,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, An interview of axxu (Kuski of Month on May 2004): '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' -= When did you start playing? =- I started active playing and following the scene June 2003. -= Ex-teams and why did you change teams? =- First I was in CQEP with Revolt, Swirt, Bigred and djacosmo. The team died by time, so then I went to RH with Revolt, Xian(Dyrox) and Bonobo. Xian appeared to be total dickhead so I quitted the team with revolt. Then I went to AC, and thats the team im in these days too with Revolt, Aavv, Red, Mika0r, Bonobo and Fluff. -= Current total? =- 40:07:34 axxu -= Top5 newest and oldest personal records? =- Oldest: 04. Over and Under 31,08 16-01-2004 46. Bowling 1:11,42 23-02-2004 19. Turnaround 39,91 03-03-2004 38. Curvaceous 34,05 06-03-2004 13. Hill Legend 18,34 18-03-2004 Newest: 25. Precarious 25,26 22-12-2004 11. Gravity ride 25,05 22-12-2004 41. Framework 39,91 10-12-2004 48. Downhill 53,05 06-12-2004 50. Expert System 57,91 06-12-2004 -= Across Career briefly. Any WRs?, World Cup I and II and so on.. =- I have only tried the demo off across many years ago, so I don’t have much experience about it. -= Elma career? =- Been playing 1 year and 6 months now. Cups: King Cup: #4 MKup: #1 Pipe Cup: #3 LOS cup 2: #1 Smash Cup: #2 EET1: #4 OTLcup: #1 can't remember more now... External Contest I have had good success: Antz's Levels, BLP, Oldy, nofood contest Mopocorner levels, ALP's, Ville_J levels etc. Team TAP's Internal Feeling Level Pack Battles and TT battles Alot smaller level packs I can't remember now :p GAA04: Rookie: #1 Externalist: #1 Battler: top5 That’s about all I have done :) -= Do you still like Across? Why/why not =- I don't play across so I'm not sure do I like it or not. :p -= How did you get Across/Elma? Was it your worst mistake? or the best? =- First time I saw when my friend was playing elma in school, and noticed its like Across that I had played a bit before. When I went home I downloaded elma, tried it and it was very nice game so I started playing it pretty much. Elma has brought alot new friends to me, but it has also been taking alot of my freetime, so I would say it has been both good and bad thing. -= Favourite internals / most irritating internals =- Favourite: 44.Freefall - so easy to do good time, and nice lev to hoyl 03.Twin Peaks - nice and fairly easy tricks 45.Sink - smooth lev and doesn't need much thinking while playing Most irritating: 46.Bowling - so annoying pipe shortcut, I don’t like this level at all 35.Labyrinth Pro - long and boring level 47.Enigma - too much luck needed for good bounce, and I don’t have luck -= Your own best WRs? =- Haven't had any wr's yet, but I’m looking for level I could hoyl enough to make a wr :) -= Best WRs in your opinion? =- Luther's Downhill is one of the most perfect recs I have ever seen. Zweq's Labyrinth Pro is also very nice looking and nice to watch. Those are most unbeatable recs I think. -= What's the limit of WR times? =- I dont think there isn’t any limit in wr times, all times are possible to improve atleast 0,01s. I would say that WR tt wont go ever under 36, maybe somewhere around 36:2x,xx...but who knows. -= 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? =- I play alot Externals. I have taken part to allmoust every cup and contest that have been held while I've been active player. Most important part in external contest is to have enjoyable levels so hoyling wont get boring too quickly. One week per event is good time. I don’t have any new ideas in mind since there have been so much different contests already. -= Best lgr in your mind? What lgr do you use? =- I use HighQ lgr because I like to play without any annoying objects on screen. Ville J's Pirate lgr is nicest lgr there is at the moment. -= Mention some good things you have gotten with Across/Elma? =- Well as I said before I have got alot new friends with elma. -= Mention some bad things you have gotten from Across/Elma? =- Well less freetime as said above, not much other bad things came, maybe some enemies in scene ;S -= What is the most frustrating thing you have faced in your career? =- Must be some of King Cups events I hoyled so much and got frustrated because I couldn’t get good time, and didn’t win any event :| -= The biggest mistake of your Elma career? =- When I lied to Ramone to get one stupid replay ;| These days we are pretty good elmafriends with ramone though :) -= Cheating, what feelings? Do you use level unlocker/1.11hb/1.2 etc? =- I wouldn’t cheat in Elma, it wouldn’t give the same nice feeling when getting good time in level what it does when playing just with own skills. I use 1.2 Patch. Cant remember using level unlocker, I’m not 100% sure though. -= Elma tuning, have you tested? Opinion about it? =- I use vsync tuning, it makes so big difference in some levels and some trick are impossible to do without changing. I don’t change it often because it needs restarting elma, and I’m so lazy :p Most of the time I use vsync off. -= Best kuskis and teams? What are the things you value in another kuski/team? =- Best kuskis must be Zweq and TorInge since they have so impossible nice TT's. Best team in my opinion is FM, it has had WRs in every table, very nice achievement. ICE is good team too with good players. -= Your best achievements? =- Must be winning 2 categories in GAA04, I don’t think I will achieve that again in future, so it must be my best achievement. -= Do you do any other neat finger-related stuff like playing violin, repairing