Match #40 Results
Lara Croft 44.46%
Chun Li 55.54%

Lara started out poorly, but ended up keeping things respectable thanks to the famously bad Street Fighter day vote. It looks like Tomb Raider: Legend may have helped return Lara to respectability after all. The consensus was Chun Li with 57.78% and the average score was 45.29. 114 predictors took Chun Li and 9 put their faith in Lara Croft.

Best Five Picks:
1) Javman162 - Chun Li 55.55% (+49.99)
1) King Morgoth - Chun Li 55.55% (+49.99)
1) Weird Kirby Dude11 - Chun Li 55.55% (+49.99)
1) creativename - Chun Li 55.55% (+49.99)
5) Camden - Chun Li 55.70% (+49.84)

The top pick today is a four way tie for first, among four people with 49.99 point predictions! Javman, King Morgoth, Weird Kirby Dude, and creativename tie for first, while Camden gets a solo fifth place. This is the 28th top five for King Morgoth, 25th for creativename, 9th for Weird Kirby Dude, and 4th for Javman. This is Camden's 12th top 5.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=40

Current Leaderboard:
1) cyko - 1813.77
2) Karma Hunter - 1811.92
3) DSRage - 1811.29
4) Kaxon - 1809.26
5) Rodri316 - 1803.57

Cyko takes the lead! After spending 16 days in second place this contest, cyko finally gets to enjoy first place. Karma Hunter drops down to second with an agressive Chun Li prediction. DSRage remains in third and Kaxon remains in fourth. Rodri, who's spent a lot of time in the lower half of the top 10, finally moves back on to the leaderboard for the first time since day 8.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=40

Top Team Scores:
1) Team We Used To Be Good? - 99.53 (Kaxon: +49.54 / King Morgoth: +49.99)
2) Team Predestined Divination - 98.76 (creativename: +49.99 / Ngamer64: +48.77)
3) Team The Returners - 98.68 (cyko: +49.79 / steve illumina: +48.89)
4) Team mvp's - 97.56 (ps2rulezzz: +48.46 / basmeyer42: +49.10)
5) Team Klonoa Alliance - 97.41 (raytan7585: +48.65 / amyvitality66: +48.76)

The top team of the day is Team We Used To Be Good?, thanks to King Morgoth's near-perfect prediction and a decent prediction from Kaxon. Another superteam, Team Predestined Divination, ranks second for the day - they've been relatively quiet recently. The Returners (cyko and steve illumina) recover from a bad day yesterday to take third, followed by Team mvp's. Finally, Team Klonoa Alliance gets the fifth best score as the rivalry continues.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=40

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 3606.56
2) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 3604.44
3) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 3602.36
4) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 3587.32
5) Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger / GrapefruitKing) - 3585.98

The Spirit of Truth retakes the lead from Team Unfinished FFP today, pushing Karma Hunter and Eddie B. down to second. Team We Used To Be Good? makes the race close again, closing from 11 points back to only 4 with their top score. Team mvp's switch places with Team Romanian Potato Soup, moving from fifth to fourth.

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=40
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