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by Abula
16 May 2020, 11:34
Forum: General
Topic: Publishing old state.dat's
Replies: 22
Views: 9855

Publishing old state.dat's

I've got a huge collection of old state.dat's (over 1000) and most of them are before 2007. Now and then some old players ask for them (edit: "their own ones") and I can only fulfil the requests when I'm "available" in Elma life. Now I wonder if I could publish them all? Does som...
by Abula
30 Apr 2020, 21:20
Forum: General
Topic: Elasto Mania on Steam
Replies: 15
Views: 6871

Elasto Mania on Steam

https://elastomania.com/

Apparently there's no Mopolauta topic for the Elasto Mania on Steam..? Crazy shit. I want to believe it's more an opportunity. We'll see. Updated Moponews.
by Abula
14 Feb 2020, 16:47
Forum: Non-Elma related discussion
Topic: How many countries have YOU been in?
Replies: 400
Views: 170920

Re: How many countries have YOU been in?

I was in Vietnam too! In Dec-Jan. And the list: Finland (1983, many times) Sweden (1988, many times) Portugal (1993) Greece (1999) Norway (2003, 2008, 2009) Russia (2004) Great Britain (2011) Hungary (2012) Slovak (2012, 2015) Czech (2012) Estonia (2013) Netherlands (2013) Belgium (2013) Germany (20...
by Abula
8 Feb 2020, 19:29
Forum: Non-Elma related discussion
Topic: What are you doing with your life?
Replies: 207
Views: 138867

Re: What are you doing with your life?

Thanks 8-ball, looks good material. Added it to my personal gift-to-myself list which I'll consult after getting under certain kg levels like 93 kg: new Hoka One One shoes, 92 kg: 12 Rules in Life, 91 kg: very good restaurant, 90 kg: maybe next Lonely Planet etc. getting better when closer to summer...
by Abula
8 Feb 2020, 14:48
Forum: Non-Elma related discussion
Topic: What are you doing with your life?
Replies: 207
Views: 138867

Re: What are you doing with your life?

Survived from the trip. Still no salary rise though. I should be writing the travel report but I'm organizing my computer files. More fun. Time to archive lots of Elma directories and clean the current situation. I'm moving to Macbook world as my primary machine because it's better to use on sofa bu...
by Abula
11 Dec 2019, 00:23
Forum: Non-Elma related discussion
Topic: Instagram
Replies: 8
Views: 5318

Instagram

Are you in Instagram? The social media platform where you can you share your "lifestyle" or some interesting viewpoint to your life. I've been there for some years (https://www.instagram.com/abulaatikko/) and I'm trying now very desperately to find 4 more followers to get access to more in...
by Abula
10 Nov 2019, 20:32
Forum: Non-Elma related discussion
Topic: What are you doing with your life?
Replies: 207
Views: 138867

Re: What are you doing with your life?

Hi, I want to share a few personal things as I feel something big might be happening now. At least I'm going to New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam in December and got a scary book recommendation from my boss ("Non-violent communicating"). My apologies to who I have insulted in the past (or...
by Abula
7 Sep 2019, 08:56
Forum: Feedback
Topic: New status for X
Replies: 1032
Views: 299147

Re: New status for X

Updated:

- Graze
- pawq
- jp
- Fejm
- mena
- Thunder

Grats to all!

ps. can we rename jp to talli?
by Abula
14 Aug 2019, 18:30
Forum: General
Topic: xkcd
Replies: 12
Views: 6242

xkcd

by Abula
7 Aug 2019, 16:07
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: Best Internal Total Times (under 40 minutes)
Replies: 799
Views: 320339

Re: Best Internal Total Times (under 40 minutes)

Just for the record, would be good to write down the dates when the first player gets under 34:50, 34:40 etc. I just noticed Spef got already the first one, max grats! Do you know the date when it happened?
by Abula
12 Jul 2019, 22:34
Forum: General
Topic: FEM2019: 11.-18.7.!
Replies: 167
Views: 100125

Re: FEM2019: 11.-18.7.!

