?

Originally, I had no motivation other than killing time, but I heard the level had never been beaten on 60hz. I think it would be pretty cool if I were the first to do so. (Likely won't be, my progress is slow af, intentionally)

Are you actually jumping to that level because you GENUINELY like it so much or is it purely to curb some sort of need for attention?

Genuinely like it that much. The first 5% is boring to play, but the rest is really fun.

Is it all a stunt to hopefully gather some publicity?

I could not care less what others think of the jump. It's a level I want to beat, so I'll beat it. Never made any public post about it. Just threw it in my flair because it was what I was working on for a while.

How convinced are you that you'll ACTUALLY pull through with it?

100% certain. In an argument that kickstarted the jump, I gave myself a 5 year time limit. Even at my super slow and casual progress speed, I'm sure I can beat it in that time.

How much time and effort are you ACTUALLY ready to put into something like that?

So far I got 21k+ attempts. I'll honestly be kinda mad if I don't reach 100k+. I WANT it to take long and be really hard. If I get a lucky fluke, it isn't gonna feel satisfying.

Do you think that doing such a jump will give you the skill you desire?

A little bit. I'll be confident I can handle frame perfect timings at least. But there are a lot of skills Congregation doesn't test. That's why I picked it. I'll have to beat other levels to develop those weak areas.

Are you aware of the sheer determination and perseverance you'll have to output just to be able to achieve such a baffling feat, to most players?

This is like the 4th time I've done something that requires a f*ck ton of time and effort. Process is not new to me. I'm confident in the idea that as long as you keep doing something you WILL get better at it. It's how I've gotten to where I am in Smash, Taekwondo, Tricking, etc. If I just keep playing Congregation, I WILL beat it. It's just a matter of time and commitment.

my main jump was prismatic haze/bloodbath to hard machine back in 2.1 when it was top 3 (though secretly top 1 👹)

1) i thought it was cool and i wanted to beat a hard ass level but im too impatient to get better before trying it. of course that actually made the process longer but it didn’t feel that way

2) neither i just like the level

3) i liked the level, ive never even posted progress or told anyone about the grind outside of irl friends

4) nope

5) i was never convinced and i never beat it

6) i have a 6 digit attempt count but I don’t see myself ever hitting a million

7) no. it made me better but hard machine specifically is a bad level to jump to. 90% of the difficulty is contained in like 10% of it, so you get good enough to do all of the easy parts consistently but the chokepoints are so out of reach that they just stay lottery forever. that being said, i recently got 38-100 on zodiac in like 5k attempts and I don’t think I could’ve done that before lol

8) yes

9) I’d say it was worth it because it actually made my relationship with the game better. grinding a luck based level for hundreds of thousands of attempts is unsurprisingly not fun and made me not want to play, so I prioritized the things in life that actually mattered instead of slaving away wasting my time playing it. and that rebalance in turn made the game fun again and something I actually wanted to do in my free time.

10) don’t really care lol play the game how you want. idk why mfs get so angry when people have the “audacity” to do a big jump. but it’s also not especially impressive to me either.

11) pick a level you like and don’t be afraid to play other levels if you get bored. and even for non jumpers, don’t be afraid to leave a level uncompleted. if a level isn’t a big goal for you and you aren’t finding it fun, stop wasting your time on it and move onto something harder. you will still improve and it will be more fun.

I was originally going to jump from bloodbath to firework. The only reason I wanted to jump was to beat firework. I genuinely love that level so much. All I wanted to do was to play that level. Literally the only thing I cared about in the game for at least a year. But I realised I was shit at the game and couldn’t beat it. So I got good, beat sonic wave and grinded firework for 2 months straight. Took 2 years and 300k+ attempts. I didn’t jump just to do a jump or gain any skill. I deadass just wanted to play firework. But OMG was I not ready for how mindset based it would end up being.

It was 1000% worth it, and I would 100% do it again.

I respect everyone who actually finishes the levels they jump to, or gets genuinely good progress.

My best tip is to not except to gain ANY sort of skill what so ever, and make sure you have the best mindset you could possibly have. Because a big jump is basically 99% mental ngl.

I jumped from poltergeist to bloodbath. I did the jump for 2 reasons. 1: Beating bloodbath was a long term goal for me. Bloodbath was the top 1 when I started playing and was also the first custom level I saw (I was like 7 though tbf). 2: I found that I was able to get progress pretty quickly. I got 65-100 within 5 days of playing and 25% a week after that. I kinda regret jumping to bloodbath as it took me a little under 3 years due to burnout.

I'm also jumping to judgement knights (102 on the demonlist) from DMG CTRl (479 on Aredl). This isn't really a true jump though as I've gotten significant runs a bunch of other levels which in return has built my skillset.

I'd only recommend jumping if
1. You have decent natural nerve control
2. The level you're jumping too has an overall skillset (beating a level thats heavily one skillset is gonna hurt you long term as you'll become significantly carried by that one gamemode. I'd also recommend against jumping to a memory level)
3. You're able to get decent runs in a reasonable amount of time.

If you choose to jump, you should make sure to beat at least a few extremes around the same difficulty in order to round out your skillset (Increasing your ability to play high cps levels is the most important in my opinion). Also please ignore anybody whose hardest is a hard demon that tells you that you must beat 10 levels of each difficulty before progressing. Play at your own pace and don't take anybody's opinion, including mine, as a law. Obviously challenge yourself but if you find something too hard/mentally draining then I'd recommend going for something else. The only time I wouldn't recommend this is with list demons. Once you reach demon list levels you honestly have to force yourself to play levels that are shit in order to get better

Currently jumping to Acu (92%) from Nine Circles (also a jump from Luminescent, easy demon). Let me start with Acu.

I think the primary reason that I jumped to Acu is because I didn’t feel like any other easier level would give me the sense of accomplishment I wanted (a point I proved by beating Nine Circles, more on that later). I wanted something genuinely challenging, not just another hard demon that I could pick up and beat up in a week or so. Of course, I wasn’t going to be too reckless, I actually tried jumping to Cataclysm from Luminescent to beat it as my second demon, which was really stupid and I ended dropping it after beating the second half of the level. From my Cata experience, I already knew what a bad jumping experience was like, so it was pretty easy to avoid.

On that subject matter, I think a huge misconception that lots of people have is that players who jump will never enjoy the experience, which I find ridiculous. Quite on the contrary, playing Acu was some of the most fun I’ve ever had in any game, period. Is it really hard? Yes. I have 15k attempts on Acu and I still haven’t nearly beaten it yet - but it’s exactly that challenge that makes it so fun. Not to mention the awesome gameplay and click sync.

Anyways on to Nine Circles. I started playing Nine Circles right after I dropped Cataclysm, and instead of treating it as a new best, I kinda treated it just as a filler level so I could get good again to re-attempt extremes. And I don’t know if I just got a skill-boost from Cataclysm or what, but I found Nine Circles to be pretty straightforward and easy and I beat it within a week and around 3.8k attempts. And I guess since it took so short, I didn’t feel as proud of myself or happy that I beat it, which kinda reconfirmed my belief that I should try to beat an extreme demon.

TLDR: I’m jumping to Acu because any easier level won’t give the level of challenging difficulty I want. I’m confident I’ll beat it soon, as I already have 92% on it. I’m putting in the same amount of time and effort as I would in any demon. And yes I am aware of the determination and perseverance needed, but isn’t that the whole point of beating demons anyways? And yes, it was absolutely worth it jumping to Nine Circles. It taught me a lot about wave and how to play demons in general.

my friend said he's gonna jump from B to Every End because, "It's just a bunch of cube timings, it's not that bad." This was about three days after he said he was gonna jump to Boobawamba because, "It's only hard because of the memory, the gameplay is easy."

I jumped from Puzzle Trials, a low end insane demon, to Neon Guts, a Niwa-difficulty extreme demon. I played it because I thought it had a funny name, but I did enjoy the experience. It was a hard mental challenge, but I eventually beat it after 3 months and thankfully no deaths to the last jump. I would not recommend jumping to levels you do not enjoy.

Hello, jumper here. I decided to jump from B, a medium demon, to an extreme demon, Clock Tower (around 1100 AREDL). I'm currently at 54% (the level ends at 77% though). The reason? I just really love Clock tower, that's all. I came across it and was blown away by it, and right then and there I decided that I wanted to jump to it. I knew what I was getting myself into, but I was determined to do it, and I still am. I've been a few months in now and am still having a lot of fun with the level.

