Technical

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. Additionally, 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 Slaughterhouse, beaten on July 16, 2024. His second hardest Demon is LIMBO, beaten on April 2, 2024. His third hardest Demon is Edge of Destiny, beaten on August 28, 2023, and he also beat Hard Machine on October 9, 2023, which he finds easier than Tartarus.

History[]

Conflicts[]

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 bug-fixed 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.

Extreme Demon verifications[]

Gamma (update) (June 17, 2018) - The first installment in MindCap's Greek Letter trilogy, initially verified by Sunix but later updated and verified by Technical.
Photovoltaic II (October 14, 2018) - The sequel to Mazl's 2.0 level Photovoltaic. The verification was passed through Zephal and knobbelboy before being finished off by Technical.
Sigma (January 2, 2019) - The second installment in MindCap's Greek Letter trilogy.
Zodiac (April 9, 2019) - A infamous Top 1 Extreme Demon hosted by Bianox, originally hosted by RicoLP. Technical was declared the verifier of the level after xander admitted to hacking the verification.^{[Note 1]}
Ragnarok (May 19, 2019) - A mega-collaboration hosted by knobbelboy and Xaro. Technical was chosen as a back-up verifier after Zephal dropped the level.
Ouroboros (July 26, 2019) - Viprin's hell-themed mega-collaboration, initially set to be verified by TrusTa and knobbelboy before being finished off by Technical.
Bang Gang (August 9, 2019) - DanZmen's 2-player Extreme Demon, verified by the members of the The Gang, comprised of him, npesta, Gizbro, and Golden.
Ad Aeternum (October 18, 2019) - A low-end Extreme Demon published by Awzer.
Breakout (update) (December 9, 2019) - An early 2.1 Extreme Demon initially verified by Surv but later updated and verified by Technical.
Omega (February 15, 2020) - The third installment in MindCap's Greek Letter trilogy.
Ocular Miracle (June 11, 2020) - A lengthy mega-collaboration hosted by GaidenHurteny, initially set for verification by SrGuillester before Technical.
- Reverie, Faith, and Diligence (June 26, 2020) - The "Ocular Miracle trilogy," created after it was found that the original level was too object-heavy to be rated, prompting the host to split it into three parts.
Sigma Interface (July 4, 2020) - The second installment in Platnuu's interface trilogy.
Mirage (July 28, 2020) - A low-end Extreme Demon hosted by his friend Golden.
Shock Breaker (September 17, 2020) - An Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Spectex. In addition to verifying it, he built a gameplay part.
Cybernetic Crescent (January 7, 2021) - The third of installment of the Technology Trilogy, preceded by Artificial Ascent and Digital Descent.
Triadic Trials (September 5, 2022) - An Extreme Demon created by Hero3210.
Welcome To GD News (December 24, 2022) - An Extreme Demon created by Vortrox, named after his popular YouTube news series.
NetzWerk (August 10, 2023) - A low-end Extreme Demon mega-collaboration hosted by Teno.
aether (January 26, 2024) - A low-end Extreme Demon collaboration by ZeroSR and Arclia, being one of the first non-platformer Extreme Demons to incorporate innovative 2.2 features.

Nominations and awards[]

Received 1 award in the The Geometry Dash Awards

Awards[]

Awarded in the 2.1 Awards for Best Player

Trivia[]

