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SC2k6 Oracle Challenge - FINALS
From: Kaxon | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:38:05 AM | Message Detail
Do not post round 5 predictions in this topic, this is for the final match only.


Welcome to the Oracle Challenge, the contest that tests your prediction abilities down to the hundredth of a percent!

The Challenge

For each match in the GameFAQs Summer Contest you need to pick a winner and predict the percentage of the vote they will receive. New participants are still being accepted.

Post your predictions in this topic, one prediction per line. Your predictions must start with the name of your winner and end with your predicted percentage. Examples:

Link with 85%
Link 55.13%
Link over CATS with 67.55%
Link - 77.5%

Please use one of these formats, and always remember to include the % sign. Predictions are entered into our database by a script, which may miss your predictions if you use a weird format.

The Scoring

For each match you will earn points based on how close your guess was to the actual outcome. Scoring is cumulative and the winner of the Oracle Challenge will be the person with the most points at the end of the final match. For each match you can earn anywhere from 0 and 50 points. The scoring system works as follows:

Correctly choosing the winner earns you 50-x points.
Incorrectly choosing the winner earns you 45-x points.
(Where x is the difference between your guess and the character's actual percentage.)

Example:

Your guess: Link with 65%
My guess: CATS with 55%
Actual result: Link 60%, CATS 40%
Your score: 50 - (65-60) = 45 points
My score: 45 - (55-40) = 30 points

The Rules

It is necessary to have a few rules to keep the challenge running smoothly. They are:

1) A valid entry consists of a clear pick and prediction (i.e. Link with 85.03%). The prediction must be greater than or equal to 50.00%.
2) Your prediction does not need to be different from everybody else's. However, intentional and continuous prediction mimicry will not be allowed.
3) All predictions must be made five minutes before the usual start time of that match's poll (approx. 11:55pm EST, 10:55am CST, 8:55pm PST). Predictions submitted after this time will not be counted or may be subject to penalty. No predictions will be accepted after a poll has started, regardless of the start time.
4) You may change your prediction for any match at any time, subject to the rules above. Please indicate clearly that this is a change to a previous entry.
5) You may not delete any post in a prediction topic (if you do, please post immediately after to explain the deletion). This is to prevent abuse of the above rule and to reduce confusion.
ANYONE CAUGHT CHEATING (Including but not limited to deleting changes after the start of a match) WILL IMMEDIATELY BE DISQUALIFIED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE CONTEST.

6) If you post with an alt, you must clearly state the name of your main account. (Exception: if the alt is listed on your user profile page <http://oraclechallenge.com/profiles.php?type=users>, I already know about it).
7) You may predict matches in advance if you need to. Please tell me beforehand so we can arrange this.
8) I reserve the right to disqualify a pick for any justifiable reason.

Team Challenge

The popular team challenge is returning for a second contest. The rules for the team challenge are simple:

1. Sign up with a partner before the beginning of the first match.
2. Make just one prediction per match - it counts for the Oracle Challenge and the Oracle Team Challenge.
3. Your team score for the day is equal to both team members' scores added together.
4. If one player misses a prediction, the team will get either (partner's score * 2) or (partner's score + average score for the day), whichever is lower. This is to keep teams from being eliminated by one missed prediction, and ONLY applies to the team scores.
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....TCELES B HSUP
From: Kaxon | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:39:54 AM | Message Detail
ORACLE WEBSITE
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/

Oracle Discussion Topic
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=31154224

We are now accepting predictions for the final match. Because we don't know who will win the male side, you can make two predictions - one of Snake wins and one if Sonic wins. Please try to be clear. These predictions will be entered manually, so you don't need to worry about the formatting that much.

ROUND 6
Samus Aran vs Solid Snake/Sonic the Hedgehog

Let the Oracle Challenge test your prediction abilities down to the hundredth of a percent!
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....TCELES B HSUP
From: jonthomson | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:41:00 AM | Message Detail
If Snake wins, Snake with 51.17%
If Sonic wins, Samus with 50.15%
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Jon Thomson - Owned by someone TBC in the guru contest
From: plasmabeam | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:42:05 AM | Message Detail
If Snake wins, Samus with 50.88%
If Sonic wins, Samus with 52.65%