My tip to jumpers: Know what you are doing! Don't underestimate what you are gonna do! It will be harder than you think! Also, if you jump, jump to a level you love. I would have given up long ago if I didn't like Clock Tower as much as I do. Also don't jump for internet clout and attention, just don't.

(I made this comment before looking at other comments, if it sounds like I'm copying others that's the reason)

I jumped from CraZy II to RUST a few years ago :) It took me 142k attempts and about 5 months

Was it worth it? I’d say yes, it changed my mindset with GD and helped push me in the direction i wanted. One of the most rewarding parts of my jump was proving to myself that I can do anything I put my mind to. However I will say it does rob you of a more natural progression, which may not be ideal for some players. Are you prepared to have that level be your hardest for 2 years?

It’s incredibly impressive and I hope they feel it was worth the time investment

My best advice for any jumpers is that it’s 100% mindset, there were times i was demotivated but the most important thing is reminding yourself that you CAN do it and you just need to commit to the grind.

Keep in mind that when you’re doing such a big jump you’re aren’t getting better as much as you’re just getting really good at 1 level, you (most likely) won’t come out of it a god at the game. Though you will be better

Also make sure you really wanna do it cause you’re gonna spend potentially hundreds of hours playing 1 level.

A huge jump probably isn't quite accurate to me. It would probably be a medium-sized one, but anyway, I beat nine circles (easy hard demon) and then the lost existence (entry extreme). I think overall it was worth it because I really liked the lost existence, but if I did not like the level that much, it probably would have been very boring and difficult. In general, I would say it was worth it and gave me a skill boost but I mainly did it because I was just so excited to play a level I thought was really fun but above my skill level. If anyone wants to do a jump, spend a very long time deciding the right level, do multiple practice runs and so smaller runs of sections, you really, REALLY, do NOT want to get stuck with a level you do not liek for months on end, spend longer deciding especially if it is a big jump.

my biggest jump (i think) is from some random hard demon to bloodbath. I would consider it worth it. I’m stubborn. It was my childhood dream. i would not reconsider doing anything else. I did what I did and I was proud of it. jumping is complicated. too big of a jump and you learn nothing but if you jump just a little bit out of your comfort zone then you can really learn a lot! I think all that “stereo madness to slaughterhouse!?!?!” bullshit is stupid. just find a decent jump that’s reasonably doable. that’s my tip. and do a level you actually enjoy. if you don’t enjoy it you won’t beat it. i promise you. it’s enough that the level is too hard for you. don’t have it too hard and too unfun. no reason to be playing at that point.

Tried to jump from Forest Temple to Cataclysm, which isn’t even that unreasonable. Made good progress up to 59% but it became a chore and unenjoyable. Gave up and started going basically one gddl tier at a time recently and it’s been so much better and there’s been actual progression. The flaw in jumping, imo, is that a lot of players who try to do a jump do it because they want that higher accomplishment. The problem with that is that when you jump, getting a “new hardest” accomplishment takes incredibly longer, leading to demotivation and total burnout for the game. That’s why I recommend just following a natural difficulty path. Everybody’s different though.

I did a decent jump from deadlocked to NC.

-Not worth it, I would have gained much more skill faster by slowly building my way up

-I think it's fine. I've thought of doing it again but it's just not worth it for me, but I DO understand the appeal.

-To anyone doing any jump, make sure you really, truthfully, like the level. The only reason I pulled through NC (and later was able to spent more than 30k atts in a failed jump to the former extreme thanatophobia before retiring) was because I really, really enjoyed playing the levels, and didn't mind the grind I had to do to get any progress.

My ‘jump’ is from Firewall (low end insane demon) to Semicolon 3 (low end extreme). I don’t really regret it, i tried higher end insanes and none seemed fun to me, or their difficulty seemed similar enough to extremes for me to not bother and just skip that small part of progression. You can see by my attempt count (~4K for Firewall, ~22k for Semicolon 3, and then for my only other extreme that I beat, ~12k atts for Maybe Possibly Thing). Tbh it’s not that big of a jump, but enough to notice a serious enough roadblock. I actually had great fun learning the level, and getting to the drop for the first time was a great feeling :)

i was thinking of jumping from future funk to bloodbath considering how much i practice it. but i had to stop myself in my tracks. it would ruin my enjoyment for the game

i just finished a jump from xo to Tartarus, and it took over 100k attempts and 9 months and was miserable for most of it tbh. i wouldnt have done it any other way and tbh i dont think there was a reason behind it other than i really like Tartarus as a level and wanted to have something to do with it. honestly, if you have the patience to stick with it and you pick an enjoyable level, go for it, theres nothing wrong with it as long as you have fun

idk what the hell i wanna jump to but i'm currently close to beating Hot Rod (89% on hot rod rn) as a jump from Zirokabi (tier 15 to tier 25 if you use GDDL).

I will not be finishing this because i never finish anything ever.

Reason: i feel like i have enough skill for it (it only took 31k attempts to get 89% after all)
ulterior motive: i wanna do smth that makes me feel accomplished or like i mean something (exaggeration but general idea of it)
do i like it: I liked the level but i also wanna do something silly (attention/joke inside of friend group maybe)
pull through: i will not finish it (i'll probably continue trying larger and larger jumps and keep giving up over and over (i already did smth similar with pumped up kicks & rivers of nazareth)
time and effort willing to put in: i started this in may and played for ~6 days and got 43%. i came back for 6 more days in september and got 89%. i am NOT consistent with playing this game, and so i dunno if im going to be willing to put more effort into this.
skill i desire: i think i already almost have the skill for this
determination: yeah i'm aware. i know it won't work out 😭

for the 0.2 people who care, https://youtu.be/hDjvn_Q-UgU is my 89%. if the extra click at 16% sounds like space uk, here's a 70%: https://youtu.be/rrcQaL1NPv0

man, no one is gonna read this comment what am i doing with my life

TL;DR jumping is bad unless you really really like the level and are very dedicated to beat it. Otherwise it’s not fun and you gain almost zero skill because you’re just learning the click pattern for one level instead of building your skill up across multiple levels of increasing difficulty.

Ok I thought this was a shitpost for a second and you were asking about jumping a cube in the games lmao

Ive just tried to jump because i know i could do it. so with me, my actual hardest is acropolis. ive tried to jump a few times now. never huge jumps, but decent ones. the biggest problem is that i am horribly inconsistent. i always make good progress is a seemingly small amount of attempts, but i cannot finish a level. i end up getting completely sick of a level that was really fun to learn.

Mothmelons 92%, White Album 66%, Sakupen Hell 20-87%, and now Through the Decay 87%(still working on) i think i have the skill, but im so inconsistent.

THERES SO MANY DOGGIES

Not a massive jump but I did death moon to nine circles. Was it worth it? Definitely. Would I reconsider it? Not really. I don't doubt that people have jumped from a high tier easy demon to Nine Circles, but no one important has done this soooooo… I don't really know what to say. Obviously I respect them for pulling through if they succeeded and respect anyone who has seriously tried but failed too.

1 tip for A jump? If you get stuck on the level you jump to, then there is no point in not using the skills you gained to beat other levels so that you gain confidence and whatnot.

1 tip for my jump? Doesn't matter because it's such a small jump anyway.

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As someone who has done a jump (Deadlocked to Acu on mobile) and is in the middle of a jump (La Llorona to Shardscapes on mobile) here's my answers:

No ulterior motives or intentions for a skill boost, I just wanna say I've beaten a list demon before I retire (I took a break from Shardscapes for a month when I went to Vietnam/Japan with my family, so if I can beat it in a month I'll prove that I would've gotten my first list demon had I not been forced to take a break)

Jumping to Shardscapes BC I want to beat a list demon, in terms of enjoyability it's alright. The drop is good but the Pre-Drop is some abysmal dogshit.

No it's not a stunt for publicity, I have genuine progress (71x2, 68x3, 33-100, 40-100x5)

I am very convinced I'll pull this off, I'm in the home stretch and still going strong.

I've put in an 40k attempts with 13k old, and considering how close I am to beating it I will probably have it done in the next 10k attempts.

I don't really desire skill, but I'm convinced that grinding Shardscapes will improve my precision and make approaching levels of a similar difficulty easier despite the whole level being robot. However I don't plan to beat anything harder so ig I'll never know?

Yeah I know how much effort it takes, and I know most ppl can't handle that, but I tried the normal progression route after Acu and it just isn't for me. Ig I'm just a jumper.

