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[[Image:MichaelFried.jpg|thumb|Tied for 1st with [[Jon Barber|Ngamer]] for the most beards of any member of the speedrunwiki administration, with 1]]
 
[[Image:MichaelFried.jpg|thumb|Tied for 1st with [[Jon Barber|Ngamer]] for the most beards of any member of the speedrunwiki administration, with 1]]
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'''Michael Fried''' plays all 5 Mario Karts, is an active [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl 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 also worked on various kart-related projects, including creating standards for MKDS and creating an MKDS Wifi ranking site.
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'''Michael Fried''' plays all 5 Mario Karts, is an active [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl forum] poster (currently going by "Darth Friedious" on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Mario Kart forum]), an MKDS staff member, and a well known member of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]].  He has also worked on various kart-related projects, including creating [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standards.php standards for MKDS] and creating an [http://z9.invisionfree.com/MKDSWifiRatings/index.php?act=idx MKDS Wifi ranking site].
    
Even though he is naturally very competitive, Michael is never selfish when it comes to sharing strategies, as he considers it important to improve 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 5 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 improve 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 5 Karts he's played, he's had a very good history of providing plenty of video proof.
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Michael is a top karter in [[MK64]] and [[MKDS]], and decent in [[SMK]] and [[MKDD]], and has thereby earned the title of [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ best all-round karter].  However, he was recently passed by [[Sami Cetin]] when MKSC was added to these rankings, so Michael recently started playing [[MKSC]] in order to get some extra combined MK points to reclaim his title.  He recently completed his set of times in MKSC and is doing fairly well so far with several top 10 times.  He will most likely be combined MK world champion next time the chart is updated.
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Michael is a top karter in [[MK64]] and [[MKDS]], and decent in [[SMK]] and [[MKDD]], and has thereby earned the title of [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ best all-round karter].  However, he was recently passed by [[Sami Cetin]] when MKSC was added to these rankings, so Michael recently started playing [[MKSC]] in order to get some extra combined MK points to reclaim his title.  He is doing well so far, and is already ranked 5th.  He will be the combined MK world champion next time the chart is updated.
    
Since Michael started playing MKSC, he hasn't been spending as much time on MKDS, but he's still playing it a little.  Michael is a former world champion in MKDS, 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 3rd.  Michael recently created and has been updating an [http://z9.invisionfree.com/MKDSWifiRatings/index.php?act=idx MKDS Wifi ranking site], where people can play rated Wifi games and receive a rating, with a rating system similar to the one used in chess.  Surprisingly, Michael is ranked in last place in the Wifi rankings despite being so good at time trials, mostly due to his n00bish item skills.  Michael is also good at mission mode, and is currently 1st place in missions on [http://cyberscore.net/group-1506.php Cyberscore].
 
Since Michael started playing MKSC, he hasn't been spending as much time on MKDS, but he's still playing it a little.  Michael is a former world champion in MKDS, 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 3rd.  Michael recently created and has been updating an [http://z9.invisionfree.com/MKDSWifiRatings/index.php?act=idx MKDS Wifi ranking site], where people can play rated Wifi games and receive a rating, with a rating system similar to the one used in chess.  Surprisingly, Michael is ranked in last place in the Wifi rankings despite being so good at time trials, mostly due to his n00bish item skills.  Michael is also good at mission mode, and is currently 1st place in missions on [http://cyberscore.net/group-1506.php Cyberscore].
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The Kart Michael has spent the most time on and considers himself most skilled at is Mario Kart 64, even though he is ranked lower in this game than he is in MKDS.  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 in non-shortcut, 11th in shortcut, and 3rd in [http://www.mariokart64.com/top100/universal.html universal].
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The Kart Michael has spent the most time on and considers himself most skilled at is Mario Kart 64, even though he is ranked lower in this game than he is in MKDS.  He holds one world record, 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 strategy that saves .1 in Frappe Snowland.  He is currently ranked 7th in non-shortcut, 11th in shortcut, and 3rd in [http://www.mariokart64.com/top100/universal.html universal].
    
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 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.

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