,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, An interview of ramone (kuski of month on February 2003): ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' I´ll have to warn for bad language, not suitable for young children. And PS. read this with a big ";)" -= When did you start playing? =- In the Past. well. I guess 97. Not sure... maybe it was 98. I allreasy played in the summer of 98. I am 100% sure of that. And I think I have not gotten any better form then. 97 seems plausable. Time is of no real importance, whatever that is. -= Ex-teams and why did you change teams? =- I have no Ex-teams. I am in ¿ and it is the only team I have ever been in. I never cared about teams before but when rib asked me it felt right. They never cared about my total, didnt even ask, they didnt care about me being active or work on getting better. Just a nice team with friends, just the way teams should be, and I really have had lots of fun there and I dont regret joining at all. Still I think a team with IRL friends shoudl be the best, that is why never bothered before. Playing wc4 with nos was so fun. At least those two levels where I tried. WC is boring without a team. And I guess if I had joined a team earlier maybe I would have cared about getting good tt and stuff, to get records I mean. Luckily I didn´t. But on the other hand it may have bored me with elma quicker and then maybe I had quitted it allready. If/when new elma comes out I will start to play again and if ¿ is unactive then, most likely will, I´ll look for another team. But ¿ really had the right spirit of a team, too bad it got kinda messed up. -= Current total? =- 43:46:77 -= Top5 newest and oldest personal records? =- My newest times is the ones I made during last 24h tt. made monday 24th of febuary: Level 3, Twin Peaks: 00:20:15 then Level 4, Over and Under: 00:33:03 then Level 8, Tag: 00:23:11 then Level 13, Hill Legend: 00:19:15 then Level 15, Serpents Tale: 01:10:79 then Level 19, Turnaround: 00:42:77 then Level 21, Hangman: 00:16:74 then Level 26, Circuitous: 00:27:80 then Level 31, Animal Farm: 01:34:96 then Level 32, Steep Corner: 00:46:14 then Level 33, Zig-Zag: 01:24:04 then Level 36, Fruit in the Den: 01:04:97 then Level 39, Haircut: 00:48:36 then Level 41, Framework: 00:43:16 then Level 42, Enduro: 00:55:36 then Level 43, He He: 01:06:75 then Level 50, Expert System: 01:02:62 then Oops, a bit more than 5, but too much work to check which ones are newest, besided, the last 4 + ziggy probably are. My oldest I cant check, I have recs in so many dirs now, and last time I tried to check when I started playing across I found recs form the 80´s. Obviously something was wrong. :D -= Across Career briefly. Any WRs?, World Cup I and II and so on.. =- I played across pretty long, but just for fun, it was never a problem then, I played when I felt like and it was not a need at all. I never was a part of the scene and accually it didnt interest me at all, I just assumed that it was full of nerds, which I guess it is. I came 2nd in ever 13 wc2k, my own level and it made psy go mad. heah. That is when ppl 1st heard my nick I guess. -= Elma career? =- When elma came out I played some and thought it was cool, I had 7 minutes in AH across, but after 1st table in Elma it was like 2:02 so I started to play, I beated it and sent in, but it didnt came to the list. I thought it was because I hadnt payed for elma and then I ordered it, I mailed and asked but they said it had nothing to do with it and it was just cause I sent too late. But then I mailed them and said I had bought it and they said it made them glad (or somethign like that) Anyway I had to play harder and finally I got 1:56:66, SvenTurbo had (still has) 1:56:40 in across so it didnt really feel like a "real" wr. After all I just copied his rec. But in lack of hoyla skills I added 2 small tricks to get a decent time. Then I made 2 wrs to #18 which both was pure luck, I think I made Hang tight 1st, I didnt even tried to do wr. I just played cause it is the kewlest internal level. And wow. WR. I got mega glad. A while later while waiting for a friend I made spiral wr too, big surprise. Aaah, if it could have been that easy to do today :P I mailed and said they could upload recs of both wr´s. But only if they did both, not just one of them, when wrs were updated no recs there. and to next table my hang tight were broken and spiral rec got uploaded. I got dissapointed, I thought it was cool when Gravediggah had recs on wr list. Now only one of them. That sucked. So my hang tight style remained secret for a long time til I sent it to old wrs section on moposite. hehe. It was also during my "elma career" (I dont liek to call it that, but ok) I made my 1st, only and last across wr. And it was all thanks to \DC. I dont even know if he knows it. But this is the story. He said in mopolauta he was the best player without ever having a wr. Cause he had best tt of those non-wr having bouys. Of course I disagreed cause in my head tt in not same as skills. Well.. ppl said