100% I'd jump to Acu again. I have 6 extremes, I'm going for Shardscapes, I have great skill. Overall a good decision imo

Good for other ppl as long as they aren't acting like B to skeletal shenanigans is a jump. I hate the posers with a burning passion.

1 tip would be to prioritize mental health, take breaks when needed. For Shardscapes I take days off frequently and on those days off I just play enough to maintain consistency on the level without over playing so I don't make things harder for myself. Also, learn what makes it easier, like know yourself and if you're good under pressure and stuff. The better your approach the higher the chance of success

I’m trying to find a good low end extreme to jump to from CraZy II (a low end insane demon) (idk if that even qualifies as a jump) and here are my answers

1-4. I would like the skill boost from beating an extreme, but yeah I also want to be able to say I beat an extreme, not trying to gain any publicity for it though

1. If I find a good enough level then I think I might actually do it

2. I’m ready to put a good amount of effort in but not Doggie with Grief levels of effort

3. Yeah probably

4. I mean I expect some difficulty and a few soul-crushing fails but it shouldn’t be THAT bad

If I somehow remember this post if I ever do jump then I’ll follow up

Jumping from gumshot to bloodbath. The main reason is the lack of interest I feel in easy extremes. I do not feel enjoyment for any of them, so I might as well play something way harder with equal enjoyment. Also bloodbath feels so satisfying. It's just kinda the extreme demon. Right in the middle. I wanna start off strong with extremes, since I have so many harder ones I wanna do too (e.g. black blizzard), but I chose to Jump to BB instead because it's the hardest level that I can still grasp difficulty wise.

idk i just like cicada3302 a lot and i don't really know of any good xxls between commatose and cicada

as for my other possible jump that's probably a lot less realistic, if i go for apocalypse call it's entirely because i am extremely autistic for vivid/stasis

idk if thanatophobia to bloodbath is a jump but i wanted bb to be my first. i had a friend cheat and "beat" bloodbath when it first came out and made it my mission to beat it myself. i didn't think id ever get to a level like this back then lmao

Hubris probably

how the fuck am I supposed to beat stereo madness without jumping????

So my hardest was demon park I jumped to windy from it then from that to cataclysm and am now doing bloodbath. My goal was to beat an extreme and this was in my opinion just the most fun way to do it for me and I know if I did it the normal way I wouldn’t have fun I’ve done it this way since the start beating a demon as my 4th ever level ever (I only beat the first three main levels before doing a demon) it’s just how I find it the most fun

No that’s just not cropped

So, I would have been a jumper, but I actually wasn't for one reason or another. My original plan was to jump from Ultra Violence to Supersonic since I had decent progress on it. Heck, I fluked the duals by pure luck.

However, I did not end up going through with that jump. UV was my 20th demon and first medium, but Supersonic was, I believe, in the 140s for my demons, and it wasn't even my first insane demon either.

If you're going to jump, be ready to do so, and just remember that it won't be easy. It will take dedication.

Edit: I lied, it was #166, not in the 140s.

1.) I thought the level I was jumping to (from deadlocked to forest temple) was fun so I figured why not

2.) just for fun

3.) i just like the level. If I didn’t like the level I wouldn’t play it.

4.) no

5.) I have the level in 2 runs

6.) not much, I’m not an active gd player and I have a lot going on in my life

7.) I don’t really care about that tbh

8.) it’s not really baffling and honestly I just play gd for fun whenever I feel like it

well i’m only doing deadlocked to future funk because A it’s not that hard and B there’s no fun medium demons lol

Nothing was fun on the difficulty around nine circles, I've tried playing bloodbath fully once on practice mode and i loved the gameplay, long story short and almost a month later I've beaten it with 17.6k attempts and it was the best time I've ever had with this game I don't remember the questions cause idk if i can see them while I'm typing so that's it. And an advice for jumpers out there would be: do it if it seems realistic or if you don't wanna do that, make sure you really love the level

For me, I simply enjoy playing Congregation. I don't really play it to beat it, I just train different parts and am not really interested in getting better or playing other demon levels.I just really vibe with it and I'm not playing everyday, but whenever I have time I just hop on, do attempts until I'm satisfied and leave it at that

I'm jumping from 66% on clubstep to zodiac. Very stupid, yes. But i am seeing some progress. Predicting about 200k+ attempts.

a classmate told me I’ll never beat bloodbath when it came out…and I took that personally, my hardest beaten is nine circles, my hardest achievment is either supersonic 73% or bloodbath 31%…I’m 50 thousand attempts in and if I someday manage to beat it, I’m gonna shove that video down his throat. We didn’t talk since I left that school, we last saw each other at his prom a couple years ago..so that’s gonna be interesting if I ever manage to beat it

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I'm jumping from decofe to allegiance. Rn I have it in 4 runs. Tbh, I don't even have any particular reasoning for doing it. I just think it's a decent level that I managed to learn very quickly, and I thought it would be funny if I managed to do it, but I will stop if I notice it's becoming really unfun for me

I did it cuz I liked the level but didn't want to spend a year getting good to beat it

I'm planning to jump from B to Supersonic and honestly so far it's gone great, i've enjoyed the level but i know that progress will slow down and over time i'll hate the level more

1. i couldng really find any good easy extremes that matched my skill set
2. same answer
3. neither, i hate sonic wave and a jump this small wouldn't get me attention
4. bro stop repeating the same question
5. 100% certain lol i literally beat it backwards and have 3 runs that are basically 100% of the difficulty
6. ill probably beat it in the next 5 hours of playtime but am willing to put like 20 or more hours into it
7. no, but jumping to cosmic cyclone after will do so!
8. idk

(ima be talking abt the jump im doing rn which is sonic wave to tartarus). lowk didnt read the "these questions are if u already did a jump" part so im just gonna answer all lol

my actual reason for jumping is lowk just for fun. i dont care abt attention (my yt videos barely get any views anyway so why bother) and i just do it bc i can. kinda got no other reason lol. honestly i feel like if i randomly got popular itd just ruin the game for me. i dont want a ton of ppl expecting me to beat smth i dont enjoy and being mad annoying and stuff.
i like tartarus, but i would never consider it one of my favorite levels. same with sonic wave. theyre just levels i found interesting and feasible enough to actually beat.

i am very convinced that i'll pull through with it. ive already done a large jump once and i feel like i can do it again. im having a fun time w tartarus anyway but id love it if i could play it more (im restricted to only weekends plus some time on fridays to grind cuz of parents). im willing to put in a ton of time cuz like i said, idgaf abt attention and only rlly jumping for myself. honestly, i do somewhat believe that this jump will give me a ton of skill and ive kinda proven it to myself. before, every time i would have done a slh practice run, i wouldve gotten like ~600 attempts but now ive completely halved that amount. ive also been able to do some runs (4) on firework for a discord event thing with little struggle. and yes, i am very much so aware of the determination i would need to complete said jump (since ive already done a jump before but shh)

i would say poltergeist to sonic wave is a big jump ig and i would say that yes it is worth it. even tho i had a pretty bad time w it (not bc of the level itself but bc of my luck. the level itself is actually fun icl), it was an opportunity to grow as a player. bc of this, i would not reconsider my jump and would do it every time if i had the chance. it also fucked with my perception of difficulty cuz levels i used to think were impossible are free now like bloodbath. got like 30-92 in like 100 attempts.

honestly, every time i see a post yapping abt jumping without providing anything to indicate that theyre serious, i just feel pissed off. whats the point of announcing it if u havent even fully viewed the scope of its difficulty?

#1 tip would be to not do it for attention and just do it for urself. and also have clicks in the completion video.

sorry for yapfest ok bye bye

Windy Landscape to super probably level (98%) (top 20? difficulty when i started)

What is your ACTUAL reason behind doing a jump?

i thought the level was cool and it would be funny

Are there any ulterior motives or are you just desperate for a skill boost?

i just thought it would be funny lol

Are you actually jumping to that level because you GENUINELY like it so much or is it purely to curb some sort of need for attention?

see above

Is it all a stunt to hopefully gather some publicity?

no

How convinced are you that you'll ACTUALLY pull through with it?

dropped :(

How much time and effort are you ACTUALLY ready to put into something like that?

~80k atts over ~5 years

Do you think that doing such a jump will give you the skill you desire?

nah i just like the level

Are you aware of the sheer determination and perseverance you'll have to output just to be able to achieve such a baffling feat, to most players?

