So long, 10th place. Looks like I don't quite get to validate the top 10 precontest.
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Take off every sig.

What an update! I have no idea how everything we've thought we knew about these characters for the past five years could blow up in our faces like this, but I love it!

KM, think you could give us a Snake/Samus breakdown? Overall, and then maybe how many in the Top Ten/25/etc went with the incredibly gutsy and brilliant Samus pick?

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thengamer.com/xstats - "lol x-stats," The Contest Simulator
thengamer.com/gamefaqs - The Contest Archives

holy poop, I made the top 5!
now, assuming Snake wins this, I should FINISH in the top 5
w00t!

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Call me Jeff Official midget of The Book Club
If you paint a W on each of your buttcheeks and do cartwheels it will say WoW MoM WoW! -C Bar

Looks like I should safely finish the contest with the highest average. Thats got to be a moral victory atleast >_>.
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Demyx > Axel
Currently Playing: Final Fantasy XII, Phoenix Wright 2: Justice For All

63 people predicted a Snake victory.
26 Oracles backed Samus.

If Samus can hold on to win the match, cyko will have pulled off the luckiest turnaround in Oracle history to win the title. If Snake comes back to win, Salient is our Oracle champion. Everyone else has been eliminated from contention.

And on a more personal note, this is why you play to win. This is why I picked Cloud over Link in 2004. Cyko, I can't believe that you tried to give up... or how lucky you are that you failed! No matter which way this goes, this was definitely one of the most dramatic Oracle Challenges ever... one for the books!
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What an update! I have no idea how everything we've thought we knew about these characters for the past five years could blow up in our faces like this, but I love it!

No kidding. I was peeved at Snake beating Mega Man, but after Sonic somehow beat Crono, I just said "**** it" and rooted for my faves.
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I've been called an idiot many times, mostly by people with poor grammar and a small vernicular. - ExtremeM65

Wow, I didn't realize how many of the top 10 picked Snake. Despite my dismal performance in the last 4 matches, I'll actually end up 4th if Samus holds on. Oh, and congrats cyko for the daring pick!
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If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then try to find someone whose life has given them vodka.

Match #62 Results
1 54.99%
2 45.01%

Today "1" easily smashed "2", securing a spot in the finals. This will undoubtedly raise questions of "Number SFF" which we'll have to wait until next summer to--wait a minute...


Match #62 Results
Solid Snake 54.99%
Sonic the Hedgehog 45.01%

Solid Snake continued his amazing run through the contest today, smashing Sonic the Hedgehog to claim the male bracket crown. Snake may be getting old, but it sure hasn't slowed him down! 59 people picked Snake while 33 had Sonic winning the match. The consensus was Snake with 50.68% and the average score was 43.89.

Best Five Picks:
1) ECW RVD420 - Solid Snake 55.25% (+49.74)
2) BlAcK TuRtLe - Solid Snake 54.50% (+49.51)
3) daniel2424 - Solid Snake 54.24% (+49.25)
4) alpha door - Solid Snake 54.00% (+49.01)
4) Team Rocket Elite - Solid Snake 54.00% (+49.01)

ECW RVD420 gets the top prediction today. This is his 3rd top 5 of the contest. Black Turtle takes second, for his fourth top 5 this contest. Old timer daniel2424 has the third best prediction. This is his fifth top 5 of the contest. Alpha door and Team Rocket Elite tie for fourth with 49.01 points - this is the fifth top 5 of the contest for alpha door and the third for TRE.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=62

Current Leaderboard:
1) Salient - 2837.83
2) Draco1214 - 2833.08
3) cyko - 2831.29
4) PeaceOut64 - 2825.16
5) ActJef1077 - 2824.74

Salient holds on to the lead for the second day and now leads by 4.75 points - in order to win the title he just needs the right winner in the final match, but that may be easier said than done! Draco moves up one spot to second, while former leader cyko drops to 3rd, after picking the wrong winner for the third time in four matches. PeaceOut64 remains in fourth today, while ActJef jumps 6 spots in the standings to move into 5th.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=62
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Top Team Scores:
1) Team Unfinished FFP - 95.42 (Ed Bellis: +47.06 / Karma Hunter: +48.36)
2) Team Soda Chugging Soldiers - 93.95 (Luster Soldier: +46.61 / Cokes: +47.34)
3) Team Better Than Last Time - 92.98 (Darkash: +47.14 / Heroic Viktor: +45.84)
4) Team Random - 92.51 (XIII is cool: +45.39 / Giggsalot: +47.12)
5) Team SPO*N - 92.37 (Weird Kirby Dude11: +46.25 / ActJef1077: +46.12)

