Match #55 Results
Sonic the Hedgehog 60.19%
Luigi 39.81%

After two impressive wins for Luigi, his match against Sonic turned out to be a letdown. The man in green allowed Sonic to break 60%, which makes Kirby and Zero look a lot worse than they did last year. The consensus was Sonic with 56.22% and the average score was 45.49 points. 108 people had Sonic winning the match, and 3 picked Luigi.

Best Five Picks:
1) Alanna82 - Sonic the Hedgehog 59.95% (+49.76)
2) Jmast7 - Sonic the Hedgehog 60.53% (+49.66)
3) stripey12isback - Sonic the Hedgehog 60.56% (+49.63)
4) War13104 - Sonic the Hedgehog 59.51% (+49.32)
5) alpha door - Sonic the Hedgehog 61.16% (+49.03)

Alanna makes the best prediction today - this is her fourth top 5 of the contest. Jmast7 is second with his second top 5 of the contest. Newcomer stripey12isback gets the third best pick on his sixth ever match. War13104 is fourth for his fourth top 5, and alpha door squeezes into the relatively low-scoring top 5 with 49.03 points.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=55

Current Leaderboard:
1) cyko - 2523.89
2) Aprosenf - 2520.61
3) Draco1214 - 2513.89
4) PeaceOut64 - 2511.51
5) Salient - 2510.57

Cyko remains in first yet again, but Aprosenf gains some more ground today, bringing cyko's lead down to 3.28 points. The two of them now have a big lead over the rest of the pack - Draco moves up into third today, and is exactly 10 points behind cyko. PeaceOut64 drops down to fourth, while Salient remains in fifth.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=55

Top Team Scores:
1) Team Rage of Warcraft - 95.57 (War13104: +49.32 / DSRage: +46.25)
2) Team Coinflip - 95.17 (red sox 777: +48.56 / Menji76: +46.61)
3) Team Rocket - 94.88 (Ringworm: +48.15 / BZer0: +46.73)
4) Team Jigglypuff - 94.57 (Alanna82: +49.76 / kawaiifan: +44.81)
5) Team Lions on a Plane - 94.23 (yoshifan823: +48.74 / RX7InfinitiIII: +45.49)

Team Rage of Warcraft is back on top today - they've been pretty quiet since dropping off the team leaderboard a few weeks ago. Team Coinflip gets the second best score and Team Rocket is third. Team Jigglypuff is up there again, this time with the fourth best pick. The big story of the day is yoshifan, who gets his fifth team top 5 without a partner. RX7 hasn't shown his face since day 16 of the contest, but that hasn't stopped yoshifan from cleaning up in the team competition.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=55

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 5014.62
2) Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger / GrapefruitKing) - 5007.95
3) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 5001.23
4) Team Accident (MegatokyoEd / Rufus Shinra 18) - 4999.78
5) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 4999.71

Team mvp's, Team Romanian Potato Soup, and Team We Used To Be Good? hold on to their top 3 spots. Team Accident moves up one spot to fourth, bumping Team The Spirit of Truth down to fifth.

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=55
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