:3

THESE QUESTIONS ARE IF YOU ALREADY DID A JUMP:

If you already did an incredibly large jump (in retrospect), was it worth it and would you reconsider it if you were given the chance?

lowkey yea it was kinda fun and just a cool thing to do

What do you think of others who have tried/done such a thing before?

if completed or with significant progress: lock in twin you are winning

no progress: see you in 2 weeks

What would be your #1 tip for anyone who plans on doing a jump?

make sure you actually really like the level

It's fun

No

I like it

No

100%

Enough

Probably not

I guess I'm not

The jump wasn't incredibly large it was just White Women to Bloodbath but I thought it was worth

I think people should jump if they want to why should I be the one to stop them it's their experience

I have no tips just jump into it if you wanna give it a shot

Depends on how you see it,i jumped from forest temple to cataclysm and took like 2 months,if went back in august i would still probably do it. I really dont care about what you do,unless its some shi like the nightmare to bloodbath. Play shit you actually enjoy,i wasnt exactly having fun with cata but i got into it and i didnt want to kill myself like with necropolis

deadlocked to bloodbath.

1. i thoght my stats would look funny afterwards
2. i think ill do it with time
3. and yes bloodbath is REALLY fun id honesty give it an up 8.5/10. that first ball part can go to hell tho

dont have many tips but definitely prioritize your mental health whilst doing a jump and practice all parts often. on bad days i usually just play more to offset it but DO NOT do that

I tried out the golden for a bit then realized it was actually becoming doable relatively quickly and it's like my dream level and like i was doing ragnarok before and made quick progress (dropped it tho) but i'm also low on time so i just do like 1 hour a day for now. I think it'll take me like a year but i'm not gonna drop the golden (or at least im not planning on dropping it) i might take a break to beat something in between.

originally though i was just gonna play for a bit for a little skill boost

as for diligence to night rider (500 spots but small jump) it only took a month since i was already way above diligence's skill level and had been playing belloq and nearly had belloq in 3 runs, and belloq is one spot above night rider (when i was doing it)

and night rider is just a beautiful level and more fun than i thought, but i also fluked from 58

Cus it'd be mad funny ngl

Today earlier I jumped from ispy to verisimilitude, honestly it's just that kinda wanted to prove myself, I found easy and medium demons to be quite easy, and I didn't want to beat anything other than an extreme after my easy demons

It took me 13k attempts and sometimes it was quite rough, but I was having fun Somewhere around 8k attempts I was feeling confident I'd be able to pull this if I played consistently for a few days, and then I did it

for me i jumped from verity to windy landscape i just didn’t know what i could beat until i got 32% and i kept grinding from there, no reason else. only thing motivating me was new bests (until 94% where i quit to beat jawbreaker)

I jumped from Dealocked/ILOVEYOU to commatose because the level looked genuinely so good and the gameplay looked doable, but still very hard. And I do not regret it a bit, commatose is straight up my favorite level of all time now plus I did definitely get a skillbuff from that, since i was able to beat Game Time in like a week of actively playing it after beating commatose. The levels i feel that way about are few and far between so I gotta take advantage of that when it does occur (which is why I'm now slowly grinding Cicada3302, so a tier 5/7 on gddl to a tier 16 to a tier 21, will probably do some other levels easier than commatose in the meanwhile though)

i did clutterfunk to HeLL, pretty small jump and i have 97% so far. would rather not do something bigger because i lose motivation very fast

The reason I’m doing a jump from Deadlocked to Poltergeist is because a GD youtuber that I’m a mod for has beaten demons like Sonic Wave, Eon, Bloodbath, etc, and last I checked, he’s going for Subsonic right now, not only that, some of the other mods for his channel have beaten harder demons that my hardest right now. I do also need the skill boost anyways so that I can beat the levels that I’d like to beat.

Tbh I enjoy cold sweat ALOT, I got a HEAVY skill boost, I played consistently and thats it, I'm currently at 65% from 0 (I gotta update my flair), I would never reccomend it to everyone though unless you got the mental fortitude to go for it, Im going to jump to defeated circles after cold sweat and see what happens.

I don't really care bout the publicity I js enjoy jumping lmao, the skill boost is one of the best feelings of all time

nine circles to acu, reason: acu was fun and I was making progress so I stuck to it, no other reasons, and yes I think I can do it because I have gotten many runs to 100% and have like 80 something on it

When I started playing GD after 6 years, I jumped straight to Dash, do not pass go, do not collect any practice. I didn't even touch Stereo Madness.

Out of curiosity, does Thanatophobia to Bloodbath count as a “jump” since it skips over typical entry level extremes? I did Bloodbath as my first extreme just because I like it and it’s fun tbh not particularly to be a jump really.

i don't like learning new levels all the time

from what my flair says, i think I'm attempting a jump rn

Does it count as a jump if you tried other levels in between but didn't beat them?

Jumped from Death Moon to Cyberpunk Love

It was easy as hell

My jump is Mechanical Showdown to Shardscapes. Current progress report is roughly 2200 attempts, PB of 47% and having the level down to 3 runs.

Jumped from Nine Circles to Sakupen Hell, not as big of a jump as some people but its still a jump nonetheless.

GENETICS!!!!

DO NOT make a jump unless you either have good genetics (you can tell if you do based off your skill in other games. improvement index in osu is a good example. Other games dont translate direct skill to GD, but you can take your playtime and skill rating and averaging it against other players. That will tell if you have good genetics and will give you a vague idea on if you will actually improve at GD quickly) or if you're okay with taking hundreds of thousands of attempts like this guy. If you do not have the genetics to learn it and beat it quickly, nor the discipline and dedication to brute force it, you will never beat an extreme. It's unfortunate but its a fact.

Doing a jump does NOT make you better at the game. Familiarity with game physics and learning unique patterns does. Learning that is genuinely best done on easy/medium demons. You WILL improve faster playing levels within your skill range compared to beating harder and harder levels that take you more and more attempts.

If you WANT to make a jump, i highly recommend that you do it on a level you're familiar with. take bloodbath for example, any player has seen hundreds of bloodbath completion videos, even without having ever actually played it, they already know the click patterns by heart. That makes a level like bloodbath MUCH easier to beat compared to say, a random extreme around #900.

There is no fame involved in making a jump unless you're already knowledgable of the fact that you have good genetics, and also want to be a geometry dash related content creator. There's no doubt in my mind that there are players that could rival the big 3, but because they have no interest in making videos or chasing extremes, people just dont know them.

Dude, it’s just a jump, your icon jumps.

Jumped from ultra violence to magma bound

reason being: “magma bound doesnt seem THAT hard, why not go for it?”

I did, it took me like 6k attempts

I jumped from verity to windy landscape and if i hadn't done it I wouldn't be beating extreme demons now

As someone who jumps all the time, here is my sage advice.

Whenever I perform a jump, I am not only thinking about the possibility of death if I fail to execute the jump in a timely manner. What is also on my mind, is the defiance against the level’s strict order and structure. Why must I align myself with the way the level was created? I wish to feel free whenever I play Geometry Dash, thus, I jump, as an act of rebellion. As a way of spitting in the face of the level that desires for me to remain mundane and to adhere to the forced guidelines of the structure. That is why I jump.

Though, I can’t say that I have zero ulterior motives behind a jump. With each and every jump, my strength grows ever-so-slightly. I am weak now, but I see a future where my power outshines the ferocity of every level combined. Not only is jumping a way of attacking the mandated conformity to levels, but it is also a steady climb towards taking down Big Level™ and instilling a glorious new future where every jumper may jump in peace and prosperity under zero watchfulness of any controlling government.

I jump to a level cause I like the music.

I would be lying if I said that my career of public jumping was a private, internal matter. Many others have gathered to watch my defiant jumping in awe. It is a great method of gaining traction in the A-L movement (Anti-Level). The more players are jumping against a level’s wishes, the higher chance we get of securing a bright future for all for us. If you have seen me jumping in public against a level, please, I implore you to join me in the fight.

There is no need to ask questions such as “how convinced are you that you’ll actually pull through with it” or “how much time and effort are you actually ready to put into something like that.” As a public jumper, these questions only bog me down. I don’t have time to answer questions about my career with long paragraphs. I only have time to jump. And when I jump, I don’t think. I don’t think about the potential failure and succumbing to Big Level™ and its mastermind Robert Topala. I don’t think about the worldwide hysteria that would occur if I did fail. I don’t think about the tragic loss of our future under a free and non-corrupt society if I failed. I just jump. And I put my whole heart into jumping. And my two feet.

