,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, An interview of petsen (Kuski of Month on May 2006): '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' -= When did you start playing? =- In July of 2001. I was attending a boarder school and had a 1 hour hole in my schedule everyday and didnt know what to do, then some guy showed me elma and you can guess what I filled that schedule hole with :) -= Ex-teams and why did you change teams? =- I started a team around 2002 with doffy (a friend of mine), called AEG = Aabenraa Elma Gamers but after a short while he quitted and I was without a team for like 2 weeks and then GuyB invited me to join RDK, and im still there as most ppl know and I'll never quit that team :) -= Current total? =- 39:46,09 -= Top5 newest and oldest personal records? =- (check the last modified times of your replays) Oldest: 08. Tag 22,66 (10. june 2002, 02:25:34am) 25. Precarious 25,35 (04. july 2002, 02:39:22am) 40. Double Trouble 1,30,62 (18. july 2002, 03:33:00pm) 06. Long Haul 33,58 (08. october 2002, 01:11:56pm) 51. Tricks Abound 46.88 (10. october 2002, 01:55:26pm) Newest: 48. Downhill 53.45 (04. july 2006, 07:10:42pm) 35 Labyrinth Pro 2,25,89 (31. may 2006, 01:55:32pm) 02. Flat Track 15.66 (21. may 2006, 12:56:32pm) 19. Tournaround 39,19 (16. may 2006, 08:47:28am) 03. Twin Peaks 17,96 (25. april 2006, 09:14:30pm) -= Across Career briefly. Any WRs?, World Cup I and II and so on.. =- I have the demo version. Got it after some years with elma, tried it and drove one single danish rec in flattrack which is still there hehe. Thats my Across Carreer. -= Elma career? =- I started playing elma in mid 2001. I went to a bording-school a little further north in Denmark, and every day there was a 1 hour hole in my schedule where I didnt know what to do. So some guy at the school had this little game, and I saw him playing it once in a while, and thought I'd might try it. So I got the game from him and started playing it only because I had nothing better to do. After a year my border-school period ended and I started to go to school in Aabenraa again, and I still played a little. Then I caught sight of Over And Under and started höyling it. At this time my TT was 1.06.xx.xx.So I played OaU very much and my time slowly went down from 38 to 33.. and I started searching the internet for elma pages, and found the old Danish site, and saw that the Dk- rec was 32.65 and held by raider, so I hoyled on and on and finally made 32.63 and quickly sent a mail to the mail on the site(I didnt know of GuyB and the new danish site at this point) and soon GuyB mailed me back that the page had been moved and that the real dk-rec was 32.2x and I was like "fuck" and started playing again and withing 10mins I made 32.06 and weee I had my first danish rec, and so I started talking to GuyB over msn (didnt know of #elma either)and I had entered the danish elma scene. This is how I got hooked, and I've been playing ever since. This was just copied from my kuski gallery. Well I dont really have anything to brag about or anything. I did some stuff as the first dane ever but only the danes care a little about that, like first to do the enigma bounce and various breaks. Other than that Ive had DkRec in 20 different levels and I think thats about it. Hehe. -= Do you still like Across? Why/why not =- Actually I open it sometimes when Im having a hard time in elma, cuz everytime I go back from across to elma the graphix alone makes me in a better mood and it makes me play better or at least more motivated. -= How did you get Across/Elma? Was it your worst mistake? or the best? =- As I said, a guy at school gave it to me. Neither. I dont consider it to be a mistake, but kinda not a good thing either ;) .. So many hours spend in front of the com, and X girlfriends from years back still go "orrh not that stupid game again) when they for instance ask me on msn what im doing. -= Favourite internals / most irritating internals =- My favorite level(s) is/are the one(s) im hoyling at the moment, so this varies alot. But ive always been a big fan of Warm Up and Labyrinth Pro -= Your own best WRs? =- UNFORTUNATLY, I never had any.. most likely wont ever but Im very OK with that. If I somehow do a WR at some point Ill yell and scream for and hour or so :) hehe.. -= Best WRs in your opinion? =- So hard to say actually. Once at #across I said that i thought warm up was the best, but then someone made me aware of that hangman was harder to beat and after somethought and insight into the newest warmup style I'd have to agree with that. So Hangman as far as I can tell, but then