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

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

'''Michael Fried''' is a Mario Kart player, an active forum poster (currently going by "Darth Friedious" on the forum), an MKDS staff member, an AIM+MSN chatter, a strong believer in the kart gods, and someone who's desperately trying to think of more titles for himself for the sole purpose of lengthening his bio.  He has played 4 Mario Kart games, [[Super Mario Kart]], [[Mario Kart 64]], [[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]], and [[Mario Kart DS]].  He also owns [[Mario Kart Super Circuit]], and may or may not start playing it in the near future depending on how long it takes him to recover from his Mario Kart DS addiction.

'''Michael Fried''' is a player of many Mario Karts, an active forum poster (currently going by "Darth Friedious" on the forum), an MKDS staff member, and a popular personality of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]].  He has played 4 Mario Kart games, [[Super Mario Kart]], [[Mario Kart 64]], [[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]], and [[Mario Kart DS]].  He also owns [[Mario Kart Super Circuit]], and may or may not start playing it in the near future depending on how long it takes him to recover from his Mario Kart DS addiction.

Michael is a fairly average karter in each of the 4 Karts he has played, but has managed to use trickery to convince everyone else to continue improving at only a single Kart, and has thereby secured his title of [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ best all-round karter] until the end of time... or at least until people discover his evil plan.  Although he doesn't play more than 1 Kart at a time, he keeps up with new strats for the various Karts and watches new videos, so he is well prepared if he decides to make a return to one of the Karts.

Michael is a fairly average karter in each of the 4 Karts he has played, but has managed to use trickery to convince everyone else to continue improving at only a single Kart, and has thereby secured his title of [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ best all-round karter] until the end of time... or at least until people discover his evil plan.  Although he doesn't play more than 1 Kart at a time, he keeps up with new strats for the various Karts and watches new videos, so he is well prepared if he decides to make a return to one of the Karts.

Even though he is naturally very competitive, Michael is never selfish when it comes to sharing strategies as he considers it important to strengthen the overall strength of times in a game, not just his own.  He often explains strategies to people through AIM or MSN, and sometimes posts detailed strategies on the forum.  In all 4 Karts he's played, he's had a very good history of providing plenty of video proof.

Even though he is naturally very competitive, Michael is never selfish when it comes to sharing strategies, as he considers it important to strengthen the overall strength of times in the game, not just his own.  He often explains strategies to people through AIM (mjf345) or MSN (mjf345_at_hotmail_dot_com), and sometimes posts detailed strategies on the forum without even being asked.  In all 4 Karts he's played, he's had a very good history of providing plenty of video proof.

Michael is currently playing Mario Kart DS, in which he was continuously the world champion for about the first 3.5 months after the game's release (at one time even holding all 64 [[WR]]s at once) until he lost his title to [[Miguel Rodriguez]].  He finally reclaimed his title from Miguel for a short time until he lost it again to [[Thomas Bolton]].  He is currently ranked 2nd.

Michael is currently playing Mario Kart DS, in which he was continuously the world champion for about the first 3.5 months after the game's release (at one time even holding all 64 [[WR]]s at once) until he lost his title to [[Miguel Rodriguez]].  He finally reclaimed his title from Miguel for a short time until he lost it again to [[Thomas Bolton]].  He is currently ranked 2nd.

Despite being ranked lower than he is in MKDS, the Kart Michael has spent the most time on and considers himself most skilled at is Mario Kart 64.  He holds one WR, for [[Yoshi Valley]] fast lap.  He is also the first person to land the [[Rainbow Road (MK64)|Rainbow Road]] spiral shortcut on all 3 laps, and he discovered a new strat that saves .1 in Frappe Snowland.  He is currently ranked 7th.

Despite being ranked lower than he is in MKDS, the Kart Michael has spent the most time on and considers himself most skilled at is Mario Kart 64.  He holds one WR, for [[Yoshi Valley]] fast lap[http://www.thengamer.com/MK64/14-YoshiValley/yv-2618-Fried.mpg (video)].  He is also the first person to land the [[Rainbow Road (MK64)|Rainbow Road]] spiral shortcut on all 3 laps, and he discovered a new strat that saves .1 in Frappe Snowland.  He is currently ranked 7th.

Michael played Super Mario Kart for a relatively short amount of time.  He didn't get near the top before retiring, but he did manage to reach God (by the old standards).  He also had a former WR in KB1 trick flap.  He is currently ranked 29th.

Michael played Super Mario Kart for a relatively short amount of time.  He didn't get near the top before retiring, but he did manage to reach God (by the old standards).  He also had a former WR in KB1 trick flap.  He is currently ranked 29th.

Michael is well known on the Mario Kart Forum where he is the 2nd most active poster, posting a wide range of post types including discussing strats, answering questions, and creating polls.

Michael is well known on the Mario Kart Forum where he is the 2nd most active poster, posting a wide range of post types including discussing strats, answering questions, and creating polls.

Michael has contributed to the [[mariokart64.com|Mario Kart community]] in various ways.  He is a proof moderator for the [[Mario Kart DS]] site.  He finds all the fastest MKDS videos around and uploads them to [http://thengamer.com/MKDS a site].  He updates the list of [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1146526653 MKDS WRs based on all known sites].  He created the famous [http://www.studentswimmer.co.uk/mk/pwnage.html Halford standards] for MK64.  He is currently working on creating standards for MKDS.  And most importantly, he is currently the person in charge of writing this bio.  He is also an administrator of this wiki, [[speedrunwiki.com]], so if you don't help me improve this bio by making it sound less arrogant then I'll ban you!

Michael has contributed to the [[mariokart64.com|Mario Kart community]] in various ways.  He is a proof moderator for the [[Mario Kart DS]] site.  He finds all the fastest MKDS videos around and uploads them to [http://thengamer.com/MKDS a site].  He updates the list of [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1146526653 MKDS WRs based on all known sites].  He created the famous [http://www.studentswimmer.co.uk/mk/pwnage.html Halford standards] for MK64.  He is currently working on creating standards for MKDS.  And most importantly, he is currently the person in charge of writing his own bio.  He is also an administrator of this wiki, [[speedrunwiki.com]], so if you don't help him improve this bio by making not sound so arrogant then he'll ban you!

In addition to Kart games, Michael also plays several other games.  His favorite game series is The Legend of Zelda series.  He has competed for fast times and high scores in various games including [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]], [[Diddy Kong Racing]], the [[Donkey Kong Country]] series, and various online Flash games.

In addition to Kart games, Michael also plays several other games.  His favorite game series is The Legend of Zelda series.  He has competed for fast times and high scores in various games including [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]], [[Diddy Kong Racing]], the [[Donkey Kong Country]] series, and various online Flash games.

In AIM conversations, Michael does not like having very serious or personal conversations that involve thought provoking questions such as "How are you?" His primary goal in life is to have fun, so he probably takes Kart more seriously than most people and often tries to encourage people to kart more.  He hates comments that make video games seem like time wasters such as "It's just a stupid game!"  However, despite his natural non-serious nature, he can be serious when he needs to be, and occasionally helps people out and gives people advice for real life problems.  Or maybe I'm just bluffing about that last thing to make my personality sound more interesting. If you'd like to find out for yourself, just send me an IM. (AIM: mjf345)

Michael considers having fun to be a very important part of life. He takes Kart more seriously than most people and often tries to encourage people to kart more.  He hates comments that make video games seem like time wasters such as "It's just a stupid game!"  One of his personal quotes is "There's no such thing as too much Mario Kart."

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