Oh, yes, the insurmountable mass of determination that is required to be consumed and harnessed like the electrolytes of millions of energy drinks is inconceivable, to say the least. Do you ever reject a responsibility because you believe it will be taken on by someone else? Have you considered that all others experience this same thought process too? In a world in which responsibilities are neglected by society, how can progress be developed? How can we fight against Big Level™ when we think everyone else is fighting against Big Level™? That is why j jump when other’s don’t. I am akin to a trailblazer. My jumping is inspiring. When others see me jumping, they too will want to jump. And when we are all jumping together, we can all harness the impossible determination and fight together.

I did a big jump once. Jumped over 5 spikes it was a pretty big jump would recommend to other jumpers it was big and fun

I deeply applaud other jumpers, both from the past and in the present. They too carry the weight of the fragile fate of all jumpers alike. There was one jumper in particular, Joe Jump, son of the late Papa Jump, founder and ex-CEO of Big Level™ before Robert Topala took control of it all, who truly inspired me to follow my calling down this path of glory and fortune. And I think I can speak for all jumpers when I say that Joe Jump was the key person in beginning the A-L movement. If only Joe Jump were still alive so we could jump together. But he is not, so I jump to carry his legacy.

Alright, at last, the moment all aspiring jumpers have been waiting for: what is my #1 tip for anyone who plans on doing a jump? Now, there is a lot that goes into jumping, and you do need to learn proper jumping technique and safety, but there is one massive tip that will push you to vast heights. And that tip is: tap the screen. Or click the mouse. Whatever works for you.

I jumped from nine circles to acu and it was really fun. (answering questions in the order that they are put) (i also jumped from decode to nine circles but i think nc to acu is bigger so i'll talk about that, also i plan on jumping to the golden from bloodbath so i'll answer both)

BB to The Golden:
#1 I jump because i want a real, fun challenge, also the self satisfaction of accomplishing such a feat.

#2 Nah not really, I just really love the golden, the deco, gameplay, everything.

#3 Like i mention, i really like the golden, and i have no plans of posting any plans or progress unless the progress is significant or my completion

#4 Nope not a stunt.

#5 i already have some small runs on it, i am pretty sure i can do it with enough time and dedication.

#6 I would probably be fine with spending well over 100k atts on the golden and a year or more if I have to.

#7 I don't desire skill

#8 Yes i am very aware.

NC to Acu:

#1 Yes the jump was worth it, i had a really fun time and would not reconsider it (if you mean like decide not to do it if i had the choice), even after many, MANY devestating fails, such as, 98%x2, 97%, 96%, 89%x3, 88%x2, and almost 50 deaths after 70% combined, I did not lose determination and pulled through completing it after 35k atts.

#2 I think people who have done such a jump have determination and perseverance.

#3 My #1 tip is to jump because you genuinely, and seriously like the idea and level, you understand the challenges you may face throughout the journey, do not announce or even attempt crazy, near impossible jumps like deadlocked to tidal wave as it will not be a fun time. I believe there is a limit to how big of a jump you should take, look at the player Hercs for example, hes jumping to Tidal wave from TOE2, and its been like 2 years and hes still stuck at 42%, yes he has determination, and i admire him for that, but that doesnt mean u have to be like him, do you really want to be stuck on something like that for years when u can actually have fun with the game? if you are going to jump just make it reasonable.

Doing a jump from B to shardscapes.

I'm jumping cause this level felt so doable while playing it in practice compared to any other high end extreme and it would be really cool to get a good percentage on a level this high up on the list.

I'm not sure how long I plan to play it my initial goal is to get to the drop at 40% and I might continue after that.

I already invested much more time into the level than any other.

And no I don't think this will give me any type of skill boost I just want to do this challenge and get back to way easier levels after

I jumped to Artificial from falcon 16 because I loved AA. I played it and could do some of the parts and put 3k attempts would exiting the level. I do not recommend jumping to gain skill just play the levels you can play and like. No one true cares what your hardest is just play what you like to play.

from reanimation to Magma bound

Couldn't find any fun hard demons, really enjoyed Magma Bound, and just switched from mobile to pc.

Jumps are no joke bro they take way to much time and piss you off I do think think small jumps are worth like bloodbath to sonic wave that's a hard jump but not something that will piss you off my hardest is shimmer and I jumped from sonic wave

I’m so happy this is being brought up! This is more on the challenge list side of things than stereotypical levels, but a level nonetheless.

To my knowledge (maybe some medium demon that I beat got moved up) I have never beat a hard demon or anything harder, but I have beaten Paraballa when it was top 2 (just checked… #18 now, wow, time really did fly by) and even though I did do some kinda hard challenges beforehand (shitty toxic blades by rfrozen, for example) it was definitely a jump and the rest of the list wasn’t anywhere close to my previous hardest (also a lot of those were wave challenges)

So, to answer your question, I simply had a big dream of completing a super challenging and high placing level on a well recognized list. 

Did I want to gain some attention for doing it? Honestly, a little bit, but I learned to kind of appreciate the level for what it was, and focused on the good parts of the grind. I realized my skill set was 60 fps challenges, and at one point thought that this was almost like the ‘final boss’ for me (even though now it’s clearly not for the challenge list!)

I didn’t really talk about the bad parts a lot yet, so I just wanted to say that it was so hard and demanding that I spent like 3-4 months up until around 2 in the morning just to make some progress and finish it off (and there was sometimes like a week in between some progress as well) so you definitely have to have the discipline and know that you’re giving up part of your sleep, sanity, and grades (oops)

But with the combination of 60 fps challenges being my skill set, as well as the concepts of the level being unique and what I think is very cool, as long as you have the drive and focus, you’ll turn out alright. If not, that’s completely fine too, you’re actually making the smarter choice. However, the feeling of it finally being off your chest is just simply indescribable.

So I think it’s important to have those types of ‘combinations’ to make it work, such as: is it your type of skillset, even if it’s out of your skill range? Are you willing to sacrifice a lot more time than you might think? Do you love this level not only for the difficulty for what it is?

And if so, I know you can do it, from one jumper to the other.

I jumped from What is it to The Eschaton to Red World. I did the What is it to the Eschaton purely because I loved the level(Hence my gd username Theeschaton1234 which I now want to change). The Eschaton to Red world because Red world is the easiest Extreme, and I thought the jump would be kinda tuff.

Lets just say I made the biggest mistake of my life. Red World is SHIT. I got 34, then 84 as a fluke, then 67 like five times, then 84 again.

And then I got 98. I almost raged, which is a big thing cuz when I die I always just say never mind and continue playing. This time I said nothing but was demotivated. If I did not beat it 3 attempts later, I probably would have quit, but I did so yay.

Now I think my skill is at around hard-insane demon because of my unsteady progression. Now playing CraZy III, kinda fun but I only have 22 percent and the teleport wave before the bossfight to 100.

i did deadlocked to acu because it was funny to title the video "acu 100% (first medium demon)"

Hello hi, "jumper" here. I don't consider myself a jumper, despite going from Ouroboros start pos 2 > Calculator Core because I have progress on MANY other levels (E.G. Knights of Thunder 80% & 45-100, POW 79% & 24-100 and Storming Summit 24% & 40-100). It just happens that I get demotivated kind of easily as a result of time crunch or other pressure.

I think it would be funny to my first list level, have the hardest macbook extreme completion, first XL extreme and (maybe?) first 60hz victor of a list demon. I'm prepared to spend upward of 200k on this, but it'll probably take less since I have it in almost 3 runs in roughly 18k attempts.

I don't think it would get much attention, but I'm mainly playing it for myself. (Also made a bet with some friends that if I beat a top 200 they'll get me a sayo). I currently play with the macbook keyboard, 125hz polling rate. I cant play very precise wave levels because of the NOTABLE input lag, even with cbf.

TLDR: I'm a maybe jumper going from mid extreme > list for a couple of milestones and a bet. Ask anything I suppose...

They think they’re special and it’s easier to start something that to finish it. Real jumpers are in it for the love of the game and go public when they already have progress

I’m (sorta) jumping from To the blue moon (~740 on aredl) to yatagarasu only because my Yt chat is forcing me to. Do think I’ll do it? Hell no. But I do want to try. I guess it’s more just I play yatagarasu and see how far I get before I do something reasonable like BOJ. And I do think I could gain skill from at the bare minimum learning yatagarasu.

