Match # 12 Results
Magus 30.87%
Phoenix Wright 23.96%
Bomberman 23.90%
Crash Bandicoot 21.26%

TAKE THAT! Phoenix redeems his loss to Gordon Freeman by holding out against Bomberman today. Phoenix jumped out to an early lead and built it until the morning vote started, after which Bomberman slowly chipped away at it all day. In the end Bomberman got as close as 57 votes, but Phoenix held him off to advance. 61 people had Phoenix second to Magus vs 67 who had Bomberman. 5 others had Crash, and the last 5 had various crazy combinations.

The consensus predictions were Bomberman 21.53%, Crash 15.66%, Magus 41.48%, Phoenix 21.30%.

Best Five Picks:
1) Starion - Bomberman 23.67% - Crash Bandicoot 23.88% - Magus 27.17% - Phoenix Wright 25.28% (+48.03)
2) Ayvuir - Bomberman 21.50% - Crash Bandicoot 20.00% - Magus 34.50% - Phoenix Wright 22.00% (+47.68)
3) Lady Ashe - Bomberman 24.09% - Crash Bandicoot 14.95% - Magus 33.86% - Phoenix Wright 24.09% (+47.59)
4) Eggplant Lord - Bomberman 22.00% - Crash Bandicoot 18.00% - Magus 36.00% - Phoenix Wright 24.00% (+47.41)
5) yazzy14 - Bomberman 26.93% - Crash Bandicoot 18.23% - Magus 28.66% - Phoenix Wright 26.18% (+47.37)

Starion is the best predictor of the day! This is his first top 5 this contest and 17th overall. Ayvuir takes second, followed by Lady Ashe. Eggplant Lord is fourth and yazzy gets his first ever top 5 prediction. This is the first time in the top 5 this contest for everyone except Ashe, who had one previous one.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=match&match=12

Current Leaderboard:
1) The n00b Avenger - 558.43
2) King Morgoth - 556.99
3) Master Moltar - 555.04
4) supdawg - 554.93
5) Haste2 - 554.53

No change in the top 2 today, but the n00b Avenger gains some breathing room. The rest of the leaderboard trades places - Moltar and supdawg move up one each while Haste2 drops from third to fifth. Just off the leaderboard, Lieutenant Kettch moves up six spots to sixth place, close behind Haste2. creativename has been hovering just off the leaderboard for a while, and he's followed by BeTheMan and charmander6000 who are tied for 8th. DSRage is 10th, making up a very strong overall top 10.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=total&match=12
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