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'''Michael Fried''' is one of the most well known members of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]].  He plays all 5 Mario Karts, and has consistently been an active poster on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Mario Kart forum] since 2003.  He has worked on various kart-related projects, most notably creating the [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standards.php MKDS standards], and creating and updating [http://wrvids.com wrvids.com], the largest online collection of videos for all 5 Mario Kart games, as well as F-Zero, Diddy Kong Racing, and some other games.  Michael is also an MKDS proof moderator.

'''Michael Fried''' is one of the most well known members of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]].  He plays all 5 Mario Karts, and has consistently been an active poster on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Mario Kart forum] since 2003.  He has worked on various kart-related projects, most notably creating the [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standards.php MKDS standards], and creating and updating [http://wrvids.com wrvids.com], the largest online collection of videos for all 5 Mario Kart games, as well as F-Zero, Diddy Kong Racing, and some other games.  Michael is also an MKDS proof moderator.

Michael is naturally very competitive, but is never selfish about sharing strategies, because he is a strong advocate of improving the overall strength of times in the game, and enjoys seeing people improve their times.  For this reason, he often explains strategies to people through AIM, MSN, and on the forum, and he sometimes analyzes videos to mistakes, to help people improve.  Michael is also one of the most trustworthy karters, and has a very good history of providing plenty of video proof in all 5 Mario Karts.

Michael is naturally very competitive, but is never selfish about sharing strategies, because he is a strong advocate of improving the overall strength of times in the game, and enjoys seeing people improve their times.  For this reason, he often explains strategies to people through AIM, MSN, and on the forum, and he sometimes analyzes videos to identify mistakes, to help people improve.  Michael is also one of the most trustworthy karters, and has a very good history of providing plenty of video proof in all 5 Mario Karts.

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.

Michael is among the best in the world in [[MK64]] and is also considerably skilled in [[MKDS]], [[SMK]], [[MKDD]], and [[MKSC]], and has thereby earned the title of [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ best all-round karter].  He lost his title once for a short time when MKSC was added to the rankings.  He was passed by [[Sami Cetin]], but then started playing [[MKSC]] (August 2006) and quickly reclaimed his title.

After Michael started 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 world records.  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 world records 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.

After Michael started 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 world records.  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 world records 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.