Editing RicoLP

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'''RicoLP''' is an Austrian player and level creator, who is infamous for verifying [[Blade of Justice]] while also heavily nerfing it.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWYUjgmko-A</ref> He is well known for hosting several XL-length mega-collaboration projects. He was also the original host for the level [[Zodiac]] and currently has the long-term goal of beating every Extreme Demon in the game. He recently returned to the game using 360FPS and beat Zodiac as his new hardest Demon on 10 June 2021.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a0UmwiYUj4</ref> His hardest Demon before this was [[Crimson Planet]], beaten on 21 April 2021.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbupqgZtDvY</ref> He used frame rates of 360FPS for Crimson Planet and 288FPS for [[The Rupture]].

RicoLP's current hardest Demon is [[Edge of Destiny]], beaten on 7 December 2025.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYBlZBqtAYo</ref>

==History==
It is unknown when RicoLP began playing because his old channel was deleted; however, he beat numerous Insane- to Extreme Demons during 2016 and 2017. After verifying [[Blade of Justice]] in July 2017, his next notable act was to begin a project named [[Zodiac]], which was set to be the new hardest Demon. The first preview was released shortly after the verification of Blade of Justice. However, during a year-long break from the game, the ownership of Zodiac was passed to Bianox, who finished the level. He returned briefly in 2018 but found himself increasingly displeased with the [[Geometry Dash]] community, prompting an even longer disappearance.

RicoLP eventually returned in the spring of 2020 and began streaming [[Digital Descent]] on Twitch until his YouTube channel was copyright struck and taken down, ending his interest in Geometry Dash for a while. On 7 November 2020, he created a new YouTube channel and uploaded his completion of Digital Descent the next day. On 9 February 2021, he verified Valence by [[Platnuu]]. He has now undertaken the challenge of beating the entire [[Demonlist (Pointercrate)|Demonlist]]. However, on 20 July 2021, RicoLP stated that he is quitting Geometry Dash once again with a YouTube Community post reading: 'Goodbye and I wish you all good luck for whatever you want to do in the future c:' and a Discord DM with [[spaceuk]] stating why is quitting.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugz3EqfCb3-6hLvvJKZ4AaABCQ</ref>

Since this, RicoLP returned to Geometry Dash about a month later and has since beaten levels such as Timor, Dark Flare, The Reaper, [[Cybernetic Crescent]], Kappa, Keres, [[Bloodlust]], [[Cognition]], [[Renevant]], [[Ragnarok]], [[RUST]], [[Sonic Wave]], Eternal Moment, [[Spacial Rend]], Descent Into Exile, [[Verdant Landscape]], Sink, Molten Core, Sigma, [[Trueffet]], Molten Gear, Spectrum Cyclone, [[Lucid Nightmares]], [[Calculator Core]], Akashic Records, and Golden Club.

==Conflicts==
;Blade of Justice Nerfs
In July 2017, the first anniversary of the level's creation, RicoLP nerfed Blade of Justice from Top 3 down to Top 10 on the orders of [[Manix648]] (to release it as soon as possible). The published version barely scraped the Top 25 - the level was originally meant to be #1. Subsequently, the 'anti-nerf squad' hounded him for a few weeks.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gCBN2C7bds</ref>

;Collaboration Hosting
While [[Sinister Silence]] was being built, many community members started to come forward with stories about RicoLP harassing them for 'not making good enough parts'. He is also generally considered very rude and abrasive as a collaboration host. It has also somewhat stretched into his most recent project, Flamewall, which led him to give full ownership of the level to other hosts.

