Match #19 Results:
Kefka 48.86%
Tommy Vercetti 51.14%

Well, this was easily the most interesting match we've seen in quite a while. Once the dust cleared and the cheat votes were removed, the results weren't too far from what was expected... but for a while it looked like a lot of people might be losing a lot of points. Overall there were 63 picks for Vercetti and 29 for Kefka. The consensus was Vercetti with 51.19, and the average score was 44.66 points.

Best Five Picks:
1) somdude04 Tommy Vercetti 51.15% (+49.99)
2) outback Tommy Vercetti 51.11% (+49.97)
3) Salient Tommy Vercetti 51.00% (+49.86)
4) Rodri316 Tommy Vercetti 50.91% (+49.77)
5) and now I dance Tommy Vercetti 51.40% (+49.74)

We had a very strong top 5 today, lead by somdude04's near-perfect prediction. Today was the 2nd top 5 of the contest for somdude04, Rodri316, and and now I dance. It was the first top 5 for salient and the fourth for outback.

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=19

Current Leaderboard:
1) Heroic Viktor 851.59
2) creativename 848.81
3) Darkash 842.60
4) dethwing 839.29
5) Janors 838.58

Guess who's back? Yeah, that name on top of the leaderboard might look a little familiar. Creativename boldly picked Kefka and it almost paid off, but in the end it drops him from first place to second. Darkash is still in third place, and dethwing and Janors each moved up one spot, bumping Haste2 back off the leaderboard.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=19
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SpC2K5 First Vote Champion
Current Score: 17/18 | Today: Vercetti over Kefka