Match # 23 Results
Pikachu 36.62%
Tidus 31.84%
Isaac 17.60%
Serge 13.93%

Pikachu blew away our expectations yesterday, becoming the latest in a series of Pokemon to impress us this contest. Meanwhile Tidus became the latest Final Fantasy character to disappoint by finishing almost 5% behind Pika. Isaac did about as expected while Serge was an unmitigated flop. The consensus predictions were Isaac - 16.65%; Pikachu - 28.34%; Serge - 18.81%; Tidus - 36.04%, and the average score was 44.52 points.

Best Five Picks:
1) GaminGGuY - Isaac 19.00% - Pikachu 34.00% - Serge 14.00% - Tidus 33.00% (+48.68)
2) Mega Mana - Isaac 18.51% - Pikachu 32.76% - Serge 16.52% - Tidus 32.21% (+48.06)
3) Weird Kirby Dude11 - Isaac 18.08% - Pikachu 32.32% - Serge 14.60% - Tidus 35.00% (+47.84)
4) somdude04 - Isaac 13.00% - Pikachu 37.00% - Serge 15.00% - Tidus 35.00% (+47.69)
5) MegatokyoEd - Isaac 18.00% - Pikachu 32.00% - Serge 15.00% - Tidus 35.00% (+47.68)
5) KingBartz - Isaac 18.00% - Pikachu 32.00% - Serge 15.00% - Tidus 35.00% (+47.68)

Newcomer GaminGGuy gets the top pick on his very first Oracle prediction ever - that's starting in style! Mega Mana had the #2 pick for his 4th top 5 of the contest. Wierd Kirby Dude got his first top 5 of the contest in third. Somdude was fourth with his 20th lifetime top 5, while MegatokyoEd and KingBartz had exactly the same prediction, tying for fifth.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=match&match=23

Current Leaderboard:
1) The n00b Avenger - 1072.63
2) creativename - 1067.91
3) Master Moltar - 1067.52
4) supdawg - 1067.19
5) Haste2 - 1066.89

Once again The n00b Avenger remains in first - he's been there 16 out of 23 days so far this contest. Creativename moves up to second, the highest he's been since his amazing SC2k5 run, swapping places with supdawg. Moltar stays in 3rd and Haste2 stays in 5th.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=total&match=23

Top Team Scores:
1) SPO*N - 94.52 (Weird Kirby Dude11: +47.84 / ActJef1077: +46.68)
2) Battle with Gilgamesh < JENOVA - 93.93 (Janus5000: +47.23 / KleenexTissue50: +46.70)
3) mvp's - 93.81 (ps2rulezzz: +46.18 / basmeyer42: +47.63)
4) One-Two Punch - 93.25 (th3l3fty: +46.24 / yazzy14: +47.01)
5) Discovery Channel - 92.79 (Jmast7: +47.38 / Leebo86: +45.41)

Team SPO*N heads the top 5 today - they've been up there 4 times already this contest. Team BWG < J-E-N-O-V-A gets second, also their 4th time in the top 5. Team mvp's is up there for the 6th time in 9 days (not even counting their sixth place yesterday), truly an impressive run. Team One-Two Punch (th3l3fty and yazzy) gets fourth, followed by Team Discovery Channel (Jmast and Leebo).

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teammatch&match=23

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 2134.43
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 2123.21
3) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 2122.38
4) Team Rage of Warcraft (War13104 / DSRage) - 2119.81
5) Team Big Black Wangs (Master Moltar / Explicit Content) - 2119.26

Predestined Divination is first and We Used To Be Good? is still second, but Team mvp's comes close to overtaking them as they move up from fifth to third. Team Rage of Warcraft moves down one spot to fourth and Team Big Black Wangs moves down to fifth. Everyone in the top 5 scored 90.xx points, except for mvp's, who were 3 points higher.

Complete Team Standing:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teamtotal&match=23
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