Judgement Day

Judgement Day is a 2.0/2.1 easy demon hosted and verified by AirplaneNiner. It features three other creators: skytriz, LCometz, and ExoflameZ. Upon its release, it became the hardest demon in SAGD, a feat that it kept for 733 days until being dethroned by Pink World 1. The long-lasting influence of Judgement Day has led to countless remakes and other inspired levels, such as True Hatred and The Demonic Zone.

History
In late October 2016, AirplaneNiner wanted to make a collab that would be the hardest level in SAGD. He gathered all other members except for STFury, as his main goal was to have a level that would be harder than the current top 1, Death Defire 8. The way that members would submit parts was they would draw the layout on a piece of paper and send it to Airplane, who would built it in the level. In early November, Cometz suggested a name for the level: Judgement Day. Early on in the level's creation, altitude quit the game and passed her part on to skytriz, who finished the part. Cometz took his part from another level of his, GD MAD. Building of Judgement Day finished in the first week of November, and Airplane started the verifying process the same day it was finished. Balancing took place during the verification phase. Airplane took a while on verifying, managing to get to 72%. However, he took a break from the level to work on others such as Death Defire 3, which he managed to beat on 18 November. On 21 November, he finally managed to verify the level after over 600 attempts. Judgement Day was instantly rated Demon, and went to no. 1 on the demonlist. It was deemed harder than any other level out at that point. On 26 November, Airplane verified an update to the level that extended it.

The first Judgement Day-inspired level was The Demonic Zone by ExoflameZ, first previewed in December. It was the reason he did not participate in the original Judgement Day. Following the leaving of XtremTitanz12, however, Exoflame revamped his part, which is why it bears his name instead. The Demonic Zone was not verified until June 2019. The next was Judgement Day v2 by skytriz, later called Hell Travel. This was to inspire the infamous True Hatred.

Judgement Day was the only level that survived the level purge of early 2.1. In September 2017, STFury claimed to have beaten the level, however since he had no proof it was dismissed as false - it was later proved to be true with proof. In January 2018, Judgement Day was rerated Hard Demon, and dethroned by STFury's Atlantic to become second on the demonlist. On 23 June 2018, Airplane released an update to Judgement Day known as Judgement Day Remax. This revamped the level completely, adding new decoration by the original four members (with Exoflame now officially replacing XtremeTitanz). It was originally a separate level, but later became its own update to the original level. At the same time, the original level (26698003) was deleted from the servers, and replaced with a new version (48200203). A sequel, known as Hell on Earth, was announced by Airplane.

Judgement Day was rerated Medium Demon in October 2018, at SAGD mini-fest 2018. Hell on Earth was cancelled on the same day. Because it was found that Atlantic was illegitimately completed, Judgement Day was declared to have been number 1 since it was "dethroned". However, less than two weeks later, it was actually dethroned when Pink World 1, also by STFury, was finally rated on 24 November - it had been released while Judgement Day was being built. Even though Pink World 1 was later deemed easier than Judgement Day, the release of Cobra, again by STFury, on 28 November definitely solidified Judgement Day's fall from number 1, as Cobra is still today harder than Judgement Day. Judgement Day was further rated Easy Demon in mid-2019. At this point, with the release of levels such as Whirlwind, Someone, the legitimate verification of Atlantic and the release of the first inspired level, The Demonic Zone, Judgement Day had fallen to 6th place. 2020 saw easier levels being buffed, like Death Defire 14 and Lightning Circles, and still Judgement Day further fell. By 2021, it had fallen to 9, two spots away from being off the demonlist. Judgement Day was the Weekly Demon in December 2018 on GirrGDPS, and April 2021 on SAGDPS.

For Judgement Day's fifth anniversary on 21 November 2021, a remake, known as Day of Judgement, was announced. December 2021 and January 2022 were big months for Judgement Day. On 12 December, a huge demonlist revamp pushed Judgement Day down to 10. Judgement Day was then seemingly finally demoted to the legacy list with the verification of Virtual Dasher on 17 December, but a secret way found in Someone the next day led to its unrating and Judgement Day being sent back at 10. At SAGDfest 2022, Judgement Day was finally updated for the last time, replacing the 1.0 blocks with 1.9 blocks, and removing the WIP logo in the beginning. The unrating of Electromagnetic on 13 January put Judgement Day at 9, then True Hate's move to 10 on 15 January put it at 8. Someone's rerate put it back at 9, however.

The upcoming verification of skytriz's Extreme Demon True Hatred by Airplane, plus the sequel to Atlantic, known as Pacific, is projected to finally send Judgement Day into the legacy list, over five and a half years after it was first verified.

