Surv is a skilled South African/American player and level creator in Geometry Dash who has completed several Extreme Demons, namely Cataclysm, Bloodbath, The Ultimate Phase, A Bizarre Phantasm, The Hell Factory, ICE Carbon Diablo X, Conical Depression, Crimson Clutter, Creeper Force, Phobos, Betrayal of Fate, Plasma Pulse III, Artificial Ascent, Yatagarasu, Spacial Rend and Ouroboros. Surv was seen as the best Geometry Dash player for a while due to Riot's inactivity on YouTube and Geometry Dash. Surv would eventually quit the game and delete all his channel's contents. However, he has since returned to the game since 2022 and beaten Zodiac.
Following his return, he has beaten Bloodlust, Lucid Nightmares, Tartarus, verified a currently unrated Extreme Demon named Duplication, and beaten his current hardest, Oblivion, on January 28, 2024.[1]
History[]
On March 4, 2016, he was involved in some drama against Quasar after Surv had crashed near the end of Bloodbath (96%, to be exact). Quasar, an unknown player at the time, beat the level shortly afterwards, yelling, 'Get rekt, Surv, get fricking Surved!' on his stream.[2] Surv took offence, and Quasar promptly posted an apology video.[3] Surv apologized in return for overreacting.
In early May, Surv was once again involved in some drama, this time with Riot after he had apparently insulted him (though Riot did claim that he was partially joking as well). This was quickly resolved on May 10. However, in a stream between the two, the live-stream clip was uploaded onto YouTube on that same day by both.
On May 23, he beat Phobos. Surv got 87% on the level the day it was rated and later beat it days after.[4]
On June 23, he had also been tasked to verify Yatagarasu after Riot had given up on it. Surv's record stood at 33% at the time, and it was his main focus.
On August 31, Surv announced that he was quitting Geometry Dash and moving on to other games. This decision is because he found the community annoying. He also announced he was passing Yatagarasu to TrusTa. Later, Surv said he would still create levels but not play difficult levels. On December 27, however, Surv beat Artificial Ascent on a stream, at the time, ranked #5 on the Official Extreme and Insane Demon Records List.[5] Then, on January 16, 2017, Surv beat Yatagarasu, being the second person to do so (after TrusTa).
On October 29, 2018, Surv released a video called #FREERIOT. In it, he talked about how Riot's channel got removed and how he was supposed to have it back by now but had not gotten it back yet. Surv made the video free to reupload and wanted everyone to reupload it on their channels.[6]
On June 13, 2019, Surv released a video showcasing his finished part in Night Rider. In the video description, he stated that it was decorated by OSIRIS.[7]
On July 18, 2019, Surv uploaded a 72% progress video on Spacial Rend,[8] and beat it on August 16, 2019.[9]
On July 1, 2022, Surv beat Sonic Wave.[10]
On July 12, 2022, Surv got 84% on Zodiac.[11] His previous record on the level was 59%.[12] Finally, on December 28, 2022, he beat Zodiac as his new hardest.[13]
Levels[]
Levels that are collaborations with other creators that are not on their account are italicized.
Unrated levels[]
- brandon larkin
- Chill N Bass - A very calm and easy level.
- csv
- demon level
- Devotion - A collaboration with Novus.
- Duality - His first level ever created.
- Free Layout
- Free Layout 2
- Ice Fortress
- Initial Illusion
- tales of africa
- The Classic
Hard levels[]
- Last Prism (featured) - A collaboration with Deceptivepan and Crazy.
Harder levels[]
- Revolution (starred) - A mega-collaboration with 14 other creators. It was originally called 'Triaxis'.[14]
Insane levels[]
- Dream Team (featured) - A collaboration with Hub Dubs and Novus.
- Radio Wave (featured) - His entry into PyroGamer's Creator Contest.
Demon levels[]
Medium Demon levels[]
- Momentum (featured) - A Motion v2-styled level. It is dedicated to TamaN. It is his entry into Manix648's Creator Contest.
- Oridion (featured) - A collaboration with Viprin.
Hard Demon levels[]
- Toxic Airflow (featured) - A collaboration with Edge and Deceptivepan.
Extreme Demon levels[]
- Breakout (featured) - A collaboration with nwolc. It is his hardest level to date.
- Damascus (featured) - A retro-styled XL Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Dz3ser and verified by Timo. The level is estimated to be around Top 25 difficulty.
- LIMBO (Epic) - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by MindCap and former hardest memory Demon. It was verified by BGram.
- Night Rider (Epic) - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by LmAnubis and verified by LuigiDB.
- Omicron (Epic) - A sequel to Epsilon.
- Every End (starred) - An XXL Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by MindCap where the gameplay consists only of normal speed cube gameplay with spikes and blocks as the only obstacles.
Upcoming levels[]
- Electric Route - A collaboration with Grindex, Sequex and ZeroSR.
Cancelled/deleted levels[]
- Collapse - The official sequel to Breakout, a collaboration with Elegy, Tex02, YakobNugget, Grindex, Woomy and OSIRIS.
Nominations and Awards[]
Received 1 nomination in the The Geometry Dash Awards
Nominations[]
- Nominated in the 2.0 Awards for Best Player[15]
Trivia[]
- He was often considered one of the best players in Geometry Dash during the 2017 era, along with TrusTa, BlassCFB, Skullo and Sunix.
- He was the second victor of Bloodbath.
- Surv used to frequently livestream his gameplay, especially when playing difficult Demons.
- Surv kept his icon colour scheme nearly the same during his whole Geometry Dash career.
- Due to completing several Extreme Demons within a relatively short time, he had skyrocketed in YouTube subscribers (growing from about 200 subscribers to 11,000 in three months) and Twitch followers. He was one of the most rapidly growing Geometry Dash YouTubers in the community thanks to his incredible skill and large exposure since he beat Bloodbath.
- Following his return to the game in 2022, he has also beaten levels such as TORNADO, Infernal Abyss, Athanatos, aftermath, NecropoliX, CHROMA FINALE, Glide and Quantum Processing.
- Surv was originally from the United Kingdom but lived in South Africa for most of his life before living in the Netherlands.
- This is why he speaks with a British accent.
- Surv had said he lost lots of his data, including that of Yatagarasu. This problem was then fixed.
- While playing Yatagarasu on a stream on July 18, 2016, he raged and removed numerous objects from Jeyzor's part, then accidentally saved it,[16] though the objects were eventually recovered.
- Surv participated in the mega-collaboration Fusion Z (now Molten Gear).
- RobTop stated on Surv's stream that he would release Update 2.1 once Surv beat Yatagarasu. That night, Surv achieved 100%, uploading the completion to YouTube hours before the release of 2.1.
- Zimnyte started a joke of calling Surv 'Sruv'.
Videos[]
Theory of the past - Ggb0y (me) - verified by surv
The verification of Theory of the Past. Credits to Ggb0y (reupload).
Bloodbath - Surv Gameplay
His completion of Bloodbath. Credits to Droid 1415 (reupload).
Transfusion? Voltage Blast by LazerBlitz (me) and Manix648 XL DEMON (Verified by Surv)
The verification of Voltage Blast. Credits to LazerBlitz (reupload).
SupremeLocked by Manix648 (me) and Kips -Medium Hard-ish Demon- (verified by surv)
The verification of SupremeLocked. Credits to Manix648 (reupload).
-Legends Series- Surv Documentary
The documentary of Surv. Credits to Sea.
References[]
- ↑ https://youtu.be/mkiLKQIOUQ0?si=GVUxK3wPz6B08mdW
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