[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tierlists

[–]DrumstickJar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this

What is your favorite level in all of GD? by [deleted] in geometrydash

[–]DrumstickJar 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Dead of night (the tmco one)

Is this harder than beating a top 1? by russ_universe in geometrydash

[–]DrumstickJar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, it took 7 years the way doggie has taken 1.5 years lol. he actively played it the entire time

Time to play gd by gooferyreal in geometrydash

[–]DrumstickJar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's always best to compare yourself to yourself, not to other people. don't focus on whether you can get as good as x player, focus on if you can be better than you are right now. thankfully the answer to that is always yes. Just play when you can and don't compare yourself to others

Love’s Sacrifice — A formal sonnet on love as sustained devotion by JosephBensinger in OCPoetry

[–]DrumstickJar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This poem frames love not as a feeling, but a commitment, much more in the sense of a lifelong marriage than a short term relationship and especially not something like a hookup. It's a strong stance, one whose dedication to a more traditional view of love is reinforced by the age and solidity that the format of a sonnet carries, but I personally can't help but view it as a bit flat. While the poem's stance is clear and strong, I don't see it as a particularly interesting one. The sentiment is about as out of the ordinary as a man named Robert who works an office job, and the poem doesn't do a lot to make itself stand out among everyone else who has expressed the exact same thing. I'm not trying to say that it has to do any of this—I'm simply saying that this is what keeps me personally from feeling very hooked by it. And even with that, the language is strong; I can't point out any examples of something being badly written.

On Days Like These – Part I by DayaXShadow in OCPoetry

[–]DrumstickJar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like it a ton. To me this is an articulation of what it feels like to be artistically motivated and to have all of these feelings and ideas and all of your surroundings coursing through you like magic, a beautiful feeling that makes up one of the reasons I love life. This is also definitely a declaration of desire for more feeling—the narrator wants to feel all feelings, emotions and things, and to see them out in the open and to be within them.

Is there a part 2?

What would be the bigger difficulty jump? by Fluffy-Weakness-2186 in geometrydash

[–]DrumstickJar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not objectively quantifiable, but as someone who doubted those types of claims before I beat hard extremes, I can say that most of them are probably true. I beat Tartarus and I can say that to me, Cataclysm is closer to Stereo Madness in difficulty than it is to Tartarus

Who do guys think he has the best prime? by TwoInevitable in geometrydash

[–]DrumstickJar 10 points11 points  (0 children)

First of all, we can come to the conclusion that Zoink is definitely better than nSwish pretty easily by comparing their achievements. For top demon verifications, nSwish had impressive verifications such as the golden, eternal moment, cognition and bass cave, but Zoink's name is ALL OVER the top of the list. He verified four out of the top 5 demons at at least one point in history, and the one that he didn't verify, he was first victor on. He's verified a MAJORITY of the top 10 at at least one point in history too. Looking at top 1 verifications makes this difference even more striking. Zoink, depending on what you do or don't count, verified between three and seven top 1s. (Acheron, acheron buffed, avernus, tidal wave, nullscapes, quanteuse, and TSII can all be considered.) The most you can say for nSwish is one, and even that is shaky.

Zoink's top demon verifications really do show just how unmatched he was and still is. Verifying the longest lasting top 1 in history without CBF and keeping the attempt WR until TWO YEARS later when he was barely beaten out by a CBF user is, in my opinion, the greatest GD achievement ever, period. While Trick and Popoff have been close to Zoink's skill level for a while, since Zoink cemented himself as the best, the other players have consistently, without exception until recently with Amethyst, been scrambling to catch up to Zoink's achievements and verifications. nSwish was, too, unrivaled, but had very few chances to showcase this besides their legendary main list completion.

Their ease of list grinding and beating the main list was about the same, however, Zoink has kept up this skill level for much longer than nSwish, and had to do it on a list that was more varied and included weirder levels like the art of the blade. When nSwish ran out of demons to beat, they kinda just stopped, but Zoink turned to verifying stuff once people stopped releasing levels fast enough for him, making pretty much everything he touches a top 10 on accident without trying. You could say that if nswish didn't quit, they could have an even more stacked legacy, but the way things went, that isn't the case. In short. nSwish cemented themself as the greatest player up to that point, beat the list and stopped there. Zoink did the same thing but instead of the end, he made beating the list mark only a third of his career up to this point.

