Match #65 Results
Sephiroth 56.07%
Mario 43.93%

"You know, this match is reminding me why we have the term "Clinkeroth". Two months of hard work owning the main bracket and Sephiroth is treating him like the Midgar Zolom."

- transience

"Sephiroth's strength is incredible. He is far stronger in reality than any stories you may have heard about him."

- Cloud Strife

Those two quotes pretty much sums up the match. After looking great for the first 63 days of the contest, Mario came into his match against Sephiroth and couldn't do much of anything. He'll have to settle for doing 6% better on Sephiroth than he did two years ago... that and winning the main bracket title, of course.

There were 46 Sephiroth predictions and 10 Mario predictions. The consensus was Sephiroth with 51.96% and the average score was 43.71.

Best Five Picks:
1) Heroic Viktor - Sephiroth 55.83% (+49.76)
2) GrapefruitKing - Sephiroth 55.12% (+49.05)
3) Dilated Chemist - Sephiroth 55.00% (+48.93)
4) alpha door - Sephiroth 54.75% (+48.68)
5) StopPokingMe - Sephiroth 54.54% (+48.47)

Heroic Viktor continues his furious comeback attempt with his third #1 pick in six days, and the best prediction today by a wide margin. He's averaged an impressive 49.23 per match over those six days. Sadly, it looks like he's about to run out of time as he's still nearly 10 points back and down to the final day.

GrapefruitKing scores the second best prediction, for his fourth top 5 of the contest. Dilated Chemist once again reaches from beyond the Oracle grave to take the #3 prediction, all but assuring himself of the Final Phase title. Alpha door is fourth for his fourth top 5, and StopPokingMe, not willing to let Heroic Viktor pass him without a fight, takes fifth.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=65

Current Leaderboard:
1) Xuxon - 2885.87
2) Master Moltar - 2881.07
3) StopPokingMe - 2878.82
4) Heroic Viktor - 2875.92
5) Haste2 - 2874.13

With one match to go, Xuxon is excellent shape to win the Oracle Title - and it would be fitting if he managed to lock it up with Mario vs Sephiroth, if you consider this piece of history:

http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k3&type=total&match=59

Master Moltar holds on to second place, but loses some ground to the rest of the leaders. StopPokingMe remains in third with an excellent prediction, and Heroic Viktor passes Haste2 to move up to fourth. Haste2 drops down to fifth place, and will need to fend off creativename to keep his place on the leaderboard.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=65
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