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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDvRbRbX0k4 Yes boys, YES BOYS!!! That's how you...]]




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** His recent marathon speedrun of Secret Maryo Chronicles during ResortFest International 2019. He died over and over again halfway into world 2 due to input lag (or so he claimed it was this, though he never made frequent mistakes on one level the way he did in previous runs). Almost 4 minutes later, he closes his internet browser that he had open to read the stream chat... and then the inputs started responding perfectly again; in fact, he followed up with a very good world 3 and 4.
** During this entire hour long stream of Akumajou Densetsu world record improvement attempts, he couldn't get past block 3 even once. The stage 3 Cyclops fight, which is normally second nature, was failed '''twice''' in back to back runs. Then he decided to do practice... and started doing the fight perfectly again as soon as the runs were already dead.
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* ShoutOut: Needs its own page.

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* ShoutOut: Needs [[ShoutOut/{{Levelengine}} has its own page.page]].

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* TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld: What else can be said about a guy who has:
** Killed an '''invisible''' boss.
** Cleared almost every exit in Hammer Brother Demo 3.
** Played and beat a horribly glitched up version of Super Mario World.
** Played an SMW hack with only one level, that lasted for all of ''11 seconds''.
** Then later played an SMW hack that tried to pass itself off as an "art game" that had pretty much nothing to play.
** Got a bunch of Koreans pissed off with him back in 2015.
** Went from being godawful to godlike in Castlevania III.
** Had Castlevania III decide to outright '''make him dead''' in the final stage.
** This could go on all day...

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* TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld: What else can be said about a guy who has:
** Killed an '''invisible''' boss.
** Cleared almost every exit in Hammer Brother Demo 3.
** Played and beat a horribly glitched up version of Super Mario World.
** Played an SMW hack with only one level, that lasted for all of ''11 seconds''.
** Then later played an SMW hack that tried to pass itself off as an "art game" that had pretty much nothing to play.
** Got a bunch of Koreans pissed off with him back in 2015.
** Went from being godawful to godlike in Castlevania III.
** Had Castlevania III decide to outright '''make him dead''' in the final stage.
** This could go on all day...

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Considering the kind of person he can present himself as sometimes, it was really surprising to see him get very close to holding a world record.
** And then, actually getting it after being within 1 second of kmac's 26:37 run, '''twice'''.
*** He claimed it back, which it sat at a 26:08 before he again lost it to CLChambers.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiUa8iBE0QA The new Sypha world record.]]
** [[https://youtu.be/JBQ1MGMMDRM?t=1m24s The ending to this specific speedrun.]] For further details, [[spoiler: he gets to the final level 35 seconds ahead of his previous best run and is on pace to push the run over the top, playing an incredible last stage, until he gets a bad drop which removes his subweapon he would have otherwise used to kill Dracula quickly. But then, he lands a critical hit glitch on Dracula ''without even trying'', which is frame perfect and ends up saving him 3 to 4 cycles of the fight and essentially saves his run from losing too much time on the boss. The rest is history.]]
--> '''Oh my god! I got a crit, I got the crit!'''

* [[DVDCommentary Creator's Commentary]]: Levelengine made several SMW hacks, some of which he played on the channel

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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Considering the kind of person he can present himself as sometimes, it was really surprising to see him get very close to holding a world record.
** And then, actually getting it after being within 1 second of kmac's 26:37 run, '''twice'''.
*** He claimed it back, which it sat at a 26:08 before he again lost it to CLChambers.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiUa8iBE0QA The new Sypha world record.]]
** [[https://youtu.be/JBQ1MGMMDRM?t=1m24s The ending to this specific speedrun.]] For further details, [[spoiler: he gets to the final level 35 seconds ahead of his previous best run and is on pace to push the run over the top, playing an incredible last stage, until he gets a bad drop which removes his subweapon he would have otherwise used to kill Dracula quickly. But then, he lands a critical hit glitch on Dracula ''without even trying'', which is frame perfect and ends up saving him 3 to 4 cycles of the fight and essentially saves his run from losing too much time on the boss. The rest is history.]]
--> '''Oh my god! I got a crit, I got the crit!'''

* [[DVDCommentary
DVDCommentary: Creator's Commentary]]: Commentary: Levelengine made several SMW hacks, some of which he played on the channel



* JackOfAllTrades: Aside from SMW hack related content, he's also uploaded a lot of Castlevania-related content, and also a few videos about Minecraft, Magic the Gathering, reading forum posts, other retro games (like the Ninja Gaiden NES trilogy), Happy Wheels (he didn't continue to do any past 2012), YouTube Poops, and other random videos here and there.