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 in the finale, he accidentally triggered a speed-hack keyboard shortcut that he habitually used to fast forward through end screens during his runs. Despite not affecting the difficulty of his completion, his accidental shortcut invalidated his completion by Demonlist standards. Anticipating Twitter controversy over the validity of his run, he opted to rebeat the level, which he accomplished in just six hours.
- On April 4, 2024, he uploaded his completion video to YouTube, but it had the misfortune of having the "n-word" in the URL. He quickly privated the video, reuploaded it, and then shared about the error on Twitter, garnering nearly 50,000 likes, making it his most liked tweet to date.^[3] Despite his initial anger at YouTube's oversight stealing his completion's spotlight, he admitted he'd likely laugh about it later on.^[4]
  - He later unlisted the original video on May 15, 2024 for those who "really really wanted it and to prove it does still exist", according to the video's description. The video can be found here.
He is known for making a full Extreme Demon ranking log, started at 200 Extreme Demons. He ranks levels primarily by gameplay, then decoration, and music. Currently, the level in first place is Quaoar by Viprin and the last one is The Hell World.
At one point, he was the set verifier for Sonic Wave Infinity by Riot, a remake of Sonic Wave, said to rival the difficulty of Tartarus. He later dropped the verification due to concerns about future stress.
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% deaths on The Ultimate Phase and Carnage Mode, and his first 98% death on Ragnarok.
He died at 98% on Ragnarok twice: the first time due to a bug and the second time due to bad timing.
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 attack TGI, the verifier and publisher, for watching Technical take the skips and, as a joke, not telling him about the anti-cheat.^[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]
The reason why Technical received the verification rights for Welcome To GD News is due to Technical's roommate knowing him personally. Vortrox would show up in Technical's apartment to discuss about passing the level's verification to someone else, which he he offered to take.^[9]
In late March 2020, nSwish surpassed him to claim the #1 spot on the Individual Stats Viewer. However, Technical briefly reclaimed the top position on April 18, 2020, following his completion of Tartarus. nSwish quickly regained the lead a day later after completing 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.^[10]
He lost to Gizbro in the semi-finals in the first session of the Geometry Dash World Cup.^[11]
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.^[12]
- He also holds the World Record on 3DS Rainbow Road 200cc with a time of 1:09.977.^[13] Additionally, he also holds the World Record on Wii Rainbow Road 200cc with a time of 1:52.997.^[14]
He uses the same enjoyment rating scale from 1 to 100 for every level that he beats.
- The highest-rated level was Verdant Landscape with a perfect 100/100, and the lowest-rated levels are Heartbeat and 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.^[15]
- Lucid Nightmares originally had an enjoyment rating of no/100 but was later updated to 3/100.
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.

Videos[]

Geometry_Dash_-_Gamma_(Extreme_Demon)_by_MindCap_and_more_-_Verified_by_Me_on_Stream — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — Cybernetic Crescent VERIFIED (Extreme Demon) by Viprin and more - Geometry Dash

The verification of Cybernetic Crescent. Credits to Technical.

Triadic_Trials_Verified_(Extreme_Demon)_by_Hero3210_-_Geometry_Dash — Triadic Trials Verified (Extreme Demon) by Hero3210 - Geometry Dash

The verification of Triadic Trials. Credits to Technical.

The_History_of_Technical49_-10k_Special- — The History of Technical49 -10k Special-

His autobiography. Credits to Technical.

Notes[]

↑ Despite being frequently referred to as Zodiac's verifier, he does not consider it his verification.

References[]

[3] Despite being frequently referred to as Zodiac's verifier, he does not consider it his verification.

[1] ttps://youtu.be/wxWBFaZYHPM

[2] ttps://youtu.be/C6AKWGJfyDg

[4] ttps://x.com/TechnicalJL/status/1775574739580277018

[5] ttps://x.com/TechnicalJL/status/1775575943710441594

[6] ttps://youtu.be/1efOnsqeIUA

[7] ttps://x.com/TechnicalJL/status/1351341186754207744

[8] ttps://youtu.be/m_iLUYqh6-Y

[9] ttps://youtu.be/TZDaHbj3oeU

[10] ttps://youtu.be/ISrpkzBsei4?si=yJ4fn-ivJ7fdvn28

[11] ttps://youtu.be/XUuIrXau8YI

[12] ttps://youtu.be/CEDJbuQwTes

[13] ttps://youtu.be/jyfpy0PAQKQ

[14] ttps://youtu.be/WkX6JNcvCUw

[15] ttps://youtu.be/NCxP0NGZGro

[16] ttps://youtu.be/Hu8XpNhIp0w

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