,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, An interview of Homer (Kuski of Month on December 2005): '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' -= When did you start playing? =- It was when I've first downloaded Elma - September 2002. -= Ex-teams and why did you change teams? =- Well, my first team was CART (with vita, PEPa & Kanec), then, after sum time of inactivity, I left CART, bekoz I wanted to help FER (new team on czech scene teh) in fight with BEB :-) - it's nice to remember these times kindly. But after sum time, FER was beaten by inactivity teh too :-S as badly as BEB. Now I begun to think about CART revival teh. PEPa agreed, a few ppl from ancient BEB joined us and we created the max rulling team (CART). (http://homer.kbx.cz/cart) -= Current total? =- Omg, I was afraid of this question ;-( I haven't played internals for very long time not only bekoz of school, so my tt really sax now. (It's 40:38.10) -= Top5 newest and oldest personal records? =- 08, Tag: 21.68 26, Circuitous: 25.08 32, Steep Corner: 43.68 33, Zig-Zag: 1:09.03 37, Jaws: 56.34 -= Across Career briefly. Any WRs?, World Cup I and II and so on.. =- No. ;-( -= Elma career? =- Yes. -= Do you still like Across? Why/why not =- I do. Everyone must liek it, bekoz tehre wouldn't be any Elma without Across. -= How did you get Across/Elma? Was it your worst mistake? or the best? =- I've downloaded from some czech sax0r page with sum freeware games. I was really pleased to download it. -= Favourite internals / most irritating internals =- No. All internals are max good and all internals sak too. It depends on my actual temper. -= Your own best WRs? =- I think tehre isn't any best ... all my WRs were the best. (laughing) -= Best WRs in your opinion? =- Dunno, bekoz I haven't seen recs teh. -= What's the limit of WR times? =- I'm not protagonist teh of any limits. Everyone should be free. -= 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'm max lookin' forward MC2 teh not only bekoz of max awesome trailer teh. -= Best lgr in your mind? What lgr do you use? =- I think the best is HighQ, so I use it. :-) -= Mention some good things you have gotten with Across/Elma? =- Well, at first it's a lot of fun and I met tehre a lot of c0al and wo0den ppl in Elma scene. -= Mention some bad things you have gotten from Across/Elma? =- :-S -= What is the most frustrating thing you have faced in your career? =- Definetely it was leaving CART teh as a dead team. ;-( -= The biggest mistake of your Elma career? =- That I haven't played multi with dudek for a few months. ;-( -= Cheating, what feelings? Do you use level unlocker/1.11hb/1.2 etc? How many cheaters do you think there are in the top100? =- Cheating sax, I don't use any unlocker, I don't need it. I think, tehre is no cheetah in top100. -= Elma tuning, have you tested? Opinion about it? =- Elma tuning is raelley interestin' topic. Max low resolution for gettin' higher fps, vsync on/off, images on/off, others operation systems and so on - good ideas, which could help to do better times, but it's very often only about your actual feelin'. I mean sth liek placebo - you set sum new settin' and do better time bekoz of your better temper, hope you understand ... :-) -= Map on/off, timer on/off, resolution, centered camera on/off, sounds on/off, animations on/off, high/low details? =- Map usually off, timer on, resolution on, centered camera off, sounds on, animations on, low details. -= Best kuskis and teams? What are the things you value in another kuski/team? =- Look at tables teh ;-) But CART was, is and will be best teh for me forever. I liek every kuski just bekoz it's kuski, but sumtimes sumone sax ... :-)) -= Your best achievements? =- I think it was CART revival teh and TAP Challenge victory teh. -= Do you do any other neat finger-related stuff like playing violin, repairing watches, pick pocketing etc? I play acoustic guitar (especially J.Nohavica & K.Kryl - they rul) and I learn to juggle :-) -= How much did you play in your sickest period? How much these days? =- 0 mins a week, last week it was liek 20 mins. :-o -= Have you had Elma dreams? =- No ;-( it must be beautiful ... -= Strengts and weaknesses as a player? What moves you like/dislike? =- I don't have any special strenght, my weakness is maybe pipe ridin' :-S. And moves - teh best move is when you die and teh man on the