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~Jacksonville Jaguars~
From: Janus5000 | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:44:09 AM | Message Detail
Sonic the Hedgehog over Samus Aran with 50.02%
Solid Snake over Samus Aran with 51.07%
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"Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything."
http://www.scorehero.com/scores.php?user=2916&diff=4
From: daniel2424 | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:48:07 AM | Message Detail
Samus with 52.24% either way
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If you think the fastest way to a man's heart is through his stomach, you're aiming about 8 inches too high.
From: The Real Truth | Posted: 11/11/2006 11:32:37 AM | Message Detail
Samus with 53.01% either way
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Nominate Barret Wallace for SC2k7, you know you want to
From: Karma Hunter | Posted: 11/11/2006 11:34:00 AM | Message Detail
If Snake wins, Solid Snake over Samus with 53.5%
If Snake loses...well, I'm not going to accept that possibility just yet.
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*kills self*
Commit it to memory.
From: The_Lady_Ashe | Posted: 11/11/2006 11:34:48 AM | Message Detail
Snake with 51.35%
Samus over Sonic with 50.63%

I'm quite likely to change this when we get to see how this match and tomorrows match end up.
~~~
The one. The only. Lady Ashe.
From: Draco1214 | Posted: 11/11/2006 11:37:49 AM | Message Detail
Samus Aran over Sold Snake with 52%
Samus Aran over Sonic the Hedgehog with 52%
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Currently Playing: Xenosaga Episode 3, Final Fantasy XII, Tales of the Abyss, King of Fighters 2002/2003
From: Draco1214 | Posted: 11/11/2006 11:38:18 AM | Message Detail
Bah, typo.

CHANGE:

Samus Aran over Solid Snake with 52%
Samus Aran over Sonic the Hedgehog with 52%
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Currently Playing: Xenosaga Episode 3, Final Fantasy XII, Tales of the Abyss, King of Fighters 2002/2003
From: Radix | Posted: 11/11/2006 11:40:30 AM | Message Detail
Solid Snake with 50.23%
Sonic the Hedgehog with 50.45%
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This is my signature!
There are many like it, but this one is mine!
From: NoDiceCurt | Posted: 11/11/2006 1:41:06 PM | Message Detail
Sonic with 51.27% of the vote.
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Que sera, sera. Whatever will be, will be.
-The biggest Sonic fan ever.-
From: Weird Kirby Dude11 | Posted: 11/11/2006 1:52:30 PM | Message Detail
Samus with 53% either way
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Weird Kirby Dude - spud2002 is alive! >_>
From: KleenexTissue50 | Posted: 11/11/2006 1:53:35 PM | Message Detail
Snake with 51.67%
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CB5 Points: 115/128, Current Oracle placement: 22/169
Now playing: Phoenix Wright 2, Final Fanasy XII, Children of Mana
From: Giggsalot | Posted: 11/11/2006 1:56:17 PM | Message Detail
If Snake wins, Snake with 51.34%
If Sonic wins, Samus with 50.49%
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They don't sleep anymore on the beach...
From: creativename | Posted: 11/11/2006 2:03:33 PM | Message Detail
If Snake wins, Snake with 51%
If Sonic wins, Sonic with 51%
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From: Master Moltar | Posted: 11/11/2006 2:15:18 PM | Message Detail
Samus with 50.55%
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Moltar Status: 17th on the leaderboard! Go my alt!
Samus vs. Zelda - Bracket: Samus - Vote: Samus (104/128)
From: Dekar TKB | Posted: 11/11/2006 2:15:31 PM | Message Detail
Samus with 50.82% either way.
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www.rpgdl.com
From: ActJef1077 | Posted: 11/11/2006 2:28:50 PM | Message Detail
Snake with 50.97%
he's not gonna lose

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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
From: th3l3fty | Posted: 11/11/2006 3:55:32 PM | Message Detail
Samus Aran with 50.48%
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Patrolman in Sir Chris' Police
From: Paratroopa1 | Posted: 11/11/2006 5:14:06 PM | Message Detail
Samus with 50.12% either way.
From: Ness26 | Posted: 11/11/2006 5:19:27 PM | Message Detail
Samus with 50.22% either way.
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Best. Board/Card Game. Ever Contest:
http://www.bracketmaker.com/tlist.cfm?tid=171196
From: BeTheMan | Posted: 11/11/2006 5:49:30 PM | Message Detail
Samus Aran with 50.50%, either way
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ALL YOUR VOTES ARE BELONG TO Z1mZum FOR ROCKING THE GURU WORLD
