An update! Yikes!

People who have been formally requested: (requester):
ActJef (Weird Kirby Dude)
cyko (Z1mZum,ad00,Xuxon)
cokes (ad00)
Darkash (Heroic Viktor)
Dilated Chemist (Z1mZum)
GMUN (warning_crazy)
GrapefruitKing (Xuxon,Luster)
HM (consolefreak)
Icon (Tom Bombadil)
Luster (FigureOfSpeech)
Menji76 (Seguinstemple)
Paratroopa1 (swirldude)
Sine (jonthomson)
StifledSilence (Shaduln)
StopPokingMe (ToadYoshi)
The n00b Avenger (Xuxon,GrapefruitKing)
transience (GrapefruitKing,Icon)

People looking for a partner: (Requests)
ad00 (cyko, cokes)
baubeta
BeTheMan
Cokes
consolefreak (HM)
cyko
DaruniaTheGoron
entropyx
Evil_REmade
FigureOfSpeech (Luster)
freac
Gaddswell
GoldSlime35 (?)
GrapefruitKing (The n00b Avenger,transience)
Hartzenan
Heroix Viktor (Darkash)
Icon (transience)
jonthomson (Sine)
Kaidyn04
Luster Soldier (GFK)
Mantyke
marioinblack
MegatokyoEd
Menji76
NClark128
oneills1
Paratroopa1
pikaness
Radix
Redtooth
Seguinustemple (Menji)
SF_Clowns
Shaduln
Shoenin_Kakashi (?)
Spark Mandrill
StifledSilence
StopPokingMe
supdawg
swirldude (Paratroopa)
Taslion (Para, Luster, Tombawocxer)
th3l3fty
ToadYoshi (StopPokingMe)
Tombawocxer
Tom Bombadil (icon)
transience (looking for someone to hold his nuts)
warning_crazy (GMUN)
Weird Kirby Dude 11 (ActJef)
WhakkoJacko
WiggumFan267 (DP)
XIII_rocks (Para, etc...)
Xuxon (The n00b Avenger,GFK,cyko)

Teams:
1. Kaxon/King Morgoth - Team We Used To Be Good?
2. Janus5000/KleenexTissue50 - Team Battle with Gilgamesh = J-E-N-O-V-A
3. neonreaper/Sess - Team Jagermeister
4. amyvitality66/raytan7585 - Team Klonoa Alliance
5. Dekar TKB/Haste2 - Team Drunkadelict Armadillos
6. Explicit Content/Master Moltar - Team Big Black Wangs
7. linkhatesganon/ScorpionX3 - Team Los Gonzalez
8. DSRage/War13104 - Team RAGE OF WARCRAFT
9. _Yonex_/Ayvuir - Team The Shy Teds
10. Stingers/Tirofog - Team Eltbus
11. MajinZidane/Smurf - Team The X Crewstaters
12. Alanna82/kawaiifan - Team Jigglypuff
13. BBallman7/LinkLegend27 - Team ???
14. Luis_Sera89/StifledSilence - Team StifledSera
15. TRE/Xcarvengerx - Team ???
16. FastFalcon05/kaonashi1 - Team ???
17. CrimsonOcean/Lady Ashe - Team Vector Industries
18. Applekidjosh/Jay Lv99 - Team Elitist Clique Members
19. outback/Rodri316 - Team ???
20. AmazingKirby/Draco1214 - Team ???
21. satai_delenn/Lopen - Team The Council of Two
22. MaxedOutRyu/yoshifan823 - Team Boondock Saints
23. Sir Chris/yoblazer33 - Team ???
24. Forceful Dragon/SBell0105 - Team DragonBellZ
25. BZer0/ShatteredElysium - Team Ice Cream
26. basmeyer42/ps2rulezzz - Team mvp's
27. GameBopAdv/IhatethisCPU - Team ???
28. Eeeevil Overlord/Maniac64 - Team ???
29. Camden/meche313 - Team Happy Happyists
30. Vlado/Zylo the wolf - Team ???
31. alpha door/Lagoona - Team ???
32. Ness26/TheKnightOfNee - Team ???
33. BlAcK TuRtLe/XxSoulxX - Team lol xstats
34. Jmast7/Leebo86 - Team ???
35. Dilated Chemist/Z1mZum - Team Awesome
36. Pats_Dynasty/SuperSmash Master - Team ???
37. creativename/Ngamer64 - Team Predestined Divination
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Kaxon is a figurehead. Morgoth has all the real power. - Janus5000
SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)

Huzzah, Team PD rides again! Ready to once again do battle with our Eternal Rivals, KM & Kax!

