Match # 16 Results
Zero 39.56%
HK-47 21.30%
Lloyd Irving 20.22%
Jak 18.92%

As expected, Zero won today with ease. The bottom three were all pretty close in percentage, but for most of the match it was clear what order they'd finish in. The consensus predictions were HK-47 19.43%, Jak 18.34%, Lloyd Irving 20.29%, and Zero 42.04%. The average score was 46.64 points.

Best Five Picks:
1) MegatokyoEd - HK-47 20.00% - Jak 20.00% - Lloyd 20.00% - Zero 40.00% (+49.24)
1) AmazingKirby - HK-47 20.00% - Jak 20.00% - Lloyd 20.00% - Zero 40.00% (+49.24)
1) basmeyer42 - HK-47 20.00% - Jak 20.00% - Lloyd 20.00% - Zero 40.00% (+49.24)
4) Ngamer64 - HK-47 19.92% - Jak 18.70% - Lloyd 21.50% - Zero 39.88% (+49.20)
5) Seginustemple - HK-47 21.29% - Jak 18.29% - Lloyd 21.83% - Zero 38.59% (+49.19)

We have a first for this contest - a three way tie for the top prediction where all three people actually made the same pick! It has to be one of the most boring possible predictions too, a 20/20/20/40 split. MegatokyoEd, AmazingKirby, and basmeyer are the three people with at pick. Ngamer had the fourth best pick, while Seginustemple had the fifth best - both of them were within 0.05 of the top pick today.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=match&match=16

Current Leaderboard:
1) The n00b Avenger - 749.15
2) supdawg - 748.17
3) King Morgoth - 745.95
4) charmander6000 - 744.16
5) Ngamer64 - 744.13

Once again the top 3 are unchanged. The n00b Avenger hits his 11th straight day in first, which ties for tenth-longest all-time streak (with three other people). Charmander continues climbing the ranks today and moves into fourth. He's not tied with anyone this time, although he only missed tieing with fifth place Ngamer by 0.03 points. Ngamer jumps from 9th to 5th today with his #4 prediction.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=total&match=16

Top Team Scores:
1) Predestined Divination - 97.94 (creativename: +48.74 / Ngamer64: +49.20)
2) Rage of Warcraft - 97.46 (War13104: +48.95 / DSRage: +48.51)
3) The Amazing Question Marks - 97.08 (AmazingKirby: +49.24 / entropyx: +47.84)
4) mvp's - 97.02 (ps2rulezzz: +47.78 / basmeyer42: +49.24)
5) We Used To Be Good? - 96.98 (Kaxon: +48.48 / King Morgoth: +48.50)

...And the rich get richer. Our top 3 teams in the standings all had top 5 scores today. Overall leaders Predestined Divination had the best one, followed by #3 team Rage of Warcraft. #2 team We Used To Be Good? lost ground by "only" getting fifth. The Amazing Question Marks got third, making some progress on their bid to return to the leaderboard - this is their 4th top five of the season. Team mvp's also got their fourth top 5 of the season with the 4th best score.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teammatch&match=16

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 1486.95
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 1482.75
3) Team Rage of Warcraft (War13104 / DSRage) - 1479.06
4) Team Big Black Wangs (Master Moltar / Explicit Content) - 1474.71
5) Team Drunkadelict Armadillos (Haste2 / Dekar TKB) - 1473.68

The top three spots remain unchanged (for the fifth day in a row). Team Big Black Wangs moves up to fourth and swaps places with Team Drunkadelict Armadillos... which returns the leaderboard to exactly how it was 2 days ago. (Team Better Bettors and Team Happy Happyists also trade places in 6th and 7th for the second day in a row).

Complete Team Standing:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teamtotal&match=16
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