Match #37 Results:
Solid Snake 54.41%
Zelda 45.59%

The second match of the gauntlet is similar to the first one, as the bracket and Oracle favorite scores a relatively easy victory. We'll have to wait and see whether this means Snake has bounced back, or Vivi has fallen since last year. There were 68 Snake predictions and 15 Zelda predictions. The consensus was Snake with 54.35% and the average score was 44.35.

Best Five Picks:
1) Rufus Shinra 18 - Solid Snake 54.28% (+49.87)
2) bigkevinm84 - Solid Snake 54.20% (+49.79)
3) OmegaRagnarok - Solid Snake 54.67% (+49.74)
4) Paratroopa1 - Solid Snake 54.12% (+49.71)
5) Seginustemple - Solid Snake 54.76% (+49.65)

Today all of our top 5 scores were within 0.35% of Snake's actual score. Rufus Shinra 18 had the best prediction of the match, for his fifth top 5 of the contest. That puts him second behind Darkash in top 5s this contest. bigkevinm84 was second and made the top 5 for the first time this contest. OmegaRagnarok had his fourth top 5, Paratroopa1 his first, and Seginustemple his third.

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=37

Current Leaderboard:
1) creativename - 1619.39
2) Heroic Viktor - 1616.46
3) Haste2 - 1613.07
4) Xuxon - 1612.98
5) dethwing - 1608.56

Surprisingly little change on the leaderboard today, as only TenkoStar had Zelda winning the match. He's replaced by dethwing in fifth place. Creativename has now held the lead for 17 straight days, passing Dilated Chemist's streak from the Spring Contest. He's now got the second longest streak ever, behind Bananaquest's 38 days. But he's less than 3 points ahead of Heroic Viktor, so it may be hard to keep the lead long enough to break that record.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=37

Gear Division Leaderboard:
1) octoinky - 238.64
2) Dilated Chemist - 238.32
3) dethwing - 235.53
4) TheNintendoPurist - 233.30
5) Xuxon - 233.10

Here we have our closest division race yet - octoinky is in first, but leads Dilated Chemist by less than half a point. dethwing is about three points behind them, and TheNintendoPurist and Xuxon have their own race going in fourth and fifth place.

Complete division standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/divisions.php?division=28
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