Match # 17 Results
Luigi 45.96%
Mudkip 27.71%
Pit 18.72%
Tingle 7.62%

For the third time this contest a pokemon impressed us today - it shouldn't be surprising anymore, but Mudkip exceeded expectations by more than 8%. Most of the difference came at the expense of Tingle, who proved himself to be the weak bastard everyone expected him to be last year. Luigi and Pit were both very close to expectations. The consensus predictions were Luigi 47.33%, Mudkip 19.66%, Pit 17.66%, and Tingle 15.13%. The average score was low for this contest, 43.84 points.

Best Five Picks:
1) Lieutenant Kettch - Luigi 44.47% - Mudkip 29.08% - Pit 15.96% - Tingle 10.49% (+47.87)
2) GoldSlime35 - Luigi 47.00% - Mudkip 23.00% - Pit 18.00% - Tingle 12.00% (+47.28)
3) Starion - Luigi 45.34% - Mudkip 22.64% - Pit 20.94% - Tingle 11.08% (+47.15)
4) Mega Mana - Luigi 40.00% - Mudkip 30.00% - Pit 20.00% - Tingle 10.00% (+47.02)
5) Kaxon - Luigi 46.15% - Mudkip 23.52% - Pit 16.61% - Tingle 13.72% (+46.85)

Lieutenant Kettch continues to make his mark on the contest, making the best prediction today, mostly because he had Tingle very low and Mudkip very high. Goldslime, no stranger to the top 5, gets second - this is his 28th lifetime top 5. Starion is third and Mega Mana is fourth - this is the third time in the top 5 this contest for each of them. In fifth we have someone who is a stranger to the top 5, me. I was last up there on match #17 of the series contest, or exactly two contests ago. Today's pick catapults my efficiency rating all the way up to 0.488.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=match&match=17

Current Leaderboard:
1) supdawg - 794.34
2) The n00b Avenger - 794.22
3) Lieutenant Kettch - 790.24
4) charmander6000 - 790.11
5) Ngamer64 - 789.54

OMG shakeup!! Things finally get exciting on the leaderboard. The n00b Avenger drops out of first for the first time since day 5, failing to extend his streak to 12 days. Supdawg, who lead on day 5, has managed to reclaim the lead by a precarious 0.12 points. Lieutenant Kettch resumes his climb, this time jumping 6 spots into third overall. Charmander and Ngamer remain in fourth and fifth for the second day in a row, while King Morgoth drops off the leaderboard (by only 0.01 points!) to 6th.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=total&match=17
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