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thengamer.com/xstats = lol x-stats
Still smarting from the beatdown Rufus applied in the Guru Contest!

Oh, I accept ToadYoshi's proposal.

Sorry, TY, I didn't realize I had to accept it officially after I said I'd play with anyone.
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Champions of Time and Space: The Summer Contest 2003 Fanfiction Project
http://crolapras.tripod.com/ffproj.html

Grab me a spot in your file, but with no teammate. Returning from a few summers ago!

-octo

I'll accept Xuxon's offer. We are now a team.
Team name is unknown until I talk to him
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It's a penguin murder mystery !!!

DP where arrrrrrrrre you?

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Wigs... The Other OTHER White Meat: ~Helping Bald People Since 1987~
Happily Married to Alanna82 on Valentines Day 05

Y'know, I know it's unoriginal but how about "Team Discovery Channel," Leebo? <_<
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Everything happens for a reason...
Lost Theories and Reviews: http://mistakingcoincidence.blogspot.com/

Oh, if GBA doesn't come back...

Team name:
It's An Upset! And You're On Your Own.
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Lu Meng: We must fight Guan Yu!
Guan Yu: I am to be my own enemy? This shall be difficult indeed!

Never done the Oracle Challenge before, but if Wigs wants me as a partner, I can't say no!

Let's do this, Wiggles!

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Dp, you are one awesome, sexy bastard. I less than 3 you. -Shadow Ryoko
Let's Go Mets

We would like the name

Team Mets & Sonic at the Oracle Games!



Woooo


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Wigs... The Other OTHER White Meat: ~Helping Bald People Since 1987~
Happily Married to Alanna82 on Valentines Day 05

Alright, sign me up.

As well, for the team competition, I'll be partnering with Canth.

Team Name: Hyperion
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Ignorance is bliss, no wonder I'm never happy. >_<
*Ching* Scythe Marshall ready to slaughter! FFT Junkie

Yay Scythe. Just confirming everything he said. We're in and teaming <3
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In Progress: FFT Cleric SSCC (Limberry)

*kicks*
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Kaxon is a figurehead. Morgoth has all the real power. - Janus5000
SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)

Idk if SSM will agree, but I'd like us to be called Team ISS GON RAIN.
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Rufus sure kicked me in the Shin(ra) when he won the Guru contest.

oh, yeah. suppose i'll take a partner after all. i'm happy with ad00 or Xuxon - whoever still needs me.


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"I am the reinforcements." - Ashley Riot (Vagrant Story)

*Signs up*

I'll take as a partner anyone who finished in the top 25 last year.
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If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then try to find someone whose life has given them vodka.

I will team up with swirldude.

*shudders*

You're a bigger man than I, Troops.

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thengamer.com/xstats = lol x-stats
Still smarting from the beatdown Rufus applied in the Guru Contest!

...what's that supposed to mean??
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Pokemon FC: 0129 8285 9148
Jump Ultimate Stars FC: 1504 2045 7334

Sorry for taking so long kaonashi, I'd forgotten/put off that we need a name. Hm...let's see.

Do you have any favorite characters?, otherwise we can play up that we both ran spread betting.

haha, "Better Bettors" came to mind, hmm..

well damn, that's all I can think of. Thoughts/Suggestions?
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One of the most troublesome things in life is that what you do or do not want has little to do with what does or does not happen. ~ Lemony Snicket

I may be with cyko then? Good!

To be fair I hope Xuxon does get one of his requests though!
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Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded.
Runner of Winning Streak

I guess KH is avoiding me! damn ed bellis fanboy

uhh looks like team indie cred ii is a likely possibility
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xexyz

Keep it coming!