this and that and I got somewhat mad at him. Then I started to think. Did I really think like that, that tt is of no importance. Or was it just because I had no tt to talk about... it all started to spin in my head and got me kinda upset. Was I too bad to get good tt even if I tried? Well, I was away buying food in the store and on my way back home i decided, I must drive a wr. I mean, I had to proove to myslef I didnt suck ass. Well, same night I did 27:80 on hang tight. and next day I did 27:61. The reason I played taht lev was cause it seemed easiest. I had maybe 38 on it back then and it was just to drive. -= Do you still like Across? Why/why not =- Well, I used to liek it alot. But accually it is getting more and more annoying to play. And after alovolt became common use I cant play across, I press "0" on my numpad but nothign happends.. I use alovolt in almost all my runs nowadays. Someone should make alo tool for across :D But sometimes I think it is better with a little more stiffer bike. I hope bike gets more stiff in possible new version. Makes bounces more distinct. And I liek that. -= How did you get Across/Elma? Was it your worst mistake? or the best? =- Well, I had never cared about computers at all, just had my periods of Tetris and MS röj (minesweeper). When one afternoon I came home and saw my brother sitting with two of his friends playing Twin Peaks. It looked so cool, so when computer was free I had to try. I couldnt finish warm up. I didnt know about turn, so I skipped and finished Flat Track. Well, then I guess I read it or maybe my brother told me. I played trough the demo which had 8 levels I think (can that be right?). Then my brother fixed the whole game for me. With 42 levels. I never played across when Exp-Sys was last level. I dont know if I even finished all Levels back then. But I just played for fun.. aaah, so good. Then I got elma when it came out, my brother fixed it. but later I payed (read above) -= Favourite internals / most irritating internals =- Well, favorite levels and what levels I think are the best aint the same. I mean, I think levels like Gravity Ride and Hang Tight are just genius. But I don´t really liek to play it. This is a dilemma while making levels of your own: Shall I make Good or Fun levels. ALPs are a good example, some levs are so well worked, with many possible styles. And you can see MP really put down much work on those, but on some of the levels that has become too important. The "fun"- parts have been forgotten. Ppl dont like some of those levels, even though they are great, sometimes when I made a level and worked really hard on it and shortcuts I realise, ppl wont like this level, and therefore they wont play it and wont find all possible tricks and then all the job is made for nothing. Then levels like Tunnel Terror is sooo Fun. But I dont liek to hoyl it. I just started to list levels, I planned to list: Best, Worst, Funniest and least Fun. But is became to hard. I think Labyrinth are a great and fun level. Also AH and hang tight. Most boring levels must be: Bowling, Animal (cause of shortcut). Well, it all depends on what day it is. If you ask me tomorrow I might say totally different. Except Bowling, I have never liked taht one. sorry MuE. -= Your own best WRs? =- well, none of my wr´s were really that good. But I guess my Elma Hang Tight made me most glad. So that is probably the best. -= Best WRs in your opinion? =- Nostrada´s Enigma is so cool. I remember when he sent it to me. OMG. That upper bounce. So sweet. (wait, have to connect and check wr list) WOW, how can I choose. All those are insane. DMD drives like he is blind and Tor just cruises in Mad wrs. And the new players drive mega wrs too. I cant choose. so hard. Of course you get more surprised to see new wrs like Clouds animal and psy´s AH and dz´s labby pro. But I dunno if those are ther best. Hmm, I guess Nikkes Hi Flyer is best. It is the oldest of ALL wrs and no one can beat it even though many have the rec. That is mad. I honestly tried to beat it :P -= What's the limit of WR times? =- ask dmd. seriously. it is hard for me to know which times are best and how far you can push them since I dont do. But, there must be some kind of limit. I mean, you can say: you can allways drive down one hundred. cause that is just not true. Then all times could be done in less than 10 secs or wharever. Well, why think of this when you can play nice external contests where you dont have to wonder if times are even theoreticly possible to beat. :D -= 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? =- Well, I cant say I want anything that is not provided atm, what I want is bigger interest in the external scene, and then I dont mean wc. many ppl only cares about wrs and internal tt. Then some ppl go a bit longer and cares for OLP/Losts etc just cause they are on moposite. So ppl can see their new times. LOL. Many ppl dont care for other sites/levels at all. And well, what can I do, I dont belive in force. SO then ppl will just continue playing