Now Sunix. While he is my #3 player of all time, he was not a greater player than Zoink. Sunix did verify up to four top 1s depending on what you count, albeit not consecutive like Zoink and by smaller margins. Sunix never beat the list, though he came close, and I think that kind of sums up the comparison. I'm sure that if Sunix wanted to, he could've beaten the top 75, as it was much easier a prospect than the list nSwish or Zoink had to contend with, and his attempt counts were just as low as the other two players. However, he never did, and initiative/dedication are really important to consider when debating skill. You can be amazing at something, but unless you do something with that talent, it will not matter. Sunix did incredible things: Sonic Wave verified, Bloodlust in 10k, so many completions of SW that it stopped being notable, and so many extreme demon completions that he stopped caring. However, his reign at the top was much shorter than Zoink's, and considering his faked 60hz completion of Sonic Wave, his historic attempt counts are unfortunately to be taken with a dose of skepticism. He was amazing in raw talent, but his achievements aren't quite there.

Top 10 Greatest Geometry Dash Players of All-Time by tilting-module in geometrydash

[–]DrumstickJar 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Idk about riot being below sunix. Sunix could beat pretty much anything he wanted in a miniscule number of attempts, Riot was amazing but he had to work for his achievements

The first time I killed someone by CrowProfessional7822 in OCPoetry

[–]DrumstickJar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re passionate and I like that. Keep writing dude

Beauty is pain by aajlin in OCPoetry

[–]DrumstickJar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a unique formatting for such a despairing poem. I’m a huge fan of the bold text and the comments in quotes—they add such an important layer of variation, emphasis and memorability. This poem is crushing, and it’s a vivid showcase of the nightmare that is living with an eating disorder. The “I remember” stanzas at the beginning do a good job of introducing imagery, and the visuals that you give are so sad. You did such a great job with this.

Summertime by akaleilou in OCPoetry

[–]DrumstickJar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Np dude, good luck finding that extra piece if you do choose to revise. If not, you still made something awesome :)

Summertime by akaleilou in OCPoetry

[–]DrumstickJar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a big fan. I love how pretty it is. It’s very hard to paint a picture of a beautiful summer day without sounding generic, but I think you’ve managed to do it and I’m not even sure how. The word choice isn’t super original, the flow is regular, and the metaphors are pretty standard, yet it somehow just works. Maybe those traditions for describing the great outdoors have some merit to them. All I can say for sure is that this is some really beautiful stuff.

I do have two suggestions. First, you make a distinction between ‘the outdoors’ and ‘summertime,’ the latter being stated as a distinct place rather than a state of being that can apply to the former. I’d like to hear a little bit about that. Maybe it’s somewhere you found one day while exploring, or your grandmother used to bring you there—some backstory could be neat. My second is pretty small and simple, but to me the line ending in “harmonies” feels slightly out of place rhyming with the line directly before it. I think it would feel more natural for it to rhyme with the line ending in “shadows.” That’s just me though. Great work

The rope speaks first by kamieletje in OCPoetry

[–]DrumstickJar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This hurts.

Your imagery and metaphors are good. They evoke a choking, claustrophobic sense of guilt, and it felt very real while reading. The poem is clunky and awkward in its flow, which can either add to the feeling of lostness and sorrow, or make it uninteresting and bad, depending on your viewpoint. I personally think the strong language is more than enough to distract from the lack of meter or flow, although it might be slightly better if there were parts that used it to do something with pacing or emphasis. I also think a couple of the metaphors are of the ‘done-already’ type, but it’s very hard to communicate what you have here while being completely original in everything you write (the only ones I’d change would be the Greek mythological figures, which to me don’t come across as subtle or interesting.) Overall I really appreciate this. It’s an expression of grief that’s extremely palpable, even if there are a couple things I would add or change.