Honestly this prob isn’t even a jump but to me it is.

jumping from athanatos to climax. Not for any attention, just because i genuinely have the skill to do so

Idk; ego; I love digital descent a lot; no; I beat it; it took so long for me (5months and only 25k att somehow), jump from BoJ/bb (I beat BoJ during when I was going for DD); fuck no (I grind easy to mid tier extremes now mostly); hell yeah

It wasn't worth it but I'd do it again in a heartbeat (by Krmal); idc; practice a fuck ton, do an XL, and be patient

1, longer it takes to beat a level the better it feels to beat it.

2, same as the above but also yeah rushing skill boosting a bit.

3, beating acu wont really get me that much attention tbh so non-applicable.

4, acu wont grant me publicity.

5, i have 95% so i hope so lol.

6, a year and a half on and off so far

7, nah, i'd probably had gotten here in half the time even if i just beat an insane demon in between.

8, beginner hard demon to beginner extreme shouldnt be that baffling.

The reason why I do jumps is because I genuinely enjoy playing levels that are just barely out of reach, like I’m currently jumping to sonic wave from bloodbath. Which isn’t that big of a jump, but it’s just enough that it’ll take like 3-4 months, which imo is the perfect amount of time to do a level like that.

I also pulled off a jump from nantendo to magma bound a few years ago. To anyone considering doing a jump, just remember that it’s gonna be difficult, but it’s all worth it in the end. In my opinion the most important part about jumping tho, is to pick a fun level, u need to be able to genuinely enjoy what ur playing, or else it won’t happen. I think pulling off a jump is very impressive, but I wouldn’t recommend doing a jump for the sole purpose of impressing people.

i thought you meant jumping as in the thing the cube does and i was kinda confused

To jump I just click the mouse button, sir

1. I don't play a level unless the gameplay is SO ADDICTING TO THE POINT WHERE I CANT EVEN PRESS EXIT, and it just so happenes that my type of gameplay is often found on levels that are FAR beyond my skill level which is sad. I crave for super intense super high cps type of gameplay with bombastic music to bang my head into the screen, which is something that is rarely found in anything lower than insane demon.

2. Even if I don't pull out my jump, the fact that I managed to experience the gameplay that I REALLY WANT is more than enough for me.

   for example 🔥FLAMEWALL🔥, KiLlBoT, RUST I have put over 30k attempts at them EACH but their gameplay is so fun that just experiencing or successfully playing a fraction of it is already enjoyable enough for me. Though IF I DO beat it then that's a MAJOR PLUS.

3. No I don't think jumping will give me the skill I desire.

4. Arcane to deadlock was SOOO!!! worth it, I wouldn't really call it a jump since arcane gameplay is mostly medium demon with a dash of hard demon gameplay but at a span of 2 and a half minutes. I really love that level because it's satisfies my urge to play super fast paced energetic gameplay and the music just complements it SOOO well.

I could have played easier levels but I just don't find their gameplay fast and energetic enough for my liking, arcane just so happens to be the one that DID satisfy it AND be a level that I can actually beat (albeit it did took my 30k attempts)

1. I don't like those who only Jump for attention, they think that it would be so impressive and shit, but like, it's already been done before dude, no one gives a shit anymore, you already have people jumping from TOE2 to Tidal Wave and atleast HE is doing it out of enjoyment, unlike these people. Plus they often just give up anyway, so if they did manage to pull it of, it will no longer be as impressive because it's no longer original.

BUT to those who Jump out of love for the level, I am very cool with them, for me it really is one of the ways to show love for the level that you would willingly play it despite knowing that you probably won't beat it simply because of enjoyment, and it's really heartwarming to see them to finally beat a level to fully experience it.

1. MY NUMBER ONE TIP for ANYONE that wants to do a jump AND do it "successfully" I recommend playing XXXL levels THAT YOU SINCERELY ENJOY since their difficulty is mostly carried by length therefore their gameplay are likely to be less cancerous so you get to ACTUALLY experience the level, and not just dying every millisecond.

And because XXXL level mostly tests your patience and endurance which is something that ALL jumpers should have, and less of skills to pass through thought gameplay which a jumper probably don't have yet, that why it's called jumping in the first place. That is why many people are playing flamewall but almost none at TS2 and Amethyst, long levels are simply more jumpable.

Pardon me for not answering all the questions, it's kinda hard to memorize all the questions, I will edit all my answers later.

i didnt know what i was getting into but just committed

I thought ThermoDynamix would be easy

i did deadlocked to nine circles in like 1.9k att, and now i'm doing nc to cata

Everyone talking about jumping but I’m wondering why tf there is 15 of the same picture of Doggie😭

I'm currently jumping from Nine Circles to moment, with my main reason being that I love moment and I thought that I could do it within a reasonable amount of time. I don't restrict myself to only playing moment, if I did that I would have been miserable. I absolutely hated NC because I just don't like wave carried levels but I beat NC to try and get better at wave (it barely helped). The levels people jump to shouldn't matter, as long as they enjoy the level they are trying to beat and understand how long ot should reasonably take (if you take >1000 attps to practice, it will be a long time before you beat the level). I currently have 25k+ attps on moment and 66% x 2, and even though I spent the last 2 months trying to beat it, I'm significantly happier playing moment than I ever was playing NC.

TL;DR: The jump difficulty doesn't matter as much as your enjoyability does

What is your ACTUAL reason behind doing a jump?

Pretty simple. I didn't like doing TOE 3 and decided to jump to a low insane demon from a low medium demon. I also wanted to get a record for the 2 player demon list and I was interested in its easiest level that I could get points on.

Are there any ulterior motives or are you just desperate for a skill boost?

Just wanted a significant skill boost for 2p levels.

Are you actually jumping to that level because you GENUINELY like it so much or is it purely to curb some sort of need for attention?

Both. I loved Myself and I but I also thought along the way that saying I did it as a jump would be pretty cool.

Is it all a stunt to hopefully gather some publicity?

No. That wasn't why I originally played the level.

Are you aware of the sheer determination and perseverance you'll have to output just to be able to achieve such a baffling feat, to most players?

It took me 1818 attempts. For a first insane demon, that's insanely low, especially when you consider the fact that I jumped.

THESE QUESTIONS ARE IF YOU ALREADY DID A JUMP:

If you already did an incredibly large jump (in retrospect), was it worth it and would you reconsider it if you were given the chance?

100% worth it. I already knew that I was pretty good at the game, and I would repeat the experience of beating the level if it meant I got the satisfaction of beating it.

What do you think of others who have tried/done such a thing before?

Good job!

What would be your #1 tip for anyone who plans on doing a jump?

If you hate doing a level, you don't have to keep playing it. You can always move on and relax yourself, then come back doing it later.

Also, you don't have to tell people that you're jumping.

hey so it worked for me

Jumping? Like jumping over spikes?

From my experience (long time player here), I typically jump with the intent to overcome some sort of obstacle, like perhaps a block or spike

My jump: allegiance to shardscapes Current progress: 4 runs  24% from 0 54-100

I just really liked the level and I played it a bit and didn't struggle with it like I thought. I just did some runs for fun and I get really good at it.

I dont really care about it that much, I just think it would be cool to jump

I really like the level, but I didn't care too much about it and Im not looking for any attention.

I have a youtube channel but I dont record my attempts or anything so I probably won't even upload it. Not looking for attention because I know this isnt that crazy of a jump compared to others.

Not 100% but im working on it, but not any time soon

Im kinda being lazy with it. I played it sometimes but not often. But I hope i still beat it.

I think it will not do much, but it won't make me robot carried but instead physics carried. I might get a bit better but I dont expect much and I won't go for any other top 150~

I know it will be around a year before I can beat it, but it isnt massive concern of mine.

I’m going from Bloodbath to Tartarus, and frankly I just love Tartarus. I want to have a main list “under my belt” at some point, so why shouldn’t I start now? I already have some decent runs after about 5k attempts including: 0-27, 23-43, 52-71, 59-100. I think it is very possible to jump if you truly set your mind to it. I know FOR A FACT that I will finish this level whether it takes me 50-100k attempts. I currently have 5 extremes, bloodbath being my hardest, and I have beaten 3 extremes  (albeit easy ones) each under 1k attempts, so I feel as if I just need the push to do something that truly stretches my ability. Thanks for the question, and wish me luck.