Grats to jblaze for winning BB19! Double BB masters are now (earliest first): Abula, Ville_J, Zero, jblaze. It's getting tight!
by Abula
11 Jul 2019, 18:18
Forum: General
Topic: FEM2019: 11.-18.7.!
Replies: 167
Views: 100125

Re: FEM2019: 11.-18.7.!

A historic moment, my first skipped FEM ever. 4 skips left. Have fun guys! Hopefully there will be another time when Onion Fram is open again.

Are we going to see the first Beer Battle Hatrick this year? Not many great competitions have been won three times in a row (if any?)
by Abula
9 Jul 2019, 10:55
Forum: General
Topic: FEM2019: 11.-18.7.!
Replies: 167
Views: 100125

Re: FEM2019: 11.-18.7.!

Or tori.fi / huuto.net (via Google Translate)
by Abula
9 Jul 2019, 10:50
Forum: General
Topic: Who have you met in real life? Who have you talked on phone?
Replies: 786
Views: 291631

Re: Who have you met in real life? Who have you talked on phone?

gimp wrote: 2 Jul 2019, 20:06 Anybody coming to California? Lets meet up
One day. Simi Valley? I've made plans already, just need to find good company (female)
by Abula
2 Jun 2019, 09:06
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

Noticed the screenshot of development version of Across in 1995 was broken. Fixed.
by Abula
2 Jun 2019, 08:13
Forum: General
Topic: FEM2019: 11.-18.7.!
Replies: 167
Views: 100125

Re: FEM2019: 11.-18.7.!

https://bloxcar.fi/ could be an option to rent a car, it's "airbnb for cars". There are prices like 200e/week + petrol. Some friends have recommended the service but I haven't tested it yet. I don't have a car these days and buying one before FEM19 isn't very likely.
by Abula
9 Mar 2019, 08:44
Forum: Advertising
Topic: PRA site
Replies: 10
Views: 5840

Re: PRA site

Schumi wrote: 22 Feb 2019, 19:25 By the way is there someone who has this ASC logo in original?

https://media.pulu.org/palsta/files/60/ ... -05-28.png

thanks!
https://media.pulu.org/palsta/files/60/ ... os/asc.gif

?
by Abula
25 Feb 2019, 11:55
Forum: General
Topic: Golden Apple Awards 2018 - Winners announced
Replies: 70
Views: 47772

Re: Golden Apple Awards 2018 - Winners announced

No worries, gz to Kopaka who max deserves it! Article will be online for a long time which is what matters

And gz to all other winners, especially danitah! And thanks to organizators etc, great to see this event still going strong!
by Abula
10 Feb 2019, 10:59
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Is px dead? The WR-update that never came
Replies: 125
Views: 51871

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

So the deal is now that px will update every month (first week of every month preferrable), adding at least the "No new wrs" message to the news. If he can't make it, let's consider another options.
by Abula
9 Feb 2019, 10:26
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: New internal times
Replies: 14968
Views: 2655951

Re: New internal times

Total time 34:58:44 -> 34:48:28 Ooh max pro! That means you are 0:19,84 secs behind WR tt. The record atm afaik is TorInge 16 secs I think? Edit: "TorInge's personal total time was only 0:11,33 seconds behind the world records total time when he got under 37 minutes which must be a record that...
by Abula
28 Jan 2019, 21:35
Forum: General
Topic: WCup and EOL financial status
Replies: 15
Views: 5374

Re: WCup and EOL financial status

Ok hear me now! First Elma player getting 100M please employ me. Let's make an Elma Heaven!
by Abula
26 Jan 2019, 17:05
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

Did some fixes. Thanks ASPIRINKA! For example: - zyntifox drove six WRs in a row in Warm Up (+ 1 more later). Article mentioned only Flat Track (five times). - "Special levels" are levels where the fastest time isn't what matters most but number of apples, slowest time etc. Sometimes the f...
by Abula
20 Jul 2018, 18:48
Forum: General
Topic: FEM 2018: Thu 12.7./Fri 13.7. - Fri 20.7.!
Replies: 231
Views: 73739

Re: FEM 2018: Thu 12.7./Fri 13.7. - Fri 20.7.!

