Match #8 Results:
Auron 71.47%
Big Boss 28.53%

Auron does better than expected today against Big Boss, breaking out of his 65/35 win pattern and setting up a potentially exciting Ganon/Auron round 2 match. There were 105 Auron picks and 1 Big Boss pick in todays match. The consensus was Auron with 65.27 and the average score was 42.57 points.

Best Five Picks:
1) Mega Psycho Crusher Auron 71.78% (+49.69)
2) kaonashi1 Auron 71.93% (+49.54)
3) StopPokingMe Auron 70.70% (+49.23)
4) NLMagic Auron 72.33% (+49.14)
5) Lieutenant Kettch Auron 70.60% (+49.13)

Today Mega Psycho Crusher has the best pick. He, kaonashi1, NLMagic, and Lieutenant Kettch are all in the top 5 for the first time this contest, while Oracle Vet StopPokingMe is there for the second time. StopPokingMe, by the way, is one of only 4 contestants who have predicted every match in Oracle history.

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=8

Current Leaderboard:
1) Heroic Viktor 372.26
2) RPGuy96 360.98
3) creativename 357.09
4) BeTheMan 354.49
5) Haste2 351.59

For the second day in a row, we have a rotation on the bottom half of the leaderboard. BeTheMan and Haste2 move on, displacing Alanna and Dilated Chemist, while creativename moves up from 5th to 3rd. Heroic Viktor and RPGuy maintain their first and second positions for the 5th day in a row, with RPGuy cutting Heroic Viktor's lead down from 18 points to 11.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=8
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SpC2K5 First Vote Champion
Current Score: 6/7 | Today: Auron over Big Boss