This is not a problem in the Oracle challenge, because you're notlocked into your winners; even though I picked Ridley over Diablo inround 1, I was still able to save myself from total loss by making goodDiablo picks in the next two rounds.

I still don't get whywe have to get penalized double for every percent you are off when youget an incorrect pick... All it does is encourage hedging and makemaking correct predictions of the winner too important. I think pickingLiquid Snake over Lavos with 66% is just as poor as picking Ridley overDiablo with 52%: Oh, well, I'm just recycling an argument that I'm sureto lose again... =P

Anyway, King Morgoth, if you ever have aday where you have nothing to do, could you make standings for thiscontest purely based on how far you were off, with no taking accountfor any winners? (Oh, and other contests, too, if you have the time...)Just a small request...no need to feel obligated.

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Yoblazer beat me in the Guru Challenge! Good job!