Paid. Putted some extra which you can use for extra costs or next year fem or eol or bear.
by Abula
16 Jul 2018, 23:09
Forum: General
Topic: FEM 2018: Thu 12.7./Fri 13.7. - Fri 20.7.!
Replies: 231
Views: 73739

Re: FEM 2018: Friday 13.7. - Friday 20.7.!

Idé: documenting some interesting events in more pro way than before. Now all the videos are pretty much random mongoing which isn't very interesting after the years. While doing the article, I've noticed that there are only a few videos showing anything interesting like TorInge, Zweq and Jalli pla...
by Abula
16 Jul 2018, 15:48
Forum: Advertising
Topic: Elma Grand Prix 6 - Sunday 15th of July 21:00 GMT+3
Replies: 12
Views: 3994

Re: Elma Grand Prix 6 - Sunday 15th of July 21:00 GMT+3

Max interesting total standings! Many top players participated! Some levs were too hard for me but some were really cool and fresh!
by Abula
15 Jul 2018, 17:22
Forum: General
Topic: FEM 2018: Thu 12.7./Fri 13.7. - Fri 20.7.!
Replies: 231
Views: 73739

Re: FEM 2018: Thu 12.7./Fri 13.7. - Fri 20.7.!

Thanks all, was max, better than previous years, dunno why, probably because I know "new" players better after the mega research project
by Abula
15 Jul 2018, 17:04
Forum: General
Topic: Who have you met in real life? Who have you talked on phone?
Replies: 786
Views: 291631

Re: Who have you met in real life? Who have you talked on ph

IRL (114): px, Tuska, Carju, AnJo, Ultra, papu, Fulgore, mr, Tisk, Karlis, Jokke, mrickx, dz, Orcc, kuiva, bluu, Toble, lusu, Mikko, Nikke, Tapzu, Jamo, Radon, MP, psy, Minna, Pallukka, SoGe, terb0, Hapa, Cardhago, ramone, MIF, BarTek, Ulf, swos, Juzam, Luther, axxu, vender, krychek, Markku, onlaina...
by Abula
7 Jul 2018, 18:53
Forum: Advertising
Topic: Couples Contest 2 - FEM 2018
Replies: 14
Views: 4396

Re: Couples Contest 2 - FEM 2018

Blindfolded battle was frustrating. In case you include it, please make a bit easier lev this year.
by Abula
24 Jun 2018, 20:29
Forum: General
Topic: Czech Elma Meeting 2003
Replies: 8
Views: 3435

Re: Czech Elma Meeting 2003

Great piece of history, thanks a lot!
by Abula
19 May 2018, 19:15
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Errors, bugs, mistakes
Replies: 607
Views: 228855

Re: Errors, bugs, mistakes

Schumi reported a new bug:
Found a bug in Hooked stats:

Code: Select all

23.	Jarkko [NK]	 Finnish	0:17,09	#301
24.	Mielz [SPEED]	 Polish	0:17,05	#347
25.	Mielz [SPEED]	 Polish	0:17,07	#345
One day we could fix all these. Max annoying job so it's postponing.
by Abula
19 May 2018, 19:08
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

Thanks! Fixed xkcd, Sla's spinboost WR and edited Bobisek part a little bit. Many new comments in the article, really appreciated!
by Abula
13 May 2018, 08:11
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

pawq wrote: 12 May 2018, 19:40 Which it isn't... Slalom SL WR is 38.27

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9843

:wink:
Ok, no joke then.
by Abula
13 May 2018, 08:07
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

Thank you Zebra! Fixed most of your suggestions. Dame EDQ2007 The article says: “the lower the FPS is, the better grip the bike has on the ground” The link to veezay’s mopolauta post says: “better grip when vsync off” So with way it is, vsync on or off? Uh, this is an all-time most annoying thing to...
by Abula
12 May 2018, 18:36
Forum: General
Topic: FEM 2018: Thu 12.7./Fri 13.7. - Fri 20.7.!
Replies: 231
Views: 73739

Re: FEM 2018: Friday 13.7. - Friday 20.7.!

