Match # 26 Results
Kratos (God of War) 40.13%
Donkey Kong 27.66%
Marth 20.65%
Prince of All Cosmos 11.56%

By this contest's standards today was an unsurprising day - Kratos exceeded expectations by about 5%, but nothing too shocking occurred. The consensus predictions were Donkey Kong - 30.28%; Kratos - 34.87%; Marth - 21.76%; Prince of All Cosmos - 12.94%. Out of 117 predictors, 84 had Kratos first and DK second while the other 33 had the wrong order. The average score was 46.35 points.

Best Five Picks:
1) Haste2 - Donkey Kong 27.00% - Kratos (GoW) 40.00% - Marth 21.00% - The Prince 13.00% (+49.35)
2) DaruniaTheGoron - Donkey Kong 28.00% - Kratos (GoW) 39.00% - Marth 20.00% - The Prince 13.00% (+49.11)
3) Master Moltar - Donkey Kong 27.70% - Kratos (GoW) 38.30% - Marth 21.50% - The Prince 12.50% (+49.08)
4) The n00b Avenger - Donkey Kong 28.25% - Kratos (GoW) 38.38% - Marth 21.94% - The Prince 11.41% (+49.05)
5) ShatteredElysium - Donkey Kong 29.41% - Kratos (GoW) 40.57% - Marth 19.27% - The Prince 10.75% (+48.90)

Haste2 has the best pick, his 32nd lifetime top 5. This moves him into sole possesion of the record for most top 5's - previously he was tied with Rodri (who vanished after day 16) and Ringworm. DaruniaTheGoron gets second for his third top 5 of the contest. Two more guys with lots of top 5's, Master Moltar and The n00b Avenger, get third and fourth. Finally, ShatteredElysium gets his first career top 5 in fifth place.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=match&match=26

Current Leaderboard:
1) The n00b Avenger - 1212.93
2) Master Moltar - 1208.74
3) Haste2 - 1205.79
4) creativename - 1205.13
5) Ngamer64 - 1204.57

The competition on the leaderboard is fierce! Yesterday's top 2, Moltar and The n00b Avenger, both had top 5 predictions today - Moltar's was better, but n00b kept him from gaining much ground. Meanwhile Haste2 jumps from 7th to 3rd on the back of his own top pick. Creativename drops one spot to fourth while Ngamer moves up one spot to 5th, reuniting the teammates.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=total&match=26

Top Team Scores:
1) Drunkadelict Armadillos - 97.50 (Haste2: +49.35 / Dekar TKB: +48.15)
2) Ice Cream - 97.01 (BZer0: +48.11 / ShatteredElysium: +48.90)
3) ted crunkensteinsience and the AUGHs - 96.48 (transience: +47.82 / Ed Bellis: +48.66)
4) Happy Happyists - 96.34 (Camden: +48.43 / meche313: +47.91)
5) T-REX - 95.94 (Team Rocket Elite: +48.64 / Xcarvengerx: +47.30)

Everyone in the team top 5 has been there at least 3 times this contest - 6 in the case of the Drunkadelict Armadillos and Team T-REX. The Drunkadelict Armadillos are first, followed by Team Ice Cream (BZer0 and SE). ted crunkensteinsience and the AUGHs take third for the second time in 3 days. Team Happy Happyists make their latest of many team top 5 appearances, while Team T-REX grabs the last spot in fifth.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teammatch&match=26

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 2409.70
2) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 2401.47
3) Team Big Black Wangs (Master Moltar / Explicit Content) - 2397.43
4) Team Rage of Warcraft (War13104 / DSRage) - 2395.78
5) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 2395.60

The team leaderboard continues to not change very much today, but Team Big Black Wangs takes third place from Team Rage of Warcraft.

Complete Team Standing:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teamtotal&match=26
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