Match #45 Results:
Sonic the Hedgehog 68.55%
Diablo 31.45%

Although they were right next to each other in the stats, Sonic did much better against Diablo than Ganon did in the spring. Most people were expecting him to do just slightly better than Ganon, as the consensus was Sonic with 65.31%. There were 78 Sonic predictions and 1 Diablo prediction. The average score was 45.76.

Best Five Picks:
1) Menji76 - Sonic the Hedgehog 68.56% (+49.99)
2) OmegaRagnarok - Sonic the Hedgehog 68.67% (+49.88)
3) Tequilla Gundam - Sonic the Hedgehog 68.33% (+49.78)
4) Master Moltar - Sonic the Hedgehog 68.78% (+49.77)
5) Draco1214 - Sonic the Hedgehog 68.93% (+49.62)

Today Menji76 was first with a near-perfect 49.99 point prediction. This is his fourth top 5 of the contest. OmegaRagnarok is in second, and this is his firth top 5. Tequilla Gundam has 2, and Master Moltar and Draco now have 3 each.

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=45

Current Leaderboard:
1) creativename - 1978.09
2) Heroic Viktor - 1977.31
3) Xuxon - 1973.46
4) StopPokingMe - 1964.80
5) Haste2 - 1963.62

StopPokingMe has moved into fourth place, passing Haste2. There are no other changes on the leaderboard today, and creativename holds onto the lead for the 25th straight day. He's only ahead of Heroic Viktor by 0.78 points, though, and today their predictions are 9 points apart, so we could see a shakeup tomorrow.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=45

Chaos Division Leaderboard:
1) Starion - 231.19
2) Rufus Shinra 18 - 229.13
3) OmegaRagnarok - 228.66
4) Master Moltar - 228.10
5) daniel2424 - 226.53

Here we have our first look at the Chaos Division leaderboard. Starion is in first place and has a two point lead over Rufus Shinra 18. Rufus Shinra is closely followed by OmegaRagnarok and Master Moltar in third and fourth. Daniel2424 is in fifth, and at less than 5 points behind Starion, still has a good shot at the division title as well.

Complete division standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/divisions.php?division=31

Round 2 Leaderboard:
1) kawaiifan - 609.19
2) cyko - 604.21
3) Alanna82 - 603.42
4) StopPokingMe - 602.14
5) Yesmar - 601.03

Kawaiifan extends her lead on the round 2 leaderboard, as Alanna drops back one spot behind cyko to third. Kawaiifan started out slow but she's been doing better and better and is now in 8th place overall. StopPokingMe and Yesmar also manage to hold on to their spots on the round 2 leaderboard.

Complete Round 2 standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/divisions.php?division=round2
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