People who have been formally requested: (requester):
ActJef (Weird Kirby Dude)
Darkash (Heroic Viktor)
GMUN (warning_crazy)
HM (consolefreak)
Icon (Tom Bombadil)
Luster (FigureOfSpeech)
Menji76 (Seguinstemple)
Sine (jonthomson)
StifledSilence (Shaduln)
transience (Icon)

People looking for a partner: (Requests)
Aprosenf (Top 25)
baubeta
BeTheMan
Cokes
consolefreak (HM)
DaruniaTheGoron
entropyx
Evil_REmade
FigureOfSpeech (Luster)
freac
Gaddswell
GoldSlime35 (?)
Hartzenan
Heroix Viktor (Darkash)
Icon (transience)
jonthomson (Sine)
Kaidyn04
Luster Soldier
Mantyke
marioinblack
MegatokyoEd
Menji76
NClark128
oneills1
pikaness
Radix
Redtooth
Seguinustemple (Menji)
SF_Clowns
Shaduln
Shoenin_Kakashi (?)
Spark Mandrill
StifledSilence
supdawg
Taslion (Luster, Tombawocxer)
th3l3fty
Tombawocxer
Tom Bombadil (icon)
transience (looking for someone to hold his nuts)
warning_crazy (GMUN)
Weird Kirby Dude 11 (ActJef)
WhakkoJacko
XIII_rocks

Teams:
1. Kaxon/King Morgoth - Team We Used To Be Good?
2. Janus5000/KleenexTissue50 - Team Battle with Gilgamesh = J-E-N-O-V-A
3. neonreaper/Sess - Team Jagermeister
4. amyvitality66/raytan7585 - Team Klonoa Alliance
5. Dekar TKB/Haste2 - Team Drunkadelict Armadillos
6. Explicit Content/Master Moltar - Team Big Black Wangs
7. linkhatesganon/ScorpionX3 - Team Los Gonzalez
8. DSRage/War13104 - Team RAGE OF WARCRAFT
9. _Yonex_/Ayvuir - Team The Shy Teds
10. Stingers/Tirofog - Team Eltbus
11. MajinZidane/Smurf - Team The X Crewstaters
12. Alanna82/kawaiifan - Team Jigglypuff
13. BBallman7/LinkLegend27 - Team ???
14. Luis_Sera89/StifledSilence - Team StifledSera
15. TRE/Xcarvengerx - Team ???
16. FastFalcon05/kaonashi1 - Team ???
17. CrimsonOcean/Lady Ashe - Team Vector Industries
18. Applekidjosh/Jay Lv99 - Team Elitist Clique Members
19. outback/Rodri316 - Team ???
20. AmazingKirby/Draco1214 - Team ???
21. satai_delenn/Lopen - Team The Council of Two
22. MaxedOutRyu/yoshifan823 - Team Boondock Saints
23. Sir Chris/yoblazer33 - Team ???
24. Forceful Dragon/SBell0105 - Team DragonBellZ
25. BZer0/ShatteredElysium - Team Ice Cream
26. basmeyer42/ps2rulezzz - Team mvp's
27. GameBopAdv/IhatethisCPU - Team It's An Upset! And You're On Your Own
28. Eeeevil Overlord/Maniac64 - Team ???
29. Camden/meche313 - Team Happy Happyists
30. Vlado/Zylo the wolf - Team ???
31. alpha door/Lagoona - Team ???
32. Ness26/TheKnightOfNee - Team ???
33. BlAcK TuRtLe/XxSoulxX - Team lol xstats
34. Jmast7/Leebo86 - Team ?Discovery Channel?
35. Dilated Chemist/Z1mZum - Team Awesome
36. Pats_Dynasty/SuperSmash Master - Team ?ISS GON RAIN?
37. creativename/Ngamer64 - Team Predestined Divination
38. StopPokingMe/ToadYoshi - Team ???
39. GrapefruitKing/Xuxon - Team ???
40. DpObliVion/WiggumFan267 - Team Mets & Sonic at the Oracle Games!
41. Canth/Scythe Marshall - Team Hyperion
42. ad00/cyko - Team ???
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Kaxon is a figurehead. Morgoth has all the real power. - Janus5000
SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)

What's this? A new bracket.....a new contest.....I recognize the signs.....

I'm back, and I'm better then ever!!!!
(Of course....could I be worse then ever? *cough*)

Anyway, I finally saw this, sign me up. HV, I'll be honoured to crash and burn with you for another year!
(....unless one of us captures some of our brillance from past years. Right........)
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1st place in scientist pg's TLoZ MM riddle contest!
12th in the SpC2k4 Oracle Challenge!

Hmm....so how are we going to score this thing....like the Battle Royal?

