N00b tips

spaceball · Post by **spaceball** » 10 May 2004, 19:36

hi!
i'm a total n00b, and i want to learn! what are the basical moves a elma player has to know? can you give me some tips please?

thanks a lot

spaceball

ps: if this kind of thread already exists, please post a link!
sorry for my bad english, i'm from austria!

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 10 May 2004, 19:40

copy recs plis ;S

of course there are threads like this... only 34 or smthng

spaceball · Post by **spaceball** » 10 May 2004, 19:41

8-ball wrote:copy recs plis ;S

of course there are threads like this... only 34 or smthng

i cannot find those threads! can you post links? please!

8-ball · Post by **8-ball** » 10 May 2004, 19:44

spaceball wrote:
8-ball wrote:copy recs plis ;S

of course there are threads like this... only 34 or smthng
i cannot find those threads! can you post links? please!

http://moposite.com/mopolauta/viewforum.php?f=4

spaceball · Post by **spaceball** » 10 May 2004, 19:45

thanks!

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 10 May 2004, 19:50

spaceball and 8-ball, you shoud do teh friends

WkE · Post by **WkE** » 10 May 2004, 20:08

Flat Tracker wrote:spaceball and 8-ball, you shoud do teh friends

or open a billiard club together...

Post by **SveinR** » 10 May 2004, 20:18

spaceball · Post by **spaceball** » 11 May 2004, 08:11

ok, thanks for the links! but i still don't know kow to jump from a kicker and from a vert wall! what is "the frog"or "jumping jack"

John · Post by **John** » 11 May 2004, 08:38

spaceball wrote:ok, thanks for the links! but i still don't know kow to jump from a kicker and from a vert wall! what is "the frog"or "jumping jack"

no one says the frog or jumping jack, we just say bounce and to make a bounce u have to compress the backwheel (or the frontwheel and when its compressed press brake.
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/ryynanen/m ... 47mopo.zip
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/ryynanen/m ... 35mopo.zip
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/ryynanen/m ... 12mopo.zip
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/ryynanen/m ... 32mopo.zip
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/ryynanen/m ... 37mopo.zip
there are a few recs including bounces

Mullvad · Post by **Mullvad** » 11 May 2004, 09:01

I hot tip is to join a team. I joined [MK] which is teh mega best team ever and my TT was reducing slowly. BTW if you got any questions I can answer teh best I can. I know how it is to be a n00b

My TT isn't good. Hey why don't you ask me over msn messanger ( swedishmullvad@hotmail.com ) add me on your contacts if you want.

Luther · Post by **Luther** » 11 May 2004, 10:19

Contact me too please, I am a noob

Samot_84@hotmail.com

sierra · Post by **sierra** » 11 May 2004, 13:15

you need to get the alovolt patch

it's available on moposite downloads

most levels require this trick for proper hÃ¶ylage, even the first one

chux · Post by **chux** » 11 May 2004, 16:00

Mullvad wrote:I joined [MK] which is teh mega best team ever

OMG so true...and its so good to hear people (even if it is a member) thinks my team is the besterest

As for n00b tips, dont try anything too much too soon...leave Lab Pro bounce until one of the last things you do, etc.
When you try a new style, just try completing the level with it first, then try the better runs...and if you die, keep playing anyway to get the practise...
And visit Mopolauta a lot!

John · Post by **John** » 11 May 2004, 16:52

chux wrote:...and if you die, keep playing anyway to get the practise...

must be some new patch again

WkE · Post by **WkE** » 11 May 2004, 17:11

best tip :
don't hoyl freefall ever

jk, just don't hoyl a lev too much coz i did it once and i wanted to quit internals coz i was soo frustrated!
hoyl a lev in short preiods, its much more helpful (when you're hoyling the same level for 3-4 hours, your eyes begin to hurt, you have an head ache, you're hungry and very very angry, which makes you miss 99% of your runs).

chux · Post by **chux** » 12 May 2004, 13:08

OMG I mean if you miss an apple...hehe
I guess you can 'die' and keep playing with Nitro...

WkE · Post by **WkE** » 12 May 2004, 14:50

chux wrote:OMG I mean if you miss an apple...hehe

can be kinda problematic when missing these :

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/skullsawer3/grav.jpg

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 12 May 2004, 14:52

WkE wrote:best tip :
don't hoyl freefall ever
jk, just don't hoyl a lev too much coz i did it once and i wanted to quit internals coz i was soo frustrated!
hoyl a lev in short preiods, its much more helpful (when you're hoyling the same level for 3-4 hours, your eyes begin to hurt, you have an head ache, you're hungry and very very angry, which makes you miss 99% of your runs).

