Galaxied is a player who is most notable for being the owner of the Nitro Type Discord server from 2017 to 2019, and being the winner of Season 18, during which they also completed a 4,000 race session, earning them 3rd place on the session Hall of Fame. They were also a former officer of teams such as KTTY and NTA, as well as a current moderator of the Nitro Type subreddit.
Galaxied was originally a prominent member of SECT and DOG during the prime of Season 1, gaining notable popularity throughout Discord and Shivtr for their two-finger typing ability. They would remain largely in the competitive scene until 2019, having won a season and being on the Hall of Fame numerous times. Their original account was banned in 2017 following bad news behavior and an inappropriate team name. This account would later be unbanned by former admin TheRedBaron, where it remains on the site today. They created a new account in 2017. Their username was changed from "galaxiedk65" to "galaxied" by former admin asssa123 in 2019.
History[]
2016-2017[]
Galaxied originally appeared in the competitive scene in 2016, predominantly racing with an old account under the username of "galaxyyyyyyy". Galaxied was known as one of the fastest active two-finger typists on the site, averaging 120 WPM at peak. Because of this, they were well-respected at the time, with many believing that they didn't actually type with two fingers. Later on, other notable two-finger typists such as ayeyuhskuh and PenguinTyper would help ease the stigma against two-finger typing.
Season 0.5[]
During season 0.5, Galaxied participated exclusively with team DOG, first making their presence known on Shivtr. It would be there where they would first establish connections with Vielle, which would further down the road lead to Galaxied's departure from DOG. Galaxied would finish this season in 51st place.
Season 1[]
During the first season, Galaxied originally raced with popular team DOG in the first half of the season, later switching back and forth between SECT and the former. Galaxied had an active Shivtr presence throughout Season 1, maintaining contact with both DOG and SECT, with some speculating they were gathering information for the other side, but ultimately sided with SECT in the end. Towards the end point of this season, Galaxied would switch from Shivtr to Discord as the main means of communication, noting that DOG was one of the final top teams to still use Shivtr as the main methods of communication. Having raced for both teams, they were mistakenly granted respective titles "Champion Team" and "Rival Team" in the same season. It is unknown how many individuals were affected by this glitch before it was patched.
Galaxied's Ban and Unban[]
Post season one, Galaxied created their own team, CZ (Chill Zone), which was later renamed several times, one of which including FUNT. This team, alongside many inappropriate news posts, lead to their eventual ban. When former admin, TheRedBaron, began unbanning notable individuals upon request, such as Vielle, Galaxied was granted an unban.
Transition to Touch Typing and Discord Ownership[]
Galaxied began a transition from two-finger typing to touch typing, inspiring fellow two-finger typist ayeyuhskuh to follow suit. This led to the account creation of "galaxiedk65", named after their former keyboard the Corsair K65 compact, on November 25, 2017, later renamed to "galaxied" by former admin Asssa123. After the transition to touch typing, they were able to far surpass their former peak speeds using the two-finger method. Galaxied now averages 160 WPM today. Around the same time Galaxied was granted ownership of the Nitro Type Discord after a server election hosted between Volhosis and Galaxied. Galaxied's personal connection with prominent community members such as Vielle, Jacob, Firestone and others quickly allowed them to climb the ranks of the social ladder, establishing many relationships with important veterans in the community. This allowed them to easily beat Volhosis in the election, taking ownership of the server in November 2017.
2018[]
Back 2 School[]
Having minimal activity throughout the greater part of 2018, Galaxied would join team CHES in the Back 2 School season, ultimately finishing in 13th place. Their activity was fueled by CHES' ultimate goal of beating NTA, which would later inspire a bigger upcoming project, KTTY. During this season, Galaxied would create a Nitro Type theme dubbed the "pink theme", inspired by fellow racer, Bremitorix, who had previously created their own custom theme. Their theme would quickly garner popularity amongst prominent racers such as ayeyuhskuh and Pandora, achieving over 200 installs by the end of Season 17. Many screenshots from racers in KTTY as well as leaderboard screenshots from the time include the pink theme, further enshrining its popularity at the time. The theme is no longer usable, as V2 Nitro Type has been replaced by current V3.
Season 17[]
Galaxied finished in 79th place, having a very short stint with team DOG. They would gain access to their team Shivtr, mainly to assess the attitude of their members and their thoughts about the upcoming season. Most were oblivious to ayeyuhskuh's and Galaxied's plans in the next season, despite the plans and thoughts behind next season being widely available on the Discord at the time. While still in their activity prime, daily racing waned in anticipation for the upcoming season, with big planning between Galaxied and ayeyuhskuh going on behind the scenes. They ultimately finished with 139 WPM, the fastest racer in the top 100.
Season 18 (Champion Season)[]
Galaxied's relationship with ayeyuhskuh helped with the formation of team KTTY, co-running the team. Being owner of the Nitro Type Discord at the time, they were quickly able to garner popular support for the team. They developed a cult-like following with their core message being to defeat DOG following their success to defeat team NTA in the previous season with team CHES, which housed many prominent community figureheads at the time, uniting for a common cause. They wanted to replicate this with KTTY to a larger extent and succeed in doing so.
