We're using a backup database for now, but hopefully that should be good enough for us to get by until we can fix the main one.

Match #33 Results:
Mario 82.8%
Ness 17.2%

The contest is now officially half over. We kick off the second round with an SFF blowout of epic proportions - Mario managed to beat Ness even worse than he beat Donkey Kong in 2002. Not surprisingly, everyone picked Mario to win, and the consensus was 78.39%. The average score was 45.33.

Best Five Picks:
1) Heroic Viktor - Mario 82.83% (+49.97)
2) Rufus Shinra 18 - Mario 82.66% (+49.86)
3) IhatethisCPU - Mario 83.00% (+49.80)
4) Garsha - Mario 82.51% (+49.71)
5) cyko - Mario 82.32% (+49.52)

Heroic Viktor appears to be making a comeback, as he has the best pick today with 49.97 points. Everyone in the top 5 scored over 49.5 today. Rufus Shinra 18 is second with his fourth top 5 of the contest. IhatethisCPU gets third with his third top 5 of the contest, and Garsha and cyko both have their second top 5.

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=33

Current Leaderboard:
1) creativename - 1447.30
2) BeTheMan - 1436.38
3) Heroic Viktor - 1431.34
4) Xuxon - 1425.33
5) dethwing - 1424.89

The leaderboard is very calm today, as the only change is dethwing overtaking WhiteRob for the #5 spot. Creativename has now been in first for 13 straight days, matching Heroic Viktor's total from earlier this season.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=33

Mushroom Division Leaderboard:
1) Heroic Viktor - 235.79
2) RPGuy96 - 224.71
3) Lagoona - 221.07
4) Haste2 - 219.71
5) Z1mZum - 218.40

Heroic Viktor is easily dominating the Mushroom Division leaderboard, especially after his top pick today. It looks like there's still a pretty close race between RPGuy, Lagoona, Haste2, and Z1mZum for second place.

Complete division standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/divisions.php?division=26
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