Sorry for the late update, I was too excited about election stuff last night to get around to it.

Match # 48 Results
Sephiroth 41.53%
Kratos (God of War) 24.25%
Tifa Lockheart 20.06%
Jill Valentine 14.16%

In a striking contrast from the US election taking place on the same day, the scary white-haired villain won this vote by a wide margin. In this case, that's exactly what we expected.

Consensus:
Jill Valentine - 15.58%
Kratos (God of War) - 24.49%
Sephiroth - 39.57%
Tifa Lockheart - 20.46%

Best Five Picks:
1) WalrusJump - Jill Valentine 15.16% - Kratos (GoW) 23.42% - Sephiroth 41.37% - Tifa 20.05% (+49.50)
2) Ghost Cyborg - Jill Valentine 14.50% - Kratos (GoW) 24.50% - Sephiroth 40.50% - Tifa 20.50% (+49.48)
3) meche313 - Jill Valentine 14.50% - Kratos (GoW) 22.50% - Sephiroth 42.00% - Tifa 20.00% (+49.34)
4) Heroic Viktor - Jill Valentine 15.00% - Kratos (GoW) 25.00% - Sephiroth 40.00% - Tifa 20.00% (+49.20)
4) kawaiifan - Jill Valentine 15.00% - Kratos (GoW) 25.00% - Sephiroth 40.00% - Tifa 20.00% (+49.20)
4) AmazingKirby - Jill Valentine 15.00% - Kratos (GoW) 25.00% - Sephiroth 40.00% - Tifa 20.00% (+49.20)

High scoring top 5 today, the scores ranged from 49.5 to 49.2. WalrusJump takes first for his third top 5 of the contest. Ghost Cyborg gets second, followed by Happyist meche in third. Heroic Viktor, current leader kawaiifan, and AmazingKirby tie for fourth. Coincidentally, it's the 26th lifetime top 5 for both kawaiifan and Heroic Viktor.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k8&type=match&match=48

Current Leaderboard:
1) kawaiifan - 2266.92
2) creativename - 2266.43
3) PeaceOut64 - 2264.44
4) Camden - 2263.66
5) The n00b Avenger - 2263.23

No change in the top of the standings today - everyone in the top 5 did well, but kawaiifan expanded her lead a little bit today.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k8&type=total&match=48

Top Team Scores:
1) Happy Happyists - 98.45 (Camden: +49.11 / meche313: +49.34)
2) Prescrire - 98.09 (Radix: +48.59 / WalrusJump: +49.50)
3) Kirby - 97.92 (kawaiifan: +49.20 / Luster Soldier: +48.72)
4) 31 - 97.84 (PeaceOut64: +48.90 / The n00b Avenger: +48.94)
5) Amazingly Oblivious - 97.73 (AmazingKirby: +49.20 / DpObliVion: +48.53)

The Happy Happyists pick up the top score today, their 16th, as they try to keep pace with team 31. Team Prescrire (WalrusJump and Radix) get second thanks to WalrusJump's top pick, and Team Kirby gets third. Overall leader Team 31 keeps the pressure on with a 4th place score and Team Amazingly Oblivious gets their 9th top 5 in 5th.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k8&type=teammatch&match=48

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team 31 (PeaceOut64 / The n00b Avenger) - 4527.67
2) Team Kirby (kawaiifan / Luster Soldier) - 4523.66
3) Team Happy Happyists (Camden / meche313) - 4523.54
4) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 4516.07
5) Team Mother Cat is a Landmine (Xuxon / GrapefruitKing) - 4511.55

Team Mother Cat is a Landmine once again flip flops with team We Used To Be Good? - they've traded 5th and 6th back and forth for the last three days in a row.

Complete Team Standing:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k8&type=teamtotal&match=48
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