,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, An interview of Zweq (kuski of month on April 2003): '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' -= When did you start playing? =- i started playing across in 1997 autumn and elma in 2000 spring -= Ex-teams and why did you change teams? =- i was in TTT few months but now me and juzam have own team WNO -= Current total? =- 38:37:47 -= Top5 newest and oldest personal records? =- (check the last modified times of your replays) Newest: Level 06, Long Haul: 00:32:33 Zamppe 21. June 2003 Level 27, Shelf Life: 00:36:42 Zamppe 20. June 2003 Level 10, The Steppes: 00:12:09 Zamppe 16. June 2003 Level 32, Steep Corner: 00:43:68 Zamppe 16. June 2003 Level 38, Curvaceous: 00:33:28 Zamppe 16. June 2003 Oldest: Level 14, Loop-de-Loop: 00:18:17 Zamppe 14. January 2003 Level 45, Sink: 00:32:84 Zamppe 26. February 2003 Level 31, Animal Farm: 01:21:94 Zamppe 27. February 2003 Level 40, Double Trouble: 01:27:69 Zamppe 03. March 2003 Level 20, Upside Down: 01:04:31 Zamppe 08. March 2003 -= Across Career briefly. Any WRs?, World Cup I and II and so on.. =- i played across only for fun, so no wrs bla bla (eventhough i didn't even knew about wrs ) how i got into across? well i was in school and it was year 1997. one of my old friends said that he has one wonderful game and he said that i'm gonna like that. so i went to his place and saw ACTION SUPERCROSS! WOW! what a game i thought but my friend didn't let me play it so i asked if he can give that game in diskette :P so i got across 1.0 demo into my home ( i was maybe 9 years old ) i played it pretty much, but level 8 tunnel terror was too hard that apple where that hanging must be done was so hard! but i passed that lev afterwards i played this great game hours and hours maybe ( imagine elma with 8 levs and without editor) it was just great game, but i got bored to it some months or even years after i got new versions of across can't tell much because i don't remember a shit i wouldn't be able to hoyl wrs or hoyl total time because many reasons -i was pretty young -i didn't have internet -i never knew about wrs -= Elma career? =- i started playing 2000 spring and i got my elma from juzam, but i don't remember where he got it. there was many guys from kokkola who played elma, but many quitted after few months. anyway i and juz continued. maybe the biggest reason i started hoyling is that i saw some wonderful recs. especially enigma, jaws and headbanger!!! those was just so mad! :O i had maybe 3 mins time in headbanger and i see under 1:00 rec. without those i maybe never would have started hoyling. now those recs looks like amateur recs :) something recs from: Dmc, Haak, jakj, ASF, Anttim i got those recs from some friend of mine who got those from somewhere internet. it is maybe best memory i have. summer 2000 was kinda hoyling summer. i hoyled pretty much. maybe about 2-3 hours day, maybe even more then if i remember correctly i had break because juz and one other friend said that "that game is just too stupid, why to waste time" or smth like that so i quitted (at least they thought so, i got elma demo from one cd anyway we had maybe 3-5 breaks with juzam, but always we both started playing again .curse :( finally i had maybe my longest break. maybe few months :O but then juzam got 0lps so i started playing again maybe those 0lps was just an excuse to start hoyling internals or something so it was summer 2001 (i think) when 0lps came i had very good time in himalaja. it was 13:8x and todays wr is 13:6x, so i think i had wr but i never checked out that. still i haven't beat that record. it was pretty tough i think why i didn't send state to moposite earlier? i don't know. i wasn't very interested about what was wr times and what was best tt. but i really sometimes checked out total times. first time i checked markku was leading with tt 42:2x and some other time i checked dz was under 40 so those guys are maybe my finnish "idols". suddenly we started to check totals and wrs with juzam. -= Do you still like Across? Why/why not =- i don't even have across in my computer but it is fun to play just because i have lots of memories, anyway i don't like to play it anymore because wheels bumps stupidly especially in hi flyer -= How did you get Across/Elma? Was it your worst mistake? or the best? =- read above those stories ^ getting across was the best thing ever getting elma was the worst thing ever well seriously both of the games are very good, but why have to be so