Internals. I just think it would be more fun to see bigger interest in external contests. But again, that is just me, and what makes my wievs better than yours? -= Best lgr in your mind? What lgr do you use? =- In elma I use either default.lgr or across.lgr or a lgr that DacBitch made, like usual but pics removed, I liek grass... I have also played some with cemetary.lgr, but in the long run it is hard to use. In across I use nobike skin. -= Mention some good things you have gotten with Across/Elma? =- Good things? Like messed up sleep rythm, friends I think I can trust even thought I dont know them at all. Time away from my real friends. Well, I guess nothing. Some times I feel glad when managing some new style etc. But how can that be of any importance? ok. I really liek some of my irc friends. and sometimes it really helps to talk to, I am glad I have gotten them. But how can I tell they are my friends? -= Mention some bad things you have gotten from Across/Elma? =- ppl think I am a nerd, which of course I am. ppl think I am stupid to play that game for years. ppl ask me what I do when they call, even though they knwo I play elma. ppl cant understand how I cant quit a stupid game liek that. I cant understand either. Well, of course I shouldnt care what ppl thinks, but I do. and I suck. Well. then I also messed up last semester at universe (dont tell anyone it was elma, I never told anyone irl). I cant sleep normal. But sleeping problems is more cause of irc, but that is an inderect cause of elma. same shit. -= What is the most frustrating thing you have faced in your career? =- Not beeing able to quit when I tried. -= The biggest mistake of your Elma career? =- Well, I cant say I did any mistakes. I am the best player ever. we all know that. bah--- my whole elma life is a waste. Normally I dont belive ppl can externally say that anything is waste. so no one can really say it was (is/will be) a waste for me. BUT: I feel it is a waste. And if you cant trust your feelings, why live life at all? -= Cheating, what feelings? Do you use level unlocker/1.11hb etc? =- I cheat in all posslibel ways. Just that I am too good to get caught. Well, I used unlocker a few times. If that is cheat what is then Hibs new patch? It really sucks. Changing resolution and zoon will have same effect as tuning. And with 0.x zoom you get same reslut as unlocking. If some ppl can unlock. everyone should. Still unlocking internals is bad bad bad. (dans dans dans). I use some 1.11h or 1.11hb patch... I can do alovolt and merge and watch slomo etc. it works.. I gotten used to it and it cant be banned now anyway. I dont concider it cheat. Cheat is so fuckign bad. I cant belive ppl care enough about this crappy game to cheat. When all ppl got caught a while ago I felt really upset... and sure... if I get upset it is a sign I care for the game (right?) and if I care anough to get upset, what is the strange with caring enough to cheat to get a wr? Conclusion: cheaters is weak persons with lousier irl than me. -= Elma tuning, have you tested? Opinion about it? =- I play with vsync disabled. It felt really wierd in the beggining, like looking trough a fire or something, but I got used to it and playing without it feels weird. I cant use it on Shelf Life tough. :D -= Best kuskis and teams? What are the things you value in another kuski/team? =- I am starting to feel what I see in other ppls interviews... answers are getting shorter and shorter. :/ Best team ever is no doubt: PRA. of course when I think of it they had half of all players :P What I value in a team is not the way PRA were. but I remember how they ruled and I cant let go of that. Back then I didnt know anyone, now I have talked most players and realised that they are just as human as me. Even Tor :P Best players are (alfabethical order): Champi0N, DarMoeD, Dr_Luni, dz, elg, Jokke, Joni, Karlis, KingKong (Bobbo?), Nostrada psy(morph), stikky, TorInge, zeth (zoxer?)& zyntifox. I might have forgotten someone. But this is the players I think are thr best. I dunno if all of them are niceguys though. What I value in players are just honestness and friendship. I dont care a rats ass if thry are any good if good is getting good times. Often I think the best kuskis are the ones that has most fun with elma. But I cant know who they are. -= Your best achievements? =- When I quitted that will be. As a kuski it is winning event 20 in Kahvi Cup and probably to beat psy in ALPs. -= Do you do any other neat finger-related stuff like playing violin, repairing watches, pick pocketing etc? Of course, I play "the skinnflöjt." Alos I like sex alot. It is kinda finger related. But on the other hand I was a virgin when I first started across. (which means. I was 17 when I lost it. and I am 22 now: That I have played for a damn long time) And now I havent had sex in a while. Maybe that is why I wanna quit. cause I feel unsatisfied. Hmmm, never thought about that before. I used to pklay tetris, that is where I learned to use arrowkeys. -= How much did you play in your sickest