Technical (formerly Technical49) is a skilled American player in Geometry Dash. He became the first person to beat Bloodlust, Plasma Pulse Finale, Gamma (the update of which he verified), Spacial Rend, and Sonic Wave without the FPS bypass. On April 9, 2019, he became the unofficial verifier of Zodiac after xander confessed to hacking, and no one else managed to beat the level without the FPS Bypass after him until Ozzy612 beat it four months later. He has also verified eleven other Extreme Demons: Photovoltaic II, Sigma, Ragnarok, Ouroboros, Omega, Ocular Miracle, Sigma Interface, Shock Breaker, Mirage, Cybernetic Crescent, and NetzWerk. He beat Tartarus on April 18, 2020, and also verified updates to the levels Gamma and Breakout.
He had a period of inactivity during 2021-2022, but he has been recently beating difficult Extreme Demons again. His current hardest Demon is LIMBO, beaten on April 2, 2024. His second hardest Demon is Edge of Destiny, beaten on August 28, 2023, and he also beat Hard Machine on October 9, 2023, although he finds it easier than Tartarus.
History[]
Conflicts[]
- The kowareta Rating Drama: On December 31, 2018, Shuri verified the Extreme Demon level kowareta.[1] It would have been placed at #2 if it was rated, as it was considered harder than Plasma Pulse Finale and Spacial Rend, which at the time were contesting for the placement of the second hardest Demon. On August 23, 2019, it finally got featured and placed at #6 on the Demonlist. Shortly after, Technical addressed his distaste for the level and his opinion that it was not rate-worthy. Suddenly, his fans lashed out at Shuri, sending him death threats and telling him to quit Geometry Dash. This event sparked so much controversy that it was unrated by RobTop only nine hours after its release and removed from the Demonlist. Once Shuri addressed this drama, people started criticizing Technical for his role and made a community post addressing it. On August 24, 2019, it was re-rated and re-added to the list, though this time only as a star rating. Both parties have retracted since.
Levels[]
Unrated levels[]
- AfterCataBath - A mix of Cataclysm, Bloodbath, and aftermath, respectively.
- Enlightened Express - A mega-collaboration with eight other creators placed #1 on the Demonlist for April Fools' Day 2019.
- Galaxy Collapse Wave - The wave part of the level Galaxy Collapse by Noctalium.
- The video Noctalium uploaded on his YouTube channel is named "When you act like a god for 10 seconds (Galaxy Collapse)," which became a meme in the community.[2]
- Ocular Miracle ULDM - An ultra Low Detail Mode version of the level Ocular Miracle.
- The Falling Mysts - His first-ever created level and a mega-collaboration.
- Tech Wave - A level he made for a Creator Battle against npesta, organized by Viprin.
Canceled/deleted levels[]
- Brandon Larkin Chal - Stands for "Brandon Larkin Challenge." It is a parody of Titan Complex, created as a jest aimed at Brandon Larkin, who was making determined efforts to complete Titan Complex at that time.
- Deception Dive 144Hz - A corrected version of Deception Dive for 144Hz users.
- Flop - An Asdfmovie-themed level that he and his friend Indigo67 hosted. Most of the gameplay creators were members of "The Guys." Originally intended to be decorated solely by Arandamiguel as a solo decoration project, it was later canceled before completion.
- Furious Flames 240hz - A fixed version of Furious Flames tailored for 240Hz users.
Upcoming levels[]
- Cosmic Drift - A remake of his oldest level, The Falling Mysts. It is a space-themed mega-collaboration featuring GunnerBones, Reunomi, CuLuC, HelpegasuS, npesta, Gizbro, and several other creators.
- Flamewall - An upcoming Top-1 Extreme Demon hosted by RicoLP and Narwall.
Nominations and awards[]
Received 1 award in the Geometry Dash Awards
Awards[]
- Awarded in the 2.1 Awards for Best Player
Trivia[]
- His real name is Jonathan.
- The last two letters of his Twitter profile (JL) represent his initials in real life.
- He thinks kowareta is not rate-worthy, sparking minor drama after it was briefly unrated. Community members believed the unrating was motivated, in part, by Technical's statements regarding the level.
