Match #44 Results
Ryu (Street Fighter) 41.96%
Mega Man 58.04%

Against the odds, the street fighter managed to continue his streak of never getting less than 40% of the vote. Mega Man performed worse against Ryu than Bowser did last year, putting his chances against Snake into serious doubt. 116 people predicted Mega Man would win the match, and 1 person (accidentally) picked Ryu. The consensus was Mega Man with 62.49% and the average score was 45.02.

Best Five Picks:
1) Aprosenf - Mega Man 57.97% (+49.93)
2) Lagoona - Mega Man 57.90% (+49.86)
3) steve illumina - Mega Man 57.78% (+49.74)
4) DarkLink89 - Mega Man 58.34% (+49.70)
5) King_Zog - Mega Man 58.36% (+49.68)

Aprosenf continues his hot streak with the best overall prediction today! This is his third top 5 of the contest. Lagoona gets the second best prediction and hot-or-cold steve illumina has the third best prediction - this is the 3rd top 5 this contest for both of them. DarkLink89 gets fourth just three days after his perfect prediction, and King_Zog gets fifth. This is the 4th top 5 of the contest for both DarkLink and King_Zog.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=44

Current Leaderboard:
1) cyko - 1997.85
2) Kaxon - 1989.32
3) Aprosenf - 1988.84
4) Karma Hunter - 1988.44
5) Salient - 1987.33

The big news of the day is DSRage's unfortunate mistake, which cost him 21.08 points and drops him down from 2nd place to 23rd. Despite the costly mistake, he still outranks 142 other competitors, including 67 who have predicted every match! Hopefully we'll see him make a comeback in the final stages of the contest.

In other leaderboard news, cyko remains in first and extends his lead to eight and a half points. Kaxon moves up to second place, the highest he's been since the penultimate day of SC2k4 (a span of 173 matches). Aprosenf also climbs three spots to third, with his excellent prediction for the day. Karma Hunter drops one spot to fourth, and Salient hangs on to fifth place despite a charge from Draco (who moved up 4 spots to 6th).

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=44

Top Team Scores:
1) Team Random - 97.41 (XIII is cool: +48.48 / Giggsalot: +48.93)
2) Team The Spirit of Truth - 97.21 (Draco1214: +49.04 / Rodri316: +48.17)
3) Team AAA - 96.68 (Aprosenf: +49.93 / Ayvuir: +46.75)
4) Team Rocket - 96.18 (Ringworm: +47.04 / BZer0: +49.14)
5) Team Romanian Potato Soup - 95.38 (The n00b Avenger: +48.73 / GrapefruitKing: +46.65)

Today's top scoring team is Team Random, with XIII is cool and Giggsalot. Team The Spirit of Truth has the second best score, pushing them back up to the top of the team leaderboard. Team AAA (Aprosenf/Ayvuir) gets the third best score, followed by Team Rocket (Ringworm/BZer0) and Team Romanian Potato Soup (n00b Avenger/GrapefruitKing).

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=44

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 3973.25
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 3971.34
3) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 3964.06
4) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 3964.03
5) Team Accident (MegatokyoEd / Rufus Shinra 18) - 3956.60

We have two flipflops on the team leaderboard - The Spirit of Truth retakes first, swapping places with Team We Used To Be Good? in second, and Team Unfinished FFP trades places with Team mvp's, moving back up from fourth to third. Team Accident hangs on to fifth place.

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=44
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