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* JackOfAllTrades: Aside from SMW hack related content, he's also uploaded a lot of Castlevania-related content, and also a few videos about Minecraft, Magic the Gathering, reading forum posts, other retro games (like the Ninja Gaiden NES trilogy), Happy Wheels (he didn't continue to do any past 2012), YouTube Poops, WebAnimation/{{YouTube Poop}}s, and other random videos here and there.
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** [[https://youtu.be/OFTlLMqRJtQ?t=12615 During a casual Zelda II playthrough that at that point lasted almost 3 full hours, he accidentally resets. And he had no saved data.]]

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** And then, actually getting it after being within 1 second of kmac's 26:37 run, twice.
*** He claimed it back, now it sits at a 26:08.

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** And then, actually getting it after being within 1 second of kmac's 26:37 run, twice.
'''twice'''.
*** He claimed it back, now which it sits sat at a 26:08.26:08 before he again lost it to CLChambers.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiUa8iBE0QA The new Sypha world record.]]
** [[https://youtu.be/JBQ1MGMMDRM?t=1m24s The ending to this specific speedrun.]] For further details, [[spoiler: he gets to the final level 35 seconds ahead of his previous best run and is on pace to push the run over the top, playing an incredible last stage, until he gets a bad drop which removes his subweapon he would have otherwise used to kill Dracula quickly. But then, he lands a critical hit glitch on Dracula ''without even trying'', which is frame perfect and ends up saving him 3 to 4 cycles of the fight and essentially saves his run from losing too much time on the boss. The rest is history.]]
--> '''Oh my god! I got a crit, I got the crit!'''

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Levelengine is a Let's Player who focuses on Super Mario World hacks, and has also built many over the years as well.

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Levelengine is a Let's Player who focuses on Super Mario World hacks, and has also built many over the years as well.
well. Also speedruns Castlevania games and romhacks, and holds the WR for the Castlevania III US version's Alucard route.


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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Considering the kind of person he can present himself as sometimes, it was really surprising to see him get very close to holding a world record.
** And then, actually getting it after being within 1 second of kmac's 26:37 run, twice.
*** He claimed it back, now it sits at a 26:08.

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!! Levelengine's videos contains examples of the following

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* SturgeonsLaw: A lot of the Super Mario World hacks he's played are crap.
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*** Also, he wants WR back for Alucard.
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* HandyFeet: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rc1hzrZNt0 However, this was only ever seen once.]] Well he still beat one level in Super Mario World using only his feet.
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--> [[{{Main/Irony}} I CAN SPELLL]]

--> ''(much earlier in the stream, for context on this one)'' i'm a child I'm 12
--> ALSO YOSHI I'm your younger brother
--> Well you will eventually have to get a job
--> i'm 14 I can't yet

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--> '''THE REAL SONS OF FUN''': [[{{Main/Irony}} I CAN SPELLL]]

--> '''YoshiGaming HD''' ''(much earlier in the stream, for context on this one)'' one)'': i'm a child I'm 12
--> '''LUMBER CLONE 99''': [[{{Main/BlatantLies}} ALSO YOSHI I'm your younger brother
brother]]
--> '''SMW Physicist''' ''(quote also included for context)'': Well you will eventually have to get a job
--> '''LUMBER CLONE 99''': i'm 14 I can't yet
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--> '''THE REAL SONS OF FUN''': [[{{Main/Irony}} I CAN SPELLL]]

--> '''YoshiGaming HD''' ''(much earlier in the stream, for context on this one)'': i'm a child I'm 12
--> '''LUMBER CLONE 99''': ALSO YOSHI I'm your younger brother
--> '''SMW Physicist''': Well you will eventually have to get a job
--> '''LUMBER CLONE 99''': i'm 14 I can't yet

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--> '''THE REAL SONS OF FUN''': [[{{Main/Irony}} I CAN SPELLL]]

--> '''YoshiGaming HD''' ''(much earlier in the stream, for context on this one)'': one)'' i'm a child I'm 12
--> '''LUMBER CLONE 99''': ALSO YOSHI I'm your younger brother
--> '''SMW Physicist''': Well you will eventually have to get a job
--> '''LUMBER CLONE 99''': i'm 14 I can't yet
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--> '''THE REAL SONS OF FUN''': [[Irony I CAN SPELLL]]

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--> '''THE REAL SONS OF FUN''': [[Irony [[{{Main/Irony}} I CAN SPELLL]]
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--> '''THE REAL SONS OF FUN''': I CAN SPELLL

