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From: meche313
| Posted: 10/24/2006 5:24:50 AM | Message Detail
I'm 16th right now and I haven't been even close in this contest, I think.
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You're in a clique with Vlado and Inviso. That's the nerdy group in the school cafeteria that sits away from everybody else gossiping about the cool kids in whispers, except instead of whispers, it's AIM, and instead of the school cafeteria, it's the board 8 community. -- Shake
From: King Morgoth
| Posted: 10/24/2006 11:01:55 AM | Message Detail
My first reaction when I saw the results was "damn, I overshot". Then I remembered the KH day vote, and I started thinking I might have undershot. This could be interesting...
Stop jinxing our stuff! =P
How the heck am I still somehow in the running for this, I'm doing worse than pretty much any contest before.....
Oh and that's the last time I listen to you Kaxon =P
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It looks like I got Z1mZum'd! Congrats to the greatest Guru!
SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)
Stop jinxing our stuff! =P
How the heck am I still somehow in the running for this, I'm doing worse than pretty much any contest before.....
Oh and that's the last time I listen to you Kaxon =P
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It looks like I got Z1mZum'd! Congrats to the greatest Guru!
SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)
From: TheKnightOfNee
| Posted: 10/24/2006 11:08:20 AM | Message Detail
UGH
I changed my prediction from what might've been a top 5 prediction to Dante, based on both my bracket and the picture. And instead I fall 5 spots.
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Sushi, Kamikaze, Fujiyama, Nippon-Ichi...
"i love you and aiya" - An IM from Richie259. Awww.
I changed my prediction from what might've been a top 5 prediction to Dante, based on both my bracket and the picture. And instead I fall 5 spots.
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Sushi, Kamikaze, Fujiyama, Nippon-Ichi...
"i love you and aiya" - An IM from Richie259. Awww.
From: Aprosenf
| Posted: 10/24/2006 1:13:48 PM | Message Detail
C'mon Sora, stay low! I'm surprised he stayed this low through the night. Now, if he can keep it this way through the after-school vote, I'm looking golden. I won't gain any places, but I'll chop down the huge gap between the top 4 and me, and put some space between me and 6-11.
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If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then try to find someone whose life has given them vodka.
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If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then try to find someone whose life has given them vodka.
From: Kaxon
| Posted: 10/24/2006 1:43:06 PM | Message Detail
It's kind of depressing that my joke prediction (60%) is going to end up a lot closer than my real prediction (68.5%).
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From: cyko
| Posted: 10/24/2006 8:31:35 PM | Message Detail
BLAST!! it looks like i lost a good portion of the lead i built up with Yoshi. >_<
serves me right for getting haughty, i suppose.
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i have officially been Z1mZum'D in the guru contest.
Vincent Valentine to win the Blast Division!!
serves me right for getting haughty, i suppose.
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i have officially been Z1mZum'D in the guru contest.
Vincent Valentine to win the Blast Division!!
From: Xuxon
| Posted: 10/24/2006 8:51:26 PM | Message Detail
"A lot closer"? It'll be like half a point.
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Take off every sig.
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Take off every sig.
From: Haste_2
| Posted: 10/24/2006 10:16:22 PM | Message Detail
I'm tempted to go high on Mega Man/Ryu...but, seeing Zero vs. Luigi, I'm too scared to do that.
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From: Ed Bellis
| Posted: 10/24/2006 11:04:00 PM | Message Detail
Well, that match was kind of a disaster on all accounts for me! =P
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This was Ed Bellis, servant to the mighty Guru Z1mZum. Congrats, buddy!
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This was Ed Bellis, servant to the mighty Guru Z1mZum. Congrats, buddy!
From: ActJef1077
| Posted: 10/24/2006 11:16:21 PM | Message Detail
hell yeah!
not that I moved anywhere in the standings, but still
GO TEAM SPO*N!
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If you paint a W on each of your buttcheeks and do cartwheels it will say WoW MoM WoW! -C Bar
not that I moved anywhere in the standings, but still
GO TEAM SPO*N!
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If you paint a W on each of your buttcheeks and do cartwheels it will say WoW MoM WoW! -C Bar
From: DSRage_Revived
| Posted: 10/24/2006 11:58:32 PM | Message Detail
Grr...I'm gonna get laughed off of board 8....I'm sad :(
-D§R-
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Tifa is the most stylish girl in the FFVII world by far ~Vlado
-D§R-
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Tifa is the most stylish girl in the FFVII world by far ~Vlado
From: MegatokyoEd
| Posted: 10/24/2006 11:59:23 PM | Message Detail
I just realized that I would prob be in the top 3 if I had predicted Riku vs Yoshi. Ughh...
