Match #18 Results
Pokemon 47.44%
Metroid 52.56%

Pokemon managed to keep it unexpectedly close to Metroid, surprising a lot of people who overshot with their predictions. There were 128 Metroid picks and 3 Pokemon picks today, a bad split for such a close match. The consensus was Metroid with 66.37% and the average score was a low 35.62 points.

Best Five Picks:
1) bigkevinm84 - Metroid 53.00% (+49.56)
1) IhatethisCPU - Metroid 53.00% (+49.56)
3) Jecht - Metroid 53.20% (+49.36)
4) Redtooth - Metroid 54.20% (+48.36)
5) Coffee Ninja - Metroid 54.32% (+48.24)

Today we have a tie for the top prediction: bigkevinm84 and IhatethisCPU both picked Metroid with 53%. This is the third top five of the contest for IhatethisCPU and the first for bigkevinm. Jecht gets the third best prediction, for his second top five (contest and lifetime). Everyone else was more than a point and a half off - Redtooth gets fourth and Coffee Ninja gets fifth, each with their first top five.

Current Leaderboard:
1) TheKnightOfNee - 812.13
2) RX7InfinitiIII - 810.10
3) GalacticMage777 - 804.96
4) Z1mZum - 804.94
5) steve illumina - 803.63

TheKnightOfNee takes the lead! After one day in first place, RX7 drops down into second. GalacticMage777 moves up two spots from fifth to third. Z1mZum stays right where he is in fourth place he trails GalacticMage by only .02 points. Steve illumina drops two spots, but stays on the leaderboard in 5th place. He currently has an 8 day leaderboard streak going.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SpC2k6&type=total&match=18
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