motorcycle move his hand liek finishin' of previous volt :-)) I do max liek it ... -= Tips for average players? =- Just be original, play only if you enjoy it and be happey from playin'. In externals - try to find sum max stupid style, which nobody else can invent, but usually you will lose anyway as well as I used to do. :-)) -= Best memories with Elma? =- Definetely all chattin' with CART members on our mirc chan & playin' multi with dudek, it rox. It's also very nice if sum classmate ask me sth about Elma or Elma scene. -= First time at #across? =- I don't want to lie. (dunno) -= Best Elma friends? =- CART, dudek, WTC :* -= Thoughts about Elma meetings? =- Nice idea to meet others kuskis, and it's raelley funny to read reviews from them :-) -= What do YOU think should be improved in an eventual new version of Elma? How are your feelings towards there coming a new version? =- Maybe it should be possibility of longer recs names, no other idea now. Imho tehre won't be any new version liek Elma 2. -= How about battles? =- Battles are teh main sureness on mirc. When I come from school, when I have bad temper at afternoon, when I can't sleep at night, just everytime I can go to #battle and play, thx for it! :-) -= Have you got any negative feedback about playing Elma from your mates? =- Omg, no! -= What games do you like beside Elma? =- Teh main is Counter-strike 1.6, then I always play sum new good single game. -= Did you buy Elma? Why not? =- No, I didn't ;-( Bekoz I'm lazy in this thing. But I have bought an Elma T-shirt from sum e-shop in USA. :-) -= Have you thought about if you could stop playing Elma soon, or anytime? =- As TonyLee said: "Elma is a game for whole life!" -= What gets you still playing Elma? =- It's max game, I "can't not play" game liek this. :-) -= Are you at the top of your career now? If not, when? =- I think everyone is on teh top of his career, just bekoz he's continually improvin' (if tehre is no health problem). -= How high would you rate yourself as an Elma player? Top100? Top10? Honestly. =- I would rate myself in teh same way as I'm rated at total-time table. 0:-) -= What are your goals in elma these days? =- Just to play more ... :-) -= Forecast the future of Elma. How the scene will be in five years? =- I think the computers will be twice powerful and ten thousands times bigger, so only ten richest humans will be able to buy them. So I hope, sum kuski will be between them. -= 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, it was nice surprise for me ... But I think it's deserved if I won the TAP Challenge and beaten axxu in final teh. -= Mopolauta, thoughts? =- Max important and valuable forum. -= 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? =- Thx for things liek these, they are max enjoyin'. Especially thx for Elma crime! -= What's your favourite Elma website (not moposite)? =- http://tonylee.kbx.cz/moto/elasto -= What are your feelings towards the annual awards show; Golden Apple Awards? =- Nice idea, but a bit scandinavian GAA, not world, hehe ... -= Why that nick, Homer? =- I liek teh Simpsons and Homer is teh person which I liek most. Last months I use houmii more than Homer (it's from czech Houmí -> sth liek small Homer :-)) -= How much do your parents know about you/elma/the scene? =- Lalz, actually they know only Elma ... -= Your real life. Do you have it (school/work, other interests etc)? =- Yes, I do ... I've graduated this monday and that's bekoz I've sum time to write "this damn text file" (quote from Abula talking). Tomorrow, tehre is teh 8th round of amateur football league called Hanspaulka (our team site is http://valcovny.unas.cz, but only in Czech), now we're on first place teh and we're goin' to go to higher league ... On June, I've sum entering exams to universities and then 2 months of holiday :-S I absolutely dunno waht I will do :-). Then I play acoustic guitar for liek 6 years and last month I learn to juggle. -= Write something about the game, fellow kuskis, moposite, #across, etc =- I hate long speeches. Any questions? :-)) Well, teh only think I want to write is: "Thanks to Ali, Boss27, PEPa, Souza & Homer that they create so rullin' team liek CART." -= How did this interview make you feel, like a moviestar? =- I'm raelley delighted that I can tell you sumthin' about me throught this text file. Thx for readin' it. :-) Homer 26th May 2006