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by ley
9 Mar 2019, 18:44
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: New WRs
Replies: 4168
Views: 964952

Re: New WRs

congrats, spef. Besides, since last EDQ: 5 wrs not beaten since last EDQ 1. Zweq [WNO] Finnish 72 table(s) Over and Under 2. Kazan [none] Russian 60 table(s) Apple Harvest 3. Zweq [WNO] Finnish 50 table(s) Gravity Ride 4. Spef [SPEED] Finnish 46 table(s) Circuitous 5. Zweq [WNO] Finnish 46 table(s) ...
by ley
20 Feb 2019, 21:48
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: New WRs
Replies: 4168
Views: 964952

Re: New WRs

milagros wrote: 9 Feb 2019, 16:44 5 wrs not beaten since last EDQ

1. Zweq [WNO] Finnish 72 table(s) Over and Under
2. Kazan [none] Russian 60 table(s) Apple Harvest
3. Zweq [WNO] Finnish 50 table(s) Gravity Ride
4. Spef [SPEED] Finnish 46 table(s) Circuitous
5. Zweq [WNO] Finnish 46 table(s) Expert System
this.
by ley
12 Apr 2017, 20:00
Forum: General
Topic: ELMA ART
Replies: 218
Views: 99838

Re: ELMA ART

indeed.
by ley
12 Apr 2017, 18:39
Forum: Advertising
Topic: World Cup 7 - Starts on February 19th!
Replies: 121
Views: 35014

Re: World Cup 7 - Starts on February 19th!

Now that the cup is past the halfway I have to give some critic! OMG! The levels so far have been quite long, I am missing some shorter simple levels like usual battles. The first event was like that but all the rest have been multiroute and/or just long. Not to mention about the pixel apples that ...
by ley
10 Apr 2017, 14:37
Forum: Advertising
Topic: World Cup 7 has started, deadline on sundays 20 EET
Replies: 43
Views: 12021

Re: World Cup 7 has started, deadline on sundays 20 EET

Wow. Incredible competition between Kazan vs the ZZ team! both recs do look awesome, and one can sense all the hoyling that went behind them!
by ley
3 Apr 2017, 13:06
Forum: Advertising
Topic: World Cup 7 has started, deadline on sundays 20 EET
Replies: 43
Views: 12021

Re: World Cup 7 has started, deadline on sundays 20 EET

Polarix wrote:
Bjenn wrote:Oh, thanks!
Almost read "Scroll down you dick" =D
I laughed very hard
I am hard to find anything funny in this.
by ley
3 Apr 2017, 07:07
Forum: Advertising
Topic: World Cup 7 has started, deadline on sundays 20 EET
Replies: 43
Views: 12021

Re: World Cup 7 has started, deadline on sundays 20 EET

wow; nice event #06! zweq grabs his first top-podium on a single event, which puts him ahead of the competition, in terms of overall standings, with 515 points. tight #2 to #4 in the global standings, too: zero (458); talli (455); and kazan (450). winner rec: http://www.recsource.tv/r/beqnovaysh kaz...
by ley
27 Mar 2017, 22:30
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: Replays sharing
Replies: 4674
Views: 1138416

Re: Replays sharing

one other reason why bugs were stronger in 2001 : higher time step = stronger bounce this is the "hammer blow" trick, performed by "luc" circa 2001, le "coup de marteau", as it is called in French. this belongs to elma history, and should not be lost. if anyone still h...
by ley
27 Mar 2017, 17:06
Forum: General
Topic: Kuski map
Replies: 48
Views: 20686

Re: Kuski map

I find your lifestyle really interesting although I would not like it in as extreme extent as you. Well, I must say that my period of great solitude was necessary to be productive, or original, in various 'creative' projects, and that it might have been a once-in-a-lifetime thing. But usually yeah,...
by ley
27 Mar 2017, 14:42
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: Replays sharing
Replies: 4674
Views: 1138416

Re: Replays sharing

Is there a magic fps that makes getting your wheel in the exact centre of the bike much more likely? So in 2000–2001, common refresh rates were 60 and 80 Hz. Windows 98 would actually set it to the highest, so I guess that in the early days (about the first two years), most people would have it -- ...
by ley
26 Mar 2017, 17:17
Forum: General
Topic: Kuski map
Replies: 48
Views: 20686

Re: Kuski map

Cool. Are you some kind of Survivalist? Really not, but I guess I could become an adept of self-sufficiency, which I find cool. I want to grow edible mushrooms and many kinds of plants in the future. I am locating myself outside the mainstream as such, for example every kind of media. I dislike wat...
by ley
26 Mar 2017, 16:44
Forum: General
Topic: Kuski map
Replies: 48
Views: 20686