again, what do I know?. -= What's the limit of WR times? =- I refuse to believe that any ride is perfect. But of course there is a limit but we wont ever see it cuz we'll just keep beating the wrs until we're tired of the game and then we'll quit or Elma2 comes (which we dont want, right?). -= 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? =- Im fond of battles, but I dont have the energy nor the motivation to play through a whole Wcup. Especially the beerbattle- concept is very nice (although me and vands beerbattle rules werent appreciated at the last DEM hehe) but nevertheless Beerbattles are my favorite. But No-brake contests and such are very nice too. Dunno if there is a "Dont let gas go"- competition, but that would be fun I think, especially in headbanger style levs or so... I dunno just a thought a had the other day. -= Best lgr in your mind? What lgr do you use? =- I use HighQ.lgr, but isnt the original always the best? ;) Its pretty but not that effective so ok, HighQ is the best :) -= Mention some good things you have gotten with Across/Elma? =- No doubt about it, the friends I got through Elma is the best thing. Vandmand and I meet whenever we can and drink beers (or visit sexconventions when planning DEM) and I met up with GuyB and Rigger lotsa times to just party and such also and many of the new guys (yes your still new to me, enil, Zerox, epp, and napol :)))) in the danish elma scene. Actually ive met up with some elma friends enough that Vandmand actually dated a good female friend of mine for just about 6months not so long ago, and Sick_Mambo was kissing a girl, when I held a party some years ago with my current GF at that time, and I ended up getting that girl as a GF after some time. So were all more less just regular friends :) -= Mention some bad things you have gotten from Across/Elma? =- Hmm. Alotta bad responce from friends and familiy who disapprove of the game, of course alotta time spend which I could have used to save children in Africa and what not.. -= What is the most frustrating thing you have faced in your career? =- Hehe.. Playing Apple Harvest for over 24hours without one finish. This was just when the bounce style thingie was made public. And of course when someone took one of my Dkrecs and I wasnt able to take it back or only making a time thats 00.01 worse and that sorta thing. Also when the 12sec style for ff came Jsim had 12.24 as Dkrec and I played for a long time to do the style and when I finally did it I made the excact same time. That sucked! :) -= The biggest mistake of your Elma career? =- Dunno.. maybe not being consisten, stubborn and motivated enough when hoyling so that I might have been a lot better now and maybe a wr or more??.. -= Cheating, what feelings? Do you use level unlocker/1.11hb/1.2 etc? How many cheaters do you think there are in the top100? =- Well I dont think its a secret that I truly despise cheaters (the dyrox thingie among other things) I think its really low to cheat in a game like this.. And I dont get the point of it. Hmm in the top100... Well I want to say at least 20 but then I think, how many actually have the skills to make a cheat program or know where to get one.. So hmm around 10 I'll say. -= Elma tuning, have you tested? Opinion about it? =- Yea, I use the Vsync On/Off feature and I change my graphix and resolution once in a while.. Currently Im trying to figure out what I have to do for my com to handle the Hen shortcut on AniFarm.. MY opinion about is that I think it shouldnt be tuning that decides whether or not you can do something faster but then again thats what is done in real motorsports.. But I think the top100 would be very different if tuning wasnt a factor. -= Map on/off, timer on/off, resolution, centered camera on/off, sounds on/off, animations on/off, high/low details? =- On internals I take the map off as much as possible, sometimes I use it to have a better overview when preparing for some trick. Timer I always have on so that I know when a ride is good or fucked up and then can esc or not.. I like the feeling when I know im driving a good time :) .. My resolution is 640*480 with Zoom 1 for the time being. Sounds are off so I dont need to listen to that damn squeeking when I hear music and I drive with Low details. -= Best kuskis and teams? What are the things you value in another kuski/team? =- Well unless there is a cheater in the top5 then Id say those are the 5 best kuskis of course, when it comes to internals because MP shows great power in every wcup so he must be one of the best too. I dont think one can point out a single person and say "he's the