,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, An interview of Karlis (kuski of month on May 2001): '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' -= When did you start playing? =- I started little after across 1.1 came, that's like.....hmm....over 3 years ago? something like that..... -= Ex-teams and why did you change teams? =- I joined NC (NalleCrossers) after I got my first wr. NC wasn't a real team, they only wanted to see my rec. The only good thing in NC was guy called JR (a.k.a Jokke). I got kicked from NC, cos I didn't spread my rec. That was almost the end of my across career. Months later I got an icq-message from Jokke, he asked if I'm interested to join his new team. That's how I joined HC (Helsinki Crossers). Everything went just fine, until I noticed that Jokke and I are the only active players in HC. Then came FM, the best team ever. We have the spirit and we have the skills and we have lot of höyling power =) -= Current total =- 43:21:58 Karlis (it's not so good, but hey, don't forget that I don't play total ;) -= Location =- Vuo-Island(lol), Helsinki, Finland -= Across Career briefly? Any WRs?, World Cup I and II and so on.. =- Few WRs. 19th place in World Cup 1, 10th place in World cup 2k and so on.. -= Do you still like Across? Why/why not =- I don't actually like across anymore, cos I can't play it. I have lost the touch... -= How did you get Across/Elma? Was it your worst mistake? or the best? =- My friend forced me to download the shareware version of across, that was like the root of the all evil. I got Elma for free, cos I placed 10th on the World Cup 2k. -= Favourite internals / most irritating internals =- most irritating internals: Haircut, tag, frame, freefall, CURVA!!!...... and more. oh ye, Sink. favourite internals: Lab Pro(!!!) He He and hmm......hmm....dunno -= Your own best WRs? =- Well well, at the moment I have one wr left, so.... =) -= Best WRs in your opinion? =- Well, I just can't believe that Tag wr time, it's sick...but but, Psy's expert system and apple h. are fucking nice rides. and Jokke's Ramp Frenzy is sooo c0ol! Stene's grazy lab pro! Tisk's Amazing Upside Down!!! and many more.... It's hard to name the best WRs, don't you think? -= Who in your opinion is/was the best player in the world? =- Jokke is the best Internal player ever. Psy has amazing skills, but he is just too lazy(or at least was during the army) to use those skills to boring internal tracks(a good example of his skills is the winning rec of World Cup 317) And Luni, winner of world cup 2 and 3, he is da r0x0r too! And megahöylä-Jeppe is still there! Also, DD and Dz seems to have some (at least, höyling-)skills -= Are there some kind of external contests you like? =- World Cups by Pekka "PeXi" Tahkola. =) I don't usually play externals much, I'm just a little internal höylä. -= Best lgr in your mind? Which lgr did you use? =- sad but true, I use the original lgr. Do you remember that legendary Across skin/lgr, or whatever it was, The Tiger by PeXi, iz teh LoL! =D -= Mention some good things you have gotten with Across/elma? =- heeh, none? -= What is the most frustrating thing you have face in your career? =- Höyling Tag! I höyled Tag like a lunatic for weeks, wr was 22:08, or was it 22:09, and it was one of the oldest WRs that time. I had 22:10 two times and my 10th time was 22:16. Then suddenly I got a fucking great ride, I finished the lev with time 21:97!!!!!!! it was so f***ing unbelievable! next 2 weeks I waited for the new wr-list, waited and waited........then finally it came ..........8. Tag 21,94 Markku MC...........#¤"%%%%%¤#""!&¤#/U%&/%&/&%!!!!!!11 -= Your best achievements? =- *Some new styles *10th in World Cup 2k and 3rd in World Cup 3 *Kuski of the month (may 2001) *He He under 1 min ;) -= How much did you play in your sickest period? How much these days? =- Well, it's kinda hard to say how long has been my sickest period. There has been days, when I have been all day hanging in #across and played elma same time, chatting, höyling, chatting, höyling, switched windows from mIRC to Elma and from Elma to mIRC......too much! -= Best memories with elma? =- I think there's more, but here's some.. *My first wr. *The moment when I made over the steppes pole for the first time with that 15 secs style. *The moment when I left Elbono to 11th place in World cup 2k. -= Best Elma friends? =- FM members, elg(!), AC-Meat guys, and very very very very more! -= What gets you to play Elma still? =- a bad hangover, a boring sunday =) (Jepp0r, dRiNk sOmE jAcK dAnIelZ!) -= What do YOU think should be improved in an eventual new version of elma? =- More levels, more new levels from the designer(s?) of the old internals. And I want those old across 1.1 internals back too. Elma doesn't need too much changes. -= Do you have a life when playing elma? =- When I played elma.....I mean when I REALLY PLAYED(read: höyled) ELMA, I had no life. Nowadays, army and my personal life takes my time. Maybe I can find some room for elma after army.... -= You like battling too? =- Ye, battling is c0ol! -= You have gotten some negative feedback about playing elma from your friends? =- Of course I have. Most of my friends played Across few months and that was it. Now, over 3 years later, I'm still höyling those same tracks........."how in the hell you can still play that stupid game?" -= Which games do you like beside Elma? =- I have played many other games too during my elma career, but usually I get bored to other games quite fast. Red Alert 2 almost made me quit playing elma. -= Have you thought about if you could stop playing Elma soon, or anytime? =- Well, of course that has popped into my mind. I haven't played elma lately, but maybe I'll do a comeback(lol) after my army duty(only 231 mornings left) -= Are you at the top of your career now? If not so, then when? =- In my opinion I was at the top of my career when I won this vote thing, I had 5 or 6 WRs I think.......now I have 1 wr and I'm nothing =) -= Was it a surprise to be voted for the kuski of month? =- ye, it was a surprise, but it wasn't so cool, cos ppl claimed that me and MGen(he placed second place on that vote) cheated all those votes, blah. -= Mopolauta, any opinions? =- I love it, ppl should use it more! There's very interesting topics sometimes. Visit mopolauta.cjb.net and share your opinions! -= Your opinion about MC Studios and MUe's Elma animations =- c0ol! I can't understand how you guys have so much energy to do such things, everything/anything for elma? keep up the good work. -= You are the updater of FM page. How it's feeling? =- It's so c0ol. Of course it takes a lot of time to update that page, but I just have to do what I have to do. I'm doing my best, but I just can't update that page every year. ;) -= Your relation to OLP =- I have finished almost every OLP-level ;) well, OLP just wasn't my thing. And nowadays, nobody plays OLP-levels. -= Why that nick, Karlis? =- that nick comes from a Latvijan Hockey player Karlis Skrastins, and as you maybe know my real name is Karl(No, I'm not from Sweden). One guy on my class started to call me Karlis and so on -= Your real life. Do you have it? (school/work, other interests etc) =- I'm in the army now, so I don't have too much time for those things, but still I think I have more life now than 6 months ago when I won this kuski of the month thing. School........let's say that without elma I would have finished my school already, but hey, life goes on. Girlfriends? Hey, you don't need to know everything =) -= Please write here something about the game, fellow kuskis, moposite, #across, whatever =- anyone seen elg lately? *** visit #across and feel free to chat with me *** Abula, keep on updating! U know that we all love moposite *** FlowerPowerWorldWide ps. sory foor teh baad enclish, me iz just sooooo tired..........ZZZzzZzzzzzzzz.... --- Keep on höylin'! Karlis 16.11.2001