Match #48 Results
Auron 59.63%
Sub-Zero 40.37%

Sub-Zero managed to break 40% against Auron, either proving that he's noticeably stronger than Scorpion, or else showing the effect of the two recent Mortal Kombat releases. 116 people picked Auron to win the match, while 2 went with Sub-Zero for the upset. The consensus was Auron with 61.45% and the average score was 46.04.

Best Five Picks:
1) Yesmar - Auron 59.68% (+49.95)
2) Pats_Dynasty - Auron 59.56% (+49.93)
2) meche313 - Auron 59.70% (+49.93)
4) XIII is cool - Auron 59.83% (+49.80)
5) Luster Soldier - Auron 59.37% (+49.74)

Yesmar had the best prediction of the day, landing in the top 5 for the second time this contest. Pats_Dynasty and meche313 tied for second - this is the first top 5 of the contest for meche and the 4th for Pats_Dynasty. XIII is cool gets fourth, and Luster Soldier snipes Xuxon to take fifth place in the last minutes of the match.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=48

Current Leaderboard:
1) cyko - 2186.51
2) Draco1214 - 2179.40
3) ps2rulezzz - 2178.28
4) PeaceOut64 - 2177.64
5) Aprosenf - 2177.33

The top 4 are unchanged today, with cyko holding on to a comfortable 7 point lead in first place. Aprosenf moves up two spots to fifth place today, bumping Salient back off the leaderboard after a mere one day in fifth place.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=48

Top Team Scores:
1) Team Random - 99.32 (XIII is cool: +49.80 / Giggsalot: +49.52)
2) Team Happy Happyists - 99.06 (Camden: +49.13 / meche313: +49.93)
3) Team Klonoa Alliance - 98.37 (raytan7585: +48.89 / amyvitality66: +49.48)
4) Team Dartboard - 98.06 (Starion: +48.73 / Radix: +49.33)
5) Team Predestined Divination - 97.18 (creativename: +48.68 / Ngamer64: +48.50)

Team Random gets another team top score with 99.32 points (their last one came on day 44). We seem to have some very streaky teams at the moment - Team Happy Happyists gets their second top 2 in a row today, and they're followed by the still-hot Team Klonoa Alliance (three top 5's in four days). Team Dartboard gets the fourth best score, and the rampaging Team Predestined Divination gets their third top 5 in a row.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=48

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 4351.76
2) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 4351.35
3) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 4345.18
4) Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger / GrapefruitKing) - 4340.80
5) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 4338.49

In the extremely close race for first, the top two switch places once again. Team The Spirit of Truth is back on top, but they lead Team mvp's by only 0.41 points. Team We Used To Be Good? remains in third today. Team Romanian Potato Soup moves up one spot to fourth, and the blazing hot Team Predestined Divination moves up two spots to enter the leaderboard at #5. The one-time leader, Team Unfinished FFP, falls off the leaderboard today down into sixth place.

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=48
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