period? How much these days? =- I played about 18 hours in event 6 on wc4. That was my sickest week I think. Also I played 8 hours of ALP04 in two days, and that is the record I played most to get. Zweq has 4 seconds better now. He´ll soon strike hard I think. =D It was just about a year ago (begginning of 2002) when I got my own computer I started to play more. Before that my playing was all healthy, now I cant handle it. -= Have you had Elma dreams? =- Yes, I have written about them in Mopolauta. I cant recall any right now. I had many daytime dreams of elma though. Just usual things. Me making mad shortcuts etc. -= Strengts and weaknesses as a player? What moves you like/dislike? =- I guess I am prettty good at finding styles by myself. And that is what is most fun with elma. I am totally bad at rec copying, if I see a good rec I cant see myself doing it better, if I try and see I cant even do start faster, how could I do it all faster? It is easier for me to beat times if I dont have the rec´s I guess. That is why I had some success with ALPs I guess. I can work my way to the record. And it doesnt matter5 if I am behind in the start, cause I dont know and it cant annoy me. I dont like dislika any special moves. In right places most moves are good. Of course I dislike some hard megabounces. But is it not the bounces themself, but the situation of the level, and then it is the level I dislike, not the move. I like Alovolts and Brutalvolts and scetchy runs that turns out fast. -= Tips for average players? =- Quit before you get addicted. REALLY! If you want tips on how to get good, dont watch too many recs in the beggining. Start by trying yourself. I think it is better not the start checkign every list and stuff ritghaway. that makes you feel bad and makes you quit, and if you wanna get skills, quitting is not the way. Quitting might be the way to happiness. But it seems most players dotn care fore that. -= Best memories with Elma? =- ALOMYASS.rec hehe. Ok, it was during wc406 and both me and Nos had 50:high I think. And I just found that you could use alo in the end to land good in the upside down ramp, just before last apple that you missed all the time. Before that is was all luck wehter you landed it or not. I told Nos but I didnt have time to give him a rec he went tried rigth away. So I went play too. When I came back I had my biggest LOL ever. He had uploaded a rec named ALOMYASS.rec and posted url. Hehe. I lauged so much. I mean: MUCHHHHHHHHHHH! He did the best run ever, 49:low it would have been. and he tried to use alo. But SOOOOOO wrong. he didnt understand what I meant at all. He used it all wrong what made him die. It looks so FUUUUN. He said: I wanted my run to be perfected. That is Nos in a nutshell, allways trys 100%. No safe runs... LOL. He tried it even though he didnt know how to. Then when I tried to play I couldnt, I just started to laugh. Right out alone in my room, in the middle of a run. And every run. I couldnt play for like 15 minutes... HAHAHAHA well, nostada won that event later but cause of ppl thinks he cheats (I dunno if he did) reslult got removed. My plan was to win that event and as I wrote above it was my sickest playing. When I didnt win with so much playing wc became boring. Also seeing my nick on the wr-list to #03 felt nice. Back then I bragged with that when I was drunk. Honestly. -= First time at #across? =- 3/28/02. That was my 1st day at mirc. then I got there more and more and finally everyday. hmm, that was #mopobattle I guess, at #across was probably a bit later. sometime early April I guess. Less than a YEAR!!!!!!!! hehe. addictions comes fast. Yes yes., I really spent alot of time in #across, and of course I had good times, but if you havbe´t been there I suggest you to let it slip your "on your way to even more destructive" thoughts. It´ll just mess up your sleeping. And I have sleepingtroubles now. Maybe it is worth it. Of course you´ll have fun. But just remember not to mix up irc friends with irl friends. And if you do there just say hi to me. :D -= Best Elma friends? =- Ribot is my best elma friend I think. We had many nice talks but sometimes I dont get him. But it´s ok. Rib was also my 1st elma friend, but our talk never was so much about elma. I became good friends with nostrada but became multum angry after cheating thing. But I dunno anymore. I dont trust anyone for real. I just try to smile. even thought it is hard. Magicman, TuA, MP & Tor, I dont like XXXXXXXX but I am trying not to care about it. I dont like listing friends. And maybe I forgot someone. I hate that. Sorry then. Just kick me next time you see me. -= Thoughts about Elma meetings? =- Me and Bartek (BarTek) and Hoffe (MIF) had a mine elma meet at my place. I crushed them in Battles ;) hehe, kidding. Meet was fun and so on. But one time Bart yelled for me from the other room: -Ramone! That felt so wierd. I think a big elmameet could be fun. But at the same time scary, ppl gathering to play elma. I mean: Ugh. Maybe it will get like an overdose. I