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Even though he is naturally very competitive, Michael is never selfish about 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 for no reason other than because he feels like it.  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 about 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 for no reason other than because he feels like it.  In all 5 Karts he's played, he's had a very good history of providing plenty of video proof.

Michael is among the best in [[MK64]] and [[MKDS]], and not quite as good but still pretty good in [[SMK]], [[MKDD]], and [[MKSC]], and has thereby earned the title of [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ best all-round karter].  He lost his title for a short time when MKSC was added to the rankings, and was passed by [[Sami Cetin]], but then reclaimed his title when he started playing [[MKSC]] to get some extra points.  He is doing well so far in MKSC, with a rank of 6th and several world records.

Michael is among the best in [[MK64]] and [[MKDS]], and not quite as good but still pretty good in [[SMK]], [[MKDD]], and [[MKSC]], and has thereby earned the title of [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ best all-round karter].  He lost his title for a short time when MKSC was added to the rankings, and was passed by [[Sami Cetin]], but then reclaimed his title when he started playing [[MKSC]] (August 2006) to get some extra points.  He is doing well so far in MKSC, with a rank of 6th and several world records.

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 4th. 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.  Unfortunately most people have lost interest in the rankings and haven't been playing any rated games.  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].

After Michael stopped playing MKSC, he slowed down in MKDS and eventually quit.  Recently the only MKDS he has been competing in is [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1169541320 Non-MT], in which he currently holds more than 50 [[WR]]s.  Michael is a former world champion in MKDS, and held the title continuously for the first 99 days after the game's release, a feat never before accomplished in any Kart.  At one time he even held all 64 WRs at once.  He finally lost his title to [[Miguel Rodriguez]] for awhile, and then eventually reclaimed the title for 2 weeks in June before losing it for good to [[Thomas Bolton]].  Since then he has fallen all the way to 13th.

 

In August 2006, Michael created and updated an [http://z9.invisionfree.com/MKDSWifiRatings/index.php?act=idx MKDS Wifi ranking site], where people could play rated Wifi games and receive a rating, based on a rating system similar to the one used in chess.  It was fun for a short time, but didn't hold peoples' interest for long, so the idea was given up a few weeks later.  Surprisingly, Michael didn't do very well in these rankings, mostly due to his n00bish item skills; he was much worse at Wifi than he was at time trials.  Michael is good at mission mode, however, and is currently ranked 1st in missions on [http://cyberscore.net/group-1506.php Cyberscore].

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].

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].