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[[Image:MichaelFried.jpg|thumb|Michael Fried]]
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'''Michael Fried''' is a Mario Kart player who competes on all six sites, and is the former champion on [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ The Combined Mario Kart Rankings]. Since joining in 2003, he has made various contributions to the [[mariokart64.com|Mario Kart community]] (listed below). He is one of the most active posters on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Mario Kart forum], and also participates in the IRC channel. Michael has gained a reputation as a very trustworthy and helpful karter by posted hundreds of proof videos and giving strategy advice. He is also well-known for hosting a large collection of videos for Mario Kart, F-Zero, and other games on [http://wrvids.com wrvids.com].
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'''Michael Fried''' is a Mario Kart player who competes on all six sites, and has earned the title of [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ best all-round karter]. He is well-known for owning and updating [http://wrvids.com wrvids.com], where he hosts a large collection of kart videos. Since joining in 2003, he has made various contributions to the [[mariokart64.com|Mario Kart community]], is one of the most active posters on the [http://www.mariokart64.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl 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 ==
== Site Contributions ==
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In addition to wrvids.com, Michael has worked on several other Kart-related projects:
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Michael has worked on several Kart-related projects:
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* Uploaded the fastest available videos to Youtube and created [http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=wrvids playlists]
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* Owns and updates [http://wrvids.com wrvids.com], a large collection of videos for Mario Kart and several other games.
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* Created the [http://www.youtube.com/user/wrvids wrvids Youtube channel] where he uploaded hundreds of fastest available videos.
* MKDS proof moderator
* MKDS proof moderator
* Created the [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standardsn.php MKDS standards]
* Created the [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkds/standardsn.php MKDS standards]
* 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]
* Recruited some top karters to the MKW site
* Recruited some top karters to the MKW site
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* Created several popular stickied topics on the forum
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* Provided some people with free webspace on wrvids.com
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* Provided many people with free webspace on wrvids.com
* Administrator of [[speedrunwiki.com]]
* Administrator of [[speedrunwiki.com]]
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== Mario Kart 64 ==
== Mario Kart 64 ==
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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://youtube.com/watch?v=MSrzyionQKg 26.18]). He is also the first person to land the [[Rainbow Road (MK64)|Rainbow Road]] spiral shortcut on 3/3 laps, and to make things even more interesting, the first time he did it was with Bowser [http://wrvids.com/Mario%20Kart/MK64/Personal%20Folders/Michael%20Fried/rrosc-32560-Fried.wmv]. 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 is best at (in his opinion). In 2005 he drove the [[Yoshi Valley]] non-shortcut fastlap world record of 26.18 (still standing). He was also the first person to land the [[Rainbow Road (MK64)|Rainbow Road]] spiral shortcut on 3/3 laps, and his first 3/3 was with Bowser. In late 2005, he peaked at #5 non-shortcut and #9 shortcut, and is still ranked highly in both.
== Mario Kart: Double Dash!! ==
== Mario Kart: Double Dash!! ==
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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. 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.
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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. Since then, he has fallen out of the top 100, and it is currently his lowest-ranked Mario Kart game.
== Super Mario Kart ==
== Super Mario Kart ==
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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/].
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Although SMK was the first Mario Kart game 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. In early 2008, he peaked at #20 NBT (NTSC) and #14 non-NBT (NTSC). He currently holds all 10 trick fastlap NTSC world records (not including MC2 Infinite Boost).
== Mario Kart DS ==
== Mario Kart DS ==