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Demyx > Axel
Z1mZum owned me in the Guru Contest with his mad skills!
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Demyx > Axel
Z1mZum owned me in the Guru Contest with his mad skills!
From: Haste_2
| Posted: 10/24/2006 11:59:41 PM | Message Detail
Well, there were guys who thought Kerrigan would beat Vincent, so don't feel bad.
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From: transience
| Posted: 10/25/2006 12:13:47 AM | Message Detail
woo, this is the fifth change in a row that i've gone from being dead on to... well, less dead on. i wanted to change my daring dante pick but figured i'd see what happened if i didn't change it. and i got screwed there too!
hahahaha lol tranny
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hahahaha lol tranny
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From: Kaxon
| Posted: 10/25/2006 12:44:30 AM | Message Detail
Match #43 Results
Gordon Freeman 36.07%
Sora 63.93%
Sadly, Gordon wasn't able to keep Sora below 60% today, but he did perform pretty respectably in the first second round match of his career. Finally Gordon can hold his head high - he fought hard and maintained his dignity! The consensus was Sora with 65.98% and the average score was 45.61. All 116 people took Sora.
Best Five Picks:
1) ActJef1077 - Sora 63.98% (+49.95)
2) Weird Kirby Dude11 - Sora 64.00% (+49.93)
2) kawaiifan - Sora 64.00% (+49.93)
4) The Real Truth - Sora 64.02% (+49.91)
5) Menji76 - Sora 64.20% (+49.73)
ActJef is today's top predictor - this is his third top prediction of the contest, and 5th top 5. Weird Kirby Dude and kawaiifan, the Oracle Queen, tie for second - this is Wierd Kirby Dude's third top 5 of the contest, and kawaiifan's first. The Real Truth gets fourth, and Menji gets fifth.
Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=43
Current Leaderboard:
1) cyko - 1952.59
2) DSRage - 1946.86
3) Karma Hunter - 1944.45
4) Kaxon - 1944.04
5) Salient - 1940.02
Cyko hangs on to the lead for the second day in a row - although his Sora prediction was overly aggressive, it was less aggressive than Karma Hunter's, so he stays well ahead in first place. DSRage moves up to second, passing Karma Hunter. Karma Hunter drops to third, narrowly ahead of Kaxon, who stays in fourth. Salient takes fifth from Aprosenf - he's been slowly working his way up all contest, and today it finally pays off.
Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=43
Top Team Scores:
1) Team SPO*N - 99.88 (Weird Kirby Dude11: +49.93 / ActJef1077: +49.95)
2) Team Coinflip - 98.66 (red sox 777: +48.93 / Menji76: +49.73)
3) Team Predestined Divination - 98.15 (creativename: +48.93 / Ngamer64: +49.22)
4) Team The Spirit of Truth - 98.11 (Draco1214: +48.93 / Rodri316: +49.18)
5) Team Romanian Potato Soup - 97.90 (The n00b Avenger: +49.24 / GrapefruitKing: +48.66)
Team SPO*N (Weird Kirby Dude and ActJef) has a monster day, scoring a combined 99.88 points with the first and second highest individual scores of the day. Team Coinflip gets the second best score of the day. Team Predestined Divination is third, and is closesly followed by Team The Spirit of Truth, who make a recovery from yesterday's bad scores. Team Romanian Potato Soup gets the fifth best score.
Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=43
Team Leaderboard:
1) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 3879.13
2) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 3876.04
3) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 3872.28
4) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 3871.90
5) Team Accident (MegatokyoEd / Rufus Shinra 18) - 3861.86
Team We Used To Be Good? retakes the team lead! Although Kaxon's and King Morgoth's predictions weren't the best, they were enough to pass Team Unfinished FFP. Karma Hunter had one Ed Bellis of a prediction, and so did Ed Bellis, causing them to drop down to fourth place. The Spirit of Truth moves up one spot to second and Team mvp's moves up to third, cracking into the once-unbeatable looking top 3. Team Accident remains in fifth place.
Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=43
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....TCELES B HSUP
Gordon Freeman 36.07%
Sora 63.93%
Sadly, Gordon wasn't able to keep Sora below 60% today, but he did perform pretty respectably in the first second round match of his career. Finally Gordon can hold his head high - he fought hard and maintained his dignity! The consensus was Sora with 65.98% and the average score was 45.61. All 116 people took Sora.
Best Five Picks:
1) ActJef1077 - Sora 63.98% (+49.95)
2) Weird Kirby Dude11 - Sora 64.00% (+49.93)
2) kawaiifan - Sora 64.00% (+49.93)
4) The Real Truth - Sora 64.02% (+49.91)
5) Menji76 - Sora 64.20% (+49.73)
ActJef is today's top predictor - this is his third top prediction of the contest, and 5th top 5. Weird Kirby Dude and kawaiifan, the Oracle Queen, tie for second - this is Wierd Kirby Dude's third top 5 of the contest, and kawaiifan's first. The Real Truth gets fourth, and Menji gets fifth.
Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=43
Current Leaderboard:
1) cyko - 1952.59
2) DSRage - 1946.86
3) Karma Hunter - 1944.45
4) Kaxon - 1944.04
5) Salient - 1940.02
Cyko hangs on to the lead for the second day in a row - although his Sora prediction was overly aggressive, it was less aggressive than Karma Hunter's, so he stays well ahead in first place. DSRage moves up to second, passing Karma Hunter. Karma Hunter drops to third, narrowly ahead of Kaxon, who stays in fourth. Salient takes fifth from Aprosenf - he's been slowly working his way up all contest, and today it finally pays off.
Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=43
Top Team Scores:
1) Team SPO*N - 99.88 (Weird Kirby Dude11: +49.93 / ActJef1077: +49.95)
2) Team Coinflip - 98.66 (red sox 777: +48.93 / Menji76: +49.73)
3) Team Predestined Divination - 98.15 (creativename: +48.93 / Ngamer64: +49.22)
4) Team The Spirit of Truth - 98.11 (Draco1214: +48.93 / Rodri316: +49.18)
5) Team Romanian Potato Soup - 97.90 (The n00b Avenger: +49.24 / GrapefruitKing: +48.66)
Team SPO*N (Weird Kirby Dude and ActJef) has a monster day, scoring a combined 99.88 points with the first and second highest individual scores of the day. Team Coinflip gets the second best score of the day. Team Predestined Divination is third, and is closesly followed by Team The Spirit of Truth, who make a recovery from yesterday's bad scores. Team Romanian Potato Soup gets the fifth best score.
Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=43
Team Leaderboard:
1) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 3879.13
2) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 3876.04
3) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 3872.28
4) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 3871.90
5) Team Accident (MegatokyoEd / Rufus Shinra 18) - 3861.86
Team We Used To Be Good? retakes the team lead! Although Kaxon's and King Morgoth's predictions weren't the best, they were enough to pass Team Unfinished FFP. Karma Hunter had one Ed Bellis of a prediction, and so did Ed Bellis, causing them to drop down to fourth place. The Spirit of Truth moves up one spot to second and Team mvp's moves up to third, cracking into the once-unbeatable looking top 3. Team Accident remains in fifth place.
Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=43
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....TCELES B HSUP
From: Aprosenf
| Posted: 10/25/2006 11:39:22 AM | Message Detail
Sweet, my predictions today is looking excellent. If Mega Man stays under 58%, I'll vault into third place and cut down the difference between cyko and me considerably.
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From: King_Zog
| Posted: 10/25/2006 12:21:06 PM | Message Detail
My goodness MM is stinking it up right now...as I expected :)
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From: Aprosenf
| Posted: 10/25/2006 6:31:15 PM | Message Detail
Wed Oct 25 19:30:03 EDT 2006
Ryu 42.03% 41902
Mega Man 57.97% 57789
TOTAL VOTES: 99691
Lead: 15887
Alright Mega Man, now stay right there and DON'T INCREASE.
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If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then try to find someone whose life has given them vodka.
Ryu 42.03% 41902
Mega Man 57.97% 57789
TOTAL VOTES: 99691
Lead: 15887
Alright Mega Man, now stay right there and DON'T INCREASE.
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If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then try to find someone whose life has given them vodka.
From: -LusterSoldier-
| Posted: 10/25/2006 6:36:54 PM | Message Detail
Mega Man needs to increase in order to come closer and closer to my prediction (even though it's like 63.17).