Tisk wrote: 5 May 2018, 19:00 First run 10 km then finish all internals (both about 1 hour)
It's logical but everyone can stop running now and just play Apple Harvest and Zig-Zag.
by Abula
12 May 2018, 18:22
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

Labs wrote: 10 May 2018, 18:52

Code: Select all

The WR table is still open and all the records are possible to improve except Slalom.
Why you say Slalom is impossible to improve?
Just joking because SL WR is same as normal WR in Slalom.
by Abula
4 May 2018, 15:53
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

If someone knows how to free memory after playing a replay with recplay, please share. Now browser gets slow after watching too many replays. Refreshing fixes it but it's not the best solution.
by Abula
4 May 2018, 15:41
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

Yes well it's actually my phd thesis, master's thesis took less than 200h :D Age of EOL was also rushed because I wanted to get the article ready asap at that point. Writing took much longer than I estimated in the first place (200h).
by Abula
2 May 2018, 22:47
Forum: General
Topic: What you do makes a difference.
Replies: 9
Views: 3094

Re: What you do makes a difference.

I don't know you dani but I noticed many great levels by you while making the article. Also the Elma2 video of cars inspired me to write the Elma3 chapter :). If Danielj is same person... I've also read Orcc's recommended book. It's very very good. I introduced it to my boss and one of my best work ...
by Abula
2 May 2018, 22:04
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

Thanks! I'll check those out a bit later. I think some paragrahps were better, some worse. In the beginning I was more careful but it took just too much time. I'm more than happy to receive better texts if some native bothers but I won't do much thinking anymore by myself - already too deep into the...
by Abula
1 May 2018, 10:13
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

Finally done with checking errors in chapter V. age of eol Great list, max thanks! Fixed them. Some comments: 12. PeXi invented total time idea, not Balázs if you didn't know that. Or I didn't get your point? 13. Your 1h tt 40:44,67 isn't better when related to the contemporary WR tt. There were tw...
by Abula
26 Apr 2018, 20:56
Forum: Replays and times
Topic: New internal times
Replies: 14968
Views: 2655951

Re: New internal times

What. I thought Spef's best times were mega tight like mine, impsy to improve. Apparently only mine are.
by Abula
25 Apr 2018, 19:28
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

Removed the Bumpy Journey part in Spinboost.
by Abula
23 Apr 2018, 20:31
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

bene wrote: 23 Apr 2018, 19:33 In my wr rec I turn and gas all the time it's a zweq style that is different from the wr before it but it's gasing all the time never braking and thus never spinboosting.
Ok so there isn't any (public) WR which utilizes spinboost..?

(Zweq: go, go with the list)
by Abula
23 Apr 2018, 18:21
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

Hosp wrote: 23 Apr 2018, 18:14 pretty sure the spinvid was SL when i asked moszat many yers ago but my memory might have failed me
If someone has better memory or can even ask him, please!
by Abula
23 Apr 2018, 18:20
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

Smibu wrote: 23 Apr 2018, 18:07 SLE is a part of Elmanager. So Elmanager = Replay manager + Replay viewer + Level manager + SLE. The screenshots in the homepage are from SLE, Replay viewer and Replay manager.
Great! It's fixed now.
by Abula
23 Apr 2018, 18:14
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

bene wrote: 23 Apr 2018, 08:32Correction: Spinboost is not used in that WR.
But you gas the first 0.2sec to make it to spin faster? Zweq didn't do that. You did it without knowing it?
by Abula
23 Apr 2018, 18:10
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

I felt like these are worth mentioning in saveload section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79YKh6fEbU here i followed a special method of building levels around the autoplay/rec, generated 100% impsy recs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXTR4kJvDzs some spin gak http://kopasite.net/up/9fd8hq4m487...
by Abula
23 Apr 2018, 17:51
Forum: General
Topic: The History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)
Replies: 311
Views: 171101

Re: History of Elasto Mania (1995-2018)

* Might be worth mentioning the editor name "SLE" at least once. Oh, sorry! Actually I had SLE there at one point but then I thought Elmanager = SLE but apparently not so could you elaborate what's the difference between those? The screenshot of Elmanager looks like it's also a level edit...
by Abula
22 Apr 2018, 11:52
Forum: General
Topic: EOL is all of a sudden a shitty place to spend time in
Replies: 35
Views: 8349

Re: EOL is all of a sudden a shitty place to spend time in

Chilling attitude. Winning attitude. Both have pros and cons.