Progression of difficulty over time

[Driving55]

Here is a list of progression of difficulty over time.

1998
DDR 1st Mix Paranoia Heavy(8)
180 BPM 8ths

1999
Paranoia Max(8)
190 BPM 8ths

Late 1999
Drop out – first 9 footer
260 BPM 8ths=130 BPM 16ths

2001
Max 300- first 10
300 BPM 8ths=150 BPM 16ths

2002
PSMO – basically an 11
290 BPM crossover 8ths

2003-2004
A and V kb edits passed on pad – unofficial 12/13

2004
ITG released – 12's and 13's
Hardcore of the North- 169 BPM 24th bursts- first footspeed chart
Pandemonium - 1st 13

2005
ITG2 released
Determinator – 147 24th stream equal to 220 BPM 16ths
Vertex^2
15-foot OML-like edit called “too hard” on ITGfreak.
14 passed? Not sure which one

2006
One More Lovely passed – first 15

2007
16s begin to be passed
Strangeprogram (Cali Mist)
Vertex Beta

2008
Stabwound – first 17
Reality passed – hard 17

2009
2 hour challenge passed- 2 hrs of 140 BPM stream

2011
Mad Matt passed Oprah Shmup CV – first 18
First 15 quadded – Holy thunderforce by Happy Feet
Extratone in a perfect world passed – arguably a 19

2012
Other people begin to pass 18's
16 footer quadded – Oh Delia by Happy Feet
Gaussian Mist CV passed – 267 BPM streams

What major difficulty accomplishments am I missing, particularly in the 2008-2011 era?

[rikame]

If you only did DDR then some X-Special edition song (lol) and Valkyrie Dimension (lol) would be on there.

Oh, I'm not sure if this really counts but cali mist's quad on Level 1-1 was in 2010

[SM MaxX]

2 hour challenge was 150 bpm iirc, not 140.

[Kyzentun]

2 hour challenge was 150 bpm iirc, not 140.

It was 140 bpm. You remember wrong.

[Fraxtil]

I'm interested in knowing what the earlier quad milestones are. Was Paul's quad on Summer the first 13 quad ever, or was there a custom 13 that came before that?

[Gazebo]

Dunno about 13... I think Happy Feet was the first to get 14 though (either 3y3s or Gravity Blast)

[TYLR]

Summer was the first 13 quadded.

[Fraxtil]

Dunno about 13... I think Happy Feet was the first to get 14 though (either 3y3s or Gravity Blast)

Looks like his first was Destination of the Heart, but in the description he says Level 1-1 was the first ever.

And I guess SM MaxX corrected me as I was editing my post, whoops.

[SM MaxX]

It says in the video description though that Calimst got Level 1-1.

[DAVE101]

2009 - Indulgence first 13
2010- Level 1-1 first 14

The community's progression is interesting to watch but nothing is more fun than seeing your own.

[Mad Matt]

It'd be cool to do a breakdown by difficulty instead of year, for example:

16s:
First passed: 2007 - Strangeprogram - Calimist
First triple star: 2009 - Speed of Light - Mad Matt
First SDE: 2010(with misses) Isolation, 2011(FEC) V.L.S.I - Mad Matt
First quad star: 2012 - Oh Delia - Happy Feet

I dunno what else would be worth noting. It'd be pretty hard to find the actual first 98s for anything below 17.

[T-Dog!]

Not sure where this stands, and I am sorry that this isn't a quadstar video, but I thought this was pretty impressive.

First tristar FEC on vertex^2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snDMvPtbIi4

[A2Z]

2009 - Indulgence first 13
2010- Level 1-1 first 14

The community's progression is interesting to watch but nothing is more fun than seeing your own.

stopped caring about either

[Fraxtil]

First 15: Happy Feet on Holy Thunderforce.

Possibly the first tristarred 17: Happy Feet on Children of The Night. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[Mad Matt]

First 15: Happy Feet on Holy Thunderforce.

Possibly the first tristarred 17: Happy Feet on Children of The Night. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

first tristarred 17: Mad Matt on -273.15
second tristarred 17: Mad Matt on Testament of Will
third tristarred 17: Mad Matt on Moonearth
fourth tristarred 17: Mad Matt on Yellow Supernova, early november not on video, redone on video in january.