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--> '''THE REAL SONS OF FUN''': [[Irony I CAN SPELLL
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** However, not all the epic fails are his.
*** '''[-THE REAL SONS OF FUN: I CAN SPELLL-]'''
*** '''[-YoshiGaming HD: i'm a child I'm 12-]'''
*** '''[-LUMBER CLONE 99: ALSO YOSHI I'm your younger brother-]'''
*** '''[-SMW Physicist: You will eventually have to get a job-]'''
*** '''[-i'm 14 I can't yet-]'''

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** However, not all the epic fails are his.
*** '''[-THE
his. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyL-2MDWVR8 During Levelengine's first Minecraft livestream, he got raided by a bunch of trolls,]] some of which said things that fall under this trope:

--> '''THE
REAL SONS OF FUN: FUN''': I CAN SPELLL-]'''
*** '''[-YoshiGaming HD:
SPELLL

--> '''YoshiGaming HD''' ''(much earlier in the stream, for context on this one)'':
i'm a child I'm 12-]'''
*** '''[-LUMBER
12
--> '''LUMBER
CLONE 99: 99''': ALSO YOSHI I'm your younger brother-]'''
*** '''[-SMW Physicist: You
brother
--> '''SMW Physicist''': Well you
will eventually have to get a job-]'''
*** '''[-i'm
job
--> '''LUMBER CLONE 99''': i'm
14 I can't yet-]'''
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*** [[spoiler:I CAN SPELLL]]
*** [[spoiler:LUMBER CLONE 99: ALSO YOSHI I'm your younger brother
LUMBER CLONE 99: i'm 14 I can't yet]]

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\n*** [[spoiler:I '''[-THE REAL SONS OF FUN: I CAN SPELLL]]
SPELLL-]'''
*** [[spoiler:LUMBER '''[-YoshiGaming HD: i'm a child I'm 12-]'''
*** '''[-LUMBER
CLONE 99: ALSO YOSHI I'm your younger brother
LUMBER CLONE 99: i'm
brother-]'''
*** '''[-SMW Physicist: You will eventually have to get a job-]'''
*** '''[-i'm
14 I can't yet]]yet-]'''
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** However, not all the epic fails are his.

*** [[spoiler:I CAN SPELLL]]
*** [[spoiler:LUMBER CLONE 99: ALSO YOSHI I'm your younger brother
LUMBER CLONE 99: i'm 14 I can't yet]]
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* BerserkButton: Custom bosses, which was at its worst during and some time after Mario Endgame. However, he would eventually get used to some of the custom bosses and their attack patterns (since they're often the same publicly released custom sprites reused by many hackers), or adapt quickly enough to stand a chance.

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* BerserkButton: Custom bosses, which was at its worst during and some time after Mario Endgame.''VideoGame/MarioEndgame''. However, he would eventually get used to some of the custom bosses and their attack patterns (since they're often the same publicly released custom sprites reused by many hackers), or adapt quickly enough to stand a chance.
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* Epic Fail:

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* Epic Fail: EpicFail:
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** Anytime he dies with the [[https://youtu.be/hm7mHO_tfCs?t=12m26s goal]] [[https://youtu.be/E2GzhQeD7-w?t=15m14s on]] [[https://youtu.be/9W4qLQxBCvw?t=6m25s screen]]. [[spoiler:Bonus points for Flash Black, as he did this twice.]]

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** Anytime he dies with the [[https://youtu.be/hm7mHO_tfCs?t=12m26s goal]] [[https://youtu.be/E2GzhQeD7-w?t=15m14s on]] [[https://youtu.be/9W4qLQxBCvw?t=6m25s screen]]. [[spoiler:Bonus points for Flash Black, as he did this it twice.]]
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* Epic Fail:
** Anytime he dies with the [[https://youtu.be/hm7mHO_tfCs?t=12m26s goal]] [[https://youtu.be/E2GzhQeD7-w?t=15m14s on]] [[https://youtu.be/9W4qLQxBCvw?t=6m25s screen]]. [[spoiler:Bonus points for Flash Black, as he did this twice.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo52vGIG9-M Luigi of Shadow's postgame boss rush in its entirety.]] The boss rush is poorly put together: one of the rooms doesn't reset your timer so you have to kill '''2''' bosses back-to-back in 120 in game seconds, another has a Buzzy Beetle boss that can glitch out the room making it impossible to pick up blocks to fight back, you sometimes jump through Magikoopas even if you're clearly landing on top them, and the midway entrance just outright kills you forcing you to reset, and the postgame credits have some of the most broken English you'll ever see, plus the author manages to misspell his own name in the credits twice. Levelengine's commentary at that point was almost as bad.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnMVRBIlIYM He literally clips through the ceiling just after a boss fight, getting stuck since the screen was still locked in place.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgIz1EJFG44 This one also from when he was running Grant.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi5BYqLfKmA Another Personal Best attempt blown, thanks to Satan.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKdzO7z3hW0 This one was a heartbreaker.]]

