Spaceuk

spaceuk (born: )https://web.archive.org/web/20230524001504/https://twitter.com/spadeuk/status/1577796304721399809 is a British gaming YouTuber formerly known for beating many of the hardest levels in Geometry Dash until it was revealed that he hacked nearly every single one of them. Prior to being exposed for hacking, he was known for being the game's best player before being surpassed by another top player, Zoink on January 2023.
==History==
spaceuk joined YouTube on December 24, 2015 but did not start his Geometry Dash career on the platform until August 19, 2020 where he uploaded his first Geometry Dash video which was of him beating 'Wasureta', his first extreme demon level. Some questioned the legitimacy of his completion because at the time, Wasureta was a tough level and his other completions weren't nearly as difficult as Wasureta. He supposedly beat 'The Golden' as his second extreme demon later that year.
Over time, he supposedly completed several difficult levels in the game, resulting in his growing popularity within the Geometry Dash community, without anyone being aware that he was hacking. Supposedly, he was the verifier of 'Slaughterhouse' by Icedcave and the first victor of 'Acheron' by Riot alongside many other difficult levels. This would turn out to be false because on April 2023, he would get exposed for hacking nearly every significant achievement in his Geometry Dash career, resulting in his eventual downfall within the Geometry Dash community.
==Controversy==
===Hacking===
In April 2023, the Geometry Dash Demonlist team investigated top players for potential hacking following an incident involving Korean player msg who hacked Silent Clubstep. This included spaceuk, where suspicious activity was found in his recordings, particularly in his Acheron recording, where the sounds of his clicks didn't match the onscreen inputs. His records were removed because of this discovery, but were later reinstated due to lack of evidence. Despite all of this, head list moderator paqoe continued to investigate spaceuk's recordings and found the same click delay issues in his other recordings such as The Hallucination and Oblivion.
With this evidence, paqoe uploaded a video titled 'Exposing Spaceuk' on April 25, 2023 where she identifies the click delays found in his recordings. Shortly after the video was made public, spaceuk admitted to hacking many of his completions on Twitter, stating that he used zBot for every completion after Sephiroth as he wanted to see 'how far he could go' after losing interest in the game. He then deleted many of his completion videos off YouTube and renamed others to 'showcases'.
spaceuk deleted his YouTube channel and deactivated his Twitter account following the exposal. He later re-activated his Twitter account and issued the following message:
====Aftermath and second return====
After the exposal, spaceuk was banned from the Demonlist and the verifier and first victor titles that he robbed were given to the rightful people. These include:
*Doggie getting the title of verifier for Slaughterhouse.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ggq6F7vWBNsTaISNc7a4dut6uqf1jz6F_SBH-GaMVDg
*Crisis getting the title of first victor for Firework.
*Zoink getting the title of first victor for Aerial Gleam. 
*Skyzl getting the title of first victor for Oblivion.
*Trick getting the title of first victor for Abyss of Darkness.
spaceuk's video of him re-beating The Golden. this time legitimately, after his hacking scandal|thumb|250pxspaceuk's hacking scandal is often considered by many to be the biggest hacking controversy in Geometry Dash history, due to the fact that he used a rudimentary hacking method like zBot to become the top player for over a year while remaining undetected for more than 2 years, as well as having robbed numerous other skilled players of fame and titles, such as the first victor title of levels and awards in the Geometry Dash Awards. 2 levels, Firework and Hard Machine, would also have never gotten the #1 spot on the Demonlist due to his opinion and influence. spaceuk's hacking scandal has even reached outside the Geometry Dash community, as 2 well-known YouTubers who discuss cheaters in video games, Karl Jobst and Abyssoft, made videos regarding spaceuk's situation. Penguinz0 has also reacted to Vortrox's video about the situation.
In the Demonlist's response to the situation, they stated that they messed up by allowing a player like spaceuk to slip through their systems and explained how they accepted his illegitimate records. According to the Demonlist statement, they discussed improving proof standards and internal processes, primarily due to spaceuk's exposal.
Despite the community being aware of spaceuk hacking, he returned to YouTube with a new channel called birduk where he uploaded a video of him re-beating The Golden, this time legitimetaly. He also managed to beat Tartarus and Crimson Planet, two levels which he also previously hacked before his hacking scandal before unlisting all his Geometry Dash-related videos.
== Quotes ==
* "I can't f**king react otherwise I'm gonna cough so much." (His reaction from his hacked verification of Slaughterhouse)
* "77, I'm done!" (After getting 77% on Cataclysm)
* "I beat it, yes!" (After beating Wasureta)
== Trivia ==
* He is a fan of Your Lie in April.
* He likes playing the piano
* He is an osu! player and Minecraft speedrunner. Ironically, according to one of his friends, some of his Minecraft runs might be illegitimate.
* He was supposedly the first British victor of many top-rated extreme demon levels in Geometry Dash.
* Before he was banned from the Demonlist, he changed his nationality in the stats viewer to Pakistan and later, Spain. This caused the Demonlist team to enforce stricter nationality rules in the stats viewer.
* His exposal has led a Geometry Dash player and YouTuber, solarion, to make a diss track on him titled "Fraud".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IrVM41P2Sg
* He often uploaded jokey progress videos of high-tier Extreme Demons of a low percentage.
* He uploaded a hacked verification video of him 'beating' Eternal Night as a joke titled 'My Greatest Achievement in Geometry Dash'.
* His reaction 'I can't f**king react otherwise I'm gonna cough so much.' from his hacked verification of Slaughterhouse became an infamous meme after his exposal.
==References==
Category:Gaming YouTubers
Category:British YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2015