Jumping from Bloodlust to BB rn. Doing it because I love the level so much, what it means to me, and what it means to the game's history. I remember when I was 11 years old, I would rewatch the completion video on repeat, jealous that I would never be that good. Completing it will prove that I can do anything that I set my mind too, and make my 11 year old self proud

Trying to jump from ispywithmylittleeye to two boss fight (3min+ hard demon). 41% so far. And... 7000 attempts (mostly in practice mode). I just play it because it's my favorite level and i think I'm gonna get some more progress soon.

I jumpd from Future Funk to Bloodbath after a break. Before that break my hardest was forsaken neon, and that break was from 2.2 until last summer. After that break I fluked Future Funk from 70 to 100, giving me motivation to start playing again.

I jumped because one night I randomly started doing runs on it, like 90-100. After about 10k atts and some runs such as 20 or 80-100 I realised that I could somehow at some point actually beat it. And then motivation set in, I thought Bloodbath was really cool and I really wanted to beat it. I also saw it as a final hardest but npt anymore. (A dream final hardest would be slaughterhouse but only time will tell) After realising I can actually hold on to my "promise" and beat it, I actually started thinking about having a bit of attention.

No. But it did give me a skill boost, a significant one, I recently started grinding Shitty Slaughterhouse and did the river part. After Bloodbath I become extremely ship carried tho.

I like it.

No.

I'll pull through it. I started grinding it, like.. 3 months ago on and off, I currently have 56 and 42-100 x2, with abiut 25k atts and like 20 hours of playtime.

Until I beat it but its a bit hard to dedicate myself sometimes because of highschool.

I guess but it wasnt really for skill, it was for fun, I genuienely feel proud for being good enough to beat Bloodbath.

Yeah.

Ill still answer the last three questions even though I didnt actually beat Bloodbath yet.

Its worth it if youre having fun.

Idk, good luck to them I guess.

Be sure you have the time for the jump before doing it.

Also about the skill boost, I managed to get 20 and 60-100 on cataclysm after like an hour of grinding and only like 1k atts recently.

I plan on maybe jumping again after Bloodbath, again, my final hardest would be Slaughterhouse, and Im pretty good on the shitty version even though they could be considered 2 diffrent levels, but it does help with learning the actual level. But Ill probably want to beat some other exteemes first, such as Cataclysm or Xo. (I also have like 60-100 on xo, and for the record I only have about 40 demons completed)

Meanwhile me just first playing the robtop levels and after that go search for easy demons to finally get to B and now im at NC

I dont like to jump from a hard level to an even harder level im not even planning to beat an extreme until 2147 im just enjoying the game :D

I jumped from Deadlocked to Acropolis because Acropolis was fun 🔥🔥

I started playing shardscapes about a month ago I think and had 26% after 2 weeks, then didn't play it bc lots of other important stuff etc etc.

The reason I'm doing this is bc honestly I don't really know what would be the next logical demon after nc, so I decided to do something crazy and jump to a top 150 that looks kinda beatable. Ngl the gameplay is peak and I've been doing some drop runs too, I hope to beat it after maybe a year or so.

After becoming consistent to around 20% I can say for sure I've became way better at passing tight places. By the time I beat it I think I'll have a nice skill boost and a relatively rare achievement. I also found a new way to hold the mouse, which I really like.

I'm absolutely willing to put effort into this jump because I definitely can beat it. I know it will take time and patience, A LOT of time and patience, but for some reason this level isn't boring, I don't feel like I'm going to abandon it after some time.

i technically did a sizable jump from Deception Dive (Top 1100) to Death (Top 400) by accident, because i saw it as this truly amazing level i needed to experience (and i also had no idea how hard it was)

it wasn’t actually that impressive of a jump though. for most of my time playing GD, i went for new hardests on 60hz mobile. i did this because i only had that for years, along with the stubborn mindset that switching to PC would somehow invalidate all the time i spent grinding on my phone

by the time i abandoned that mindset, i’d beaten 3 extremes on mobile and gotten 70+% on 4 others. so i actually had more than enough raw skill to beat Death. i’m also just hella XXXL carried, probably because that was the only type of extreme demon i played/felt like i could tackle

Haven't jumped yet but I will jump to ABEL from allegiance (because I lost a bet). Abel is a rally fun lvl tho and I'm hoping I can pull through

I jumped from Aperture to Skeletal Shenanigans. Im prolly gonna aim for Nine Circles or Stalemate next. It was pretty hard, took me 3,500 attempts. My best tip in my opinion is to practice, ALOT.

I jumped from HeLL to Windy Landscape. Main reason I did the jump was because I was ready for it ngl, like my skill was way above my hardest so I was low-key ready to jump. Windy took me tens of thousands of attempts and like 2-3 years of on and off play but ngl I don't regret it at all. After Windy I started going crazy and like beating insane demons left and right. Only jump if you have a solid platform to jump from (Have a few demons similar difficulty to your hardest) and make sure you're skilled enough to be able to do the level. Don't jump just to jump it's not worth it ngl.

I only really jump to levels I like. So far I've had no regrets.

i have a really goofy backstory behind "my" jump from leyak to prismatic haze (it's not the most insane jump in the world but i would consider it a jump nonetheless) which basically leaves me unable to answer any of these questions

i'm gonna sound insane or like i'm begging for attention saying this, but this is genuinely what i believe to be what happened, and of all the places to beg for attention, the GD reddit is probably one of the worst ones anyways. so basically my brain has a condition often referred to as "plurality". it basically means that the brain went through some fucked up shit during childhood that made it refuse to integrate one singular person into itself, and wanted to keep multiple people around so that all of this baggage doesn't all have to fall into the lap of a single person. if you know what DID is, then that is also a disorder that falls into the plurality group. in other words, i share this body with other people and i'm not always the one in control. and a really quirky thing that brains with this condition can do is just... create people inside of its ecosystem based on others, be it characters from media, or real human beings. so this one time in 2020 FUCKING TECHNICAL49 APPEARED FOR SOME GOD FORSAKEN REASON, BEAT PRISMATIC IN A WEEK, JUST FOR FUN, AND THEN NEVER APPEARED AGAIN. AND IT TOOK ME LIKE 2-3 YEARS TO BEAT SOMETHING SIMILAR IN DIFFICULTY.

it's already known that plural systems can have different members excel at different things, both physical and mental skills, and it has been scientifically proven as well, but seeing someone in the same body crush me like this so quickly was oddly fascinating to see. and i guess it also means that the first extreme that was actually beaten by me was acu instead of tung tung wada potluck iv which is a horrendeous realization (unless we count ICDX cuz i beat that when that was still extreme)

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avoid spike

I’ve done thousands of jumps

If someone is actively bragging/keeps bringing up a jump it's likely for attention, it's no different from just having a new best, theres really no need to announce that you "jumped from an easy demon to a hard demon" 5 times.

If u actually wanna do an enjoyable jump then jump to a level that you'll enjoy playing, you won't lose motivation as quick (which is a big part in level jumping, since its a completely different skill level and can feel unmotivating).

But long term, jumping levels isn't the best way to improve, you should be playing a wider variety of levels around the same skill level to get used to everything at that skill level, then keep increasing the difficulty and doing the same thing. Though if you're going from a hardware jump (like mobile 60fps to PC 120-240), then jumps aren't that bad and somewhat make sense since you're essentially playing every level at an easier difficulty

Me personally I just really love clean wave gameplay and seeing myself do it is one of the best feelings I’ve had in a while. Attention is kind of the last thing I want because I just get told it’s fake because people cannot fathom I put in the hours to learn a hard level. I do my best to prove them wrong nonetheless.

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I did Deadlocked to ACU and hated it. But I wouldn't even call that my biggest jump. Bloodbath to Sonic Wave was so much more fun and manageable but took me 9 months and 45k attempts (somehow😭😭😭) and I'm now barely playing but I was doing Cosmic Cyclone after Sonic Wave, and that is by far the biggest jump difficulty wise I've ever bothered to do. I wouldn't even call ACU 5x harder than Deadlocked, and Sonic Wave is maybe 3x harder than Bloodbath? COSMIC CYCLONE THOUGH, that's something I can comfortably call 10x harder than Sonic Wave.

Uhhh I’m totally not jumping ……. (Nine circles to any new top 1 that comes out) yeahhhhhh………….

Because I don't like insane demons. They're hard enough that you need 7000+ attempts (at least) to beat one, but at the same time it doesn't give you the level of satisfaction that beating an extreme demon gives you.

I know, Future Funk to Cataclysm isn't a huge jump, but it is a jump at the end of the day.