damn addictive. or maybe scene causes the addictiness -= Favourite internals / most irritating internals =- best internals are: (these are levs that i have always liked) Level 05, Uphill Battle Level 15, Serpents Tale Level 18, Spiral Level 34, Bumpy Journey Level 37, Jaws Level 43, He He Level 54, Apple Harvest most irritating ones: Level 10, The Steppes Level 11, Gravity Ride Level 13, Hill Legend Level 21, Hangman Level 32, Steep Corner Level 38, Curvaceous Level 46, Bowling new style changed to a bit better lev Level 47, Enigma Level 48, Downhill Level 53, Hooked -= Your own best WRs? =- i have heard that uphill is tough. but wr i "love" most is my bumpy journey sinks 32:84 isn't bad neither all others are just driven with luck -= Best WRs in your opinion? =- All wrs are best, but to just pick some i would say: Warm up 14:07 by DMD Loop de loop 17:74 by Toringe Double Trouble 1:25 by Oizo Apple Harvest 1:29 by Psy damn sick i think :O well hooked 17:55 by karlis is great too -= What's the limit of WR times? =- How the hell could i know, after all these mad new styles like: twin peaks, flat track , quick round? :P Wr tt will reach under 37 someday it just takes time, maybe few years just check interesting mopolauta topic where abula tried to guess some wr times (wr total time under 39 was the name in replays and times section) very interesting 30 Sep 2002 abula said that under 38 piece of cake and then some ppl didn't agree that but now it is happening soon. so i think there is no limit, but there must be a limit conclusion: there is a limit that never will be reached #076: 40:01,07 #095: 39:02,23 #127: 38:06,63 soon under 38 and with this logic under 37 is after 50 tables or more but before table #200 let's see :) -= Are there some kind of external contests you like? What kind of contests do you like? Are there any new competitions you would like to see? =- battles are great. some good contests: 24h tt battle and 1 h tt battle -= Best lgr in your mind? What lgr do you use? Simpsons.lgr is funny :) but Default.lgr is the best -= Mention some good things you have gotten with Across/Elma? =- nice guys in #across. nice recs -= Mention some bad things you have gotten from Across/Elma? =- so much useful time is wasted to hoyling. well some bad things, but i don't know the words in english -= What is the most frustrating thing you have faced in your career? =- I made 37:86 to turnaround when wr was 37:85. now when i try to improve it i only get some 39:xx times. barely under 39 :O -= The biggest mistake of your Elma career? =- can't really remember one. maybe that i have always made "comeback" after lidl break -= Cheating, what feelings? What do you like of those unofficial patches? =- cheating sux and cheaters are just pathetic losers hmm hibernatus has done wonderful job doing those patches. great thanks to him. -= Elma tuning, have you tested? Opinion about it? =- Yes i have tested and it's great, because all those "hooked" bugs can be disabled. I don't actually do tuning i just change my display adapter from time to time. well actually i do tuning, because i sometimes put vert. sync. enabled/disabled -= Best kuskis and teams? What are the things you value in another kuski/team? =- hmm best team: ic or fm. i have to admit that DMD is just as good as Toringe or even better because he was first under 39 there is much good kuskis like: (i have figured some of kuskis out in battles) everybody in IC and FM (sorry that i am lazy to write) LaaZy, MP, Psy, Tomcat, Skedor, (maybe i missed someone :( ) so i could say everybody who is in top 50 in internal tt:s is very good player things i value are hoylin skill and style founding. of course i don't like totalmongos. they just suck ;( -= Your best achievements? =- tt under 39 + many internal single/multi wrs hmm multi tt under 24 was great achievement too. -= Do you do any other neat finger-related stuff like playing violin, repairing watches, pick pocketing etc? =- I play guitar that's all -= How much did you play in your sickest period? How much these days? =- Sickest period is about 8-9 hours when i made my 24h battle tt. playing time depends a lot. from 1-10 hours. now it is summer and i play barely 2 hours, but maybe i get the "strike" again (hope not). -= Have you had Elma dreams? =- some. funniest one is that pexi made suddenly 2 wrs :O -= Strengts and weaknesses as a player? What moves you like/dislike? =- I'm good doing bounces and i like it much because it's the salt of this boring game :P i'm pretty good