heard they used there nicks inm FEM02 and I dunno if I could handle ppl calling me "ramone" ( I wouldnt allow it) and I cant imagine me: -Abüla!! Come and watch this... etc. That makes me scared... I allready feel like a nerd. I knwo I am. But if a swe elma meet is arranged this summer I guess I´ll come. Maybe.. -= What do YOU think should be improved in an eventual new version of Elma? =- Well, more options than high or low detail. Like: driving behind all pictures, use just grass but no need to change lgr. Beeing able to switch lgr from inside elma. And moving objects shoudl be: Moving Flower. Moving Killers etc. I wanna have spinning killers but non-moving Food and Ending. I dont wans Gravity removed. That would make me sad. I want not to much new comlex things. I want alovolt included. Maybe possibility to do it bothways. I want the bike to be a bit more stiff. -= How about battles? =- Battles are MEGA fun. I really like them. But now on modem I cant play them, cause I get Virus messages all the time while online. And I cant get them away. Well.. I haven tried. WHen I had broadband it was multum fun to play battles with carc (mg) and TuA and Meng. My favorite battlers. Battling was allways Fun. Even though you didnt win. Battles is one of the best thigns with elma. Had completely forgot about it when I should write good things with elma. -= Have you got any negative feedback about playing Elma from your mates? =- Yep, only negative. I got one friend to finish across though. All levels by himself without seeing any recs or help form me. And I got Maria to finish about 20 of the elma internals. She didnt use to complain much about my playing. But all my friends thinks that Elma is stupid. and why shoudl they think otherwise when I think so too? (MAria was my GF if you didnt know) -= What games do you like besides Elma/Across? =- I dont play any other Games. I like Super Mario Kart and Tetris. But I never play them. Elma and related things are the only reason I bought my computer and it is why I sit at it. Except form mailing with Maria. -= Did you buy Elma? Why not? =- Yes I did. I didnt buy across. and I didnt buy elma right away. But it is so cheap and if you dont buy it you are a complete DUMBASS. You should all burn in HÖYLAHELL. Only internal are warm up. And only way to get to Höyla Heaven is to beat DMDs wr. Alovolt is forbidden. Fack You -= Have you thought about if you could stop playing Elma soon, or anytime? =- No. The thought has never hit me. I never think about my life or what I do. -= What gets you still playing Elma? =- I am a stupid Motherfucker. Soon I´ll go Abroad and there I will Kill ELMA. Well, I dunno. It is getting less and less fun which is a big part of me wanna quit. Still it itches in my fingers when I dont play. But it is really like an addiction cause when I get to play it isn´t that fun anymore. It used to be. And of course as long you have fun playing it you shouldn´t stop playing cauase of complaining parents/friends... etc. But be sure you see what it does to your life. It affects it whether you want it or not. And try to have your OWN eyes open and see what happens. REMEMBER: questioning is a cornerstone of Living. If not, you are a zomibe. And I am sorry to say most of you probably are. I dont claim to know all the answers, I dont even know if there are anewers. It is not about finding the truth (is the truth really out there?). It is about trying to think for yourself, even if it is hard. Even if it makes you sad sometimes. Without questioning you become a sheep. Baaaah... Baaah. Don´t be. Think of your situation. Don´t let elma (or any thing) become a habit. Do things because you want to, I know it is hard. But try. Dont do things out of addiction or boredom. I know I do, I know you do. But at least think it over. It is not wrong to accept the used norm if you have thought about it. It is most often not the norm itself that is wrong. It is the blind acceptance. That is BAD. It may seem like a small thing. But it is because (I think) ppl accept things ppl like Hitler and GW. Bush can become what they are. Even if you dont turn it ino action. Make a point for yourself. RESIST! try. I try. dunno if I manage. But I try. I think I do at least. Conclusion: Reflect. (or -> Zombie) -= Are you at the top of your career now? If not, when? =- I dont think about my elma playing as a career. It is just a game. But if I shall refer to it as skills. I was at my best when elma came out, I have not gotten any better and it dont seems I will. I have just played the game more. Sometimes I accually think I have gotten better. But if I try to beat my old external across times I cant. So, I am just as good/bad as then. Maybe I got more used to elma. and I learned to addapt my playing with alovolt fast. But I guess all ppl did that. -= Forecast the future of Elma. How the scene will be in five years? =- Hopefully I wont care about the future scene :P But probably i will. I´ll start to play when/if new elma comes out. If no new elma comes out scene will be