Match #43 Results:
Dante 46%
Vincent Valentine 54%

Dante performed admirably against Vincent, but couldn't manage the upset that some people hoped for. There were 70 Vincent picks and 9 Dante picks. The consensus was Vincent with 56.42% and the average score was 44.27.

Best Five Picks:
1) Seginustemple - Vincent Valentine 53.87% (+49.87)
2) ECW RVD420 - Vincent Valentine 54.23% (+49.77)
3) Duffer11 - Vincent Valentine 54.30% (+49.70)
4) ps2rulezzz - Vincent Valentine 53.55% (+49.55)
5) heroic_slb - Vincent Valentine 53.44% (+49.44)

Even though the match finished with a whole-number percentage, there were no perfect predictions today. Seginustemple had the best pick with 49.87 for his fourth top 5 of the contest. ECW RVD420 at #2, Duffer11 at #3, and heroic_slb at #5 all got their second top 5 of the contest, while ps2rulezzz at #4 got his first top 5.

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=43

Current Leaderboard:
1) creativename - 1880.69
2) Heroic Viktor - 1880.22
3) Xuxon - 1876.93
4) Haste2 - 1870.37
5) StopPokingMe - 1866.42

Creativename is still in first, but he loses the seven point cushion he had yesterday. So far, every time that's happened he's been able to build his lead back up, but we'll see if he can do it again. Heroic Viktor, Xuxon, and Haste2 all maintain their positions in 2nd-4th place, but are closer to striking distance of #1 now. Cyko drops two spots from 5th to 7th, allowing StopPokingMe to return to the leaderboard.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=43

Devil Division Leaderboard:
1) Rodri316 - 219.89
2) StopPokingMe - 211.33
3) Rufus Shinra 18 - 206.04
4) Xuxon - 205.91
5) Aprosenf - 202.64

This is the most spread out division - Rodri has managed to build an 8 point lead in just five matches. Second place is StopPokingMe, who is another 5 points ahead of Rufus Shinra 18. From there the field is much closer, with Xuxon and Aprosenf in 4th and 5th.

Complete division standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/divisions.php?division=31

Round 2 Leaderboard:
1) kawaiifan - 512.54
2) Alanna82 - 511.27
3) cyko - 507.34
4) Yesmar - 503.89
5) StopPokingMe - 503.76

The women in the contest appear to be dominating the second round, as kawaiifan is first and Alanna has now moved up to second. Cyko and StopPokingMe are still on the round 2 leaderboard from yesterday, and Yesmar moves up to 4th place in the second round.

Complete Round 2 standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/divisions.php?division=round2
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