Editing Acheron (section)

==History==
===Creation of Acheron===
Throughout the first week of July 2021, the project's creators would upload their part in Acheron onto YouTube. The level was unveiled to the public on 7 July 2021 on Riot's and [[icedcave|icedcave's]] YouTube channels.

===Wolvez and leaking drama===
In September 2021, Wolvez intended to be Acheron's official verifier. Just a GD player asked for a copy to showcase on his channel, and Wolvez agreed. When [[Exen]] also requested a copy, knowing Exen's history of leaking levels, Wolvez and ryamu advised against it. Despite this, Just a GD player gave Exen a copy without permission, which angered the hosts. Tensions between the two parties escalated, leading Just a GD player to threaten to leak Acheron to Vernam unless Wolvez dropped the level. Wolvez, aware of Vernam's reputation, reluctantly complied, passing verification to [[spaceuk]]. Just a GD player apologised, and Wolvez regained verification. Later, ryamu uploaded Acheron to prevent further leaks. He clarified that any verification by someone other than Wolvez would not be official.

After the drama concluded, Wolvez began progressing on the level, initially getting 38% on 28 October 2021<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKWsWCbNUqY</ref> and 66% a week later.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDFT6D69DC8</ref> He would soon make more significant progress including 85%,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8xbASDgmO4</ref> 92%<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAl8CzLb6RA</ref> and finally 96%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjmtt7q5boA</ref> However, on 7 April 2022, Wolvez dropped the verification due to his worsening health condition caused by [[Wikipedia:Anaemia|anaemia]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxcQ_c1X_BzwSzhYUj4MNsHVUPJtoQ-vy7</ref> As a result, the hosts made the level an open verification.

===Open-verification progress===
Numerous skilled players attempted to verify Acheron after the open-verification race had begun.

Thnnder was one of the first players to make progress, reaching 38% on 9 April 2022.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uHUkSgY1Kk</ref> Baeru would get a run of 49-100% on 15 April 2022.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u15jyzN31sU</ref> However, they lost interest in the level. OneAlphaHelix would get a run of 34% on 11 April 2022, followed by 38% a week later.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlgT9BdkU44</ref> Over the next month, he would get 44%, 55% and 67% on 21 May 2022.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRBHx0ygeyY</ref> Zoink made the most serious progress on the level, getting 66% on 25 May 2022.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoFQDMe74zg</ref> He would then get runs of 82%<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEGbWujtHSM</ref> and 91%.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb9bEICGbfA</ref> On 7 June 2022, Zoink uploaded a showcase of his version of Acheron with fixed hitboxes and buffs.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah2eEbW_dKE</ref> Two days later, Zoink would fail at 96% on the same spot where Wolvez also failed.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbPZHF1usI</ref>

As Zoink slowed down playing Acheron, OneAlphaHelix would continue to grind out the level on Twitch, getting 72% on 1 August 2022<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_k2uPHVOlY</ref> and 79% on 8 August 2022.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfXZ_al6yGg</ref> OneAlphaHelix played on his version, which was still around Top 1 difficulty but was nerfed and re-balanced to improve the enjoyment of the level. On 18 August 2022, Zoink failed at 97% on the level. Riot uploaded a super-buffed version of the level onto his account around this time.

On 22 August 2022, Zoink finally verified Acheron after 72,808 attempts.<ref name=":0"/> The level was rated five days later. On 30 January 2023, Zoink verified a small buff-date of Acheron, adding slight buffs and fixes to the level.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ADbkaBDz4</ref> However, [[Robert Topala|RobTop]] update-locked the level, so Zoink uploaded this updated version onto his account.

===Post-release controversies===
Before its initial placement, people discovered an alternate click pattern around the 34% UFO part, considered one of the hardest parts of the level. However, a second click after clicking the blue orb will make the jump significantly easier. Displeased by this, ryamu later updated the level by adding a spike on the part to discourage 'skipping' the obligatory click pattern. However, this feature was quickly reverted to another update, adding a trigger orb at the UFO part, which caused the player to crash on it with the text 'clueless :v' appearing. However, both updates made the level impossible to pass through; ryamu later reverted these changes. These updates drew criticism from the community.<ref name="TroyPM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xevUGNtUznA</ref>

After Zoink got 72% on his version of Acheron, he stated during a stream by the player Arcturus that he had slightly nerfed the level in private. The verified version of Acheron is nerfed compared to the version he got 72% on. spaceuk had been practising the version of the level before the nerfs and deemed that to be harder than [[Slaughterhouse]]. This instance could be why it was not placed at #1 on the Demonlist.

A month after its rating, the level was initially placed at #2 on the Demonlist on 27 September 2022.<ref>https://twitter.com/demonlistgd/status/1574606906668490752</ref> This placement caused controversy, with some criticising the Demonlist team about a supposed bias despite the emphasis that the placement is highly subject to change. The majority of the criticism blames both Doggie and OneAlphaHelix for their belief that the level should be placed at #2, both of whom have made significant progress on their versions of Acheron.

One possible reason for the uproar is that many in the community believed Zoink's version of the level had never received nerfs, and that the version spaceuk had practised was identical to the version later verified. vulcanium4, a list moderator for the Demonlist, responded to the controversy, saying that the placement is the 'best' that the team could have given.<ref>https://twitter.com/vulcanium4/status/1574698726668570624</ref> The level was later moved to #1 on 7 October 2022.

On 27 January 2023, ryamu added another update for Acheron: if the player uses a different click pattern at 34%, the text 'not cool man :(' will appear following the player until the end of the level. The string of updates caused RobTop to revert the changes and update-lock the level.<ref name="TroyPM"/> As a result, Zoink uploaded the buff-date of Acheron on his account.