Re: Kuski map

Twipley troll location unless he really lives next to quarry in an abandoned mining town in the middle of Canadian prairie? I just checked and the position of mine is misplaced. It should be near 'Amos', a little more south -- even though the place I am renting for my material possessions is still ...
by ley
26 Mar 2017, 15:17
Forum: General
Topic: Kuski map
Replies: 48
Views: 20686

Re: Kuski map

So you actually live at an abandoned quarry next to a ghost town with only pavement left? i don't know how it is in europe, but here when i look around i do not see houses; only wood. it gets to -40 celcius sometimes, but mostly just -20 c as of this morning (i am 8 hours difference from kuski-time...
by ley
26 Mar 2017, 01:37
Forum: General
Topic: Kuski map
Replies: 48
Views: 20686

Re: Kuski map

Twipley troll location unless he really lives next to quarry in an abandoned mining town in the middle of Canadian prairie? ain't trolling this time! :) edit: here it's mostly forest, lakes, and small mountains though, but not quite as peopled, but still might feel or look quite similar to norway, ...
by ley
25 Mar 2017, 14:08
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: Replays sharing
Replies: 4674
Views: 1138416

Re: Replays sharing

technically speaking it's a bug like most enigma recs. what do you mean, 'a bug like most enigma recs'? if we use the technical terminology that all bounces are bugs and that these bugs can be, depending on arbitrary criteria, approximated on the legit--non-legit continuum, then if we say that it i...
by ley
25 Mar 2017, 03:53
Forum: General
Topic: Nostalgic for old times
Replies: 46
Views: 14336

Re: Nostalgic for old times

when my cousin burned me elma, together with lots of other games, on a cd. i will forever be thankful for that treasure, since i probably never would have heard of the game otherwise. i remember the first time i launched up the game. i clicked 'demo', and saw the recs from balazs or whoever. my firs...
by ley
25 Mar 2017, 03:38
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: Replays sharing
Replies: 4674
Views: 1138416

Re: Replays sharing

milagros wrote:what was so hard to do this in 10 years?
saveloading and kuski sophistication, maybe.

nice alobounce... congratulations for a clean time! very respectable run.
by ley
14 Mar 2017, 15:52
Forum: General
Topic: Very old discussions?
Replies: 26
Views: 6783

Re: Very old discussions?

Cute alovolt debate: https://web.archive.org/web/20030904151653/http://pub65.ezboard.com/fmopolautafrm1.showMessage?topicID=499.topic Very nice historical discussion - the significance of hibernatus's alovolt button patch really cannot be overstated. Nice... I thought that that forum data was lost ...
by ley
14 Mar 2017, 15:41
Forum: General
Topic: A stranger wants to publish Elma in Steam
Replies: 43
Views: 13101

Re: A shady guy wants to publish Elma in Steam

Couldn't there also be the possibility that Balazs sells the rights for the game to ZeeZee, but with conditions? For example, under a contract protecting "us" in some way. (So that things would continue to be done according to the experience of reasonable kuskis.) I don't really have the ...
by ley
10 Mar 2017, 18:00
Forum: General
Topic: Introducing: THE BALL BOUNCE
Replies: 11
Views: 3412

Re: Introducing: THE BALL BOUNCE

Recently, I've found a Lousku video on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dywi1Eo8Rzg) in which he performs a pretty strange bounce on elmzuke, and I tried to reproducing it. As of this point, I've managed to reproduce it in over 50 replays (https://www.mediafire.com/?ou448c119ozi1xi https://...
by ley
10 Mar 2017, 15:31
Forum: General
Topic: A stranger wants to publish Elma in Steam
Replies: 43
Views: 13101

Re: A shady guy wants to publish Elma in Steam

I would have some hope that despite "money talks", Balazs would still have some romantic connection to his game and consider that the community has better interests for it in the long run than some quick cash. I share this hope. After all, Balazs once said about Elma that I consider it th...
by ley
5 Mar 2017, 01:05
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: New WRs
Replies: 4168
Views: 964952

Re: New WRs

I think we should settle something here: Did Kazan still Mielz's glory by beating 2 WRs by over 3s? Or did Mielz still Kazan's glory by beating the WR that was older than Hosp? I said that I do not consider the Enigma WR as astonishing as the Tunnel and Serpent ones. However, to me the glory associ...
by ley
4 Mar 2017, 01:00
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: enigma wr
Replies: 5
Views: 2436

Re: enigma wr

bounces are bugs, so the question would be its legitimacy. i am assuming it is acceptable, since neither px or abu asked the community for their opinion prior to approving it as a wr (contrary to what was done with stini's ride).

btw, obvious fake topic
by ley
3 Mar 2017, 03:43
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: New WRs
Replies: 4168
Views: 964952

Re: New WRs

a reply about the above gaa mention(s):

i find enigma not so astonishing... it is a feat indeed, and it is very nice to see that 'dubious' wr brushed away from the table. thunder had it beaten years ago if he hadn't missed it by dumb-volting, if i remember correctly.

especially nice 09 -- o_O
by ley
3 Mar 2017, 02:02
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: New WRs
Replies: 4168
Views: 964952

Re: New WRs

very fake and nab wrs, indeed...

