Match #38 Results
Aeris Gainsborough 61.65%
KOS-MOS 38.35%

KOS-MOS performed considerably better than expected against Aeris, doing almost 5% better than she did against Luigi last year. Was it the effect of Xenosaga 3, a bit of TJF, or Aeris not being as strong as we thought? We'll have to wait until the Aeris/Zelda battle to find out, but Zelda is definitely looking like the favorite going into that one. The consensus was Aeris with 67.33% and the average score was 43.84. All 124 predictions were for Aeris.

Best Five Picks:
1) Ringworm - Aeris Gainsborough 61.44% (+49.79)
2) th3l3fty - Aeris Gainsborough 61.27% (+49.62)
3) steve illumina - Aeris Gainsborough 62.20% (+49.45)
4) TheKnightOfNee - Aeris Gainsborough 62.33% (+49.32)
5) KleenexTissue50 - Aeris Gainsborough 60.89% (+49.24)

Ringworm gets today's top prediction, which brings him back into a tie with Rodri for the all time lead with 31 top 5 picks. Th3l3fty has the second best prediction, his third top five of the contest and lifetime. The sage of board 8, steve illumina, made the third best prediction, but it looks like he'll be rather far from third tomorrow, having picked Joanna for the upset. Last contest's rookie sensation TheKnightOfNee gets into the top five for the first time this contest with the fourth best pick, and KleenexTissue gets the fifth best pick, also his first top 5 of the contest.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=38

Current Leaderboard:
1) Karma Hunter - 1727.77
2) DSRage - 1725.57
3) cyko - 1723.39
4) Kaxon - 1722.27
5) Draco1214 - 1720.50

Karma Hunter stays in the lead today and DSRage is still in second place. Cyko passes Kaxon to take back third only two days after Kaxon finally moved passed him. Draco remains in fifth place.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=38

Top Team Scores:
1) Team Really Late Signup - 97.47 (ad00: +48.95 / JayLv100: +48.52)
2) Team th3 Bob - 96.27 (th3l3fty: +49.62 / Big Bob: +46.65)
3) Team I'll Be Here The Whole Time - 96.02 (TheKnightOfNee: +49.32 / catldr24: +46.70)
4) Team The Returners - 94.76 (cyko: +45.31 / steve illumina: +49.45)
5) Team Jonflufflez - 94.46 (CaptainFlufflez: +45.93 / jonthomson: +48.53)

Today's top team is Team Really Late Signup (ad00 and JayLv100). Team th3 Bob gets second due to th3l3fty's great pick. Team I'll Be Here The Whole Time gets third. The Returners (cyko and steve illumina) are fourth for the day, followed by Team Jonflufflez in fifth.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=38

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 3440.02
2) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 3437.56
3) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 3430.10
4) Team Rage of Warcraft (War13104 / DSRage) - 3414.38
5) Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger / GrapefruitKing) - 3412.36

Team Unfinished FFP remains in first for the 4th day in a row. The Spirit of Truth retakes second from Team We Used To Be Good? just one day after they gave it up, while Team We Used To Be Good? drops seven points behind on a pair of high predictions. Team Rage of Warcraft returns to the leaderboard in fourth after two days off. Finally, Team Romanian Potato Soup drops from fourth to fifth in the standings.

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=38
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