I’m jumping from supersonic to Artificial Ascent:

1. I like the level a lot, and even more as I play it and get consistent at it, makes me feel proud of myself.

2. A bit of both, I like the level and it’s already likely boosting my skill at least a bit.

3. Primarily because I like it, I would like others to wish me luck but I’m not taking the jump too seriously as I may drop it.

4. No

5. Probably like a 20% chance I’m actually doing it ngl, I’ve never jumped before so I wanted to just give it a shot. I’m not burnt out yet though!

6. I’m patient, took me way too long to beat supersonic but I still did it.

7. Yes

8. Absolutely

currently jumping to black blizzard from mizureta and im actually really enjoying myself

dont jump to levels that are popular just because theyre popular, if you really want to jump then find something you enjoy :)

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Jumped from deadlocked to Bloodbath. I just did it because I thought it was a cool level. I had just built my first pc and I kinda had to relearn how to play with such reduced input lag (my ship was awful until I got used to it) and it took 30k attempts.

I'm currently attempting a jump to Tidal Wave, and it's actually insanely rewarding to see how much progress I've made. And yes, I know how stupid and dumb and unrealistic it is, but I don't care. It's genuinely more fun for me to go for levels way above my skill level, and I totally understand why that's not the case for other people.

Genuine question, because I’m pretty much a noob:

I had Change of Scene as my first demon, and then completed Metamorphosis (by FawksGDD) as my second one. Is that considered a jump? Also, Metamorphosis is only a medium demon because of its decorations, no?

im doing magma bound to sakupen hell rn cuz ive always thought it was a cool level and i just wanna challenge myself, idk how big of a jump it is tho. my pb is 46% but ive done 29-100 more than 3 times

Not that big of a jump, but I went from a hard demon to acu, and was planning to beat digital descent

Sooo about acu, idk it was kind of an accident? Like I never thought "hey I should jump to acu" I just played it and ended up getting more and more runs to 100, and then I had like 27-100 and yeah why wouldn't I try to beat it from there. Honestly one of the best experiences I ve had in this game, although it was quite close to become a bad experience (the last day was prior to not having electricity for like 8 hours and I DID NOT want to play it for 8 hours, sooo I was kinda nervous the day before)

Honestly, I don't think it's bad jumping, although the best tip I could give is DONT CHOOSE A LEVEL THAT YOU DONT LOVE 100%. Even a 1% can end up being annoying after 20k attempts.

Now, about the plans, I'm no longer playing digital descent cuz some parts are like really fucking annoying and the beginning is soooo boring (why is it a harder 7 for the first 10 seconds 😭). And now I'm playing something a lot more fun, a bit easier, but still quite a jump, neurostasis, soooo from one of the 10 easiest extremes to #434? Around black blizzard difficulty apparently. I'm doing this cuz I hate being bad at ship lol, and also cuz it's really fun and consistent af, my only complaint would be the beginning but I'm sure it's an skill issue tbh. Ah btw I was playing digital descent before CUZ I SWEAR TO GOD THAT SHI IS NOT HARDER THAN BLACK BLIZZARD FYM ITS HARDER THAN KILLBOT???? My first and only drop attempt got to like 35 btw, really silly lol, but honestly, krmal's part is so annoying, vlacc's ship is impossible for me, Devon's wave is impossible for me, and maybe ¿loogiah? (I don't remember how it was written) Is a bit inconsistent, apart from those parts I would have been able of beating it imo, but my phone kinda died and then I got a different one but is worse than the previous one, now I play on PC but my keyboard is kinda broken and Im just hopping my mouse doesn't die 😭

So I jumped from CraZy III to Hot Rod. My only reason is that I like Hot Rod very much. For me it was worth it and it also didn't even take me 20k attempts, so I would probably do it again. My #1 tip for anyone who wants to jump: only do it when you are 100% sure that you can do it and if you get demotivated just stop playing the level. It's better to come back to it later when you actually have the skill for it.

I only play levels which gameplay interested me. Went from platinum adventure for the sake of having a demon to my name years ago and then after like 4 easy demons beat nowise and future funk I. Not the hardest but their gameplay was fun in practice so I just did them till I was good enough to beat both. If a level doesn't seem fun I wont play it, how difficult it is doesn't matter (unless of course it's just insanely hard lmao)

Kitty is another one of those levels I did a prac run for and thought 'damn this is fun' and just ran it until completion.

I started learning Hypersonic when my hardest were random medium demons (probably hell by serponge?). I just thought the level was really cool, and it was super fun to play. I never "really" wanted to go for it, i was just playing for fun, but my consistency was slowly improving, and eventually I told a friend I would go for it if I did 50-100. Later that day I did like 49-100 or smth, so I felt obligated to take it seriously.

I started grinding Hypersonic, meanwhile also playing some levels in between. I ended up beating Nine Circles in the meantime. Eventually i beat the level in something like 13k attempts. https://youtu.be/_mD39Zy2brA?si=BotRtZZl44yb3nsJ

After Hypersonic, I went back to do a few insane demons (I did stalemate and acropolis) just to build a little more foundation. Then I beat bloodbath (in the realm of 10k attempts roughly). https://youtu.be/57kOvj1OpEw?si=ThaLMJJ6Rfg_vd3g. Currently working on blade of justice (i have it in 5 runs, but one of those runs is like the second half of the level all at once. Im just not very practiced in the first half and am getting gatekept by the first wave. Will get there eventually)

The whole reality is this: people will put more time, energy, and effort into doing things they truly enjoy. If I was grinding a random insane demon that was easier than Hypersonic but I didnt enjoy, I wouldn't have beaten it even now. Anyone who gets mad at people who want to jump to difficult levels, just because you don't like it doesn't make it wrong (and definitely doesn't give u the right to be toxic). For me, I enjoy practicing and learning small sections a lot more than playing from zero, and im completely fine if I only beat one or two levels every year.

Do what you have fun with, and the rest will follow

But LIMBO is just such a good level man.

I might or might not try to beat Bloodbath first, I also kinda enjoy it and I don’t think It’d take me more than a week or less even.

I started playing LIMBO just as a joke, played it through once in practice to check it out, then again, and again, and again, then started doing runs, getting consistent, combining runs, and now here I am, still playing after 130k+ attempts, not really bored or annoyed, still love the level and play it almost every day.

It just grew on me, even started playing it during programming classes in highschool too lol.

(Let it be known I have over 400 hours on the level.)

as someone who has jumped from clubstep to future funk future funk to bloodbath bloodbath to shardscapes and in the process of shardscapes to nullscapes i feel qualified to answer these questions. I like to jump because I enjoy it and I feel capable of pulling them off. Obviously jumping is a big flex but I also believe it is one of the fastest ways to gain skill, I started playing after 2.2 came out and I am already this good in ~1.2k hours of playtime. I think it is a mix of just loving the levels that I want to jump to, thinking I'm capable of beating them, and wanting to improve fast. I was never planning on jumping to nullscapes but when I played it in practice I ended up really enjoying it and I still enjoy playing it 300k attempts later. The publicity is nice but it isn't one of the main reasons to jump for me. I'm convinced I can pull through with it by comparing myself to other peoples massive jumps and understanding that you have to see your progress in more ways than getting a better run. I am willing to put at least 500k attempts into nullscapes right now and i'll see if it's worth continuing after that, committing to a level isn't an issue for me. Jumping is great at improving skill, but something better for solely improving skill is getting runs on levels out of your skill range that target your weaknesses, the biggest issue with jumping is once you've learned the level fully you're not really improving your skill very much. I am certainly aware of the sheer determination I need and so far it is definitely not for the weak. My best tip for jumpers is to set a small goal each session, ex: get more consistent at this part or click, get this small run X amount of times, find a more consistent way to do this section, etc..

Jumping works for me. I went from lit fuse (insane demon) to moment (#670) and currently jumping to shimmer (#124) ig if you jump be ready for a very long time playing the level. Moment took me 6 months and 44k attempts but for me it was worth it. No publicity stunt.

I jumped to moment from lit fuse. I wanted to play something difficult because it felt like i had the skill but all the beginner extremes felt more like a time sink then an actual level to make me improve. I also just loved the level alot. I think mabye 2 other people did what i did? But i think they were doing it from something easier which is crazy. My #1 tip for someone wanting to jump is to know that one day, with perserverance, you will do it. You WILL learn the level you are jumping too. You WILL play from 0. And you WILL beat it. It just takes time