Kazan drops Tunnel from 50,04 to 48,86: 'What?! So, Tunnel is shorter lev than Snakie?'
Kazan then launches Snakie and drops WR to 46,63 on 1st try: 'oh! I knew it couldn't be so... matter settled!'

yawns and goes to bed. true story
by ley
2 Mar 2017, 01:18
Forum: General
Topic: wcup 7 browser recs
Replies: 17
Views: 4711

Re: wcup 7 browser recs

need nat.
by ley
1 Mar 2017, 13:26
Forum: General
Topic: wcup 7 browser recs
Replies: 17
Views: 4711

Re: wcup 7 browser recs

this board needs an upvote button... the above posts are pure gold
by ley
27 Feb 2017, 13:44
Forum: General
Topic: World Cup stats
Replies: 69
Views: 47351

Re: World Cup stats

@Pawq: WCup 3 is the one I am holding dearest to my heart; I am a big-time fan of it. It is interesting to observe that -- perhaps ironically -- it was one of the less popular cups. @Lousku: these graphs are awesome. Thanks for taking the time to produce them! I agree that it makes for richness of r...
by ley
27 Feb 2017, 13:37
Forum: General
Topic: wcup 7 browser recs
Replies: 17
Views: 4711

Re: wcup 7 browser recs

I also think that it would be nice -- at least for those who have no (accessible) means of viewing the rec files otherwise.

/rat-mind;
by ley
27 Feb 2017, 02:42
Forum: Advertising
Topic: World Cup 7 has started, deadline on sundays 20 EET
Replies: 43
Views: 12021

Re: World Cup 7 has started, deadline on sundays 20 EET

Judging from the website (mouse-browseable levels), the levels look awesome -- especially the last, big event.
by ley
27 Feb 2017, 02:31
Forum: General
Topic: acrossing dreams
Replies: 246
Views: 102365

Re: acrossing dreams

Yeah I mean, I remembered it really vividly at the time with lighting and sounds and everything. Lots of the details in the house like it has wooden walls (birch probably) and lots of little shelves full of stuff. Interesting. I like talking with people like you, since your kind tend to be more abl...
by ley
26 Feb 2017, 19:24
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: Wanted recs!!!
Replies: 1772
Views: 394755

Re: Wanted recs!!!

Makes me remember the era when the Upside Down WR lasted for so long that some people began wondering if it was not driven with 1.001 'nitro' acceleration. Then some years later, it got beaten and then there was a series of style breakthroughs in it. The level is not the one people thought it to be....
by ley
26 Feb 2017, 19:17
Forum: General
Topic: acrossing dreams
Replies: 246
Views: 102365

Re: acrossing dreams

How the fuk can you remember your dreams so correctly? The first thing I did when I woke up was to immediately write down keywords for every part of the dream I could remember, then I spent about an hour writing it out. This . Except that sometimes, with practice enough information can be retrieved...
by ley
21 Jan 2017, 18:54
Forum: Advertising
Topic: Amle2 (Elma fangame)
Replies: 215
Views: 61449

Re: Amle2 (Elma fangame)

Thanks for the good job, sla (cannot wait to get home to download this)! As for the AMLE2 and physics, I can say that I am a big-time fan of the game. I've created quite a bunch of levels lately, and have hoyled them, but I have not found that "bounce-on-edges" move a technique to expecial...
by ley
19 Jan 2017, 21:21
Forum: Advertising
Topic: Amle2 (Elma fangame)
Replies: 215
Views: 61449

Re: Amle2 (Elma fangame)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/833267/Games/Amle%202/Amle2/Amle2Internals/Amle2Internals.rar a few new levels (and textures) for a (maybe) future set of internals not necessarily final versions, feedback is appreciated Hmm. Could someone reupload this? The fate of the AMLE universe Missed thes...
by ley
20 Dec 2016, 20:52
Forum: Advertising
Topic: Elastomania ddraw wrapper
Replies: 269
Views: 90938

Re: Elastomania ddraw wrapper

Vermin Supreme wrote:i actually did try those but tried now again with "repair" option and it worked wow! or maybe it some some other redistributable but thanks anyway.
you're welcome
Vermin Supreme wrote:my old post are in same place where barteks posts are
good.

but i like your art and levels tho, so we're quits :)
by ley
20 Dec 2016, 20:03
Forum: Advertising
Topic: Elastomania ddraw wrapper
Replies: 269
Views: 90938

Re: Elastomania ddraw wrapper

There is a DDRAW file which DXGL outputs in the Elma folder. I have not seen all the options yet, and a new GUI with more options is forthcoming, but it might be something interesting to some of you guys EDIT: i get error "application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)." when tryin...
by ley
20 Dec 2016, 19:58
Forum: Advertising
Topic: The great designer: Hemman.
Replies: 18
Views: 5884

Re: The great designer: Hemman.