I request a good partner.
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Toronto Blue Jays: 59-58 (Next: 8/14 vs Los Angeles Angels)
Alex Rios MVP Watch: .308/.361/.549/.909/20 HR/59 RBI/71 R

Oh geez. We're going to have to think about this. It will probably not be battle royale style, since two people advance instead of one. Never fear, the Oracle WILL continue, even if we have to change things around this time.
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Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin
Nominate Ecco the Dolphin for Character Battle 6!

This could be interesting. <_<
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No amount of planning will ever replace dumb luck.

Yeah, this might be difficult on everyone's part. How in hell will scoring work.....
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If I had written the book, I would have made it so the spirit of man pops out of Winston and socks O'Brien in the face really hard...

There's over 20 characters I don't even recognize. However, L-Block is going all the way!
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Don't worry. Have a nectarine. -Christopher Walken
Huh? Finger!? What the hell? -Cloud

uh i better sign up now

if cokes wouldn't mind teaming up that'd be cool
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The nature of Monkey was... irrepressible!
http://www.last.fm/user/giggsalot/

Troubles in the Oracle contest!? No fear, it's DARKASH to the rescue!!!!

Ok, in all seriousness, I have an idea for scoring to float. Let me run it down;

Let's say we have a 4-way vote between A, B, C, and D. I guess

A with 35%
B with 30%.

Because I'm just so HAX, the final scoring is

A with 40%
B with 30%
C with 20%
D with 10%

Now, i propose that we score on a 100-X-Y scale. Under my proposed system, I would score 95 points. X would be the difference between one of my predictions(let's say the one for A, 35%) and its actual score(40%), or 5. Y would be the difference between B's prediction and actual score.(0, since I'm just that good).

"But, Darkash" (I hear you cry) "What if you're not so hax, and guess the wrong winners?"

Ah, that's where it gets interesting.

Lets say I picked B with 40% and C with 30%. Oh noes, I had one wrong! Well, we would do the scoring the same....

EXCEPT

The score would be 95-X-Y. In other words, 75. 95 - (40-30)-(30-20).

This penalizes you for guessing one winner wrong. Of course, if you GUESS both winners wrong, it would be 90-X-Y.

Now, the 100, 95, and 90 constants can be tweaked however Kaxon and KM desire. (Heck, so can all of this). Maybe 100/90/80 is the way to go? I don't know, that's up to the bosses. Opinions?
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All-time record holder for most top 5's in a single Oracle Challenge(12)
12th in the SpC2k4 Oracle Challenge!

EDIT: An example for the two-wrong-winners, if you please.

If I predict C with 35% and D with 30%, I would score 90-(35-20)-(30-10), or 55.
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1st place in scientist pg's TLoZ MM riddle contest!
12th in the SpC2k4 Oracle Challenge!

Just got back from my almost-daily bike ride and....
errr.....

This is going to be crazy

I'll read all of those posts up there and then we'll have to think of something....

No prediction topic will be made until at least a few more days (we need to make sure we can twist our system to work) so if there's some insanely urgent reason why you need to make predictions, send us an e-mail (oracle@oraclechallenge.com).

Otherwise, do like Darkash, we need scoring ideas, I'm tweaking an idea I have but I'll need to talk to Kaxon first...
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Kaxon is a figurehead. Morgoth has all the real power. - Janus5000
SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)

Hello, I would like to sign up if possible, any team member is fine. ^_^
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Tooi Kono Machi De-"daisuki datta ano uta furui teepu no naka chiisana kizu iro aseta taitoru nijinda yoake"

Hey hey, Darkash is back! Nice. For a team name... how about Team Battle Royale? Since, well, that's what this is.

I think guessing 1st and 2nd place each day works well. Scoring, well, I'm not married to anything. Whatever you decide will be amazing. My major suggestion point is to guess both a first and second place.

PS - this is going to be so much fun, my head already hurts.

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Trivia: Two Comps and a Tnote
RIP: Tnote827 - 4/4/05

You may want to re-sign me as Biolizard28. That's my main, after all.
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Biolizard28: The cream of Fire Emblem (And Ike!) fanboyism.
Pokemon Diamond FC: 4510-6960-6498

Seguinstemple is my partner



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Board 8's #1 Duke Fan - Be Honest©
Diamond (Nick): 4424 8857 3905 Mario Kart DS: 244920 079114

Yeah, this is certainly going to throw a wrench into the works.

A fairly simplistic option for a scoring system: Oracles make a prediction for all four characters involved in each match, with each of the four predictions worth up to 12.50 points (12.50 x 4 = traditional max score of 50 points per match).

