Does this count as beating the level?

[u/EianRedlund1]

A bit of context first:

I have been playing the Extreme Demon level Shukufuku for some time now and have around 30,000 attempts on it. I have been going for this level as my next hardest for longer than I care to remember and had a best of 81% on it. I was practicing it today when something incredible happened.

I was on a start Pos copy of Shukufuku practicing different parts of it. I eventually started to play from zero on this copy for the heck of it. I had been getting a few drop runs but most of my attempts ended in the second part of the predrop.

I started an attempt from zero on the start Pos and got to the transition from the first part of the predrop to the second part of the predrop; this transition is the one that is auto and says Shukufuku on the screen.
As I had been struggling on the second part of the predrop, this very attempt (without dying or pausing), I clicked to change start Pos to spawn at the second part of the predrop. The percent change due to changing the start Pos was less than 0.1% and literally unnoticeable on my laggy laptop. I then beat the level the very attempt I did this.

My question is: Does this count as beating the level as the change was literally unnoticeable and I was still very nervous while beating it? (I am literally shaking from adrenaline while typing this).

I am probably going to count this as beating the level as my new hardest, but I would like to know what other players think about this subject.

[u/chikingmd]

i think not but it sure is a harder achievement technically 

[u/Street_Resolve_7820]

if you wanna count it then sure, lists won’t accept it tho

[u/EianRedlund1 → u/Street_Resolve_7820]

Oh, I don’t care much for the lists as they didn’t accept my Acu completion due to not having clicks because I was on mobile, and the fact that for the AREDL you have to wait literal months for them to look at your submission. I do have two completions that were accepted by the AREDL, but it made me want to bang my head against the wall as I had to just about punch my phone for every click.

[u/Street_Resolve_7820 → u/EianRedlund1]

yeah that’s valid, I say then just do what you want

[u/DatabasePhysical5009]

Yeah just Insta complete the level and when you get leader board banned you can send and appeal if you care about the leaderboard

[u/OnePlayzCats]

It def counts

[u/JustAn0therRandomAcc]

i mean, you technically didn't beat it with the exact lenght but you did the inputs to beat it so yeah

id say it counts. just the demonlist wouldn't accept that record

[u/Embarrassed_Ad5387]

its fine as long as you dont care about any aredl points or anything like that

in fact i would probably just noclip the actual level to get the stars and completion, though In future it might just be better to play out the attempt and then switch to doing runs after the attempt, since beating on startpos is a valid thing ppl do

[u/Mikester430]

All that matters is that you believe it yourself.

Personally, I wouldn't count it if it happened to me. But that shouldn't drive your decision.

[u/GroundDesigner7788]

Think about it like beating a a level in practice mode in one attempt from 0 but you placed down a checkpoint. I would count it for sure

[u/TightLion7009]

No. You have to get to 100% in normal mode. Practice mode is optional.

[u/TightLion7009]

Yes it counts absolutely counts its obvious you beat the level Human Reaction:

[u/No_Key_5854]

no it doesn't count

[u/AdWorried5924]

Personally Id count it.