Match # 45 Results
Kratos (God of War) 32.48%
L-Block 28.33%
Kirby 24.81%
Donkey Kong 14.39%

L-Block continued his improbable run yesterday, taking second place over gaming legend Donkey Kong, as well as the heavily favored dum pink ball, Kirby. The consensus predictions were Kratos - 31.00%; Kirby - 29.12%; L-Block - 21.12%; Donkey Kong - 18.83%. The average score was 45.22.

Best Five Picks:
1) Rocktillery - Donkey Kong 15.00% - Kirby 25.00% - Kratos (GoW) 35.00% - L-Block 25.00% (+48.33)
2) Draco1214 - Donkey Kong 14.00% - Kirby 28.00% - Kratos (GoW) 33.00% - L-Block 25.00% (+48.14)
2) transience - Donkey Kong 17.89% - Kirby 23.99% - Kratos (GoW) 32.68% - L-Block 25.44% (+48.14)
4) Xcarvengerx - Donkey Kong 14.37% - Kirby 30.71% - Kratos (GoW) 30.66% - L-Block 26.26% (+47.54)
5) DSRage - Donkey Kong 17.58% - Kirby 26.40% - Kratos (GoW) 32.85% - L-Block 23.17% (+47.42)

Today's highest score was a 48.33 from Rocktillery. This is his first time in the top 5 this contest. Oracle vet Draco, who was third place last contest, got his first top 5 of the season, tying with transience for second place. This is tranny's 4th top 5 of the contest. XcarvengerX got his third top 5 of the contest and DSRage remains at the top of his game with the fifth place score today (only his 3rd all-time, despite his success overall).

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=match&match=45

Current Leaderboard:
1) The n00b Avenger - 2106.70
2) smitelf - 2101.44
3) DSRage - 2100.65
4) Haste2 - 2099.38
5) Lieutenant Kettch - 2097.95

The top 4 are still unchanged, but all of them gain some ground on n00b Avenger, whose lead is now 5.26 points, the smallest it's been since day 28. Lt. Kettch and creativename switch places once again, which drops cn off the leaderboard and keeps King Morgoth's record safe for at least one more day.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=total&match=45

Top Team Scores:
1) T-REX - 94.37 (Team Rocket Elite: +46.83 / Xcarvengerx: +47.54)
2) Battle with Gilgamesh < JENOVA - 93.75 (Janus5000: +47.41 / KleenexTissue50: +46.34)
3) Rage of Warcraft - 93.70 (War13104: +46.28 / DSRage: +47.42)
4) ted crunkensteinsience and the AUGHs - 93.36 (transience: +48.14 / Ed Bellis: +0.00)
5) Helmasaur King - 93.30 (Xuxon: +46.59 / GrapefruitKing: +46.71)

Team T-REX continues to rack up the top 5's - today they have their 11th thanks to good predictions from TRE and Xcarvengerx. Team Battle on the Big Bridge < J-E-N-O-V-A is in second, getting their 8th top 5 of the contest. Team Rage of Warcraft protects their position in the standings with the third best score, while teams ted crunkensteinsience and the AUGHs and Helmasaur King both get their 6th top 5 appearance in 4th and 5th places.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teammatch&match=45

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 4192.80
2) Team Rage of Warcraft (War13104 / DSRage) - 4181.87
3) Team Happy Happyists (Camden / meche313) - 4181.69
4) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 4179.53
5) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 4176.01

Team Rage of Warcraft retakes second place today, but still remains just under 11 points behind the leaders. Team Happy Happyists drops down to third, while the two former champion teams, We Used To Be Good and mvp's, remain in fourth and fifth.

Complete Team Standing:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=teamtotal&match=45
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