Gameplay
skytriz (0-13%): The level starts with a ship, which goes through a short structure, requiring the player to go up. Afterwards, it goes through a mini dual portal in mirror mode. The player has to tap instantly, and then again after a short period to clear two sets of years. The player then enters a mini ball with tight spikes, then entering a ship with pillars that change gravity and size. The player must then head to the very bottom of the third pillar, as the middle has an invisible gear. After a relatively easy cube section, the player enters another mini ball, with similar tight spike timings. A short cube section with three jumps and a pad sends the player to the next section.

ExoflameZ (13-34%): The player is immediately sent into a triple speed wave, which requires constant spamming to pass. A short easy cube section follows, with a triple speed ship section coming immediately after. A second, longer cube section is next, with slightly harder jumps than the last cubes, featuring timings. The part ends with a triple speed ship part, not unlike the last one, dodging spikes and bats.

LCometz (34-68%): The player must approach the next cube portal near the bottom and then hold, as approaching too high will make the player hit the yellow pad and die. The player must keep holding until hitting a dash orb, then hold again until reaching the teleportation portal. The following cube section is simple, with a timing jump at the end. The orb with the X on it must be hit to enter the robot section. The robot must do a small jump on the second platform to clear an oncoming short spike, then again to clear another bigger spike. After a relatively easy robot and ball section, the player enters a double speed UFO. The player must go up at the end of the first Clubstep monster, and tap twice afterwards to head to the correct path of the second. A ship part follows, with tight sections and a part inspired by Sonic Wave. Afterwards, the player enters a spider portal, which requires orb tapping, and finally enters a slow speed ship, with open spaces.

AirplaneNiner (68-100%): This part starts off with a cube section that requires jumping at the third platform and holding to avoid a trick mini portal. Following some mini cube jumps, the player clears a triple spike, and hits a gravity pad. The player must wait and hit the second orb slightly late to hit a pad and enter a mini UFO section, tapping four times to enter the Clubstep monster. A wave section follows, then a mini ship, and a tight normal ship part. Then, the player enters a double speed wave, which is very tight, and then a mini UFO that has constant gravity changes. The last pillar has a ship portal, where a "GG AIRPLANEGUY9" structure is located. The player must avoid the top spikes to avoid dying past 95%.

Bugs

 * It was possible to skip the first cube section and enter the first wave as a mini wave. Doing so will crash the player at the next cube, as clearing it requires the player to be normal size
 * On 144Hz, it was possible to miss the first platform in the robot. If this happened, the robot would fall on an invisible platform that would get the player back to the correct path
 * Falling late at 69% can cause the player to hit the mini portal after hitting the pad. Similar to the first point, the double spike jump is not possible as a mini cube
 * If the blind blue orb at 79% is hit late enough, the player can miss the mini UFO portal
 * Originally, the player was able to die at the logo by missing a slope

Fails

 * Exoflame crashed at 89%, at that time the last click of the level
 * LCometz crashed at 83% and 89%

Trivia

 * This level has 7739 objects
 * This level is 1m39s long
 * This level can be copied
 * The original level had the ID of 26698003
 * Cometz's part was leaked when he released it as a level called GD MAD; it is still on the servers, and rated, today
 * Airplane has beaten Judgement Day over 15 times
 * There were many changes between the original level and the remax version, besides buffs and decoration:
 * Originally, the second ship was a tight mini ship with a split that required the player to go down. It was replaced for being annoying
 * The third cube was originally much longer, but it was shortened because it was too easy
 * The text at the end of Exoflame's part originally read "I've been expecting u…"
 * The spider part was originally a ball
 * The double speed wave at the end was originally a ship
 * Exoflame's and Cometz's parts had the names swapped accidentally. This was quickly fixed after release
 * It is now generally accepted that the first version of Judgement Day was actually easier than Death Defire 8. However, Judgement Day's buff and Death Defire 8's deletion meant that the former remained at number 1
 * Judgement Day was number 1 for 733 days, a feat only beaten by The Demonic Zone
 * It was the first SAGD level uploaded to GirrGDPS
 * Its SAGDPS ID is 43
 * This level has a remake known as Day of Judgement, and a projected sequel
 * It inspired The Demonic Zone, The Demonic World, Hell Travel, True Hate, True Hatred, Stygian Flame and Day of Judgement
 * It is the longest demon in SAGD
 * It has been on the demonlist for nearly 1900 days, or 5 years 2 months, the longest time for any level
 * It is one of 15 rated 2.0 levels
 * Cometz's part was remade during building for being too hard