From: somdude04 | Posted: 11/11/2006 6:17:18 PM | Message Detail
Samus with 52.11% either way

GJ
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Me on National TV. I'm the one next to the crazy nut.
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From: Kaxon | Posted: 11/11/2006 7:32:17 PM | Message Detail
Lagoona predicts
Samus with 51.8%
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....TCELES B HSUP
From: Camden | Posted: 11/11/2006 9:24:29 PM | Message Detail
Snake with 51%
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Huh? Finger!? What the hell? -Cloud
I've got a god damn plan! -Valentine
From: Karma Hunter | Posted: 11/11/2006 9:32:42 PM | Message Detail
I suddenly predict a wave of people predicting Snake to win this match. ^_^
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*kills self*
Commit it to memory.
From: King_Zog | Posted: 11/11/2006 9:33:16 PM | Message Detail
Solid Snake with 53.60%

Awwww yeah!
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Ladies and Gentlemen, your attention please. The Orient Express is now departing... All passengers should be on board.
From: Starion | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:05:49 PM | Message Detail
Doesn't matter who wins the Snake-Sonic match.

Samus Aran with 50.48%

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Finished: Okami | Now playing: FF12 | Waiting for: Castlevania:POR (yay!!)
From: Kaxon | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:28:03 PM | Message Detail
Match #61 Results
Samus Aran 55.27%
Zelda 44.73%

Despite her hiccup against Tifa, Samus managed to easily win her female final match against Zelda. Things are looking great for Tifa ranking high in the standings. The consensus was Samus with 53.73% and the average score was 46.95. 81 people picked Samus to win the match, and 8 picked Zelda.

Best Five Picks:
1) GrapefruitKing - Samus Aran 55.15% (+49.88)
1) Master Moltar - Samus Aran 55.15% (+49.88)
3) Janus5000 - Samus Aran 55.11% (+49.84)
4) Luis_Sera89 - Samus Aran 55.45% (+49.82)
5) BlAcK TuRtLe - Samus Aran 55.00% (+49.73)

Master Moltar and GrapefruitKing tied for best pick today - both scored 49.88 points. This was GrapefruitKing's third top 5 of the contest and Moltar's second. Janus had the third best pick, for his fifth top 5 of the contest. Luis_Sera89 maked it into the top 5 for the first time this season, and Black Turtle grabbed the last spot.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=61

Current Leaderboard:
1) Salient - 2792.32
2) cyko - 2791.30
3) Draco1214 - 2787.07
4) PeaceOut64 - 2785.65
5) ps2rulezzz - 2784.79

Lead change!! After 19 straight days in the lead (the third longest streak ever), cyko is displaced by Salient. This is the closest to the end of the contest we've had a lead change since 2003, when Haste2 overtook Samberdog on match 61 (the first Cloud vs Link). Cyko is now in second. Draco moves up to third, about 4 points back. PeaceOut64 moves up one spot to fourth and ps2rulezzz moves up one spot to fifth. Former #3 Aprosenf picked Zelda and dropped down to 8th place.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=61

Top Team Scores:
1) Team Battle with Gilgamesh > JENOVA - 99.32 (Janus5000: +49.84 / KleenexTissue50: +49.48)
2) Team We Used To Be Good? - 98.99 (Kaxon: +49.27 / King Morgoth: +49.72)
3) Team Romanian Potato Soup - 98.73 (The n00b Avenger: +48.85 / GrapefruitKing: +49.88)
4) Team Bartar - 98.70 (Master Moltar: +49.88 / KingBartz: +48.82)
5) Team Random - 97.60 (XIII is cool: +48.69 / Giggsalot: +48.91)

Team Battle with Gilgamesh > JENOVA grabs the top score today. Team We Used To Be Good? gets second for the second day in a row, and the top 5 mimics the leaderboard as Team Romanian Potato Soup gets third. Team Bartar has the fourth best score, followed by Team Random.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=61

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 5562.79
2) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 5559.90
3) Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger / GrapefruitKing) - 5555.85
4) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 5548.69
5) Team Accident (MegatokyoEd / Rufus Shinra 18) - 5545.51

Team We Used To Be Good? remains in first, but that won't last long - they self destructed in amusing fashion tonight when both of them switched from Snake to Sonic in the literal last minute. Team mvp's is still in second and Team Romanian Potato Soup is still in third. Team Predestined Divination swaps places with MegatokyoEd (Team Accident) for the second day in a row, retaking fourth place.

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=61
