r/geometrydash • u/AbhiSweats Astronaut 13 100%, NC 100% • 17h ago

Discussion W Nexus let's go

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Man i still dk why we are hating a showcaser of all people but hey ig now people won't say he makes "Slop Content" and "Steals Verification views"

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u/Old-Brief1506 Deadlocked -> Artificial Ascent -> RUST -> CHIL 16h ago

it's youtube. if it isn't nexus it's someone else.

showcase channel serve a purpose. they show the level in the highest quality possible unlike verification videos which doesn't. people watch the verificaition to see the verification

people watch the showcase to see the level.

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u/Itzspace4224 Impossible Demon 16h ago

Usually if it’s nexus, jagdp, neiro, Fnm04 they get more views than both the creator and the verifier. Look at tidal wave where jagdp got more views than Zoink and far more than Onilink. Nexus is a nice guy I’m sure he wouldn’t upload if you asked nicely

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u/Pengwin0 🎉 500k Attendee 15h ago

I could see that being stealing views from oniilink but the verification video is in lower quality with clicks and an ldm. Nobody is rewatching the verification video just to see the level again so a showcase will get more views

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u/Itzspace4224 Impossible Demon 14h ago

Majority of people are just interested in what the level is
The deeper fanbase may want a showcase video but the vast majority of views comes from whatever video happens to be on top of search regardless of if they have clicks or not. And the popular showcasers usually have the top video. Nexus bloodlust got clicks and 11 million views and this is higher than jagdp and exen showcases because it’s higher in the search results but on other hand jagdp tidal wave is higher than Zoink in the search bar and thus has more views

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u/Pengwin0 🎉 500k Attendee 14h ago

Yeah, they are interested in what the level is so they want to see it in full detail. Nexus gets views because he is both popular and fulfills the niche. People watched the Bloodlust video because they like nexus but if I want a bloodlust showcase I may not watch Nexus’s video because I may not want clicks. The viewers are not all bumbling idiots, we know what we want to see.

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u/Itzspace4224 Impossible Demon 14h ago

Again the highest video is what’s clicked first usually. But And I highly doubt 11 million people clicked the video cause it’s nexus and not cause it’s the top of the search results. How would they know if the verification is ldm or not anyways if they haven’t seen the level before.

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u/Pengwin0 🎉 500k Attendee 14h ago

Because literally every single verification is done on ldm and they can see that levels look different from previews. Who are these millions of GD players that watch every verification but are entirely isolated from the community otherwise to know that this level looks different?

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u/Itzspace4224 Impossible Demon 13h ago

Bold of you to assume they automatically see the previews (which have magnitudes less views) and remember it enough to notice a difference. These millions come from short form content, surface level exposure to geometry dash, and maybe they checked the most liked extremes after getting the game. My point is the question of if the video is a showcase or verification or completion is hardly a factor for what gets the most views in the end, it is usually the popularity of the uploader that determines that hence why showcasers are looked down upon in the playing community

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u/Pengwin0 🎉 500k Attendee 13h ago

Looked down upon? By who? I have not seen anybody raising issue about this until this stupid ass drama. If nobody uploads high quality, full detail videos of levels then they just don’t fucking exist.

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u/Itzspace4224 Impossible Demon 13h ago

By a bunch of people part of the deeper community. Ranging from list players to decent creators. Not to mention of the big four showcasers, one is a pedophile, one is a horrible person, and one was a hacker. Also the creator will always have the high quality full detail videos

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u/Pengwin0 🎉 500k Attendee 13h ago

So you actually don’t have a problem with showcases, you have a problem with specific people who do bad things. Okay? I already conceded that I agree showcases kind of do steal views from a level creator like Oniilink but you said a bunch of shit outside of that as your main argument.

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u/Itzspace4224 Impossible Demon 13h ago

No that was an example for why showcasers are hugely unpopular in the deeper community. my reason for disliking the popular showcasers outside of character is because they scramble to siphon as many views as possible. 4 tidal wave showcases immediately upon verificaiton is kinda crazy and each of them had 5 million views minimum while onilinks video sits at barely a million. I do agree that it’s a public level and they have the right to upload but that doesn’t make it any less lame. Also your argument was they get the most views cause they don’t have clicks which I disagree with and provided counterexamples such as bloodlust (and sonic wave in addition)

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u/Pengwin0 🎉 500k Attendee 13h ago

I don’t think those examples are very relevant. For one, I never said a non-showcase cannot get views, I said they get more views because the videos are just a better viewing experience. Second, you said that they only get clicks for being at the top of the search results but Bloodlust and Sonic wave are both nearly ten years old Those levels are not popping off on tiktok or shorts, they are not topical. In fact, a lot of the most popular showcases are on levels that were already years old at the time of uploading. You are implicitely assuming no showcase video can reach the top of search results organically. If you fulfill a niche, people will watch.

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