Editing Viprin (section)

==Career==
====Early beginnings (2014)====
Viprin began playing and creating levels in early 2014. His first level preview, Accelerando, was released on his YouTube channel on 15 June 2014, and the level itself was published and rated the following week.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Bavs14RX4</ref> This marked the start of a prolific career, with all of Viprin's solo levels achieving rated status.

In August 2014, Viprin became one of the first moderators of [[Geometry Dash]], gaining the ability to send levels to RobTop for rating. His involvement in the TouchArcade forum, where RobTop interacted with players, played a key role in this appointment. During this time, Viprin also joined [[GeoStorm]], contributing to projects like flap.

====Rise to prominence (2015 - 2017)====
By 2015, Viprin had overtaken ZenthicAlpha to become #1 on the Creators Leaderboard.<ref>https://gdforum.freeforums.net/thread/4032/viprin-zenthicalpha-debate</ref> While his solo output decreased during this period, he remained active through collaborations, including duo collaborations with creators like Glittershroom and Minesap.

Viprin also gained traction on YouTube, uploading videos of his own levels and others'. In late 2014, he hosted his first Creator Contest on his channel, which became a recurring success.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKdC7VFS4k</ref>

Viprin's work on mega-collaborations began in earnest in 2016. He took over management of the level Artificial Ascent, originally hosted by [[LmAnubis]], and later released it that year.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laok-nI3-t8</ref> This project was followed by sequels like [[Digital Descent]] (2017) and [[Cybernetic Crescent]] (2021).

Viprin's leadership in community events solidified his reputation. In late 2016, he co-hosted the first iteration of The Geometry Dash Awards for [[Update 2.0]] with [[Etzer]], an event promoted by RobTop.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-37l16M9ws</ref> The event became an annual tradition and is now published on the official RobTopGames channel.

In early 2017, the mega-collaboration level Yatagarasu, co-hosted by Viprin, was verified and released by [[TrusTa]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgGKx0pk_wo</ref> Soon after, he would release the next two mega-collaboration levels in the Sonic Series, HyperSonic and [[SubSonic]]. [[ZenthicAlpha]] uploaded the prequels. Viprin faced criticism for allegedly 'hoarding' Creator Points by uploading so many collaborative levels. Members argued that featuring levels such as Artificial Ascent and the new Sonic levels under his account overshadowed other contributors, though supporters defended his role as project organizer.

In early 2017, Viprin, Etzer, and [[Michigun]] hosted the first official Icon Contest with RobTop. Over 20,000 icons were submitted, with the best added to the game after a community vote.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyCnIvUg8Tw</ref> A second Icon Contest was held in 2020.<ref>https://twitter.com/RobTopGames/status/1315436220873310208</ref>

Viprin also managed Gauntlet Contests, starting with the Crystal Gauntlet in 2017.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doE5KuoiR1Q</ref> However, these events were not without controversy. For example, the 2022 World Gauntlet Contest faced backlash when levels like Planet X and Nivel ranked higher than community favourites such as BISMARCK. Judges, including Viprin, received severe harassment, prompting RobTop and Viprin to reorganize the Top 15 entries into three Gauntlets instead of two.<ref>https://twitter.com/vipringd/status/1569172105278668801</ref>

====Final years (2019 - 2025)====
In 2019, Viprin launched Sparky, a Discord bot developed with Sayajiaji. The bot features a minigame where users guess level names from images within 20 seconds.<ref>https://discord.com/discovery/applications/708452726387769477</ref> In late 2023, Sparky faced criticism for allegedly monitoring servers to ban cheaters. Viprin and the bot's developer, zmx, denied these claims, stating bans were based on irregular gameplay statistics.<ref>https://twitter.com/qvxmiko/status/1732537441188528550</ref>

Viprin's recent level releases have been limited to mega-collaborations, including Ouroboros (2019) and Quaoar (2022). On 1 December 2022, [[YunHaSeu14]] surpassed Viprin's Creator Points record, ending his seven-year reign.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/geometrydash/comments/z9trui/congratulations_to_yunhaseu14_for_becoming_the_1/</ref>

In 2023 and 2024, Viprin collaborated with RobTop on several official projects, including directing the Geometry Dash 10th Anniversary video,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWi_zuXBECw</ref> producing the [[Update 2.2]] trailer,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxA4NJMiZ8o</ref> and managing the NoCopyrightSounds (NCS) collaboration's videos and album levels.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-2Gg7taCf8</ref>

In early 2025, Viprin launched his final level, [[BUTTON MASHER]], which was the finale of the NCS collaboration. At the end of the year, Viprin launched Rateon in collaboration with AutoNick. Like the bot 'UltimateGDBot' by Alex1304, the Rateon bot provides information about Geometry Dash users, levels, and lists in Discord.<ref>https://discord.com/discovery/applications/1439081767574311055</ref>

====Retirement====
On 7 April 2026, Viprin announced his retirement from Geometry Dash, stepped down from all Moderator positions,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxSzDOuUJomwRkS766bR9a3tXHNQ-HMJf3</ref> and uploaded his last video named 'My Favorite Level Per Year',<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpRNxz_q4Yg</ref> listing his favourite levels from 2014 to 2025.
{{Quote
 |quote      = Thank you for reading through my article! My story may be over, but yours is not. I hope that I can go onto this wiki many years down the line and see all the great things you have accomplished.
 |originator = [[User:Viprin|Viprin]] ([[User talk:Viprin|talk]]), 10 April 2026
}}