Match #9 Results:
Solid Snake 84.09%
Manny Calavera 15.91%

Today Snake did worse than expected against Manny, as Snake's expectations may have been set unrealistically high by his match with Tanner last year. There were 105 predictions for Snake and 0 for Manny. The consensus was Snake with 87.46 and the average score was 45.57 points.

Best Five Picks:
1) Figlar20000 - Solid Snake 84.00% (+49.91)
2) red sox 777 - Solid Snake 83.95% (+49.86)
3) maplejet - Solid Snake 84.33% (+49.76)
4) Darkash - Solid Snake 83.79% (+49.70)
5) TheNintendoPurist - Solid Snake 83.56% (+49.47)

Figlar20000, who was on the overall leaderboard a few days ago, had the best pick today. This is the second top 5 of the contest for Figlar20000, maplejet, and Darkash, and the first for red sox 777 and TheNintendoPurist.

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=9

Current Leaderboard:
1) Heroic Viktor - 418.08
2) RPGuy96 - 409.08
3) creativename - 406.18
4) BeTheMan - 401.93
5) Haste2 - 400.50

The leaderboard appears to have reached temporary equilibrium after the recent shakeup. No one moved up or down on the leaderboard today, although once again Heroic Viktor dropped closer to the pack. He now leads by exactly 9 points, still a sizable margin. Interestingly, everyone in the top 5 has over 400 points and everyone else has less than 400.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=9
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