- His completion of LIMBO on April 2, 2024 did not come without difficulties.
- After selecting the key at the finale, he accidentally hit a keyboard shortcut that speeds up the game; he did this because he used to hit this exact shortcut after every practice run to speed up the long endscreen and quickly see his results, so it was muscle memory for him. Because speedhacks were used, his completion technically broke Demonlist guidelines. He knew there would be Twitter drama between the Demonlist and his fanbase advocating for the record's acceptance, so he decided to rebeat the level to avoid the debate. It only took him six hours.
- The completion video on his YouTube channel, which he uploaded the next day, had the misfortune of including the "n-word" in all capital letters at the end of the URL. Technical reuploaded the video shortly after and tweeted about it, which received nearly 50,000 likes, making it his most popular tweet by far.[3] Because of the attention the situation received, he was enraged that a mistake on YouTube's part completely overshadowed his completion; however, he stated that, in retrospect, he would probably reflect on the situation with laughter.[4]
- He was, at one point, the set verifier for Sonic Wave Infinity by Riot, a remake of Sonic Wave, said to rival the difficulty of Tartarus. He has since dropped the verification due to concerns about future stress. The level has since gone to Xanii, who verified it on May 30, 2021.
- He is known for dying on levels due to celebrating too early. The most notable instances of this are his 95% death on Sigma, 97% death on Catalyze, 98% death on The Ultimate Phase, his first 98% death on Ragnarok, and his 98% death on Carnage Mode. He has also made a huge number of epic fails in other levels, such as his 96% death on Bloodlust, 96% death on Plasma Pulse Finale, 96% death on Altered Ascent, 97% death on Balengu Vortex, 97% death on Rate Demon, 98% death on Factory Realm X, 98% death on Belloq, and his 98% death on Ocular Miracle.
- He died at 98% on Ragnarok twice: the first time due to a bug and the second time due to bad timing.
- He died at 97% on INNARDS three times and 98% on Astral Divinity twice as well.
- He hit 10,000 YouTube subscribers on April 3, 2019,[5] 20,000 on May 15, 2019, 30,000 on July 2, 2019, 40,000 on August 14, 2019, 50,000 on January 11, 2020, 60,000 on April 14, 2020, 70,000 on June 15, 2020, 80,000 on September 12, 2020, 90,000 on December 8, 2020, and 100,000 on April 4, 2021.
- He is often regarded as the official verifier of Zodiac after the original verifier, xander confessed to hacking the level on June 11, 2019. However, Technical has stated that he does not see himself as the verifier.
- He was part of "The Gang," which included npesta, Golden, Gizbro, and himself. It was disbanded on January 18, 2021.[6]
- He crashed at 98% on the Extreme Demon Necromancer after he took a brief skip in the level and got killed by the anti-cheat at the end. This instance was the first discovery of the skip anti-cheat, and the death caused some of his fans to hate TGI, the verifier and publisher, for watching Technical take the skips and not telling him about the anti-cheat as a joke.[7]
- He removed the number 49 from the end of his YouTube username on October 18, 2019. The number signified his jersey number in baseball, which he finally revealed in his 49,000 subscribers special.
- He once changed his YouTube name to "yoshiwannabe" because he lost a bet to one of his friends, Golden.
- His name was also changed to "yoshiwannabe" on the Demonlist for April Fools' 2019.
- On November 4, 2019, he beat his 500th Demon and his 100th Extreme Demon, Visible Ray, making him the fourth player to have completed 100 Extreme Demons at the time, after Rainstorm, Kainite, and iNeo.
- He has been featured on Meet with Csx42Gaming. He was on Episode #22.[8]
- He won the award for Best Player in the Geometry Dash 2.1 Awards hosted by Viprin.
- He was demoted to #2 on the Individual Stats Viewer in late March of 2020 due to nSwish beating a handful of difficult levels and becoming number #1. This placement was the case until April 18, 2020, when Technical uploaded a video for his Tartarus completion and becoming number #1 again, knocking nSwish to #2. A day later, nSwish would retake the #1 spot after beating Tapwreck.
- For April Fools 2020, he was promoted to #1 in the Individual Stats Viewer and labeled North Korean.
