Match #18 Results:
Donkey Kong 64.76%
Sam Fisher 35.24%

Donkey Kong started out smashing Sam Fisher, but he lost enough percentage over the day that the match was not too far off what the 2004 stats indicated. Will DK be able to challenge Master Chief next round? Today we had 91 picks for Donkey Kong and 3 picks for Sam Fisher. The consensus was Donkey Kong with 59.01% and the average score was 43.02.

Best Five Picks:
1) Eggplant Lord - Donkey Kong 64.80% (+49.96)
2) StopPokingMe - Donkey Kong 64.64% (+49.88)
3) goku z - Donkey Kong 64.50% (+49.74)
4) rpgapzx - Donkey Kong 64.44% (+49.68)
5) red sox 777 - Donkey Kong 64.21% (+49.45)

A bunch of good predictions today. Eggplant Lord had the best prediction, off by only 0.04%. This was his first top 5 of the contest, along with rpgapzx. Goku z got his second top 5 of the contest, and StopPokingMe and red sox 777 each have their third (second in a row for red sox 777).

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=18

Current Leaderboard:
1) creativename - 806.09
2) Heroic Viktor - 802.72
3) Darkash - 792.94
4) Haste2 - 791.41
5) dethwing - 790.42

Creativename, Heroic Viktor, and Darkash all maintain their top 3 positions today. Haste2 makes a sizable leap from 9th place to 4th with a great DK prediction - he was last seen on the leaderboard on day 11. Dethwing drops down one spot to fifth place.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=18
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