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Geometry Dash: Vortrox Conquers the Extreme Demon 'Erebus'!Vortrox completes Erebus, the second level in the RGB trilogy, after a week of intense practice and streaming. He breaks down the level into three parts: the beginning, middle (the hardest part with a dreaded maze), and the ending. He credits blue light blocking glasses for improving his performance and helping him secure the win.
1. 🎮 Introduction to Erebus: A Short but Brutal Extreme Demon
- ✅ Erebus is the second installment in the RGB trilogy, following Yatagarasu and preceding Sonic Wave.
- ✅ Vortrox notes Erebus is shorter but packs more difficulty than its counterparts.
- ✅ The level is filled with challenging orb timings, tight wave gaps, intense straight fly sections, and robot timings.
- ✅ Vortrox switches to red icons because the level is too green and his green icons blend in.
00:03 - 01:20
1. 🎮 Introduction to Erebus: A Short but Brutal Extreme Demon
- ✅ Erebus is the second installment in the RGB trilogy, following Yatagarasu and preceding Sonic Wave.
- ✅ Vortrox notes Erebus is shorter but packs more difficulty than its counterparts.
- ✅ The level is filled with challenging orb timings, tight wave gaps, intense straight fly sections, and robot timings.
- ✅ Vortrox switches to red icons because the level is too green and his green icons blend in.
01:21 - 02:46
2. 🕹️ Mastering the Ending: Navigating the Tricky Ship Part and Final Jump
- ✅ Vortrox divides Erebus into three sections: beginning, middle, and end.
- ✅ He initially focuses on mastering the ending (61-100%).
- ✅ The ending includes tight wave clicks, awkward orb timings, straight fly sections, and a scary final jump.
- ✅ The ship part with rotating saw blades and spikes is particularly challenging due to tight gaps.
- ✅ He manages to complete the ending section on his first stream day.
02:47 - 05:35
3. 🤯 Conquering the Middle Section: Overcoming the Dreaded Mirror Portal Maze
- ✅ Vortrox considers the middle section the hardest part of Erebus.
- ✅ It features difficult orb timings and straight fly sections.
- ✅ The most challenging part is a mirror portal leading to an invisible memory maze with a three-times speed portal and an asymmetrical duel.
- ✅ He spent over a week practicing this maze.
- ✅ He emphasizes that with enough time, any Geometry Dash part can be learned.
- ✅ He successfully passes the entire middle section on day two.
05:36 - 06:44
4. 😬 The Beginning's Challenge: Overcoming Nerves and Awkward Timings
- ✅ The beginning is filled with awkward orb timings, wave spam, invisible speed changes, a tough robot part, and hard straight fly sections.
- ✅ The comically long title screen is surprisingly difficult due to the sudden silence and pressure it creates.
- ✅ The silence allows anxiety to build, often leading to immediate deaths after the title screen.
06:45 - 08:27
5. 🍀 Progress and the 'Fluker's Mindset': Dealing with Unexpected Success
- ✅ Vortrox experiences a significant fluke, progressing from 44% to 63%.
- ✅ He discusses the 'fluker's mindset,' where a player struggles to replicate an earlier, unexpectedly good run.
- ✅ His immediate goal becomes reaching 60% again to prove the 63% run wasn't just luck.
08:28 - 11:32
6. 👓 The Turning Point: Blue Light Blocking Glasses and Improved Performance
- ✅ Vortrox experiences a slump on days five and six, struggling with the title screen and the middle section.
- ✅ He tries blue light blocking glasses (Gunnar) to reduce eye strain.
- ✅ He credits the glasses with significantly improving his performance, leading to a fluke to 85% and then 52-100%.
- ✅ He promotes Gunnar glasses with an affiliate link.
11:33 - 13:46
7. 🏆 Victory: Erebus is Conquered!
- ✅ After forgetting to wear the glasses and experiencing more deaths at the end, he puts them back on.
- ✅ He beats Erebus on day seven of streaming.
- ✅ He expresses surprise at the random nature of the victory and the fact that he didn't die at the last jump.
- ✅ The level took him 8,925 attempts.