You can always check your latest predictions here:
http://oraclechallenge.com/index.php?file=predictions

Note the flashing "Last Updated" time at the top!

The Challenge

For each match in the GameFAQs Fall 2010 Game of the Decade Contest (referred herein as "SC2k10"), you need to pick a winner and predict the percentage of the vote they will receive. New participants will always be accepted throughout the contest (but please indicate that you are new and make a minimum of three picks).

Post your predictions in this topic, one prediction per line. Your predictions must start with the name of your winner and end with your predicted percentage. Examples:

Final Fantasy VII with 53%
Final Fantasy VII 53.8%
Final Fantasy VII over The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with 53.82%
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 52.69%

Please use one of these formats, and always remember to include the % sign. Please use the "full name" of the game in your prediction (e.g. Halo: Combat Evolved instead of just Halo) as indicated in our "copy paste" list at the bottom of the opening post. Predictions are entered into our database by a script, which may miss your predictions if you use some other weird format.

The Scoring

For each match you will earn points based on how close your guess was to the actual outcome. Scoring is cumulative and the winner of the SC2k10 Oracle Challenge will be the person with the most points at the end of the final match! For each match you can earn anywhere from 0 and 50 points. The scoring system works as follows:

Correctly choosing the winner earns you 50-x points.
Incorrectly choosing the winner earns you 45-x points.
(Where x is the difference between your guess and the game's actual final percentage.)

Example:

Your guess: Final Fantasy VII with 55%
My guess: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time with 55%
Actual result: FF7 60%, OoT 40%
Your score: 50 - (60-55) = 45 points
My score: 45 - (55-40) = 30 points

The Rules

It is necessary to have a few rules to keep the challenge running smoothly. Here they are:

1) A valid entry consists of a clear pick and prediction (i.e. Final Fantasy VII with 77.77%). The prediction must be greater than or equal to 50.00%.
2) Your prediction does not need to be different from everybody else's. However, intentional and continuous prediction mimicry will NOT be allowed.
3) All predictions must be made before the usual start time of that match's poll (at exactly 12:00am/pm EDT, 11:00pm/am CDT, 9:00pm/am PDT for the night/day match respectively). Predictions submitted after this time will NOT be counted. No predictions will be accepted after the poll has started, regardless of the start time.
4) You may change your prediction for any match at any time, subject to the other rules.
5) You may NOT delete any post in a prediction topic (if you do, please post immediately after to explain the deletion). This is to prevent abuse of the above rules and to reduce confusion.
6) If you post with an alt, you must clearly state the name of your main account. (Exception: if the alt is listed on your user profile page <http://oraclechallenge.com/profiles.php?type=users>, we already know about it).
7) You may predict matches for future divisions/rounds in advance if you need to. Please tell me beforehand in the Discussion Topic so we can arrange this.
8) I reserve the right to disqualify a pick for any justifiable reason.