Hmm Yeah I remember some of these levels very well. Cannot wait to go home and see the ones I have never played. On a similar note, call me oldschool, but there are levels by another out there, called NPhoBiaz. There is a pack by him, but I have only ever got my hands on a few of them. Are the rest ...
by ley
16 Dec 2016, 21:46
Forum: General
Topic: Wind of Change
Replies: 28
Views: 10539

Re: Wind of Change

no one -- really?
by ley
2 Dec 2016, 14:36
Forum: General
Topic: Wind of Change
Replies: 28
Views: 10539

Re: Wind of Change

I would be interested in seeing this up again. I am offering 20 USD for a reseed (or some other action to that effect). I am particularly interested in the replay files, and for convenience in the level files that go with them (all included in the release anyway). The "Elma Crime" video ta...
by ley
27 Oct 2016, 15:30
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Is px dead? The WR-update that never came
Replies: 125
Views: 49235

Re: Is px dead? The WR-update that never came

i also agree with skint's standardization idea. and, about the superfluousness of sticking to past ways. what comes to prominence from this though, is the need to formulate an acceptable verification process. so as to avoid situations like stini's enigma entering the wr table. back then -- let us re...
by ley
26 Oct 2016, 15:16
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Is px dead? The WR-update that never came
Replies: 125
Views: 49235

Re: Is px dead? The WR-update that never came

He did promise all kinds of Moposite improvements waaaay back already and we haven't seen much of those either what i had got from it though, is that he would have wished for financial revenue in exchange of improvements made on the site; in other words, to make this some sort of paid job of his. i...
by ley
26 Oct 2016, 15:13
Forum: Non-Elma related discussion
Topic: GASGAMES
Replies: 2
Views: 7331

Re: GASGAMES

indeed
by ley
21 Oct 2016, 21:15
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Is px dead? The WR-update that never came
Replies: 125
Views: 49235

Re: Is px dead? The WR-update that never came

"When referencing Abula's semi-activity I mainly meant that it's still possible for us to get Abu to talk to px." Yeah roope I know, but since Abu is officially inactive internal-wise, it's another plus for us! "it's his site after all" 'their' site, actually (if I'm not mistaken...
by ley
21 Oct 2016, 20:42
Forum: Non-Elma related discussion
Topic: GASGAMES
Replies: 2
Views: 7331

GASGAMES

A while back, the scene here used to play something called the Homokaasu GasGames. Or, at least, they did through TKEP. GasGames! Heaven, hell, and in-between; for the sake of the world, where did happen to thou and what in the level 49 is " seagull time ". I was top-100 and some games top...
by ley
21 Oct 2016, 20:34
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Is px dead? The WR-update that never came
Replies: 125
Views: 49235

Re: Is px dead? The WR-update that never came

Abula, who is still somewhat active-ish in the sense that he attends FEMs and plays on EOL (though not battles), is a personal friend of his and I've tried to ask Abu to convince px to hand over the reins, but it seems Abu isn't comfortable with doing something about the situation either. It has to...
by ley
5 Sep 2016, 23:18
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: Cash Bounties for Replays
Replies: 212
Views: 89080

Re: Cash Bounties for Replays

by ley
4 Jun 2016, 14:14
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: Wanted recs!!!
Replies: 1772
Views: 394755

Re: Wanted recs!!!

luc3.rec (or was it luc4.rec?) with the hammer bug on a flag-tag leve. did that out. you haven't seen anything yet. this is the "hammer blow" trick, performed by "luc" circa 2001, le "coup de marteau", as it is called in French. this belongs to elma history, and should...
by ley
27 May 2016, 14:59
Forum: Advertising
Topic: Stolen Internals Done Quick by iCS 2020 - (Pack + video)
Replies: 79
Views: 35228

Re: Stolen Internals (Demo)

Hello twip. Somehow i just read that now. Nice u liked! Are you playing nowdays? Hey. Well, not really. While I might play about a night per year, I find it sufficient to "think" about the game, as I've hinted to in insane guy's forthcoming Documentary. It's hard to describe, or perhaps t...
by ley
15 May 2016, 23:04
Forum: Advertising
Topic: Stolen Internals Done Quick by iCS 2020 - (Pack + video)
Replies: 79
Views: 35228

Re: Stolen Internals (Demo)

hello kuskies, it's twipley... i've registered back (probably something like my 20th account over the years, sorry to whomever collective or individual mind it may offend or confuse). just to say, just to praise the pack. best thing since the internals! i may overrate it since it is all too fresh in...