Team Unfinished FFP takes yesterday's best Team pick with two solid predictions as they want to show they're still in this! Team Soda Chugging Soldiers take 2nd place more than a point behind. Team Better Than Last Time takes 3rd, barely beating Team Random who take their 2nd Top 5 in a row and Team SPO*N who barely grab 5th.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=62

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger / GrapefruitKing) - 5646.44
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 5641.69
3) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 5639.71
4) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 5634.71
5) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 5631.31

The hosts screw up and they allow Team Romanian Potato Soup to take 12 points on them and jump two spots, taking the lead for the first time of the contest! Team We Used To Be Good? falls down to second but still holds onto a little hope for the last day while Team mvp's slides in 3rd but still has a shot! Team Predestined Divination stays in 4th while Ed and KH see their late run rewarded as they return to the leaderboard in 5th

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=62
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SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)

You've got to be KIDDING me...how on earth is Samus winning? Were he matches against Tifa and Zelda BOTH flukes, and she never dropped even the slightest from last year?

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it's just the board vote
Sonic was sown to like 55% against Crono at this time

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Call me Jeff Official midget of The Book Club
If you paint a W on each of your buttcheeks and do cartwheels it will say WoW MoM WoW! -C Bar

wow, my bold prediction is going to fail miserably -- and it's awesome.
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Well, I just took a look at the standings and today's predictions. Unless Snake comes back and gets near 53% of the total votes, then Ness26 will finish just ahead of me in overall points for the second year in a row. Granted, we're not on the leaderboard, and he unfortunately missed match, which means I've sucked more, but finishing right behind him again... ;_;
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Sushi, Kamikaze, Fujiyama, Nippon-Ichi...
"i love you and aiya" - An IM from Richie259. Awww.

I knew I'd do bad, just not THIS bad.

I wish this contest was only Zelda matches. I think I'd have won if only those 5 matches counted >_>

I'm still in the only race I care about: getting a top5 pick! Go Go Gadget Longshot!
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1st place in scientist pg's TLoZ MM riddle contest!
12th in the SpC2k4 Oracle Challenge!

*checks poll*
Heh, that's a pretty interesting mistake right there...
*shrugs*
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SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)

Well, I guess I"m expected to say... something right about now. I'll save any long, drawn out posts till this whole thing is settled. But... wow... 5 seconds... after two months... I can't say a crazy finish like this wouldn't be fitting for absolute craziest Oracle Challenge of all time. Of course, not to already be making excuses or anything, but there seems to be a pretty serious problem with the poll when viewed in Internet Explorer, leaving the vote totals more than 20,000 below the last two... So, excuse me if I feel just a little bit cheated in multiple ways. Still, whatever happens, it's been a blast, everyone (especially Cyko), and goes down in my mind (with as little bit of bias as possible :) as the best Oracle ever. Glad I could be a part of making it such and keeping it interesting till the end...

And for now... I guess I should get to thinking about that Battle Royale... :)
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So... who won each division?
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Weird Kirby Dude - spud2002 is alive! >_>

Well, I'm not going to finish in the Top 10 but I should only drop 1 rank. However, I will get to jump Kaxon and Xuxon but Morgoth will jump me instead.
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Luster Soldier - Popular at school. ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~

Wow, I'm going to end up missing out on the top 5 by 0.01 >_>
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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

Unless BOTH Snake and Samus's matches against Zelda were comlete flukes, I just don't see how Samus is winning after all this. I mean Snake beats Mega Man and Sonic, (Who beat Crono, who was is Samus's tier before this) Samus did poorly against Tifa and Zelda.....and now she's winning?
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I've been called an idiot many times, mostly by people with poor grammar and a small vernicular. - ExtremeM65

8th.... bah I was hoping for much more. But with getting like all noble nine matches wrong I don't deserve better. Still a very good contest because all of the shake ups in the last matches.
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190/192 points in sc2004, winner team oracle challenge
30/32 sc 2006

Hoping I'll finish in the Top 10... I'm too lazy to calculate
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SC2k6 Oracle Challenge - Today's prediction: Solid Snake with 52.99%

Unless BOTH Snake and Samus's matches against Zelda were comlete flukes, I just don't see how Samus is winning after all this. I mean Snake beats Mega Man and Sonic, (Who beat Crono, who was is Samus's tier before this) Samus did poorly against Tifa and Zelda.....and now she's winning?