best". Best teams..hmm.. I define a good team first of all on their team spirit, secondly on their trust in eachother, which kinda goes under teamspirit also and thirdly on their times. This way is the best to see a GOOD team I think and this way RDK is quite high on the list of BEST teams :P -= Your best achievements? =- Arranging and holding several DEMs, some of my top10 times, my dkrecs and getting undre 40tt when I actually said long time ago that I would quit when I beat pajens tt :) -= Do you do any other neat finger-related stuff like playing violin, repairing watches, pick pocketing etc? I play guitar and bassguitar other than that I have big fingers so anything else finger-related is kinda out of the question for me... Been trying to play some piano where my hands have a good size but I dont think its just me :) -= How much did you play in your sickest period? How much these days? =- In my sickest period I think I played about 12 or 14 hours a day, and now I play maybe an hour or two and a battle or two. -= Have you had Elma dreams? =- I dreamt I met a lot foreign kuskis once who sat and played playstation.. Jalli was there but cant remember anyone else.. Wasnt a very long dream, just walked into a room when some guys sat there and I said Hi and then the dream was over.. heh. -= Strengts and weaknesses as a player? What moves you like/dislike? =- Dunno my own strenghts and weaknesses, but I really like bounces and brutals any other trick that balasz didnt meant to imply in the game :) -= Tips for average players? =- Watch replays and yet try to be innovative and if you dont invent anything new or nothing at all, you got better anyway. -= Best memories with Elma? =- Taking my first danish rec and all the meetings :) Looking forward to meeting the finnish guys and the rest too :) -= First time at #across? =- Hehe, I remember the excact moment but I have no idea when it was except that it was in 2002. -= Best Elma friends? =- The danes, especially Vandmand, Vk, enil, Rigger and GuyB who I talk to alot and then some of the foreigners like Cubein, Luther, axxu, insguy and \DC -= Thoughts about Elma meetings? You yourself have arranged quite a few of them, so tell something about that too =- I love em' ! I think its the greatest fun an elma player can have. Its fun to plan them and all but its always more fun to just sit down and play and not have to care about anything else. But I attended the meetings for a few years without doing anything and then I kinda figured out by myself that I had to give something back so Ive been arranging for some time now, and I'll do that as much as possible so my experience hopefully can do some good in future plannings. Enil and Vandmand have held some meetings too and the last time Vand and I planned the whole thing with some help from enil and no doubt the next DEM will be an Elmatic Threesome between us cuz we will concieve it with three fully loaded brains next time I hope. -= What do YOU think should be improved in an eventual new version of Elma? How are your feelings towards there coming a new version? =- Well im agains elma2 but a 1.3 wouldnt bother me its only good to have a bugfix now and then but an entirely new elma would destroy my world hehe.. at least I would quit I think. Ive played so many years to get myself where I am today and even though its not that high on any list I wouldnt like to start all over again. -= How about battles? =- I like them very much its always nice to join a newly started battle which I do repeatedly. Often when Im home from work I check for battles but most days there arent any. But then like I said earlier Beerbattles are such more fun :) -= Have you got any negative feedback about playing Elma from your mates? =- Yea lots. Most go "orh what ridicoulous game is that?" And once I drove a random drive on Oau at school and finished like 31.mid and they just looked for a moment and went "that was SO much look you survived all that" and I was like "thi hi" cuz I had just done 30.67 a month before that. Also once I sat in the car with my mom and doffy and I talked to doffy about my newly achieved dkrec and my mother was like "You know there is more to life than those damn danish records of your!" but we just ignored her and continued. -= What games do you like beside Elma? =- Well Im kinda oldskool gamer, so I play alot of Diablo 2 exp, I think its so fun :) and I play Heroes of Might and Magic 1,2 ,3,4 and 5 as soon as I get it, but mostly 3 and 4 atm. Then I recently got my hands on Stepmania (thx vk) and play that alot. I like lotsa games but those are the ones I play and have