Editing Firework (section)

===Start of verification===
Once Firework was finished, Dolphy began verifying it. He did not make much progress on it since he needed to work on [[Silent Circles (Zynvire)|Silent Circles]] by Zynvire, his other verification project. Realizing this, Vernam gave Firework to Crazen, who, like Dolphy, made very little progress on the level. Vernam opted to have Firework placed into the servers as an open verification after realizing that a standard verification without any nerfs would be incredibly tough to figure out.

Once Firework was released onto the servers, there was little progress, with only GMDomy (who obtained runs of 0-18%, 64-85% and 84-100%)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AnJXWgnw-s</ref> and xPixel (who got the world record shortly after GMDomy) working on it.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnAME6SeDak</ref> Both players constantly streamed the level for about a month. However, on 4 October 2020, xPixel published an updated video.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2SUJqtomSI</ref> He noted that Firework was highly object-heavy, and his PC could not handle the amount of lag produced by the level when he streamed it. As a result, Vernam decided to create an LDM so that players like xPixel could play the level without lag. The LDM, however, was cancelled entirely for an unclear reason. The verification was formally returned to Dolphy after GMDomy stopped playing the level entirely. He set a record of 15% but quickly dropped out of the level.

In the meantime, xPixel continued to play with the copy on the servers, although not as an official verifier. He played Firework continuously, and he ended up with a precise no-clip run of 40% of the level,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nejWzmQfzB0</ref> 19% again (seven times soon after),<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cRTwx_g17s</ref> and 24%. Fortunately for xPixel, Dolphy dropped the level a month after reaching 15%, prompting Vernam to select xPixel as the official verifier because he was the only one making progress at the time. However, xPixel thought that this would be a bad idea, likely due to stress; therefore, he offered that Firework be verified by a German player named Kurumi (who achieved 84-100% on the public version of the level two months earlier<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXN3PhHahk</ref>).