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From: Camden
| Posted: 10/25/2006 10:14:06 PM | Message Detail
Bowser gets 58.98 on Ryu, and Mega Man doesn't? That Snake over Mega Man prediction doesn't look so bad any longer.
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Huh? Finger!? What the hell? -Cloud
Game over, what was a bad joke is now a reality show. -Sonata Arctica
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Huh? Finger!? What the hell? -Cloud
Game over, what was a bad joke is now a reality show. -Sonata Arctica
From: MyWorldIsTerra
| Posted: 10/25/2006 11:02:46 PM | Message Detail
Whoa! Only DSRage picked Ryu. LAWL
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*is raytan7585* at work (in Purg'D prison)
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No.1 in my Final Fantasy female rankings.
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From: Ed Bellis
| Posted: 10/25/2006 11:02:53 PM | Message Detail
Match #44 - Strider Hiryu vs Ryu (Street Fighter)
Winner: Mega Man - 58.04%
I swear you're doing this on purpose by this point. =P
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This was Ed Bellis, servant to the mighty Guru Z1mZum. Congrats, buddy!
Winner: Mega Man - 58.04%
I swear you're doing this on purpose by this point. =P
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This was Ed Bellis, servant to the mighty Guru Z1mZum. Congrats, buddy!
From: alpha door
| Posted: 10/25/2006 11:02:58 PM | Message Detail
Strider Hiryu'd
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From: MyWorldIsTerra
| Posted: 10/25/2006 11:06:22 PM | Message Detail
>>XD
I didn't notice that.
Strider Hiryu strikes again!
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I didn't notice that.
Strider Hiryu strikes again!
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From: Haste_2
| Posted: 10/25/2006 11:10:01 PM | Message Detail
Too bad Strider didn't win this time.
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From: Kaxon
| Posted: 10/25/2006 11:37:32 PM | Message Detail
Gah... I knew that bug was going to happen again when Ryu had his next match, but I never got around to fixing it. Oh well, at least Ryu's out now, so I'm safe until next year. =P
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From: King_Zog
| Posted: 10/25/2006 11:38:16 PM | Message Detail
This Strider thing really must stop!
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From: Kaxon
| Posted: 10/26/2006 12:07:10 AM | Message Detail
Match #44 Results
Ryu (Street Fighter) 41.96%
Mega Man 58.04%
Against the odds, the street fighter managed to continue his streak of never getting less than 40% of the vote. Mega Man performed worse against Ryu than Bowser did last year, putting his chances against Snake into serious doubt. 116 people predicted Mega Man would win the match, and 1 person (accidentally) picked Ryu. The consensus was Mega Man with 62.49% and the average score was 45.02.
Best Five Picks:
1) Aprosenf - Mega Man 57.97% (+49.93)
2) Lagoona - Mega Man 57.90% (+49.86)
3) steve illumina - Mega Man 57.78% (+49.74)
4) DarkLink89 - Mega Man 58.34% (+49.70)
5) King_Zog - Mega Man 58.36% (+49.68)
Aprosenf continues his hot streak with the best overall prediction today! This is his third top 5 of the contest. Lagoona gets the second best prediction and hot-or-cold steve illumina has the third best prediction - this is the 3rd top 5 this contest for both of them. DarkLink89 gets fourth just three days after his perfect prediction, and King_Zog gets fifth. This is the 4th top 5 of the contest for both DarkLink and King_Zog.
Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=44
Current Leaderboard:
1) cyko - 1997.85
2) Kaxon - 1989.32
3) Aprosenf - 1988.84
4) Karma Hunter - 1988.44
5) Salient - 1987.33
The big news of the day is DSRage's unfortunate mistake, which cost him 21.08 points and drops him down from 2nd place to 23rd. Despite the costly mistake, he still outranks 142 other competitors, including 67 who have predicted every match! Hopefully we'll see him make a comeback in the final stages of the contest.
In other leaderboard news, cyko remains in first and extends his lead to eight and a half points. Kaxon moves up to second place, the highest he's been since the penultimate day of SC2k4 (a span of 173 matches). Aprosenf also climbs three spots to third, with his excellent prediction for the day. Karma Hunter drops one spot to fourth, and Salient hangs on to fifth place despite a charge from Draco (who moved up 4 spots to 6th).
Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=44
Top Team Scores:
1) Team Random - 97.41 (XIII is cool: +48.48 / Giggsalot: +48.93)
2) Team The Spirit of Truth - 97.21 (Draco1214: +49.04 / Rodri316: +48.17)
3) Team AAA - 96.68 (Aprosenf: +49.93 / Ayvuir: +46.75)
4) Team Rocket - 96.18 (Ringworm: +47.04 / BZer0: +49.14)
5) Team Romanian Potato Soup - 95.38 (The n00b Avenger: +48.73 / GrapefruitKing: +46.65)
Today's top scoring team is Team Random, with XIII is cool and Giggsalot. Team The Spirit of Truth has the second best score, pushing them back up to the top of the team leaderboard. Team AAA (Aprosenf/Ayvuir) gets the third best score, followed by Team Rocket (Ringworm/BZer0) and Team Romanian Potato Soup (n00b Avenger/GrapefruitKing).
Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=44
Team Leaderboard:
1) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 3973.25
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 3971.34
3) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 3964.06
4) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 3964.03
5) Team Accident (MegatokyoEd / Rufus Shinra 18) - 3956.60
We have two flipflops on the team leaderboard - The Spirit of Truth retakes first, swapping places with Team We Used To Be Good? in second, and Team Unfinished FFP trades places with Team mvp's, moving back up from fourth to third. Team Accident hangs on to fifth place.
Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=44
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....TCELES B HSUP
Ryu (Street Fighter) 41.96%
Mega Man 58.04%
Against the odds, the street fighter managed to continue his streak of never getting less than 40% of the vote. Mega Man performed worse against Ryu than Bowser did last year, putting his chances against Snake into serious doubt. 116 people predicted Mega Man would win the match, and 1 person (accidentally) picked Ryu. The consensus was Mega Man with 62.49% and the average score was 45.02.
Best Five Picks:
1) Aprosenf - Mega Man 57.97% (+49.93)
2) Lagoona - Mega Man 57.90% (+49.86)
3) steve illumina - Mega Man 57.78% (+49.74)
4) DarkLink89 - Mega Man 58.34% (+49.70)
5) King_Zog - Mega Man 58.36% (+49.68)
Aprosenf continues his hot streak with the best overall prediction today! This is his third top 5 of the contest. Lagoona gets the second best prediction and hot-or-cold steve illumina has the third best prediction - this is the 3rd top 5 this contest for both of them. DarkLink89 gets fourth just three days after his perfect prediction, and King_Zog gets fifth. This is the 4th top 5 of the contest for both DarkLink and King_Zog.
Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=44
Current Leaderboard:
1) cyko - 1997.85
2) Kaxon - 1989.32
3) Aprosenf - 1988.84
4) Karma Hunter - 1988.44
5) Salient - 1987.33
The big news of the day is DSRage's unfortunate mistake, which cost him 21.08 points and drops him down from 2nd place to 23rd. Despite the costly mistake, he still outranks 142 other competitors, including 67 who have predicted every match! Hopefully we'll see him make a comeback in the final stages of the contest.
In other leaderboard news, cyko remains in first and extends his lead to eight and a half points. Kaxon moves up to second place, the highest he's been since the penultimate day of SC2k4 (a span of 173 matches). Aprosenf also climbs three spots to third, with his excellent prediction for the day. Karma Hunter drops one spot to fourth, and Salient hangs on to fifth place despite a charge from Draco (who moved up 4 spots to 6th).
Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=44
Top Team Scores:
1) Team Random - 97.41 (XIII is cool: +48.48 / Giggsalot: +48.93)
2) Team The Spirit of Truth - 97.21 (Draco1214: +49.04 / Rodri316: +48.17)
3) Team AAA - 96.68 (Aprosenf: +49.93 / Ayvuir: +46.75)
4) Team Rocket - 96.18 (Ringworm: +47.04 / BZer0: +49.14)
5) Team Romanian Potato Soup - 95.38 (The n00b Avenger: +48.73 / GrapefruitKing: +46.65)
Today's top scoring team is Team Random, with XIII is cool and Giggsalot. Team The Spirit of Truth has the second best score, pushing them back up to the top of the team leaderboard. Team AAA (Aprosenf/Ayvuir) gets the third best score, followed by Team Rocket (Ringworm/BZer0) and Team Romanian Potato Soup (n00b Avenger/GrapefruitKing).
Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=44
Team Leaderboard:
1) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 3973.25
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 3971.34
3) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 3964.06
4) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 3964.03
5) Team Accident (MegatokyoEd / Rufus Shinra 18) - 3956.60
We have two flipflops on the team leaderboard - The Spirit of Truth retakes first, swapping places with Team We Used To Be Good? in second, and Team Unfinished FFP trades places with Team mvp's, moving back up from fourth to third. Team Accident hangs on to fifth place.
Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=44
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From: Ed Bellis
| Posted: 10/26/2006 8:00:11 PM | Message Detail
Huh, if this score keeps up I might actually get a top 5 prediction! (probably not lol)
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From: Leebo86
| Posted: 10/26/2006 9:10:52 PM | Message Detail
It's dropping now... I hope I can hang onto a top 5.
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From: CyberMachine08
| Posted: 10/26/2006 9:56:27 PM | Message Detail
Oh god...don't drop!!
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I thought lolicon would mean LOL ICON as in Lol internet - XIII is cool
*is raytan7585* in the Purg'D Prison (34 days left)
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*is raytan7585* in the Purg'D Prison (34 days left)
From: King_Zog
| Posted: 10/26/2006 11:11:56 PM | Message Detail
Run away with it Luigi!
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From: Kaxon
| Posted: 10/27/2006 12:29:59 AM | Message Detail
Match #45 Results
Sonic the Hedgehog 52.09%
Vincent Valentine 47.91%
Vincent comes closer to Sonic than any non-noble niner has managed yet, but still loses in a match that was never really in doubt once the voting started. The consensus was Sonic with 54.13% and the average score was 46.90. 110 people picked Sonic to win the match and 10 picked Vincent.
Best Five Picks:
1) Janus5000 - Sonic the Hedgehog 52.02% (+49.93)
2) Lopen - Sonic the Hedgehog 52.01% (+49.92)
3) BeTheMan - Sonic the Hedgehog 52.00% (+49.91)
3) Alanna82 - Sonic the Hedgehog 52.00% (+49.91)
5) ActJef1077 - Sonic the Hedgehog 51.99% (+49.90)
Janus gets another top prediction - his second of the contest, and his fourth top 5. The top 5 are all extremely close to each other today - the fifth best prediction is only 0.03 points below the best. Hit or miss Lopen hits this one on the head with the second best prediction, his third of the contest. BeTheMan and Alanna tie for third - this is the third top 5 of the contest for each of them. ActJef gets the fifth best prediction, his 6th top 5 of the contest.
Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=45
Current Leaderboard:
1) cyko - 2047.67
2) Kaxon - 2038.11
3) Aprosenf - 2037.03
4) Salient - 2036.83
5) Karma Hunter - 2036.25
Today's leaderboard is pretty uneventful. Cyko expands his lead even further, to over nine and a half points. Kaxon and Aprosenf remain in second and third, respectively. Salient moves up to fourth, while Karma Hunter drops down to fifth. The rest of the top 10 is also completely unchanged today.
Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=45
Top Team Scores:
1) Team Battle with Gilgamesh > JENOVA - 99.62 (Janus5000: +49.93 / KleenexTissue50: +49.69)
2) Team Jigglypuff - 99.00 (Alanna82: +49.91 / kawaiifan: +49.09)
3) Team SPO*N - 98.99 (Weird Kirby Dude11: +49.09 / ActJef1077: +49.90)
4) Team Klonoa Alliance - 98.80 (raytan7585: +49.84 / amyvitality66: +48.96)
5) Team mvp's - 98.35 (ps2rulezzz: +49.09 / basmeyer42: +49.26)
Team Battle with Gilgamesh > JENOVA has a great day, taking the top team honors for the day. Team Jigglypuff also makes its presence felt with a score of exactly 99 points. Team SPO*N is right behind them with 98.99 points. Raytan and amyvitality get the fourth best score of the day. Team mvp's continues their bid for a repeat by getting the fifth best score of the day.
Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=45
Team Leaderboard:
1) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 4071.41
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 4067.99
3) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 4062.38
4) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 4061.36
5) Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger / GrapefruitKing) - 4051.06
The top two positions remain unchanged on the team leaderboard. The Spirit of Truth is in first, and slightly widens their lead over Team We Used To Be Good? in second. Team mvp's and Team Unfinished FFP swap third and fourth places again, with the mvp's back in third. Team Romanian Potato Soup moves back onto the leaderboard, trading with Team Accident.
Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=45
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Sonic the Hedgehog 52.09%
Vincent Valentine 47.91%
Vincent comes closer to Sonic than any non-noble niner has managed yet, but still loses in a match that was never really in doubt once the voting started. The consensus was Sonic with 54.13% and the average score was 46.90. 110 people picked Sonic to win the match and 10 picked Vincent.
Best Five Picks:
1) Janus5000 - Sonic the Hedgehog 52.02% (+49.93)
2) Lopen - Sonic the Hedgehog 52.01% (+49.92)
3) BeTheMan - Sonic the Hedgehog 52.00% (+49.91)
3) Alanna82 - Sonic the Hedgehog 52.00% (+49.91)
5) ActJef1077 - Sonic the Hedgehog 51.99% (+49.90)
Janus gets another top prediction - his second of the contest, and his fourth top 5. The top 5 are all extremely close to each other today - the fifth best prediction is only 0.03 points below the best. Hit or miss Lopen hits this one on the head with the second best prediction, his third of the contest. BeTheMan and Alanna tie for third - this is the third top 5 of the contest for each of them. ActJef gets the fifth best prediction, his 6th top 5 of the contest.
Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=45
Current Leaderboard:
1) cyko - 2047.67
2) Kaxon - 2038.11
3) Aprosenf - 2037.03
4) Salient - 2036.83
5) Karma Hunter - 2036.25
Today's leaderboard is pretty uneventful. Cyko expands his lead even further, to over nine and a half points. Kaxon and Aprosenf remain in second and third, respectively. Salient moves up to fourth, while Karma Hunter drops down to fifth. The rest of the top 10 is also completely unchanged today.
Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=45
Top Team Scores:
1) Team Battle with Gilgamesh > JENOVA - 99.62 (Janus5000: +49.93 / KleenexTissue50: +49.69)
2) Team Jigglypuff - 99.00 (Alanna82: +49.91 / kawaiifan: +49.09)
3) Team SPO*N - 98.99 (Weird Kirby Dude11: +49.09 / ActJef1077: +49.90)
4) Team Klonoa Alliance - 98.80 (raytan7585: +49.84 / amyvitality66: +48.96)
5) Team mvp's - 98.35 (ps2rulezzz: +49.09 / basmeyer42: +49.26)
Team Battle with Gilgamesh > JENOVA has a great day, taking the top team honors for the day. Team Jigglypuff also makes its presence felt with a score of exactly 99 points. Team SPO*N is right behind them with 98.99 points. Raytan and amyvitality get the fourth best score of the day. Team mvp's continues their bid for a repeat by getting the fifth best score of the day.
Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=45
Team Leaderboard:
1) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 4071.41
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 4067.99
3) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 4062.38
4) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 4061.36
5) Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger / GrapefruitKing) - 4051.06
The top two positions remain unchanged on the team leaderboard. The Spirit of Truth is in first, and slightly widens their lead over Team We Used To Be Good? in second. Team mvp's and Team Unfinished FFP swap third and fourth places again, with the mvp's back in third. Team Romanian Potato Soup moves back onto the leaderboard, trading with Team Accident.
Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=45
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From: creativename
| Posted: 10/27/2006 1:08:04 AM | Message Detail
You could tell this beforehand, but Vincent/Sonic had to be among the most non-impactful matches ever.
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From: Xuxon
| Posted: 10/27/2006 1:14:48 AM | Message Detail
Yeah, it was really impossible either for Vincent to win or for Sonic to win by very much. And both the predictions and the results reflected that, for the most part.
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From: Kaxon
| Posted: 10/27/2006 1:28:56 AM | Message Detail
If Luigi wins this with more than 51.61, I'm out of the top 5. Come on Kirby, at least keep it close!
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From: transience
| Posted: 10/27/2006 1:47:17 AM | Message Detail
the top five all went for Kirby?
parity, here we come!
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parity, here we come!
