Sohn0924

For all you GW members, I found the 1.2 glitch and I am the one who abused it. I'm sorry for everything.
 — Sohn0924

****Sohn0924**** (known as **Hu Dark** in the Korean community, dubbed **Hu Bug** by the Korean community, **Sohn** for short) was a famous South Korean level creator and hacker in *Geometry Dash* who is well-known for creating one of the most famous level trends in *Geometry Dash* history called the Hell Series. The Hell Series were known for their extreme gameplay requiring memory and several difficult timings.

## History

Sohn0924 started as a level creator rather than a player back in early *Geometry Dash* (around Update 1.2) with many hard maps created, such as Hpolargeist, The Climax, and The Ability. He requested RobTop to rate them, but only The Climax was rated, and he began to go inactive for a while.

Later, Sohn started recreating again, using a new account in Update 1.4, with a level called The Hell Zone, created on January 8, 2014. The Hell Zone was a very difficult level which included a lot of difficult timings. The first time Sohn asked RobTop to rate it on TouchArcade, he expressed concern that it would be far too difficult for players, namely the first jump of the level. After nerfing the level, Sohn again asked RobTop to rate this, and later the level got rated and soon many players started to try out this level.

On January 10, just two days after The Hell Zone was uploaded, Sohn released The Hell World and it was quickly rated. Unlike with The Hell Zone, it is presumed that the infamous player SaRy "verified" The Hell World for him (via the level description). Many of his other Hell series levels got rated as well, but one day he was accused of hacking the levels to verify it (by a player named Reflection) because they were said to be impossible and many players doubting that he actually verified them legitimately. Eventually, the evidence came, showing a photo with Sohn0924 using the 1.2 editor instead of the newest editor. Sohn was officially exposed on April 26, and he was quickly banned from the GW Forums.

Afterward, LunarSIMG made a post on the forums on Sohn0924's behalf. In the post, Sohn admitted to using a 1.2 glitch that could invert the gravity of the character at the beginning of the level, so that the player could reach a secret way; he also apologized in said post to all the GW members. It was later translated by Reple and put into public English by SEA. This is roughly what his post reads:

"Hello GD users, I am Hu Dark or Hu Bug as some of you might have called me. I was so deep into GD that I made a level even I couldn't beat. So I have to be clear. I beat the Hell Series with a bug. I'm really sorry. It happened because I thought even if I couldn't beat the level, maybe there might be an expert who can- and maybe I could become famous. I have already quit GD. I would like to have a chance to make levels without using the glitch, but I don't want to play the game I ruined for myself. I'm sorry for everything, some believed me until the end- but I used that trust. Again, I'm very sorry for using the glitch and other stuff. I was looked down upon a lot, which has made me think about it. For all you GW members, I found the 1.2 glitch and I am the one who abused it. I'm sorry for everything."

Most of his levels, including the Hell series, skyrocketed in dislikes and eventually got unrated after his confession, and he retired from the *Geometry Dash* community. No one heard anything about him, until August 2019.

In August 2019, he returned to the game and released a layout called Deviation, originally titled The Hell Truth. In the comments section of Stormfly's video of the level, he commented "nice to see you all again."

## Levels

*Note: Sohn's levels can be found on two different unnamed accounts, which will be referred to with their "user IDs", 26299 and 178334.*

* 26299
* 178334

### Unrated Levels

* Hpolargist - Sohn0924's very first level.
* The Ability

### Insane Levels

* The Climax (starred) - Sohn0924's first and only rated level.

### Unrated Levels

* The Chaos - Sohn0924's first level on his newer account. This level is currently the only level of his to have more dislikes than likes.
* The Climax V2 - A remake of his only starred level.
* The Hell Zone (formerly featured) - The first Hell Level, an extremely difficult level mainly based on timings and memory. Cyclic notably hacked this level.
* The Hell World (formerly featured)
* The Hell Dignity (formerly featured)
* The Hell Inferno RE - A preview for a new installment of his Hell series called The Hell Inferno; however, it was never finished.

### Canceled/Deleted Levels

* The Hell Origin - The 4th level in The Hell Series. It was eventually deleted due to RobTop running a script that deleted a lot of levels, with The Hell Origin being one such level.
* The Hell Field - The 5th, and supposedly hardest level in The Hell Series.
* Unfinished Layout
* Unfinished Layout 2
* Unfinished Layout 3

## Trivia

* He is one of the few who introduced extreme timing Demon levels.
* SaRy took a keen interest in Sohn's Hell Series levels and even claimed to have completed The Hell Zone, although it is unclear whether or not this was actually hacked.
* He has come back and created a part in Misanthrope.
* He was a member of TouchArcade, a forum where users could connect with RobTop and ask him to rate levels before the community became "saturated".
* The special effect of stacking gravity portals to make the player drop down, found in Sohn0924's levels, was actually invented by him. He dubbed them "sinkers".

## Videos

* Levels Showcase
* Sohn0924 Documentary
* The Hell Series Documentary

## References

1. ↑ https://gdbrowser.com/149027
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-6KEQ1et8A