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'''Michael Fried''' is a Mario Kart player who competes in all 8 games, and is the former [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ Combined Mario Kart] champion.  He is an active poster on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Mario Kart forum] and occasionally hangs out in the IRC channel.
  
'''Michael Fried''' is a Mario Kart Player and a valuable contributor to the [[mariokart64.com|Mario Kart community]].  Since joining in 2003, he has competed in all 6 Karts, and has earned the title of [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ best all-round karter].  He is also one of the most active posters on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Mario Kart forum], as well as a frequent visitor to the [http://irc.wrvids.com/ Mario Kart IRC chatroom] and a frequent chatter on AIM/MSN.
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== Site Contributions ==
  
== Strategy sharing ==
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Michael has worked on several Kart-related projects:
  
Michael is more than happy to prove his skills, and has posted hundreds of proof videos over the years.  He also likes to help people improve their times, and has helped countless people by explaining strategies in detail and analyzing their videos to identify mistakes.  Michael has gained a reputation as one of the most trustworthy karters, as well one of the best people to go to for strategy help.
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* [http://wrvids.com wrvids.com] (and [http://www.youtube.com/user/wrvids wrvids Youtube channel]), a large collection of videos for Mario Kart, F-Zero, and other games.
 
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* MKDS proof moderator
== Other Contributions ==
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* Created the [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standardsn.php MKDS non-PRB standards]
 
 
Michael has worked on various Kart-related projects, most notably [http://wrvids.com wrvids.com], a massive collection of Mario Kart videos which he regularly updates.  Michael has also uploaded all of the fastest videos to Youtube and organized them into [http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=wrvids playlists]. Other projects that Michael has worked on include:
 
 
 
* Provided many people with free webspace on wrvids.com
 
 
* Created the [http://wrvids.com/Mario%20Kart/MKSC/MKSC%20Maps/Rules/ MKSC rule diagrams]
 
* Created the [http://wrvids.com/Mario%20Kart/MKSC/MKSC%20Maps/Rules/ MKSC rule diagrams]
* MKDS proof moderator
 
* Created the [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standardsn.php MKDS standards]
 
* Created the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1146526653 'MKDS WRs based on all known sites' chart] and the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1169541320 MKDS Non-MT rankings]
 
* Created the [http://z9.invisionfree.com/MKDSWifiRatings/index.php?act=idx MKDS Wifi ranking site]
 
 
* Administrator of [[speedrunwiki.com]]
 
* Administrator of [[speedrunwiki.com]]
  
 
== Mario Kart 64 ==
 
== 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 ([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 3/3 laps, and he discovered a strategy that saves .1 in [[Frappe Snowland]].  He is currently ranked #7 non-shortcut, #12 shortcut, and #4 [http://www.mariokart64.com/top100/universal.html universal].
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Michael joined the MK64 site in April 2003.  It was the first Mario Kart game that Michael competed in, and the game he considers himself best at.  In 2005 he drove his first world record by landing the [[Rainbow Road (MK64)|Rainbow Road]] spiral shortcut 3/3 with Bowser.  In 2005 he also also drove a world record in [[Yoshi Valley]] non-shortcut fastlap, which stood for 7 yearsIn late 2005, he peaked at #5 non-shortcut and #9 shortcut.
  
 
== Mario Kart: Double Dash!! ==
 
== Mario Kart: Double Dash!! ==
  
Michael joined the MKDD site shortly after the game was released and peaked at #5, at one time holding the Mushroom City world records.  Since then, he has fallen out of the top 100, and is now his worst Kart.  There is a possibility of Michael returning to MKDD in the future, but only time will tell.
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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.
  
 
== Super Mario Kart ==
 
== 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 ([http://wrvids.com/Mario%20Kart/SMK/Fastest%20Available%20Vids/Trick/ videos]).
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SMK was the first Mario Kart game that Michael played, but he did not join the SMK site until September 2005.  In early 2008 he peaked at #20 NBT (NTSC) and #14 non-NBT (NTSC).  He has held all 10 trick fastlap NTSC world records (not including MC2 Infinite Boost), and still holds some of them.
  
 
== Mario Kart DS ==
 
== Mario Kart DS ==
  
'''Everything below this point is in the process of being rewritten, and will be updated soon.'''
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Michael joined the MKDS site shortly after the game's release, immediately becoming world champion and dominating time trial mode for the first few months, at one time holding all 64 world records simultaneously.  During this time he created the [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standardsn.php non-PRB standards].  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 to [[Thomas Bolton]].  Sometime later he retired.  He also competed in [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1169541320 Non-MT] and in [http://cyberscore.net/group-1506.php mission mode], where he held many world records.  He occasionally played wifi, but he preferred time trials.  He created a clan and a Wifi ratings site which are no longer active.
  
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.  He is currently ranked 5th, and has several world records.  He plans on returning to MKSC eventually to try out ZZMTing with a modified GBA SP.
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== Mario Kart Super Circuit ==
  
Before MKSC, Michael played MKDS.  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 2006 before losing it for good to [[Thomas Bolton]].  Since then he has fallen out of the top 20.  Michael also spent a considerable amount of time competing in [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1169541320 Non-MT], in which he currently holds more than 50 world records, and in mission mode, in which he used to hold many world records on [http://cyberscore.net/group-1506.php Cyberscore].
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Michael joined the MKSC site in August 2006, shortly after MKSC was added to the [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ combined MK rankings], which allowed him to regained the #1 spot from [[Sami Cetin]].  In mid 2007, he peaked at #5.  He held several world records. He has not modified his GBA SP, so his PRs are non-ZZMT.
  
