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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 doesn't have a complete set of times yet in MKSC, but he's doing fairly well so far and already has several top 10 times.

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 doesn't have a complete set of times yet in MKSC, but he's doing fairly well so far and already has several top 10 times.

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 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.

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.

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 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 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].

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.