Editing Phobos (section)

==History==
===The creation of Phobos===
Phobos began as a mega-collaboration hosted by a former Top 20 player named GMTSean. He posted it in a Geometry Dash Facebook group in April 2015 (the group was original and had more than 21,000 members).

GMTSean gave 20 places to players and creators, each chosen for their skills and abilities in the game and in level creation.

One of the first players to get involved was Tygrysek, followed by [[Andromeda (Player)|Andromeda]]. Soon after, many bigger names joined the mega-collaboration, including [[Smokes]], Jo2000, and Skitten. However, contacting them would be difficult.

In May 2015, the mega-collaboration, now named Phobos, was fully built. The team tried to contact [[Riot]] to verify, which he initially accepted. However, he left after taking on the verification for [[Bloodbath]].

In early 2.0, Phobos received an extension, which [[WOOGI1411]] decorated in part. After that, the team began asking who could verify this intense mega-collaboration. Some of the creators tried to verify it themselves. The furthest one was Riqirez, who reached 50% after nearly 30,000 attempts. However, the next day, Tygrysek informed the team that he had verified it. The level was then uploaded on 25 November 2015 and featured Demon almost instantly.

===Hacking accusations drama===
When Phobos was published, hacking accusations surfaced against Tygrysek, as rumours claimed he could not possibly beat such an Extreme Demon in a day without footage. One of the first players to expose him was loogiah, a popular Italian player and creator in-game. One day, he and Riot tipped RobTop off that Tygrysek had hacked Phobos. In turn, it threatened Tygrysek with potential unratification of the level unless it was legitimately verified.

On 29 November 2015, Tygrysek deleted Phobos's content and made it a tiny-length free Demon with an apology message.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG3Dz00xIyg</ref> The description was changed to this:

<blockquote>'I'm Sick of this thing. It was supposed to be a fun megacollab, it ended bad. Sorry for hacking this... RobTop please remove it.'</blockquote>

The content of Phobos was changed to a message that said this:

<blockquote>'Have fun. Sorry for hacking this... We (The Phobos Team) wanted it to be out as fast as Possible... And it ALL went wrong... Once again, sorry...'</blockquote>

However, just before Phobos was going to get unrated, Tygrysek changed their mind and returned it to the level, this time nerfing it to Bloodbath difficulty. The level remained rated Demon. However, RobTop was tipped off again, and he unrated and deleted the level from the servers. This removal sparked rumours that one of the level's creators had a copy of the original.

===Aftermath and re-verification===
Since Phobos's deletion, no one has attempted this challenge, although several hacked copies have been circulating. WOOGI1411 once posted a cut video of Tygrysek's nerfed version, nerfed in five places (GMTSean, Palery, Kubson, Andromeda, and Riquirez), and WOOGI's popularity made many people look into it, prompting even more players to seek the unnerfed version.

In early 2016, KrmaL took on the project of being the first to beat Phobos, using Tygrysek's nerfed version. He verified it after a few months of practice and 30,000 attempts on 12 May 2016. RobTop rated and featured the level on 20 May 2016. Soon after, Surv beat it on stream, and it immediately placed at #2 on the Demonlist, just below Bloodbath (at that time).

===Legacy===
At its peak, Phobos was considered one of the game's hardest levels. Some of its earliest victors were Surv, Atomic, BlassCFB, and SoulsTRK.

Phobos's popularity also led to numerous sequels, most notably the Deimos mega-collaboration hosted by ItsHybrid. EndLevel also created a harder remake of the unnerfed version of Phobos, also called Deimos, which npesta verified and published on 18 February 2019.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgxsNzQnF5o</ref> Additionally, GDSkele hosted a similar mega-collaboration and set the game's hardest level.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QewMw5wtXoQ</ref>