- The YouTuber named Blue made a documentary on his history.[9]
- He lost to Gizbro in the semi-finals in the first session of the Geometry Dash World Cup.[10]
- He is a very skilled Mario Kart 8 Deluxe player and even holds the World Record on Rainbow Road 200cc with a time of 1:31.842, considered as the hardest thing ever done in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.[11]
- He also holds the World Record on 3DS Rainbow Road 200cc with a time of 1:09.977.[12] Additionally, he also holds the World Record on Wii Rainbow Road 200cc with a time of 1:52.997.[13]
- He uses the same enjoyment rating for every level that he beats.
- The highest-rated level was Verdant Landscape with a perfect 100/100, and the lowest-rated level was The Hell World with 1/100.
- AcropoliX did not receive a rating because he beat it at 4 AM.
- He gave Furious Flames a rating of Brian/100 as a joke and said on stream that the real rating would be around 8 or 9/100.[14]
- Lucid Nightmares originally had an enjoyment rating of no/100 but was later updated to 3/100.
- Although he has verified ten rated Extreme Demons, he considers three minor verifications. They are Sigma Interface, Mirage, and Shock Breaker.
- He has done three runs of the Extreme Demon Roulette, one of which was a co-op run with npesta. (Although the co-op video was uploaded to npesta's channel).
- He was forced to give a Tier 3 Subscription to Pokimane as a punishment for flaking out when he got Cold Sweat for 23%.
- He also almost forgot to cancel the auto-renew of the subscription, canceling it only one day before its renewal.
- He was forced to give a Tier 3 Subscription to Pokimane as a punishment for flaking out when he got Cold Sweat for 23%.
- By some coincidence, nSwish passed Technical on the Individual Stats Viewer on the day Technical turned 17.
- He verified an Extreme Demon-difficulty level named Triadic Trials on September 5, 2022. He estimates it to be slightly harder than Bloodbath.
Videos[]
Geometry Dash - Gamma (Extreme Demon) by MindCap and more - Verified by Me on Stream
The verification of Gamma (update). Credits to Technical.
Geometry Dash - Photovoltaic II (Extreme Demon?) by Mazl and more - Verified by Me on Stream
The verification of Photovoltaic II. Credits to Technical.
Geometry Dash - Sigma (Extreme Demon?) by MindCap and more - Verified by Me
The verification of Sigma. Credits to Technical.
Ragnarok VERIFIED (Extreme Demon) by Knobbelboy and more - On Stream - Geometry Dash
The verification of Ragnarok. Credits to Technical.
Ouroboros VERIFIED (Extreme Demon) by Viprin and more - On Stream - Geometry Dash
The verification of Ouroboros. Credits to Technical.
Omega VERIFIED (Extreme Demon) by MindCap and more On Stream Geometry Dash
The verification of Omega. Credits to Technical.
Ocular Miracle VERIFIED (Extreme Demon) by Davphla, GaidenHertuny, Zero, etc. Geometry Dash
The verification of Ocular Miracle. Credits to Technical.
Sigma Interface Verified (Extreme Demon) by Platnuu Geometry Dash
The verification of Sigma Interface. Credits to Technical
Cybernetic Crescent VERIFIED (Extreme Demon) by Viprin and more - Geometry Dash
The verification of Cybernetic Crescent. Credits to Technical.
References[]
- ↑ https://youtu.be/wxWBFaZYHPM
- ↑ https://youtu.be/C6AKWGJfyDg
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TechnicalJL/status/1775574739580277018
- ↑ https://twitter.com/TechnicalJL/status/1775575943710441594
- ↑ https://youtu.be/1efOnsqeIUA
- ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/TechnicalJL/status/1351341186754207744
- ↑ https://youtu.be/m_iLUYqh6-Y
- ↑ https://youtu.be/TZDaHbj3oeU
- ↑ https://youtu.be/XUuIrXau8YI
- ↑ https://youtu.be/CEDJbuQwTes
- ↑ https://youtu.be/jyfpy0PAQKQ
- ↑ https://youtu.be/WkX6JNcvCUw
- ↑ https://youtu.be/NCxP0NGZGro
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Hu8XpNhIp0w