dead. Maybe ppl meet in irc and some ppl will play it. But a scene like now I dont believe in. With new elma scene will probably grow. If more cheating and maybe corrupt ppl in moposite crew (or likewise) is found scene will die. To quote someone: I hope dmd cheats cause then ppl will quit elma. -= Was it a surprise to be voted for the kuski of month? If it was who should have won in your opinion and why? =- I think this month I was the right call. :P Anyway it was fun to win it. And since most ppl voted me I guess it is right. Well, if it turns out I cheated it probably wasnt right, cause then I have won on false bases. Which at least I think is: WRONG. But if you dare to trust me (why should you?) I can say this, I dotn cheat. I did not vote at all this month, my first idea was to vote for Raider, but someone said: Don´t, so I didnt and when he got more and more votes I decided to not vote. -= Mopolauta, thoughts? =- Mopolauta is great, even it is one of the reasons I got stuck with elma. I liek reading, writing stuff there. But as some of you may have noticed my elmapersonallyity has turned to something that looks like a grumpy old Man. Which sucks. My posts are getting worse and worse. When I had broadband I read all new posts. Now I dont. I mucg though. Keep up the Good work. -= Opinions about Elma Crime, MUe's animations and stuff like that. =- Elma Crime is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good. It is the essence of elma put to "motion picture" (LOL). Addiction. If someone asks you to describe elma with one word, how could it be other than: Addiction. ? -= You are the updater of ramonelma and Fake Levels pages. How's that feeling? =- Ramonelma is easy to update. I just write news and times in Access in a database and then uplaod it. Well, not many ppl seems to play those anymore. But I had lotsa fun with them. I wont update Ramonelma in at least 3 months now. And Fake Site I wont update anymore. Jokke was kind enough to take it over. It has been very fun to update Fake Records and see that ppl like my levels. -= What's your favourite Elma website (not moposite)? =- Moposite. No question... LOLOLOLO. sorry for being such a nerd. hehe. Well, I liked Cah´kon during cup. But I think Ramonelma is the best looking elma site ever. My little brother made it. But the best site is probably MopoCorner. That is basically cause it had had good content which made me visit it over and over again. And that is how a good site that helps poor weak ppl like me to get addicted with this game. -= Your relation to OLP? =- Most Levels are not so fun. Some levels are very good. But I havent played much. If I did (I never will) maybe I´d like some levels. -= Why that nick, ramone? =- I had to have a nick. And the Ramones is the best band ever. Members: Joey Ramone etc. I just chose Ramone. Later on I changed it to ramone to get a more clean look. Nerdish as hell. But I (again) am a nerd. Best nicks are nicks like: Jeppe, Mick, Nikke, Jokke. If I had choosed today I would have used: Fredrik. (maybe mulder cause he is how I wanna be). Worst nicks are nicks with capitals: MP, MIF, FIXXER. :P In the beggining my nick was just something I saw on external record lists. But ppl calls me "ramone" in mirc and so on. I didn´t thought so much about that ppl should call me by my nick. And it took a long time before soemone did. I know I could change nick, but somehow I kinds dislike nickchanging. Maybe for a possible new version I can start to use Fredrik. Who knows. God? then, how? If he knows, is it determinism. otherwise, how could he know? and if it is, why does God matter? -= Your real life. Do you have it (school/work, other interests etc)? =- I am unemployed atm. I have no girlfriend atm. Besides, I am hungry. Well, my life is not what I want atm. But it is not cause of elma. I knwo that. It is me. If I have a free will that is. But you elmers tend to dislike those discussions so I will spare you this one. -= Write something about the game, fellow kuskis, moposite, #across, etc =- Ye, a big that to BarTek for ruinign my life. At one point I didnt play elma at all, and my brother (friend of MIF) said: This guy Bartek have levels and they (MIF and Bart had a page back then) want you to try them out. I did and got stuck. Almost quitted, and I didnt even try. Also before I bought my computer about a year ago I didnt play elma for over 6 months, just little when visiting my parents. J/K Bart. Half true though :/ -= You belive in Love? =- Yes I do! Love is greater than anything. And it is what will make the world work one day. LOVE. -= Will you keep on ruining your life with possible new version of Elasto Mania? =- Of course. -= How did this interview make you feel, like a moviestar? =- Well, not at all. It was harder to write than I thought. But at least it made me forget some fuckupstuff I did earlier today, argh, now I remembered. You would have laughed your ass of if you knew. I just feel like a random person. Lets watch the T6. Then there was Love. /Fredrik aka ramone, 030303