I suppose the answer is that Samus stayed consistently strong, Zelda and Tifa boosted for whatever reason, Sonic Crono and Mega Man all fell a little bit in varying amounts, and Snake boosted but not to Samus's strength.
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While the first two matchups were deceptively disappointing, I should have known the third time would have been the charm for Solid Snake! Unfortunately for me, Karma Hunter did.

Or you could just say that Samus against Zelda/Tifa were just matches that can't be taken too seriously, just like Sephiroth against Ganon/Bowser in the Villians contest.
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If Samus ends at 53.16% (what she has now), the scores will look like:

1) cyko - 2879.68 (-0.00)
2) Salient - 2875.67 (-4.01)
3) Draco1214 - 2872.92 (-6.76)
4) Aprosenf - 2868.51 (-11.17)
5) ActJef1077 - 2865.51 (-14.17)
6) PeaceOut64 - 2865.50 (-14.18)
6) King Morgoth - 2865.50 (-14.18)
8) ps2rulezzz - 2865.44 (-14.24)
9) The n00b avenger - 2863.16 (-16.52)
10) GrapefruitKing - 2862.85 (-16.83)

Though it's possible I made an arithmetic error, I did all of these by hand.
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If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then try to find someone whose life has given them vodka.

You know what I just realized? This contest is gonna be lame/easy to predict after Day 1... it's Day 1 that really counts. :p

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And just now, a thought popped into my head: the contest would've been much more interesting if we had our projections for all FIVE days before the Battle Royale started... crap. I wish someone would've thought of that sooner.

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This contest makes no sense.

Snake murders MegaMan and Sonic, then gets killed by Samus who barely beat Tifa?

I agree, it doesn't make sense
but OMFG, I'm gonna finish in 5th place!
I'm so freaking proud of me!

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Call me Jeff Official midget of The Book Club
If you paint a W on each of your buttcheeks and do cartwheels it will say WoW MoM WoW! -C Bar

wait, I'm having a bit of brain trouble
if Samus' % goes up, do I beat Morgoth or does he beat me?

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Call me Jeff Official midget of The Book Club
If you paint a W on each of your buttcheeks and do cartwheels it will say WoW MoM WoW! -C Bar

Awesome, 10th.

34th in 2k5
17th in Series 2k6
10th in Characters 2k6

WHAT'S NEXT? FIRST PLACE? I THINK SO!

WOW. just..... WOW...... when i saw Samus take the lead and hold onto it for the first ten minutes, my jaw hit the floor. i couldn't believe that Samus could win this match, and i actually still had a shot at winning. i honestly thought there was no way Samus was going to win and didn't really want to stick with Samus. but being five seconds late stuck me with her and i couldn't be happier. this has got to be one of the few (if only) times that making a mistake actually benefited someone (just ask pikaness, DSRage, or Megatokyo Ed.... )


And on a more personal note, this is why you play to win. This is why I picked Cloud over Link in 2004. Cyko, I can't believe that you tried to give up... or how lucky you are that you failed! No matter which way this goes, this was definitely one of the most dramatic Oracle Challenges ever... one for the books!

well, i wasn't giving up on second place, lol. i just really thought Snake was poised to win after slaughtering Mega Man and Sonic. it still defies logic that Zelda and Tifa could do so well against Samus, only to have Samus walk right past Snake. and trust me, i still can't believe how lucky of a break that was for me!! all personal bias aside, that definitely made for the craziest and closest finish to any Oracle Challenge so far.

this has been a great contest, everyone! Salient, you fought very well and made one heck of a comeback! and thanks for the congrats, Salient, Aprosenf, Kaxon, and creativename! ^_^

FIRST PLACE!!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

now, where's Morgoth? i owe him some sweet love. >_>

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i have officially been Z1mZum'D in the guru contest.
Vincent Valentine to win the Blast Division!!

now, where's Morgoth? i owe him some sweet love. >_>

Just look at Aprosenf's figures. I'm smashing my head on the keyboard since I made a stupid typo...=P

I could have made history but now I'm only....meh...looking like an idiot =P

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wait, I'm having a bit of brain trouble
if Samus' % goes up, do I beat Morgoth or does he beat me?

I locked myself out of the Top 5 by posting 50.00 instead of 50.01 as I had written down. Stress + last-second post does that sometimes. Can't catch up with anyone despite the last-minute ditch....*sighs*

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Oh and I'll obviously jump in and congratulate cyko on a great win. Kinda sad to see my 2860.20 record going down but records are made to be broken right? Kudos on a great run, an amazing show and a win with style. We all need luck at some point don't we? *bows down*
Salient, Draco, Aprosenf and ActJef, nicely played too, You guys now have a place in Oracle history. A leaderboard finish in the toughest Oracle Challenge in history is no small feat...