played for a long time. -= Did you buy Elma? Why not? =- No I didnt. I dunno actually, I was only 16 when I got it and propably couldnt afford it. But I would like to say in my defense that I have been trying hard to buy it during the last 6months but that Elma Forever CD is not so easy to get anymore. IF anyone who might still be reading this has a way of contacting Mue or who ever sells that CD then plz let me know! -= Have you thought about if you could stop playing Elma soon, or anytime? =- Well as some know my plan was to stop when I beat pajens tt, which on moposite is 40,54 or something but that didnt happend, then Nostrada told me that pajens actual tt when he stopped was 40.30 so that became my next goal and quitting point, but again I couldnt stop there 39 was too close and now im at 39.46 and even though I play very little at the moment I dont dare to say Im quitting again. Ill probably play a little every once in a while just for fun and then suddenly have a motivation boost and improve some and then again have a slow period for a loong time to come. But I dunno.. -= What gets you still playing Elma? =- Boredom and habit I think hehe.. Well of course I like the game still and it amuses me to play and I like the challanges in battles and in beating personal recs and danish recs but I think im about to do "the GuyB" and realize im too old for this shit :) I feel its like anything else you can be addicted of our used to in a way that you just cant help it :) -= Are you at the top of your career now? If not, when? =- Well ive actually been thinking about that one.. Cuz everytime I have a good period with lotsa motivation and I take some danish recs I feel like thats my peek and I cant get any higher, but then after a while it happends again and I think the the same all over.. So I guess ill realize the top of my career the day I dont play anymore and can look back and say "Ah there it was". -= How high would you rate yourself as an Elma player? Top100? Top10? Honestly. =- Thats a tough question cuz it would be really embarrising to overrate yourself and then everyone else would be "ya he wishes" hehe.. Well ill let the moposite top100 talk for it self and im what, in the top60 or so ?.. I think Im an average guy who has just played for a long time and therefore had time to take the levs one by one.. And im not done yet still have many sucky times.. -= What are your goals in elma these days? =- My goal is always the next minut break, and then I have little goals like danishrecs and beating my oldest pr and so.. Im not going for wrs so if one day I should get one, I will be totally surprised hehe.. -= Forecast the future of Elma. How the scene will be in five years? =- Hmm, either it will be really slow unless some new revolutionary trick comes in 5-10 levs or if elma2 comes out then that scene will flourish (without me though) but its so hard to predict. Like at every minutlimit since 40 ppl have said "orh its never gonna go under the next one" so you'll never know whats coming. -= Was it a surprise to be voted for the kuski of month? If it was who should have won in your opinion and why? =- Hehe well, I was 2nd for 2 or 3 months first and then finally won at the end :) It was a surprise for me to get nominated, even though I had seen someone had suggested me (napol thx=) ) If I had won it the first time that would have surprised me. If anyone should have won it should have been Xiphias but he, unfortunatly is coming in second again this month. I think its a very nice achievement to take a wr like animal farm with only 43tt and especially to invent a new trick at the same time. -= Mopolauta, thoughts? =- I love it! :) and I hoyl it frequently. I think its a nice place for everything elma related and then all the other shit, we guys can talk about. The scene wouldnt have been the same without it. -= Opinions about BarTek's and others' animations, Elma movies like Elma Done (Fairly) Quickly, Elma-based games like AMLE and ribot's adventure game, etc? =- Its a really nice addition to this game.. I remember I laughed my ass of when we first saw the Elma Crime movie at the 2nd DEM, and I still on occassion watch Barteks animations and have a good laugh at those and also Elma Picnic :P .. And then when someone started to make the recordings of recs and in the end Elma Done Fairly Quick and Kopakas MP movie I just love them. I watch them often (compared to their lenght) and I enjoy them everytime. Actually often when I eat at the com I put and elma related movie or animation on, instead of what not else I could be watching. -= What's your favourite Elma website (not moposite)? =- Since Im danish I like the danish records site best because I update it and send in various recs and so. Im not really visiting other elma sites, except when I play some contest, and that doesnt happen very often. -= What are your feelings towards the annual awards show; Golden Apple Awards? =- A brilliant idea, Im so hoping and waiting for a real life award show with most of us present in suits and food and drinks and everything. Maybe when a big international meeting is held we (if im allowed to help) could arrange this, also with web- cams so everyone else could be watching also. I think thats my big elma dream to see such a show come true :) -= Why that nick, petsen? =- From since I can remember, my dear mother has always called me petsen. This is a common substraction of my last name in the part of Denmark that im from (southern). My last name is Petersen and I bet you can see how its done. My friends of course heard my mother calling me this and so also since the beginning of my memory my friends have been calling me this too and Ive always used it in almost everything I ever attended or joined in on.. My last girlfriend and her parents always called me petsen too, where normally gf's call me by my real name. -= How much do your parents know about you/elma/the scene? =- My mother knows that I play alot and that Ive had some recs and that Ive arranged and attended a lot of meetings. My dad and stepmother only know that Ive attended some Lan that I arranged and nothing else.. I havent really had any reason to give my parents that much inside in my elmatic life.. What good would it do? ;) Luckily my parents have never forbid me to play, like it happend to some other players.. -= Your real life. Do you have it (school/work, other interests etc)? =- Yea I have it. I work in a Kindergarten here in my neighborhood and attend to 20 children including one handicapped whom I work extra with. Also me and some friends play music together and slowly try to form a consistent band, like I said I play guitar and bassguitar. When I started playing elma I played both basketball and volleyball and of course I party a lot and drink ever more unfortunatly..hehe.. and I like to find nice girls to play with :P . Besides that im a big fan of Joe Satriani (worlds best guitarist) and a lotta other bands, mostly punkrock and those kinda bands.. I attend the Roskilde Festival every year and see and hear alot of the bands I like. A lot of my friends and I pack up every year and go there and you have probably seen one of my Roskilde threads on mopolauta. We drink a lot there and smoke hash and such, but on the record thats the only drug I do and have ever done and will ever do. Then I just recently got a tattoo on my left ancle, this was at Roskilde Festival actually. Also back in 2003 Jokke was at Roskilde, but we never met up cuz his phone was fucked, and last year oizo! was there and we talked a bit about and actually found out that we had stood about 50m from eachother at some concert.. quite lol, but sucks that we didnt meet. Im single atm, so,... hehe.. but two of my x girl- friends were talking about a year ago and at the time I was still with one of them, and she complained a bit about this motorcycle game I played, and the other just went "OMG does he still play that?? I was with him 3 years ago and he played that too!!" .. Heheh I thought it was funny as hell :) .. oh well enough of my personal life :) -= Write something about the game, fellow kuskis, moposite, #across, etc =- Ok, well I would just have to say, thank you for everyone in the elma scene for making it how it is, and thank you for all your support when I was a noob and now when I need help at both elma related and normal things. Thx to Abula and Px for the work they have done and to SveinR his. Also Thank you Vk for your contribution couldnt live without hehe.. And to everyone else who contributed the anti cheat programs and all the other great stuff we have available to aid us in our elmatic life!. Hope to have fun with all you guys for a long time to come :) -= How did this interview make you feel, like a moviestar? =- Ive always wanted to win this, cuz even though its not such a big thing anymore its still an ok big for me and I think that the concept is great :) But when I started it was the real "famous" ppl that won this every month, and I was like "I wanna do that too and win that" but always just thought that I never was going to able to do so. But now here we are and I won the damn thing and Im happy :) petsen of RDK/Kim Christian Jakubowski Petersen. Monday 10th July 2006 11.00pm