Silent Circles (Zynvire)
- For the original level by Cyrillic, see Silent Circles (Cyrillic).
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Silent Circles was an unrated 2.1 Extreme Demon mega-collaboration level hosted by Zynvire, verified by Xanii.[1] It was a possible remake of Silent Circles by Cyrillic and Sailent, which itself is an impossible remake of Nine Circles. While previous versions of the level were set to be of Top 5 difficulty, the level was later nerfed due to Zynvire's insistence that the level be released sooner. The level's difficulty was then set around the Top 40 of the Demonlist. Due to the nerfs, many people found the level underwhelming.[2][3]
An update was being re-verified by Cursed for re-buffing and rebalancing. The update was set to place in the Top 1-5 spots on the Demonlist at the time, if verified and rated, although, with the level deleted from the servers, it is unknown what will happen to this version.
History
[edit | edit source]On 17 December 2017, Zynvire published a video about his intention to rebirth 'Silent Circles' and show what is changing and what is not compared to the original level.[4] He later uploads a video showing his 'Creator Contest' for that rebirth, which would have a deadline of 23 January 2018.[5]
Ironically, Zynvire's initial intention was to make Silent Circles harder than Sonic Wave or similar to Bloodlust's difficulty, but later decided to make it even harder than Tartarus.
After two years of work, Silent Circles was complete (layout and decoration), and Zynvire published a video showing the final preview.[6] In this unnerfed state, the level showed very tight waves, mini-wave timings, crucial dual timings and spam, other than some frame-perfect-wave-corridors.
After some time with the official verifier changing daily, Dolphy was chosen as the next verifier. This choice was probably because he was the one who verified Tartarus. After being chosen, Dolphy published a video of him doing a commentary practice run of Silent Circles.[7]
Dolphy quickly achieved 54-100%[8] and 42-82%[9] but got stuck on the first 40%, making only a run of 15-29%[10] showing the unbalanced state of the rebirth. After those runs, Dolphy decided to nerf the first 40% to make the level more balanced and enjoyable. However, some players disliked this nerf. After that nerf, he was capable of doing an impressive 30-100% on 28 December 2020, after only 30 minutes on stream and an unbelievable 36% on 5 January 2021.[11]
After those runs, Dolphy took a break from verification for almost four months before returning in late April, achieving a record of 49%.[12] In early June, he achieved 67%.[13]
Dolphy would later buff Silent Circles, and on 1 July 2021, he got 53% on his buffed version, which later became the official version.[14] After the buff, he would continue to stream the verification. On 27 August 2021, Dolphy achieved 65%.[15]
Dolphy then seemingly took a break from posting progress updates while still streaming, but he uploaded another progress update on 14 November 2021. He had gotten 70%[16] and, previously, a run of 23-100%.
As of around 31 January 2022, Dolphy was struggling to make further progress on the verification.
On 3 February 2022, Zynvire uploaded a video titled 'Silent Circles Situation Explained (New Verifier)', in which he stated that Dolphy dropped the verification and that Xanii was the new verifier of Silent Circles. However, after it was revealed that he had not shared this information with Dolphy, the community criticised Zynvire for his decision. However, the level was still given to Xanii to verify.
Xanii decided to super-buff Silent Circles to be harder than Dolphy's version. He achieved a record of 44% and a run of 41-100%[17] on the level.
On 21 February 2022, Xanii dropped Silent Circles, citing a conflict between him and Zynvire over buffing the level further, stating that it would become extremely unenjoyable. The verification was then given to Cursed.
Later, on 21 April 2022, Zynvire handed the verification back to Xanii in a significantly nerfed state, aiming to make Silent Circles more enjoyable and less inconsistent. He quickly got 56% on the new version. The next day, Xanii managed to get 60% and 80%.
On 23 April 2022, Xanii verified Silent Circles in its nerfed state. Cursed beat it less than 24 hours later.
Silent Circles was deleted from the servers around a year after its verification for unknown reasons.
In October 2024, Zynvire re-uploaded Dolphy's original version of Silent Circles, thereby making it an open verification.
Description
[edit | edit source]Note: Only decorators will be mentioned in this section.
- 0-9% (Metalface221 + Majkomar): Silent Circles begins with a tricky half-speed cube section. It has many awkward timings and a spammy section in the middle.
- 9-16% (Artos): A claustrophobic double-speed ship section follows. Slopes jut out from the surroundings, and the player must be careful to navigate them correctly. The screen becomes mirrored halfway through the ship section and turns back to normal once the player reaches the cube portal.
- 16-20% (?): A short transition section; after an auto section consisting of blue pads, there are a few tight half-speed cube timings before the drop.
- 20-36% (Ramrekt + Voltex + Noice): The start of the wave section. This part requires high-CPS, complicated click patterns and features tight corridors. At the end of the section is a short dual part. Because of the complex click patterns and small gaps, this section is considered the hardest in the level.
- 36-43% (Zynvire): The level continues with a high-CPS click consistency section, first with a section at triple-speed and then at double-speed.
- 43-54% (Nxbulah + CuLuC): A half-speed section follows that is much slower-paced than before, before a transition into a triple-speed section with many moving objects to avoid.
- 54-64% (Nepmere + RDelta):
- 64-70% (Temp + Isane):
- 70-82% (EyeOfTheStorm):
- 82-90% (Majkomar + RealVet):
- 90-97% (Connected):
- 97-100% (End Screen):
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Gameplay
[edit | edit source]Trivia
[edit | edit source]- In order, Silent Circles was previously supposed to be verified by Mycrafted, Meatius, rori, Dolphy, and Cursed before Xanii ended up verifying it.
- Cursed became the first victor on 25 April 2022.
- Cherry Team is hosting a remake of Zynvire's Silent Circles remake.[18]
Videos
[edit | edit source]References
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