But if you play a level for many hours, you will get the style in your fingers and can almost drive it with closed eyes. I mean if you have played a level for 3hours straight your chances for getting a good run, or make a good style is much bigger if you only play a level 15 mins and then a new.

WkE · Post by **WkE** » 12 May 2004, 15:02

Kopaka wrote:
WkE wrote:best tip :
don't hoyl freefall ever
jk, just don't hoyl a lev too much coz i did it once and i wanted to quit internals coz i was soo frustrated!
hoyl a lev in short preiods, its much more helpful (when you're hoyling the same level for 3-4 hours, your eyes begin to hurt, you have an head ache, you're hungry and very very angry, which makes you miss 99% of your runs).
But if you play a level for many hours, you will get the style in your fingers and can almost drive it with closed eyes. I mean if you have played a level for 3hours straight your chances for getting a good run, or make a good style is much bigger if you only play a level 15 mins and then a new.

and if you got the wrong style?

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 12 May 2004, 15:21

heh... then you should watch a replay so you get the right

John · Post by **John** » 12 May 2004, 15:40

WkE wrote:
chux wrote:OMG I mean if you miss an apple...hehe
can be kinda problematic when missing these :

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/skullsawer3/grav.jpg

omg that Upside and Bowling part fit so good together, someone go merge those parts into one lev, me wanna play

dz · Post by dz » 12 May 2004, 16:10

I don't know if it's that interesting but when I was starting with elma I looked for a contest which was updated regulary and did not have that good players taking part. I played and played several months that contest and got myself some records and after losing them I was often forced to look for some new things in the level to take them back.
It's a good way to go deeper inside the levels and really start thinking by yourself how to improve your time, eventhough you thought your last run was "perfect". This way you will progress little by little and it's fun too if there's other players fighting against you.

I played mainly that contest for several months before really moving into internals, and after that perioid I found out that I could do some tricks and basic bike handling alot better than I could earlier. That depth I went trough with that particular contest taught me alot. Maybe this sounds like too complicated and slow method but getting good takes time when it comes to elma.

teajay · Post by **teajay** » 12 May 2004, 20:22

Yes, it's good to have some internal breaks in a while and then move to externals. You will improve on some things better if you restart to hoyl a level from the beginning of where you saw it. When after 1 month or so, you play internals again, you surely improve much better and faster your total time.

Ramone · Post by **Ramone** » 12 May 2004, 21:26

well... best noob tip: accually.. I think its too late for you

Best must be just to play play play and play for fun. And dont care for times... and most important: NOT know there are all these insane tricks styles. Cause then you will never feel you are good. If you just play by yourself youÂ´ll think you are supergood. And "invent" cool moves on your own. So... just keep playing. And remember... play for fun... play many externals.. to see all different ways to drive. And, Smile!

dz · Post by dz » 12 May 2004, 21:31

Hey ramone... that's very well said! *hug*

sierra · Post by **sierra** » 12 May 2004, 21:54

lol ramone that is cool advice but

that is what i did for like 2 years

i thought i was easily one of the world's best in elma (although i didn't know there actually was such thing as the world's best) because i could finish all the levels and could do flips and stuff

rofl

then my friend told me he was "a pro" at elma and he showed me his rec for Over and Under and i was like "uhhhhhhhh... this is actually possible?" and then he showed me true insanity like headbanger pipe and freefall trick... then the ways of the hÃ¶ylÃ¤ were brought to my attention

...so here i am... hÃ¶yling...

WkE · Post by **WkE** » 13 May 2004, 16:22

ramone is right.

btw, i entered the scene when i had like 14 uncompleted levels, and began downloading moporecs right when i began playing (like i do in every game... so nice to see pro's recs in every game and being amazed).
and thats why :

1. I never, but never drove Hangman and Hill Legend in the oldschool way, i wasn't considering that way as a possibility either (I think i didn't noticed it).
2. Trix Abound was so ez, i didn't know why n00bs have problems with it (if you know the way, that level is a piece of cake).
3. had so many opportunities to finish AH in 8 minutes, but didn't make it coz it was sucky for me. (6:09 first finish, and that was a "giving up", btw).
4. i thought "i'll never drive level 35 nor watch its replays", i thought its a madness level.
5. ah 2:xx minutes was so goddamn professional. if someone has 2:50 i was like "omg that man is absolutely an elmastar with a WR"

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