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 ELO system.  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.  Michael did poorly in these rankings, mostly due to his poor item skills; he was never known as much of a Wifi player, and did not spent much time practicing Wifi.
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== Mario Kart Wii ==
  
Despite never having been world champion, Michael's best Mario Kart is Mario Kart 64; he considers himself more skilled in this game than in MKDS.  He currently 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 4th in [http://www.mariokart64.com/top100/universal.html universal].
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Michael joined the site shortly after the North American release.  He started out behind but 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.
  
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 then returned to SMK in 2007, and is still playing it.  He is currently ranked 27th, and holds 6 trick flap world records ([http://wrvids.com/Mario%20Kart/SMK/Fastest%20Available%20Vids/Trick/ videos]).
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== Mario Kart 7 & 8 ==
  
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 recordsSince then he has fallen out of the top 100.  Michael is not happy about this, so he will most likely return to MKDD eventually.
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Michael peaked at #2 in MK7, where his most notable achievement was an early but long-lasting Luigi Raceway world recordHe peaked somewhere in the top 10 in MK8.
  
Michael is very well known on the Mario Kart forum.  Since joining in 2003, he has consistently been one of the most active posters, and is now 2nd only to [[Jeffrey Gutierrez]] in post count.  He rarely goes a day without visiting the forum, and he reads and posts in every section.
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== Other Hobbies ==
  
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/ wrvids.com], his online organized collection of Mario Kart videos.  He created and used to update 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]].
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Michael's favorite video game series is The Legend of Zelda (his favorite is A Link to the Past).  He also likes the Super Mario series and the [[Donkey Kong Country]] series, among others.  He has held world records in DKC ([http://www.wrvids.com/Donkey%20Kong%20Country%20series/DKC/dkc-rambi-906-Fried.MPG 906 Rambi bonus game]) and DKC3 ([http://www.wrvids.com/Donkey%20Kong%20Country%20series/DKC3/dkc3-riversiderace-5320-Fried.MPG 53.20 Riverside Race]).
  
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.
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Michael also likes to watch movies.
 
 
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 ==
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* [http://wrvids.com/ wrvids.com]
 
* [http://wrvids.com/ wrvids.com]
 
* [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/profile.php?pid=210 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]
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* [http://www.mariokart64.com/mk64/times.cgi?MichaelFried Michael's MK64 profile]
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* [http://www.mariokart64.com/mksc/profile.php?pid=29 Michael's MKSC 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/mksc/profile.php?pid=29 Michael's MKSC 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)
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* [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkw/profile.php?pid=145 Michael's MKW profile]
* [http://cyberscore.net/user-937.php Michael's Cyberscore profile]
 
* [http://www.thengamer.com/misc/juggling-Fried.wmv Video of Michael juggling]
 
 
 
{{2008 Karter Contest}}
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:54, 27 April 2016

Michael Fried is a Mario Kart player who competes in all 8 games, and is the former Combined Mario Kart champion. He is an active poster on the Mario Kart forum and occasionally hangs out in the IRC channel.

Site Contributions

Michael has worked on several Kart-related projects:

Mario Kart 64

Michael joined the MK64 site in April 2003. It was the first Mario Kart game that Michael competed in, and the game he considers himself best at. In 2005 he drove his first world record by landing the Rainbow Road spiral shortcut 3/3 with Bowser. In 2005 he also also drove a world record in Yoshi Valley non-shortcut fastlap, which stood for 7 years. In late 2005, he peaked at #5 non-shortcut and #9 shortcut.

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.

Super Mario Kart

SMK was the first Mario Kart game that Michael played, but he did not join the SMK site until September 2005. In early 2008 he peaked at #20 NBT (NTSC) and #14 non-NBT (NTSC). He has held all 10 trick fastlap NTSC world records (not including MC2 Infinite Boost), and still holds some of them.

Mario Kart DS

Michael joined the MKDS site shortly after the game's release, immediately becoming world champion and dominating time trial mode for the first few months, at one time holding all 64 world records simultaneously. During this time he created the non-PRB standards. 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 to Thomas Bolton. Sometime later he retired. He also competed in Non-MT and in mission mode, where he held many world records. He occasionally played wifi, but he preferred time trials. He created a clan and a Wifi ratings site which 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, which allowed him to regained the #1 spot from Sami Cetin. In mid 2007, he peaked at #5. He held several world records. He has not modified his GBA SP, so his PRs are non-ZZMT.

Mario Kart Wii

Michael joined the site shortly after the North American release. He started out behind but 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.

Mario Kart 7 & 8

Michael peaked at #2 in MK7, where his most notable achievement was an early but long-lasting Luigi Raceway world record. He peaked somewhere in the top 10 in MK8.

Other Hobbies

Michael's favorite video game series is The Legend of Zelda (his favorite is A Link to the Past). He also likes the Super Mario series and the Donkey Kong Country series, among others. He has held world records in DKC (906 Rambi bonus game) and DKC3 (53.20 Riverside Race).

Michael also likes to watch movies.

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