in every areas in elma beside one thing. hoyling one lev for hours i have lost my touch to that :( or well. only 3 levs i am able to hoyl for hours non stop. levs: 5, 18 and 34 -= Tips for average players? =- hoyl a lot -= Best memories with Elma? =- I got my first single wr bumpy journey( nothing beats that) and all the nice recs, especially headbanger pipe. -= First time at #across? =- at early december of 2002 i had really big problems to find "correct" #across. first i tried quakenet, but there was only few totally strange ppl. then i read moposite's community - irc section and found out that i have to use Ircnet. so and i tried ircnet, but finnish servers didn't work :(. it was damn lucky that i got to #across. i just left the Mirc to try all servers while i was reading something from the net. new york server was the last and it worked. heh i was damn too excited to say anything :P -= Best Elma friends? =- huaah hard to say fg, juzam, laser, mz, Cloud, John, Juish, Skedor, Trabi, limpan, kd, maybe i forgot somebody, dunno... not too big list though -= Thoughts about Elma meetings? =- Never been in one maybe good for multiplaying or smth -= What do YOU think should be improved in an eventual new version of Elma? =- better cheating protection so nobody can come whine to me that i'm a cheater -= How about battles? =- They are great, especially mopobattles -= Have you got any negative feedback about playing Elma from your mates? =- nah. not negative. they just look me wierdly when i say that i played 10 hours nonstop to improve one wr time by 0:20 -= What games do you like beside Elma? =- i like elma????? -) Civilazion 2,3 fallout 1,2 (tactics sux) -= Did you buy Elma? Why not? =- i didn't because it costs -= Have you thought about if you could stop playing Elma soon, or anytime? =- i tried when my total was 38:59, but i couldn't. so i am wiser now. you can't decide when you stop. i hope it comes automatically. -= What gets you still playing Elma? =- nothing!!! maybe it is just fun to play this game and find new styles i don't know. scene is pretty important part. -= Are you at the top of your career now? If not, when? = hard to answer. i don't know how stupid i am. (yet) -= Forecast the future of Elma. How the scene will be in five years? =- without new version: there gonna be much more players, everything is better organized like wcup's and other contests. wr total time is 36:35:94 ;D dmd made comeback and he has 36 wrs. warm up is still 14:07 and 6 guys has the same time apple harvest wr time is 1:24:84 with new version or with new internals: some kuskis will stop playing. gonna be much new ones too elma wr tt stucked to 37:30 -= Was it a surprise to be voted for the kuski of month? If it was who should have won in your opinion and why? =- actually it wasn't surprise because usually when somebody has many internal wrs will be voted KOM but hey. that's just what i think -= Mopolauta, thoughts? =- pretty great -= Opinions about Elma Crime, MUe's animations and stuff like that. =- haven't checked out -= What's your favourite Elma website (not moposite)? =- hmm. maybe sveinr's multi wr page or mopocorner or AC's teamsite or TTT's teamsite. -= Your relation to OLP? =- okay levpack, but mountainous lakes is so damn sucky level -= Why that nick, Zweq? =- i went to #across at december 2002. i installed mirc to some of school computers. i had to figure out a nick. i really couldn't figure it out and Zamppe sounded stupid in my opinion. so here comes the funny part. i hitted keyboard with some of my fingers and got nick "weq" with that nick i went to across first time. at january i got that bumpy wr and i had to send the wr. i decided to use that weq nick but i put Z letter to front so that is how borned the stupidesterest nick on earth: Zweq -= Your real life. Do you have it (school/work, other interests etc)? =- well ye i have it. i don't play elma all the time. i do some things...stuff :) like playing guitar. damn it. i watch television sometimes. sometimes i go out from my room :O -= Write something about the game, fellow kuskis, moposite, #across, etc =- that's the third time you ask me to write that damn line ;) -= How did this interview make you feel, like a movie star? =- movie star? umm... nope. i think it was hard and stupid to write this. all time had to think that who gonna like this and that line. or well... it was pretty fun to test how good is my english skill. don't take the interview too seriously. it's just few lines of text. Zweq 22. June 2003