Match # 37 Results
Sephiroth 57.11%
Fox McCloud 19.73%
Meta Knight 13.19%
Wario 9.97%

Second Playthrough Factor confirmed? Sephiroth blew the roof off expectations today with over 57% of the vote, exceeding Cloud's impressive showing and his own round 1 match. Meanwhile, Wario finished under 10%, to the delight of the other 90% of the population. The consensus predictions were: Sephiroth - 49.88%; Fox - 22.57%; Meta Knight - 15.15%; Wario - 12.46%. All 113 predictions had Sephiroth in first, and 107 of them had Fox second. 4 had Meta Knight second and 2 had Wario. The average score was 46.01.

Best Five Picks:
1) RPGLord95 - Fox McCloud 21.00% - M. Knight 13.00% - Sephiroth 55.00% - Wario 11.00% (+48.85)
2) Sk0rne3000 - Fox McCloud 21.14% - M. Knight 13.61% - Sephiroth 54.48% - Wario 10.77% (+48.68)
3) ActJef1077 - Fox McCloud 20.00% - M. Knight 15.00% - Sephiroth 54.00% - Wario 11.00% (+48.44)
4) Lieutenant Kettch - Fox McCloud 20.48% - M. Knight 15.57% - Sephiroth 54.93% - Wario 9.02% (+48.43)
5) Paratroopa1 - Fox McCloud 19.69% - M. Knight 16.36% - Sephiroth 54.39% - Wario 9.56% (+48.41)
5) Mega Mana - Fox McCloud 20.04% - M. Knight 13.98% - Sephiroth 53.93% - Wario 12.05% (+48.41)

RPGLord95 is the top predictor today - this his first top 5 of the contest and first #1 pick of his career. Sk0rne3000, who's in his first Oracle Challenge, got his first top 5 ever with the #2 prediction. ActJef and Lt. Kettch are third and fourth, respectively - both have several previous top 5's this contest, and this is the 10th career top 5 for each of them. Paratroopa and Mega Mana tied for fifth, while IhatethisCPU trailed them by 0.01 points, demonstrating the unpredictability of the match.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=match&match=37

Current Leaderboard:
1) The n00b Avenger - 1729.85
2) smitelf - 1723.04
3) Haste2 - 1721.48
4) creativename - 1720.64
5) supdawg - 1720.47

N00b Avenger is still in first (now for the 19th consecutive day, which ties him with cyko for third-longest all time streak), but smitelf inches closer to him. Haste2 moves up to third at the expense of creativename, who falls one spot to fourth. Supdawg also moves up, pushing Moltar off the leaderboard as he takes over fifth place. Also noteworthy is Camden climbing three spots and moving back into the top 10 for the first time since day 2 - he's finished in the top 10 in four out of five contests he's been in.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k7&type=total&match=37
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