Match #19 Results
Yoshi 55.20%
Riku 44.80%

Riku manages to do better than expected against Yoshi, coming close to breaking 45% against the Super Mario fan favorite. We'll have to wait until next round to see whether this was a KH2 boost or Yoshi's weakness. The consensus was Yoshi with 58.42% and the average score was 44.89. 127 Oracles predicted Yoshi would win while 10 went with the upset.

Best Five Picks:
1) Blade X - Yoshi 55.25% (+49.95)
2) MyworldisSmurf - Yoshi 55.33% (+49.87)
3) Xuxon - Yoshi 55.00% (+49.80)
4) Agent M - Yoshi 55.50% (+49.70)
5) King Morgoth - Yoshi 55.55% (+49.65)
5) somdude04 - Yoshi 55.55% (+49.65)

Today's best predictor is Blade X, who scores 49.95 points. This is his second top 5 of the contest. Smurf has decided to try his hand at the Oracle Challenge and gets the #2 pick today. The third best pick belongs to two-time defending champion Xuxon, who's been rapidly climbing the standings. Agent M has the fourth best pick, and fifth is a tie between somdude04 and King Morgoth (his 27th lifetime top 5).

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=19

Current Leaderboard:
1) DSRage - 874.86
2) cyko - 873.01
3) Aprosenf - 869.35
4) ad00 - 869.33
5) Kaxon - 864.98

Once again the leaderboard remains completely static, with DSRage holding on to the top position. Luster Soldier came very close to breaking his way onto the leaderboard, but ended up falling 0.11 points short. Tomorrow we should have a more exciting shakeup.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=19

Top Team Scores:
1) Team The Spirit of Truth - 96.48 (Draco1214: +47.80 / Rodri316: +48.68)
2) Team Drunkadelict Armadillos - 96.32 (Haste2: +46.94 / Dekar TKB: +49.38)
3) Team Illusion of Xenosaga - 96.24 (stingers135: +46.79 / X_Dante_X: +49.45)
4) Team Romanian Potato Soup - 96.21 (The n00b Avenger: +48.03 / GrapefruitKing: +48.18)
5) Team The Returners - 96.19 (cyko: +48.03 / steve illumina: +48.16)

Draco and Rodri continue to roll in the team challenge, putting up the best score for the day. Team Drunkadelict Armadillos, this time made up of Haste2 and Dekar TKB, gets second. Team Illusion of Xenosaga (stingers and Dante) places third, followed by Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger and GrapefruitKing). Finally, cyko and steve illumina's Team The Returners gets the fifth best score of the day. For some reason the top five were really clumped together today, with scores ranging from 96.48 to 96.19.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=19

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 1726.11
2) Team Rage of Warcraft (War13104 / DSRage) - 1719.08
3) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 1718.95
4) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 1717.60
5) Team Happy Happyists (Camden / meche313) - 1711.84

Team The Spirit of Truth hangs on to the top spot today, and extends their lead with their top score of the day. Team Rage of Warcraft moves up two spots into second, and seems intent on reclaiming the lead. Team Unfinished FFP drops down one spot, as does Team We Used To Be Good?. Finally, Team Happy Happyists remains in fifth. The five leaderboard teams are all averaging over 90 points a day, while everyone else is averaging less than 90 points a day.

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=19
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