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* CheckpointStarvation: Happens on occasions, but is mainly a prevalent issue in Colossus. The last two levels (not counting the final bosses), A and L, can last at the very least 10 minutes long between a checkpoint/goal point. If you know the right way through those levels! Otherwise, you could even be walking in a circle!



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* MarathonLevel: Often occurs in the final levels of his romhacks. To name a few, there's the Generator Zone and the Leviathan in The Way of the M, the Norleras in Infinity Edge, the last two Colossus levels which are also by far the most labyrinthine, and the Fort levels in Bits and Pieces. However, the final final Bits and Pieces level, the Annihilator, takes the record by a landslide. Spread over two level tiles is a 200+ screen level that revisits ''nearly everything'' from the entire hack!
* NintendoHard: Has a huge history of insanely hard difficult hacks to his name (Bits and Pieces being the most widely known one but Colossus is harder, though less known of in full). Was also part of the reason SMW Central added a Very Hard difficulty for SMW hacks on their site.

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Levelengine is a Let's Player who focuses on Super Mario World hacks

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Levelengine is a Let's Player who focuses on Super Mario World hacks
hacks, and has also built many over the years as well.



* ChallengeGamer: Obvious if you've seen him play any of Anikiti's SMW hacks, JUMP, Skye Goes to Town, Luigi of Shadow, Yoshi's Strange Quest, or anything from the Devious Four Chronicles series.
** Or perhaps seen some of his Castlevania III livestreams where he is not just going for beating the game but is speedrunning it.



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!! Levelengine's SMW hacks contain examples of the following:
* DevelopmentHell: Colossus's final release date was delayed by about half a year, with the main reason being ''how hard the last world was to playtest and beat''. Bits and Pieces takes this further, as it was originally rejected from SMW Central for its high difficulty and a bug that can softlock the game. Plans were also made to add in a few extra levels with respects to fixing overworld event reveal issues if they were being done across different submaps. He was intending to release it for good by February 2017, yet almost no word of it has been mentioned since.
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* PlatformHell: Applies to some levels more than others. Also see Nintendo Hard.
* ShoutOut: Needs its own page.
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** Cleared almost every exit in Hammer Brother Demo 3.
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* JackOfAllTrades: Aside from SMW hack related content, he's also uploaded a lot of Castlevania-related content, and also a few videos about Minecraft, Magic the Gathering, reading forum posts, other retro games (like the Ninja Gaiden NES trilogy), Happy Wheels (he didn't continue to do any past 2012), YouTube Poops, and other random videos here and there.
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* BerserkButton: Custom bosses, which was at its worst during and some time after Mario Endgame. However, he would eventually get used to some of the custom bosses and their attack patterns (since they're often the same publicly released custom sprites reused by many hackers), or adapt quickly enough to stand a chance.
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** Before that, Syobon Action 3 (the SMW hack replica of the original game), A Super Mario Thing, Super Mario World: In the Galaxy, and Bolivia '96, just to name a few.

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** Before that, Syobon Action 3 (the SMW hack replica of the original game), A Super Mario Thing, Super Mario World: In the Galaxy, and Bolivia '96, just to name a few.few.
* TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld: What else can be said about a guy who has:
** Killed an '''invisible''' boss.
** Played and beat a horribly glitched up version of Super Mario World.
** Played an SMW hack with only one level, that lasted for all of ''11 seconds''.
** Then later played an SMW hack that tried to pass itself off as an "art game" that had pretty much nothing to play.
** Got a bunch of Koreans pissed off with him back in 2015.
** Went from being godawful to godlike in Castlevania III.
** Had Castlevania III decide to outright '''make him dead''' in the final stage.
** This could go on all day...
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Has done this to Super Mario Kollision 2.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Has done this to Super Mario Kollision 2.2.
** Before that, Syobon Action 3 (the SMW hack replica of the original game), A Super Mario Thing, Super Mario World: In the Galaxy, and Bolivia '96, just to name a few.
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* MedalOfDishonor: Giving any game below 30% is considered this, especially VideoGame/HammerBrother.

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* MedalOfDishonor: Giving any game below 30% is considered this, especially VideoGame/HammerBrother.VideoGame/HammerBrother.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Has done this to Super Mario Kollision 2.
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Levelengine is a Let's Player who focuses on Super Mario World hacks

!! Levelengine's videos contains examples of the following
* [[DVDCommentary Creator's Commentary]]: Levelengine made several SMW hacks, some of which he played on the channel
* {{Determinator}}: He will never use savestates unless necessary.
* MedalOfDishonor: Giving any game below 30% is considered this, especially VideoGame/HammerBrother.

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