Example:

Oracle contestant predicts A with 40%, B with 30%, C with 20%, and D with 10%
Match turns out A with 35%, B with 30%, C with 30%, and D with 5%

A = 12.5 - (40-35) = 7.5 points
B = 12.5 - (30-30) = 12.5 points
C = 12.5 - (30-20) = 2.5 points
D = 12.5 - (10-5) = 7.5 points

Grand total: 30 points

I'm not sure how a penalty for incorrect winners would factor into that kind of system, though I suppose people could get negativescores if they missed by more than 12.50%...but this kind of system may be harsh enough as it is.

*Signs up*

And whoever next says something to the effect of "and I'll partner with anyone" I'd like to partner with.

GJ
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http://www.facebook.com/p/Grant_Johnson/9202808

"Sounds good to me. What kind of name should we have? Team Fodder?"

Sounds fitting!
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James - The Cream Of Porcupine Tree Fanboyism
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=35946114

Seguinstemple is my partner

How about "Team magical innuendo pirates with guitars"

or are you a ninja kind of person?
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If I had written the book, I would have made it so the spirit of man pops out of Winston and socks O'Brien in the face really hard...

sounds good

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Board 8's #1 Duke Fan - Be Honest©
Diamond (Nick): 4424 8857 3905 Mario Kart DS: 244920 079114

I'll partner with anyone, but I should warn them, I'm incredibly bad at this. >_>

A fairly simplistic option for a scoring system: Oracles make a prediction for all four characters involved in each match, with each of the four predictions worth up to 12.50 points (12.50 x 4 = traditional max score of 50 points per match).

I think I like the idea of predicting all four characters. The problem with predicting only 2 is that different people will be predicting different characters. This will lead to very inconsistent scoring. Say one character completely overperforms expectations... the people who predicted he would advance will actually lose MORE points than the people who didn't.
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Tia mi aven Moridin isainde vadin
Nominate Ecco the Dolphin for Character Battle 6!

Any partner is fine for me.
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My goal since I joined the Leafs has always been to have on the ice a team as good as our fans. We have never quite gotten there. Some day we will. - Ken Dryden

Man I don't even know what the hell.

Who are some of these characters?!
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Former All-knowing guru.
Rufus Shinra is a guru fiend!

Oh ho! It's a darn good thing I forced you guys to rework the system to run last year's Battle Royale- just think how much time that will save in setting up for CB6!

And I agree, everyone should predict all four results. Doing that we should just be able to score it straight up... with so many variables I don't see the need to include an extra punishment for not getting the "winners" correctly chosen.

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thengamer.com/xstats = lol x-stats
Still smarting from the beatdown Rufus applied in the Guru Contest!

[This message was deleted at the request of the original poster]

A fairly simplistic option for a scoring system: Oracles make a prediction for all four characters involved in each match, with each of the four predictions worth up to 12.50 points (12.50 x 4 = traditional max score of 50 points per match).

i also like this idea. however, i propose that there should be a small penalty for getting the winners of the match wrong. how about a 2.5 point penalty for each character placed in the wrong spot, giving you a maximum of 12.5 points for each character guessed in the right spot, but 10 points for each character in the wrong spot?

example -

i guess:

A with 35%
B with 30%
C with 25%
D with 10%

Kaxon guesses:

B with 35%
C with 25%
A with 22%
D with 18%

Morgoth guesses:

A with 40%
C with 30%
B with 25%
D with 5%

the match actually finishes with:

A with 40%
B with 35%
C with 25%
D with 10%

in this case, once the points are figured out (out of a possible 50 points), Kaxon would be penalized 7.5 points for getting three of the characters in the wrong spots. Morgoth would be penalized 5 points for having two characters in the wrong spot. i would not be penalized for having all four characters in the right spots. if someone got all four characters in the wrong spots, then they would be penalized 10 points.

the benefit of this added penalty is that there is an extra reward for picking the winners in order. as you can see in the above example, Kaxon and i made the same prediction for character C. however, i had him placed in the right spot, while Kaxon had him in the wrong spot. even though we both got the percentage right, there should be more points awarded for getting the spot and the percentage right, than just the percentage.

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L-Block, Phoenix Wright, Magus, Agent J, Vincent Valentine, Miles Edgeworth, HK-47, Zero, Kefka