Guest Racing[]
From the first day of the season, Galaxied would begin racing at an average of 575 races per day through Guest Racing. During Season 18, the bots would slowly fill into a race, causing somebody in a low-populated speed zone to wait upwards of 40 seconds for a race to begin. For someone who was in a speed zone of 90-100 WPM, the race was often quickly able to be filled due to the high amount of racers in these speed zones in comparison to Galaxied's average speed at the time, often being above 130 WPM. Galaxied's main competitor, Mal, was able to take advantage of this, completing more races than Galaxied if they were to race at the exact same pace. To counteract this, Galaxied would create a private track, using multiple different devices and browsers to fill their track with guest racers to act like bots. They would be set on auto-refresh timers, typically set at 10 seconds to ensure the guest accounts were always ready to go when Galaxied would come back into the track. Many people would accuse Galaxied of cheating on the news because of this, oblivious as to what guest racing was or how they were able to complete races so fast at such a high speed zone. Many people quickly caught on to what they were doing, often sabotaging their private track with their own accounts to disrupt the guest racers from being able to properly load in. To counteract this, Galaxied created several secret accounts to be the "hosts" of the guest racing tracks, which left people being unable to sabotage Galaxied further.
Before the fast loading times for bots in all speed zones was officially implemented, there were multiple attempts by the Nitro Type admins to patch guest racing. However, Galaxied was able to quickly find workarounds with the assistance of ayeyuhskuh, who also guest raced occasionally. The first patch that was implemented, forced races to automatically disqualify if there was more than one guest racer in the track. The quick workaround to this was to just create multiple accounts and have them substitute as guest racers. This was quickly fixed, but another solution was also quickly found. There was a popular application that cheaters would attempt to use throughout 2017-2018, UltraType, which players were often banned for using. This bot would include a feature known as "Turbo Mode", which would complete races near instantly, often finishing in the thousands of WPM. Galaxied would discover if you set the guests or secret accounts to run Turbo Mode, the racers would be able to complete the race before Nitro Type was able to register a disqualification. Since one account was always finishing the race instantly, Galaxied would exclusively earn silver medals for a short part of the season, leaving further questioning on the news about what was going on behind the scenes and many calling for Galaxied to be banned. There is sometimes a common misconception today that Galaxied cheated during this season, with many notable racers, including Vielle, showing support to Galaxied. These claims are often dismissed for the sole fact that Galaxied was forced to type with next to zero down-time with the elimination of having to wait for bots to fill the track.
Previously, this was a bannable offense in which de-facto Season One winner, Nightmare, was banned for using. On December 13, around the midway point of the season, Guest Racing was officially patched, but Galaxied was never banned, showing a lapse in Nitro Type's judgement. On December 14, fast bot loading times would officially be introduced. While not as efficient as guest racing, virtually removed the gap from waiting for racers throughout the speed zones. Galaxied is often credited as the one who made this implementation possible, as nobody abused guest racing to this extent, showing dedication to win and get creative in doing so. They were awarded with the "Bug Smasher" title following a suggestion to Travis from former admin Asssa123 for Galaxied's contribution to fixing loading times.
Hall of Fame Session[]
In the last week of the season, Galaxied would begin what would be their 4,000 Hall of Fame session. In the early hours of December 28, they would confirm their conclusion of the session in a Discord screenshot. At the time this session was completed, it was ranked 3rd on the Hall of Fame.
Galaxied finished Season 18 with a total of 17,260 races, averaging 117 WPM, solidifying them as the fastest holder of the "Champion" title. They would be featured in a news post for finishing first. This is often credited as the most competitive season of Nitro Type's history.
2019[]
Season 19[]
Following Galaxied's Champion run, they had a very brief stint on NTA and quickly became an officer. With no real intentions of remaining active for the team, they joined solely as a joke. NTA was often viewed as a meme in regards to the Discord community. Here, Galaxied would discover further corruption by iloveshoes2 on the news, where she would encourage Galaxied to post hateful comments towards certain members from opposition teams, manually taking the comments out of moderation, in direction opposition to news moderator Asssa123. Being dubbed the "news proxy war", Galaxied would leave the team before the end of the season, whilst becoming a moderator of the Nitro Type Subreddit during this time.
Discord Controversies and Aftermath[]
In April of this year, Galaxied would find themselves at the head of one of the biggest controversies amongst a member of the Nitro Type community. Being owner of the Discord at the time, they were the only person capable of banning administrators and other members of staff. An internal staff disagreement between Galaxied and the two staff members Vielle and Asssa123 caused by the discovery of ayeyuhskuh's activity behind closed doors led to the banning of both by Galaxied. Staff of the server came to the conclusion that Galaxied's relationship with ayeyuhskuh conflicted with the interests of the community and deemed them unfit to continue being the main figurehead in charge of the community. A new server was subsequently created as a direct result. Galaxied has openly condemned their own actions and forgiven all parties involved. They maintain good relationships with many important former and current community figureheads, and have no conflicts with former or current staff who were involved in the incident.
Teams[]
- STPR (Season 0.5)
- DOG (Season 0.5-1) (B2S-Season 17)
- SECT (Season 1-2)
- CZ (Season 3-4) (Season 19-Season 26)
- KNC (Season 16-17)
- CHES (Season 17)
- KTTY (Season 18)
- NTA (Season 19)
- MISERY (Season 26-Current)
Season Placements[]
- Season 0.5: 51st (galaxyyyyyyy)
- Season 1: 54th (galaxyyyyyyy)
- Season 16: 13th (netorare)
- Back 2 School 2018: 13th
- Season 17: 79th
- Season 18 (Xmaxx 2018): 1st
Trivia[]
- They were awarded "Bug Smasher" not for reporting a bug, but for abusing guest racing to such an extent as to cause a rework in the bot loading system.
- They are the fastest holder of the "Champion" title.
- In Season 17, they were the fastest racer in the top 100.