Match #17 Results
Solid Snake 82.15%
Soma Cruz 17.85%

In the first match of the anticipated male bracket, Snake proves he deserves to lead things off by beating down the handheld star, Soma Cruz. We lost a few "lightbearers" who never came back after predicting the first 16 matches, but still had 135 Snake predictions and 0 for Soma. The consensus was Snake with 79.83 and the average score was 46.33.

Best Five Picks:
1) stingers135 - Solid Snake 82.16% (+49.99)
2) Ayvuir - Solid Snake 82.21% (+49.94)
3) daniel2424 - Solid Snake 82.24% (+49.91)
4) Layzerbeam - Solid Snake 82.01% (+49.86)
5) Leebo86 - Solid Snake 82.30% (+49.85)
5) basmeyer42 - Solid Snake 82.00% (+49.85)
5) red sox 777 - Solid Snake 82.00% (+49.85)
5) Xuxon - Solid Snake 82.00% (+49.85)

Stingers gets his second top prediction of the contest with a near-perfect pick! Ayvuir had the second best pick followed by daniel2424 and Layzerbeam. We have a four way tie for fifth between Leebo86, basmeyer42, red sox 777, and the legendary Xuxon. This is the 21st top 5 for Xuxon and 23rd for red sox 777.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=17

Current Leaderboard:
1) DSRage - 786.30
2) cyko - 785.52
3) Aprosenf - 784.93
4) ad00 - 784.28
5) Kaxon - 781.33

The top spot trades hands again, with DSRage reclaiming first place and ad00 dropping down several places to fourth. Cyko climbs to second place - he's been there before, but the last time he was that high in the standings was on day 1 of the Villain Contest. Aprosenf lands in third, while Kaxon stays in fifth place. The top 4 are very close together, all within 2.02 points of each other. I also have to mention that Luster Soldier, who finished in 91st place last contest, is currently right behind the leaders in 6th place.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=17

Top Team Scores:
1) Team Obscuretemple - 99.11 (Seginustemple: +49.72 / ObscureMammoth: +49.39)
2) Team mvp's - 98.70 (ps2rulezzz: +48.85 / basmeyer42: +49.85)
3) Team Robo Chocobo Remix - 98.41 (Inviso: +49.40 / Vlado: +49.01)
4) Team AAA - 97.98 (Aprosenf: +48.04 / Ayvuir: +49.94)
5) Team Coinflip - 97.80 (red sox 777: +49.85 / Menji76: +47.95)

Today Team Obscuretemple breaks the 99 point barrier to take the best score of the day. Defending champs Team mvp's have the second best score, and are followed by Team Robo Chocobo Remix, who land in the top 5 for the first time since day 2. Team AAA ranks fourth and Team Coinflip is fifth for the day.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=17

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 1550.67
2) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 1547.49
3) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 1544.32
4) Team Happy Happyists (Camden / meche313) - 1543.34
5) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 1541.09

The top three spots in the team standings are unchanged today: Team The Spirit of Truth is in first, followed by Team Unfinished FFP and Team We Used To Be Good?. Camden and meche's Team Happy Happyists moves up one spot to fourth, and Team Predestined Divination moves back on to the leaderboard in fifth, booting off Team Rage of Warcraft.

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=17
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