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From: ps2rulezzz
| Posted: 10/27/2006 3:30:58 AM | Message Detail
How nice, going to bed with most people choosing luigi. Waking up seeing the whole top 5 has kirby, and now if Luigi keeps his lead I will be in top 5. :)
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30/32 sc 2006
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From: The_Lady_Ashe
| Posted: 10/27/2006 6:08:06 PM | Message Detail
I seem to be .09% over. Come on Luigi, you can do it! D:
Can I get my profile name changed to Lady Ashe and have The_Lady_Ashe registered as an alt? :x
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Can I get my profile name changed to Lady Ashe and have The_Lady_Ashe registered as an alt? :x
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From: Seginustemple
| Posted: 10/27/2006 7:09:12 PM | Message Detail
Wow, I really thought there would be more SFF here, I guess not. And I thought 54 percent was undershooting :p
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From: -LusterSoldier-
| Posted: 10/27/2006 8:30:36 PM | Message Detail
Right now, my pick of 52.28% on Luigi is looking like a huge lock on the Top 5 for today. Luigi must keep falling... BUT SLOWLY
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Luster Soldier - Popular at school. ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
From: King_Zog
| Posted: 10/27/2006 11:02:52 PM | Message Detail
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From: King_Zog
| Posted: 10/27/2006 11:04:50 PM | Message Detail
Holy **** at Bowser's board vote...or is Crono truly hated on B8? Anyways, Crono is off to an extremely good first 5 minutes
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Ladies and Gentlemen, your attention please. The Orient Express is now departing... All passengers should be on board.
From: -LusterSoldier-
| Posted: 10/27/2006 11:11:22 PM | Message Detail
Oops! It appears the Oracle Challenge site updated before the final update of the last match, where Luigi lost 0.01% in the final update of the match.
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From: triviaman
| Posted: 10/27/2006 11:12:17 PM | Message Detail
man!! i'm REALLY starting to wish that i hadn't lowered my pick so much today. my original pick was aroung 60.4%.
>_<
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This is cyko posting from a friend's house!!!
>_>
>_<
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This is cyko posting from a friend's house!!!
>_>
From: GoldSlime35
| Posted: 10/27/2006 11:14:59 PM | Message Detail
Site recorded the results too early, its off by .01
I'm extremely close again, yet I only get 3rd.
Do I have the highest effeciency rating of anyone who has predicted, say, 100 or more matches? Because I'm 10th in top 5s despite missing 2005s 97 matches.
You should make one of those leaderboards under records for efficiency.
I'm extremely close again, yet I only get 3rd.
Do I have the highest effeciency rating of anyone who has predicted, say, 100 or more matches? Because I'm 10th in top 5s despite missing 2005s 97 matches.
You should make one of those leaderboards under records for efficiency.
From: King Morgoth
| Posted: 10/28/2006 12:27:10 AM | Message Detail
Database has been fixed, but this is weird since the final update was picked up by creative's database at :01:11 and we (in theory) run the script at :02:00. And I don't think it's a clock problem since we're on the same server. Oh well, Kaxon's side of the deal >_>
You should make one of those leaderboards under records for efficiency.
Maybe at some point but not now, it would be too heavy on the server with the current code and a pain to pull off. Could possibly get done next Winter though...
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You should make one of those leaderboards under records for efficiency.
Maybe at some point but not now, it would be too heavy on the server with the current code and a pain to pull off. Could possibly get done next Winter though...
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From: KingBartz
| Posted: 10/28/2006 1:03:10 AM | Message Detail
Was looking through my predictions and saw bowser with 57%... I freaked out at first until I realized that was my first round pick... phew.
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That was too close. You were almost a Jill sandwich.
SC2k6: 54/60 Today's pick: Crono
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That was too close. You were almost a Jill sandwich.
SC2k6: 54/60 Today's pick: Crono
From: FastFalcon05
| Posted: 10/28/2006 1:05:11 AM | Message Detail
Aw, I was sort of hoping my Kirby pick would count, even though it technically late. : (
Figured it was worth a shot to beg.
*begs, pleads, entreats*
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Figured it was worth a shot to beg.
*begs, pleads, entreats*
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From: Kaxon
| Posted: 10/28/2006 3:20:01 AM | Message Detail
Database has been fixed, but this is weird since the final update was picked up by creative's database at :01:11 and we (in theory) run the script at :02:00. And I don't think it's a clock problem since we're on the same server. Oh well, Kaxon's side of the deal >_>
Actually, we get the results at 0:01, and we update the rankings at 0:02. =P
Aw, I was sort of hoping my Kirby pick would count, even though it technically late. : (
Sorry... it would have counted if it had been 3 seconds earlier, but we just can't take predictions after the start of the match.
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Actually, we get the results at 0:01, and we update the rankings at 0:02. =P
Aw, I was sort of hoping my Kirby pick would count, even though it technically late. : (
Sorry... it would have counted if it had been 3 seconds earlier, but we just can't take predictions after the start of the match.
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