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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[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.

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]] fastlap [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 2-3 months in late 2005.  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 Mario Kart: Double Dash!! in the game's early history and peaked at 5th place, at one time holding the Mushroom City WRs.  He is currently ranked 95th.

Michael played Mario Kart: Double Dash!! in the game's early history and peaked at 5th place, at one time holding the Mushroom City WRs.  He is currently ranked 95th.

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 strat discussion, 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 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!

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!