And sadly, it looks like I can't retire just yet, the old geezer still has some strength left in him after all...=P
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SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)

I give my congrats to cyko, as well.

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Congratulations Cyko!

I find it interesting our averages both ended the same... Imagine if the oracle ended that way >_>.
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Demyx > Axel
Currently Playing: Final Fantasy XII, Phoenix Wright 2: Justice For All

thanks Haste2 and Morgoth! ^_^

i didn't realize that i also earned that record until you said something, Morgoth. not only that, but i somehow managed to tie Megatokyo Ed for the highest contest average as well!

i guess all we have to do now, though, is sit back and watch the Battle Royale.

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i have officially been Z1mZum'D in the guru contest.
Vincent Valentine to win the Blast Division!!

oh, and thanks a lot again Kaxon and King Morgoth for all of your hard work in making this such a smooth and fun contest! i really love how detailed the site is. keep up the great work, guys, because i definitely appreciate it! and i'm sure that most of us regulars appreciate it as well.

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i have officially been Z1mZum'D in the guru contest.
Vincent Valentine to win the Blast Division!!

14th place is OK to me. >_>

*thumbs up to cyko*
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No.1 in my Final Fantasy female rankings.
*is raytan7585* at work (in Purg'D prison)

33rd place overall....yeah, I did alright for myself. And 36th all-time, that's pretty damn good.

Thanks to Morgoth an Kaxon again for doing this...I just love watching that page full o' numbers and arrows shift around everyday. Gives me a day-to-day purpose.
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I've been called an idiot many times, mostly by people with poor grammar and a small vernicular. - ExtremeM65

w00t! My Samus pick bumped me up 6 spots to 28th! Not bad since some of my awful early pics had me in the 70's for a while... ^_^
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"I've tried 'em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball." - Annie Savoy

I simply cannot believe I did as well as I did

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Call me Jeff Official midget of The Book Club
If you paint a W on each of your buttcheeks and do cartwheels it will say WoW MoM WoW! -C Bar

Hah, less than .5 points away from first place on the team rankings.

That's the worst thing ever
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Match #63 Results
Solid Snake 46.88%
Samus Aran 53.12%

Funny how things can change... after spending the first three rounds of the contest as the overwhelming favorite to win it all, Samus went into the finals against Snake as a big underdog... and proceeded to outperform Sonic and Mega Man by 8% against him, putting herself leagues above most of the male bracket. The consensus for the final match was Solid Snake with 51.70%, and the average score was 41.63. 63 people picked Snake, while 26 bold Oracles stuck with Samus and were rewarded.

Best Five Picks:
1) Brakmaster - Samus Aran 52.93% (+49.81)
2) ECW RVD420 - Samus Aran 53.47% (+49.65)
3) daniel2424 - Samus Aran 52.24% (+49.12)
4) Aprosenf - Samus Aran 52.14% (+49.02)
4) Luis_Sera89 - Samus Aran 52.14% (+49.02)

Brakmaster got the final top pick of the contest, raising his total to three top 5's this time around. ECW RVD420 returned to the top 5 for the second day in a row in second, as did daniel2424 in third. Aprosenf and Luis_Sera89 tied for fourth with 49.02 points.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=63
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Final Leaderboard:
1) cyko - 2879.72
2) Salient - 2875.71
3) Draco1214 - 2872.96
4) Aprosenf - 2868.55
5) ActJef1077 - 2865.55

The Summer 2006 Oracle Challenge is in the books, and cyko is our sixth Oracle champion! Despite his best efforts to pull defeat from the jaws of victory, cyko posted the change which would have handed the title to Salient five seconds late. Salient joins Bananaquest, creativename, and GoldSlime (and arguably MegatokyoEd as well) on the list of people who "should" have won an Oracle Challenge, but he'll have to settle for second place instead. Still a great finish for someone who's shown a lot of promise for the past four contests, but never managed to make the final leaderboard. Salient did hold the lead for two days and had an outstanding run there for a while close to the end.

Draco ends in third place, and this is definitely a breakout contest for him. After he first showed up midway through the Villains contest, he predicted all of Character Battle IV and the Series Contest, but finished in the middle of the pack both times. His third place establishes him as a force to be reckoned with.

