Match #27 Results
Kirby 61.70%
The Prince of Persia 38.30%

The Prince of Persia justified his spot as a nomination rally winner by breaking 38% against Kirby, well above expectations. The consensus was Kirby with 66.92% and the average score was 44.43. All 131 predictions were for Kirby.

Best Five Picks:
1) stingers135 - Kirby 61.70% (+50.00)
2) Kaidyn04 - Kirby 61.54% (+49.84)
3) JayLv100 - Kirby 61.51% (+49.81)
4) Lagoona - Kirby 61.50% (+49.80)
5) heroic_slb - Kirby 61.99% (+49.71)

Once again we have a perfect prediction, this time from stingers. He gets the best score of the match by exactly nailing Kirby's percentage. This is his third top 5 and third #1 pick of the contest. Kaidyn04 has the second best pick, followed by JayLv100 and Lagoona, who are all bunched together between 49.84 and 49.80. heroic_slb gets the fifth best pick.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=27

Current Leaderboard:
1) DSRage - 1249.54
2) cyko - 1249.52
3) Kaxon - 1243.91
4) Karma Hunter - 1241.16
5) Draco1214 - 1236.13

Cyko pulls to within 0.02 points of DSRage, but doesn't take the lead! Meanwhile, DSRage has now been in first for 11 straight days, which ties him for Rodri, Kaxon, and Morgoth's second longest streak. He's still got a ways to go before he catches up with Bananaquest or creativename, though. Kaxon remains in third (statistically his favorite position, with 32 days spent there lifetime), and Karma Hunter in fourth. Draco returns to the leaderboard today thanks to an excellent prediction - he was last there on day 15.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=27

Top Team Scores:
1) Team Fibonacci - 99.49 (Lagoona: +49.80 / ScorpionX3: +49.69)
2) Team The Returners - 96.51 (cyko: +47.05 / steve illumina: +49.46)
3) Team The Spirit of Truth - 96.36 (Draco1214: +49.70 / Rodri316: +46.66)
4) Team Illusion of Xenosaga - 94.43 (stingers135: +50.00 / X_Dante_X: +44.43)
5) Team th3 Bob - 94.19 (th3l3fty: +44.49 / Big Bob: +49.70)

Team Fibonacci (Lagoona and ScorpionX3) out predicts every other team today by nearly 3 points, with an excellent 99.49 point day. The Returners have the second best score, their AIM strategy session apparently bearing some fruit. Team The Spirit of Truth continues to do very well, scoring third. Team Illusion of Xenosaga takes a break from Xenosaga 3 to score fourth, and Team th3 Bob is fifth.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=27

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 2472.16
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 2469.99
3) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 2469.68
4) Team Rage of Warcraft (War13104 / DSRage) - 2461.11
5) Team Happy Happyists (Camden / meche313) - 2452.54

Things are boring once again in the team standings, with no movement among the top 7 teams. The most exciting happening of the day is probably Team The Spirit of Truth pulling to within a point of second place, while both they and Team We Used To Be Good? pull within 3 points of the lead. I think we can expect more of a shakeup tomorrow.

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=27
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