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The Integrated Oven And Grill: A Comprehensive Guide
Michael Fried is a Mario Kart player who competes on all six sites, and has earned the title of best all-round karter. He is well-known for owning and updating wrvids.com, where he hosts a large collection of kart videos. Since joining in 2003, he has made various contributions to the Mario Kart community, is one of the most active posters on the forum, and often chats to other karters on IRC, MSN, and AIM. Over the years Michael has gained a reputation as a very trustworthy and helpful karter who has posted hundreds of proof videos and frequently offers strategy advice.
Site Contributions
In addition to wrvids.com, Michael has worked on several other Kart-related projects:
- Uploaded the fastest available videos to Youtube and created playlists
- MKDS proof moderator
- Created the MKDS standards
- Created the MKSC rule diagrams
- Recruited some top karters to the MKW site
- Created several popular stickied topics on the forum
- Provided many people with free webspace on wrvids.com
- Administrator of speedrunwiki.com
Note: Some of the rankings listed below may be outdated.
Mario Kart 64
Michael joined the MK64 site in April 2003. It was the first Kart that Michael competed in, and in his opinion, the game he is best at. He holds the Yoshi Valley flap world record (26.18). He is also the first person to land the Rainbow Road spiral shortcut on 3/3 laps, and to make things even more interesting, the first time he did it was with Bowser [1]. He is currently ranked #7 non-shortcut, #12 shortcut, and #4 universal.
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Michael joined the MKDD site a few weeks after the game's release. He peaked at #5, and at one time held the Mushroom City world records. Since then, he has fallen out of the top 100, and MKDD is now his worst Kart. There is a possibility of Michael returning to MKDD in the future, but only time will tell.
Super Mario Kart
Although SMK was the first Kart that Michael played, he did not join the SMK site until September 2005. A few months later he took a break from SMK, and then returned in 2007. He is currently ranked #21 NBT (NTSC) and #15 non-NBT (NTSC), and he holds 6 trick flap world records [2].
Mario Kart DS
Michael joined the MKDS site shortly after the game's release, immediately becoming world champion and completely dominating the game, at one time holding all 64 world records at once. He held the title for 99 days, until losing it to Miguel Rodriguez. A few months later he regained the title for 2 weeks before losing it for good to Thomas Bolton. He eventually retired and continued to drop in the rankings. Michael also competed in Non-MT and in mission mode, where he used to hold many world records. He was not very good at wifi, but played it occasionally. He created the MKDS Wifi Ratings site as well as the Time Trial Pwnage clan (both are no longer active).
Mario Kart Super Circuit
Michael joined the MKSC site in August 2006, shortly after MKSC was added to the combined MK rankings, in order to regain the #1 spot that he briefly lost to Sami Cetin. He is currently ranked #5. He used to hold several world records, but has lost all of them except for RBC3 flap (12.85). He has not yet modified his GBA SP, so he will most likely return to MKSC someday to try out ZZMTing.
Mario Kart Wii
Michael joined the site shortly after the North American release. He started out behind, but he eventually caught up with Europe. He reached the #1 spot in July 2008, held it for 3 days, lost it briefly, and held it for another 21 days before losing it again.
Outside of Mario Kart
Michael Fried's gaming is not limited to Mario Kart. His favorite video game series is The Legend of Zelda series. He also enjoys the Super Mario series and the Donkey Kong Country series, among others. In Donkey Kong Country he holds the Rambi bonus game world record (906), and in Donkey Kong Country 3 he holds the Riverside Race world record (53.20).
Outside of gaming, Michael enjoys watching movies. His favorite directors are Billy Wilder, Hayao Miyazaki, Stanley Kubrick, Masaki Kobayashi, and Alfred Hitchcock.
