Rating Curve

I wish "messiness" as an attribute of a level wasn't so deeply frowned upon by the wider community

With a level this visually competent and cognizant of it's limitations it's no wonder this caused the buzz that this did

Incredibly clean for the time but still extremely dynamic and snappy in its movements. Some parts aged poorly while a majority have not aged at all. Also apparently impossible in 2.2 and still hasnt been fixed

A complete affront to standards at the time, which is inherently a timeless message. "Fuck Nostalgists" is pretty heavy-handed messaging but in hindsight Jayuff's style being as influential as it is right now backfired on it quite a bit, though Jayuff definitely had the last laugh in a time where simplism was quite frowned upon. I guess some things will never change, huh

This and Slaughterhouse reign supreme as the most intimidating top 1s to ever exist, and while Slaughterhouse had been planned out and had been dedicated to being extremely intimidating, Silent Clubstep was literally made by an inebriated 13 year old. Due to the circumstances of its conception Silent clubstep is unyielding in its difficulty, extremely archaic in its gameplay design unlike nearly every other list level and infamously asinine in its balancing. The relatively very easy cube maze becoming one of the most iconic send-offs a level has ever has needs no elaboration on how much better it makes Silent clubstep as a whole

Extremely cool variation on the typical NC effect that hasn't really been replicated by many other levels effectively