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[[Image:MichaelFried.jpg|thumb|Michael Fried]]

[[Image:MichaelFried.jpg|thumb|Michael Fried]]

'''Michael Fried''' is one of the most well known members of the [[mariokart64.com|Mario Kart community]].  He plays all 5 Mario Karts, and has consistently been an active poster on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Mario Kart forum] since 2003.  He has worked on various kart-related projects, most notably creating the [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standards.php MKDS standards], and creating and updating [http://wrvids.com wrvids.com], the largest online collection of videos for all 5 Mario Kart games, as well as F-Zero, Diddy Kong Racing, and several other games.  Michael is also an MKDS proof moderator.

'''Michael Fried''' is a Mario Kart Player and a valuable contributor to the [[mariokart64.com|Mario Kart community]].  Since joining in 2003, he has competed in all 6 Mario Karts, and has earned the title of [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ best all-round karter].  He is also one of the most active posters on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Mario Kart forum], as well as a frequent visitor to the [http://irc.wrvids.com/ Mario Kart IRC chatroom] and a frequent chatter on AIM/MSN.

Michael is naturally very competitive, but is never selfish about sharing strategies, because he is a strong advocate of improving the overall strength of times in the game, and enjoys seeing people improve their times.  For this reason, he often explains strategies to people through AIM, MSN, and on the forum, and he sometimes analyzes videos to identify mistakes, to help people improve.  Michael is also one of the most trustworthy karters, and has a very good history of providing plenty of video proof in all 5 Mario Karts.

 

Michael is more than happy to prove his skills, and has posted hundreds of proof videos over the years.  He also likes to help people improve their times, and has helped countless people by explaining strategies in detail and analyzing their videos to identify mistakes.  Michael has gained a reputation as one of the most trustworthy karters, as well one of the best people to go to for strategy help.

 

 

Michael has worked on various kart-related projects, most notably [http://wrvids.com wrvids.com], a massive collection of Mario Kart videos which he regularly updates.  Michael has also uploaded all of the fastest videos to Youtube and organized them into [http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=wrvids playlists].  Other projects that Michael has worked on include:

 

* MKDS proof moderator

* Created the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1146526653 'MKDS WRs based on all known sites'] chart and the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1169541320 MKDS Non-MT rankings]

 

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Michael is among the best in the world in [[MK64]] and is also considerably skilled in [[MKDS]], [[SMK]], [[MKDD]], and [[MKSC]], and has thereby earned the title of [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ best all-round karter].  He lost his title once for a short time when MKSC was added to the rankings; he was passed by [[Sami Cetin]], but then started playing [[MKSC]] (August 2006) and quickly reclaimed his title.  He is currently ranked 5th, and has several world records.  He plans on returning to MKSC eventually to try out ZZMTing with a modified GBA SP.

Michael is among the best in the world in [[MK64]] and is also considerably skilled in [[MKDS]], [[SMK]], [[MKDD]], and [[MKSC]], and has thereby earned the title of [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ best all-round karter].  He lost his title once for a short time when MKSC was added to the rankings; he was passed by [[Sami Cetin]], but then started playing [[MKSC]] (August 2006) and quickly reclaimed his title.  He is currently ranked 5th, and has several world records.  He plans on returning to MKSC eventually to try out ZZMTing with a modified GBA SP.