watches, pick pocketing etc? Ircing is only finger related stuff I do besides elma playing. Sometimes I pick my nose too :p -= How much did you play in your sickest period? How much these days? =- I played quite alot when I hoyled King Cup. Some weekends I might play like 10 hours. These days I play elma everyday, but not so much. Maybe average 2-3h/day :) -= Have you had Elma dreams? =- I've never seen any elma dream; witch is very weird since I spend like 1/3 of the day with elma and the scene. Maybe I will see some in future. -= Strengths and weaknesses as a player? What moves you like/dislike? =- I find styles quickly and can drive decent very fast. I don’t have much patience, I get frustrated pretty quickly. Most I like pipes, brutals, bounces and other tricky tricks. There aren’t really moves I dislike. -= Tips for average players? =- Practise, practise, practise....practise makes perfect :p Battles gives a lot skills so maybe should try those if you want increase you’re playing skills. Try all different styles event they look impossible, they might still be possible. And don't give up even if you feel frustrated. -= Best memories with Elma? =- *King Cup total position #4 I wasn't so known kuski back then, so it was pretty good achievement imo. *FEM04 and meeting all those cool kuskis, Luther, Karlis, terb0, Ramone etc. *Winning cups, MKup, LOS cup... *GAA04 and winning 2 categories, rookie and externalist =) -= First time at #across? =- It was somewhere 2003 June, can’t remember exact date. I can’t remember what I said when I first time joined, or did I say anything at all...I don’t talk much there these days either, but I read what other people talk and only comment some here and there. -= Best Elma friends? =- Too many to name everyone, but here is some of them (don't feel bad if your not in, doesn't mean I don't like u or anything :S): Luther, psy, yoosef, Ville J, MJXII, Antz, Zebra, Dariuz, Stini, Bonobo, KyJelly, Ramone, Aph0... -= Thoughts about Elma meetings? =- I was in FEM04, it was very cool to play some battles with all guys and talk with nice elma people. I will try to participate in these meets in future too. Good place to increase some of your social life after being all year in front of comp ircing and playing elma. :P -= What do YOU think should be improved in an eventual new version of Elma? =- Gravity apples should be taken away :X Not much else comes in mind, maybe better statistics, otherwise it’s good as the way it is now. -= How about battles? =- I play few battles everyday. Good thing to spent time with, and it improves your skills too. -= Have you got any negative feedback about playing Elma from your mates? =- Not from my friends, but my mom and sister often says something like: 'Why you always play that silly motorbike game. :) -= What games do you like beside Elma? =- I have Game Cube and some games for it. I like Mario and Zelda games most. I also play pretty much Counter Strike with computer. -= Did you buy Elma? Why not? =- I didn't :| I don’t have any good reason why I didn’t, it was just easier to download. -= Have you thought about if you could stop playing Elma soon, or anytime? =- Haven't been thinking that, and it would be very hard anyway, so I wont even bother to think about it. -= What gets you still playing Elma? =- It's just good game, and a lot of different levels. I also love when I see Best Time! screen =) -= Are you at the top of your career now? If not, when? =- I think I am because of those 2 Gaa awards. I don't think I will achieve anything as big in future...or maybe I will, who knows. -= Forecast the future of Elma. How the scene will be in five years? =- If elma is still as popular as it is now, there will be a lot new players, wr tt has dropped quite much. Elma 2 has come out but people are still playing first elma too. I will probably be in scene still, cant make up anything else now. -= Was it a surprise to be voted for the kuski of month? If it was who should have won in your opinion and why? =- Well I had been 2nd in 6 kom poll before this one, so I wasn’t so surprised anymore that I got voted. Would've been more surprised if I would have won the first poll I was in. -= Mopolauta, thoughts? =- I read it daily. Wont post much but it’s nice to read all other people's post, and what times they have got in different levels. -= Opinions about Elma Crime, MUe's animations and stuff like that. =- Funny stuff. There should be more this kind of animations. -= What's your favourite Elma website (not moposite)? =- Maybe Mopocorner, ALP contest, and other very nice levels made by Ville J and MP. -= Your relation to OLP? =- Haven't played, wont play. -= Why that nick, axxu? =- My real name is Aki. My sisters used to call me with name Aksu. Then when I made email for me, and it asked nick, first I typed Aksu, but it had been already taken and then I just tried axxu and there it came :p -= Your real life. Do you have it (school/work, other interests etc)? =- I have some real life too :p I study in technical school. Other interests.... Video Games, especially nintendo games, and biking. Not much else worth of mentioning :) -= Write something about the game, fellow kuskis, moposite, #across, etc =- Merry Christmas to everyone!! -= How did this interview make you feel, like a moviestar? =- Felt pretty good to write this interview, some places got annoyed because it was hard to find right english words...but I think I did ok interview, even it's a bit short... (Sorry about all typos, I’m not master to write proper english.) axxu 24-12-2002