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....TCELES B HSUP
From: Kaxon | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:29:33 PM | Message Detail
Alanna's predictions
Snake over Samus with 51.00%
Samus over Sonic with 51.00%
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....TCELES B HSUP
From: Haste_2 | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:29:43 PM | Message Detail
Solid Snake over Samus Aran with 50.00%
Sonic the Hedgehog over Samus Aran with 50.00%

Subject to change later...

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Antivote this petition, it sucks and would be wasting bandwidth:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=30693799
From: Janus5000 | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:30:54 PM | Message Detail
CHANGE:

Solid Snake over Samus Aran with 53.78%
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"Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything."
http://www.scorehero.com/scores.php?user=2916&diff=4
From: Kaxon | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:31:26 PM | Message Detail
Crap... KingBartz predicted Sonic with 52.13% today... forgot to post that.

For the final,
KingBartz's prediction
If sonic wins male bracket
Sonic - 51.01%

If anybody else does
Samus - 50.69%
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....TCELES B HSUP
From: Draco1214 | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:44:46 PM | Message Detail
Wow, Snake is kicking ass.

...Too much ass.

CHANGE:

Solid Snake over Samus Aran with 51%
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Currently Playing: Xenosaga Episode 3, Final Fantasy XII, Tales of the Abyss, King of Fighters 2002/2003
From: Radix | Posted: 11/11/2006 10:46:07 PM | Message Detail
CHANGE

Solid Snake with 54.20%
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This is my signature!
There are many like it, but this one is mine!
From: Haste_2 | Posted: 11/12/2006 1:09:12 AM | Message Detail
Solid Snake over Samus Aran with 54.50%
Sonic the Hedgehog over Samus Aran with 50.50%

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Antivote this petition, it sucks and would be wasting bandwidth:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=30693799
From: CyberMachine08 | Posted: 11/12/2006 1:10:26 AM | Message Detail
Confirm'D!

Final:

Solid Snake with 52.14%
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From: Haste_2 | Posted: 11/12/2006 1:31:59 AM | Message Detail
Solid Snake over Samus Aran with 54.00%
Sonic the Hedgehog over Samus Aran with 50.50%

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Antivote this petition, it sucks and would be wasting bandwidth:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=7&topic=30693799
From: Ringworm | Posted: 11/12/2006 2:13:01 AM | Message Detail
Snake with 51.43%

This just hasn't been my year. Maybe next time...
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~ Ringworm ~
From: _Lagoona_ | Posted: 11/12/2006 3:03:54 AM | Message Detail
.Snake has this won, so I'll say:

Samus with 51.35%
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PPC SC2k6:
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=8&topic=30958879
From: ps2rulezzz | Posted: 11/12/2006 4:27:40 AM | Message Detail
snake with 51.05%
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190/192 points in sc2004, winner team oracle challenge
30/32 sc 2006
From: zwong1 | Posted: 11/12/2006 4:29:23 AM | Message Detail
Snake with 56%
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I am a Singaporean and hope Snake will do well for the rest of the contest.
From: jonthomson | Posted: 11/12/2006 4:43:49 AM | Message Detail
CHANGE

Snake with 53.35%
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Jon Thomson - Owned by someone TBC in the guru contest
From: Ness26 | Posted: 11/12/2006 5:32:42 AM | Message Detail
Snake with 52.18%
From: The_Lady_Ashe | Posted: 11/12/2006 5:34:25 AM | Message Detail
CHANGE

Snake with 56%

I just ****ing went there.
~~~
The one. The only. Lady Ashe.
From: Weird Kirby Dude11 | Posted: 11/12/2006 5:37:25 AM | Message Detail
Samus with 50.5%

I don't have much to lose...
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Weird Kirby Dude - spud2002 is alive! >_>
From: meche313 | Posted: 11/12/2006 6:35:27 AM | Message Detail
Solid Snake with 51.5%
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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: Jmast7 | Posted: 11/12/2006 6:56:08 AM | Message Detail
Samus with 51.51%
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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
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