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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]]

'''Michael Fried''' plays all 5 Mario Karts, and is an active poster on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Mario Kart forum] poster, where he currently goes by the name "Darth Friedious."  He is also an MKDS staff member, and a well known member of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]].  He has worked on various kart-related projects, including creating [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standards.php standards for MKDS], and creating [http://wrvids.com wrvids.com], the one and only central, organized source of videos for every Mario Kart game (as well as some other games).

'''Michael Fried''' plays all 5 Mario Karts, and is an active poster on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Mario Kart forum] poster, where he currently goes by the name "Darth Friedious."  He is also an MKDS staff member, and a well known member of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]].  He has worked on various kart-related projects, including creating [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standards.php standards for MKDS], and creating and updating [http://wrvids.com wrvids.com], the one and only central, organized source of videos for every Mario Kart game (as well as some other games).

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.

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].

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 was never world champion in this game, as he was in MKDS.  He holds one world record: [[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 was never world champion in this game, as he was in MKDS.  He holds one world record: [[Yoshi Valley]] fastlap ([http://wrvids.com/Mario%20Kart/MK64/Fastest%20Available%20Vids/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 (4th NTSC), 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 [http://www.geocities.com/MarioKart64Legend/ntscstan.htm old standards]).  He holds one world record: [[KB1]] trick flap ([http://wrvids.com/Mario%20Kart/SMK/kb1trick-ntsc-333-Fried.MOV video]).  He is currently ranked 34th (NTSC).

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 [http://www.geocities.com/MarioKart64Legend/ntscstan.htm old standards]).  He holds one world record: [[KB1]] trick flap ([http://wrvids.com/Mario%20Kart/SMK/kb1trick-ntsc-333-Fried.MOV video]).  He is currently ranked 34th (NTSC).

Michael played Mario Kart: Double Dash!! in the game's early history and peaked at 5th place, at one time holding the Mushroom City world records.  He is currently ranked 107th.  Michael is not happy about being kicked out of the top 100, and will most likely return to MKDD after he's done with MKSC.

Michael played Mario Kart: Double Dash!! in the game's early history and peaked at 5th place, at one time holding the Mushroom City world records.  He is currently ranked 107th (60th 60hz).  Michael is not happy about being kicked out of the top 100, and will most likely return to MKDD after he's done with MKSC.

Michael is well known on the Mario Kart Forum where he is the 2nd most active poster and posts on all the different sections of the forum.

Michael is well known on the Mario Kart Forum where he is the 2nd most active poster and posts in all the different sections of the forum.

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 created the [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standards.php standards] for MKDS.  He finds all the fastest MKDS videos around and uploads them to an [http://thengamer.com/MKDS organized video collection].  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 [http://www.studentswimmer.co.uk/mk/pwnage.html Halford standards] for MK64.  He is also an administrator of this wiki, [[speedrunwiki.com]].

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 created the [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standards.php standards for MKDS].  He finds all the fastest videos for each Kart and uploads them to his [http://wrvids.com/Mario%20Kart/ organized collection] of Mario Kart videos.  He updates the list of [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1146526653 MKDS WRs based on all known sites] and the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1169541320 MKDS Non-MT rankings].  He created the [http://www.studentswimmer.co.uk/mk/pwnage.html Halford standards] for MK64.  He is also an administrator of this wiki, [[speedrunwiki.com]].

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, but not limited to [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]], [[Diddy Kong Racing]], the [[Donkey Kong Country]] series, and various online Flash games.

In addition to Mario Kart games, Michael also plays several other games.  His favorite video game series is The Legend of Zelda series.  He has competed for fast times and high scores in various games including, but not limited to [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]], [[Diddy Kong Racing]], the [[Donkey Kong Country]] series, and various online Flash games.

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 strongly disagrees with people who say that video games are a waste of time.  One of his personal quotes is "There's no such thing as too much Mario Kart."

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 strongly disagrees with people who say that video games are a waste of time.  One of his personal quotes is "There's no such thing as too much Mario Kart."

== External Links ==

== External Links ==

* [http://www.geocities.com/smkplayerssite/michaelfried.htm Michael's SMK profile]

* [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/profile.php?pid=210 Michael's SMK profile]

* [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~shadow/profiles/michaelfried.html Michael's MK64 profile]

* [http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~shadow/profiles/michaelfried.html Michael's MK64 profile]

* [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkdd/profile.php?pid=10 Michael's MKDD profile]

* [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkdd/profile.php?pid=10 Michael's MKDD profile]

* [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/profile.php?pid=20 Michael's MKDS profile]

* [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/profile.php?pid=20 Michael's MKDS profile]

* [http://bisqwit.iki.fi/nesvideos/MichaelFried.html Michael's times and scores in various games] (hasn't been updated recently)

* [http://bisqwit.iki.fi/nesvideos/MichaelFried.html Michael's times and scores in various games] (hasn't been updated recently)