==Levels==
;Unrated levels
*AA no lag - A version of [[Artificial Ascent]] with less decoration to reduce lag.
*Allusive
*Apollyon 2nd Layout
*Apollyon Layout
*ApT ST
*Audio Extraction - A fixed version of Audio Extraction.
*Bass Knight - A collaboration with Grideos and Doodloo.
*Chaotic
*Conclusion - His third level.
*Corrosive layout
*cosmic cyclone thing
*Cringe Rush X
*Dark Angel - A collaboration with Albrion.
*Deception Dive ldm - A Low Detail Mode version of [[Deception Dive]].
*Deimos ST
*Dynasty - A collaboration with NatDak.
*Edge of Destiny st
*Eigtho
*Empire Of Cats
*Endgame - His first level ever created.
*Flaklypa
*Gravity
*Hurricane Dimension
*Infernoplex - His second level.
*Infernoplex Rebirth - A collaboration with Speed.
*Insomnia
*Light Years Away
*Mirth Domain - A collaboration with Jawshahfish21.
*Old Blade of Justice - The unnerfed version of [[Blade of Justice]].
*Pearlescent
*Poltergeist - A collaboration with Xronom.
*Promethean Original
*Pursuit - His entry for TEX02's Creator Contest.
*Radio Cutter
*Retry - A collaboration with Lolfraz.
*Ryuketsu - an XL Top 30-difficulty mega-collaboration hosted by him. He is currently looking for decorators.
*SARYYX Start Pos
*sheol
*sh*tty ouroboros - A unnerfed version of [[Ouroboros]] without decoration.
*Sinister Silence
*Sinister Silence My
*Sky Shredder st
*Slaughterhouse SP
*Sonic Blaster
*SP Firework
*SP Molten Core
*SP Sink
*SP The Flawless
*SP Trueffet
*SP Verdant Landscape
*Sparklic Ocean 2
*ss engscreen
*Starship
*System split
*The Secret Box 2
*Xenogenesis
*Zodiac CC - His part in [[Zodiac]].
*Zodiac Tmn Original

;Hard levels
*Bittersweet (Featured) - His second-to-last 2.0 level.
*Cherry Blossoms (Featured) - His first rated level.
*Glimmer (Featured) - A collaboration with Jakedog.
*Invincible (Featured) - A collaboration with DangerZ.
*Origin (Featured) - His entry for [[Dorami]]'s second Creator Contest.

;Harder levels
*Carrot Juice (Featured)
*Pursuit II (Featured) - His first XL level.

;Upcoming levels
*Tormented Memories - A five-minute-long mega-collaboration previously hosted by RicoLP and set to be verified by [[Zeronium]].
*APOLLYON - A 13-minute-and-27-second-long mega-collaboration. It is the first mega-collaboration RicoLP started and fully finished without a change of hosts, and is set to be verified by RicoLP himself.

;Collaborations participated in
*[[Flamewall]] - A seven-minute-long mega-collaboration previously hosted by RicoLP featuring over 50 creators.
*Sinister Silence - An 8-minute and 45-second-long mega-collaboration published by Wahffle and verified by DarkTD and wwdonut. It used to be the longest Extreme Demon in the game.
*[[Zodiac]] - An XL Extreme Demon and former Top 1 mega-collaboration hosted by Bianox and hack-verified by xander.

;Cancelled/deleted levels
*ArcheType - A collaboration with Alias.
*Valor 2
*X Adventure 2

==Nominations and awards==
*Placed 57th in GDToday's '100 Greatest Levels of All Time' list with [[Zodiac]] (along with Bianox)

==Trivia==
*Like [[TrusTa]] with [[Yatagarasu]], RicoLP was criticised for nerfing [[Blade of Justice]] to what was, at the time, Top 25 difficulty.
**Blade of Justice had fallen into the Legacy List of the Demonlist, which heavily contrasts with the fact that the level in its unnerfed state (if verified and rated at the time) would have dominated the top spot on the list for years.
*RicoLP and [[Luqualizer]] both threatened to quit the game if Buff This got rated; however, neither of them quit due to this occurrence.
*RicoLP was the original host and creator of [[Zodiac]], a level that was #1 on the Demonlist for an extended time. However, during the process of the mega-collaboration, RicoLP quit his position, so Bianox, a co-host at the time, took over and finished the level.
**However, RicoLP eventually beat [[Zodiac]] on 10 June 2021, making him the second host of any list-worthy Demon mega-collaboration to beat the level, after [[Riot]]'s verification of [[Bloodbath]].
*Sometime before 11:17 EST on 20 May 2020, RicoLP's channel got terminated because his alternate channel received three copyright strikes.
*RicoLP used to have a part in Edge of the Blade, but it was replaced with a part by Metalface221.

==Videos==
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==References==
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