Match # 8 Results
Ryu 36.30%
Bowser 28.62%
Mewtwo 24.95%
Toad 10.14%

The surprises continue in this unpredictable contest... today Ryu reverses his one-on-one defeat by Bowser to finish almost 8% ahead of him! 109 people had Bowser first and Ryu second, while only 52 had Ryu ahead of Bowser. Mewtwo impressed while Toad disappointed (clearly demonstrating the bad taste of the voters, since Toad should have won). The consensus predictions were Bowser - 36.22%, Mewtwo - 20.09%, Ryu - 32.33%, Toad - 11.46%

Best Five Picks:
1) Mega Mana - Bowser 30.40% - Mewtwo 24.90% - Ryu 34.78% - Toad 9.92% (+49.10)
2) DSRage - Bowser 30.37% - Mewtwo 23.70% - Ryu 35.14% - Toad 12.79% (+48.29)
3) BeTheMan - Bowser 31.75% - Mewtwo 23.85% - Ryu 33.75% - Toad 10.65% (+48.17)
4) hochiminh155 - Bowser 32.00% - Mewtwo 24.00% - Ryu 33.00% - Toad 11.00% (+47.87)
5) transience - Bowser 33.23% - Mewtwo 21.56% - Ryu 35.45% - Toad 9.76% (+47.69)

Mega Mana gets his second top five a day after he had his first one, making the best prediction today by almost a point! DSRage, who had a great run in his rookie contest last year, gets second. Oracle mainstay BeTheMan takes third for his 23rd all time top 5. hochiminh gets his first ever top five in fourth, and tranny returns to the top 5 today in fifth.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=match&match=8

Current Leaderboard:
1) The n00b Avenger - 374.59
2) Haste2 - 373.75
3) King Morgoth - 373.66
4) MegatokyoEd - 372.78
5) supdawg - 372.09

It's like 2003 again at the top of the leaderboard! The n00b Avenger holds on to first for the third day in a row, while Haste2 remains in second and slightly narrows the gap. Another former champ, King Morgoth, remains in third. MegatokyoEd moves up one spot to fourth, while supdawg returns to the leaderboard after a day off in 6th.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=total&match=8

Top Team Scores:
1) Rage of Warcraft - 95.55 (War13104: +47.26 / DSRage: +48.29)
2) ted crunkensteinsience and the AUGHs - 94.93 (transience: +47.69 / Ed Bellis: +47.24)
3) Drunkadelict Armadillos - 94.01 (Haste2: +47.12 / Dekar TKB: +46.89)
4) Big Black Wangs - 93.89 (Master Moltar: +47.02 / Explicit Content: +46.87)
5) Predestined Divination - 93.63 (creativename: +46.37 / Ngamer64: +47.26)

Returning teams did well today... Rage of Warcraft gets the top score for the first time this season, but they've had 9 previous top 5's. The other returning teams were the Drunkadelict Armadillos who were third (12th all time top 5), and Predestined Divination who were fifth (16th all time top 5). Among new teams, the superstar team ted crunkensteinsience and the AUGHs was second, marking their second time in the top 5 this contest, while team Big Black Wangs was fourth for the second time in three days.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teammatch&match=8

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 743.40
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 741.38
3) Team Drunkadelict Armadillos (Haste2 / Dekar TKB) - 739.84
4) Team Big Black Wangs (Master Moltar / Explicit Content) - 737.73
5) Team OH IT'S NESS (Ness26 / TheKnightOfNee) - 737.11

The top 2 remained the same today, but Predestined Divination widened the gap over We Used To Be Good? and the field. Team Drunkadelict Armadillos moved up one spot to third, while teams Big Black Wangs and OH IT'S NESS each moved up three spots to take 4th and 5th.

Complete Team Standing:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teamtotal&match=8
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