Editing Doggie (section)

===Kenos and community breakthrough===
By this time, Doggie's interest in ''Fortnite'' as a game and content had faded entirely. With no desire to continue in that direction, he shifted his focus to Geometry Dash, hoping to establish himself more seriously within the community. Compared to other games, he saw Geometry Dash as more accessible and easier to break into creatively, motivating him to pursue content creation in the game with renewed dedication.

Doggie's first video following his renewed focus on Geometry Dash was ''NATIONAL NPESTA DAY'', uploaded on 15 December 2019, the day after npesta verified Kenos.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8r4_tBIfGA</ref> In this video, Doggie did a practice run of Kenos while humorously imitating npesta's style, down to the camera angle, a white shirt, and video game OSTs playing instead of the in-game song. Ironically, he stated, 'I could never beat this level', despite beginning real progress on Kenos just days later. He also pitched the idea of npesta creating an edited highlight compilation of all his Kenos streams, which eventually became 'Kenos Rewind' and was released three months later.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3hy6c1jvzU</ref>

On 19 December, npesta posted on YouTube looking for a stream editor.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/post/UgyV4KMaTgnY9v1gimR4AaABCQ</ref> Doggie responded by sending him an edited version of his [[Sakupen Hell]] stream via Discord, securing his place as npesta's official video editor.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k05q30apCN8</ref> Just before this, on 16 December, Doggie had officially begun his grind on Kenos, uploading a video titled 'It begins… (Kenos 26%)'.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUkU-qexA3Q</ref>

Doggie quickly progressed, reaching 38% on 20 December.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x4EuPftoqw</ref> He put content creation on hold until he finished the level. As npesta's editor, Doggie was already stepping into the spotlight in the Geometry Dash community. At the end of 2019, he briefly shifted focus to beat Sakupen Hell, [[Bloodbath]] and Volume.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFB1Z6kCa0o</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jcTdkmMEM0</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXzthnlJB5w</ref>

By late January 2020, Doggie had reached 42% on Kenos but became stuck, dying at 43% more than seven times. After breaking past this hurdle with a 51% run on 24 February,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj_7QpMFD-A</ref> his consistency rapidly improved, reaching 53%, 54% and 57% over the next three days. On 1 March, he completed a 52-100% run before taking a short break.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADS2qrAJKG0</ref>

Returning at the end of March, Doggie got a 64% run on 30 March before pausing again to beat Prismatic Haze.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUvsDIaDSpw</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inLpOYequII</ref> In May, Doggie resumed the Kenos grind with a new strategy: dedicating three consecutive days to practise specific starting positions, 41% on day one, 27% on day two and 17% on day three. This deliberate run-based approach laid the foundation for what he would later call the 'Uncle Sam Strat', famously used in his [[Silent clubstep]] grind. On 10 May, using this strategy, Doggie completed a 41-100% run after four hours of practice.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNJ1s655XN4</ref> On 11 May, he reached 78% from 27%, and on 13 May, 68% from 17%. That same day, he returned to doing runs from 0% and reached 68%, his first attempt at the notorious 70% wave.

From that point, Doggie's consistency skyrocketed. On 15 May, he completed a 17-100% run, covering nearly the entire level's difficulty.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5fGiFx4DR8</ref> On 16 May, he reached the 70% wave twice, dying at 70% and 71%, and even secured another 17-100% run. On 17 May, he achieved 87%, his first attempt making it to the final section.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7I_gMCIJxY</ref> Within the next week, he made consistent progress past 70% and 80%. On 24 May, he reached 89%, then 96%,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UyrTPIOjJ8</ref> and got his third 17-100% run. Finally, on 26 May, Doggie beat Kenos after two brutal 97% fails and 67,278 attempts.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeYg_H_fxoc</ref> This completion marked a massive leap from Killbot (#52 at the time) to Kenos (#3) and symbolised the beginning of a new chapter in his career. For the rest of 2020, Doggie would continue building his reputation and content as one of the community's rising elite.