Aprosenf boldly picked Samus to win the match, and reversed a recent slide to jump 11 places from 15th to fourth - not a bad final day of the contest! This is also his first top finish, although he's been around for the last four challenges and predicted all of the last two. The final spot on the final leaderboard belongs to ActJef, who made a furious last minute push - he cracked the top ten for the first time just three days ago, and was in the mid 20's two weeks ago. This was also only his second Oracle Challenge, making him the most successful 2006 newcomer in this contest.

A little bit lower down the standings we have an Oracle first - not one, but two people missed the final leaderboard by 0.01 points. The two people tied for sixth were PeaceOut64 and Oracle co-host King Morgoth who picked Samus to win the match but didn't raise his prediction the .01% necessary to make the top 5! His overall record is still amazing however, with a win, 2nd place, 3rd place, and now a 6th place to his name. PeaceOut may not be quite as frustrated, as this is his best finish to date, although he's had a string of 2x place finishes in 4 out of 6 previous contests.

The aforementioned MegatokyoEd, who for a while had a higher average score than the contest leader, ended up finishing with an average 0.002 below cyko's, so it's far from clear what would have happened if he hadn't missed a match. On the match he did miss, Yoshi vs Riku, 69 out of 161 people scored above the 45.84 points MegatokyoEd would have needed to win the title. So, as a rough estimate we can say there's about a 43% chance he would have won if he hadn't missed a day.

I planned to mention DSRage's final score here so we could see how he would have done without his 21.08 point typing mistake, but unfortunately he ended up getting disheartened and missing three matches, so the world will never know.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=63
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Top Team Scores:
1) Team Shemale Shanty - 94.75 (Applekidjosh: +44.94 / Brakmaster: +49.81)
2) Team fast start before bombing - 93.96 (Luis_Sera89: +49.02 / XxSoulxX: +44.94)
3) Team AAA - 93.96 (Aprosenf: +49.02 / Ayvuir: +44.94)
4) Team The Returners - 93.37 (cyko: +48.43 / steve illumina: +44.94)
5) Team Fastdude - 92.32 (FastFalcon05: +47.38 / swirldude: +44.94)

It's finally happened - all five of the top teams are actually solo efforts who've been abandoned by their partners. Brakmaster, Luis_Sera89, Aprosenf, cyko, and FastFalcon are the heroic team leaders, while Applekidjosh, XxSoulxX, Ayvuir, steve illumina, and swirldude are their ignoble partners who couldn't handle the pressure - may their names live in infamy!

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=63

Final Team Leaderboard:
1) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 5726.45
2) Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger / GrapefruitKing) - 5726.09
3) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 5721.92
4) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 5718.33
5) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 5707.91

Would you look at that? The winners of the first full-length (63 match) team Oracle Challenge are none other than King Morgoth and myself, Team We Used To Be Good! Perhaps our skills haven't attrophied entirely after all. Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger and GrapefruitKing) got bumped out of the top spot on the final day, losing by a mere 0.36 points. Last contest's champions Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz and basmeyer42) finish in third, giving them a very impressive lifetime record. Team Predestined Divination (Ngamer64 and creativename) are our second two-time leaderboard team, this time in fourth (down from third last contest). The Ed Bellis and Karma Hunter collaboration, Team Unfinished FFP, captures the fifth spot in the team contest.

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=63
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Klonoa Alliance in Top 10! w00t!!

^5 Amy!!!
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*is raytan7585* in the Purg'D Prison (15 days left)

Also, for the "unofficial" post, congrats to cyko on the title! You had an amazing contest, despite the missteps at the end there.

Salient, I definitely feel bad for you finishing in second - you losing was definitely one of the unluckiest things that's happened in this contest. And I know what it's like to come close to winning and miss it... that's why I'm still around trying to win this thing today!

Everyone else, thanks for participating! Seeing this contest grow and people getting into it is what makes it worth doing. There will be a lot more stats and writeups in the next few days, but for now I need to get some sleep, so check back!

Also, big thanks to King Morgoth for helping me run this thing again. ^5 on the team contest title!
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Congratulations, cyko. Good work on that crazy comeback. And congrats to all the other people in the top 5. I've discovered a 63 match contest is much more grueling than a 31 match contest, and getting up there in the end is tough.
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Sushi, Kamikaze, Fujiyama, Nippon-Ichi...
"i love you and aiya" - An IM from Richie259. Awww.

16th is easily my best finish. shoulda been higher though if I hadn't gotten all bold on that last pick.

curiosity - are you counting Link/Cloud (or whatever the BR final is) as this contest or the BR contest? cause it's gonna be a regular old match.
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