Match #60 Results:
Sonic the Hedgehog 49.63%
Mega Man 50.37%

Today, an age-old question has been answered: who is the most popular blue platforming character? After a knock-down, drag-out struggle, the Blue Bomber emerged victorious over the Blue Blur. Despite how close the match was, the predictions leaned heavily toward Mega Man, with 54 taking the robot and 13 taking the hedgehog. The consensus was Mega Man with 52.14% and the average score was 45.96.

Best Five Picks:
1) Heroic Viktor - Mega Man 50.27% (+49.90)
2) red sox 777 - Mega Man 50.05% (+49.68)
3) ps2rulezzz - Mega Man 50.03% (+49.66)
4) Haste2 - Mega Man 50.00% (+49.63)
5) Garsha - Mega Man 50.93% (+49.44)

Heroic Viktor continues to work on his comeback, making the best prediction of the match today. This is his sixth top 5. Red sox 777 gets second (his 4th top 5), and ps2rulezzz takes third (his 3rd top 5), followed by Haste2 in fourth (his 5th top 5) and Garsha in fifth (3rd top 5).

Complete match ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=60

Current Leaderboard:
1) Xuxon - 2650.48
2) Master Moltar - 2643.02
3) Haste2 - 2639.40
4) creativename - 2635.82
5) StopPokingMe - 2634.83

Xuxon stays in first for the fifth day in a row. He now leads by 7 with six days left to go - will there be a fight at the end? Master Moltar hangs on to second place despite taking the wrong winner, but now has some more ground to make up on Xuxon. Haste2 and creativename each go up one spot to third and fourth, while StopPokingMe drops two due to picking Sonic.

Full standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=60

Round 4 Leaderboard:
1) Heroic Viktor - 193.90
2) Darkash - 192.04
3) Ngamer64 - 190.30
4) GrapefruitKing - 189.60
5) yoblazer33 - 189.55

Heroic Viktor takes home the round 4 title, adding it to his third place in round 1. Darkash hangs on to second and Ngamer stays in third. GrapefruitKing moves up one spot to fourth, and yoblazer provides the only new face on the round 4 leaderboard from yesterday, displacing CaptainFlufflez.

Full round 4 standings (final):
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/divisions.php?round=4

Second Half Leaderboard:
1) kawaiifan - 1279.12
2) Garsha - 1277.70
3) StopPokingMe - 1272.17
4) Yesmar - 1272.11
5) yoblazer33 - 1270.29

Kawaiifan is back on top in the second half! Yesmar made a relatively high Sonic prediction, thus dropping from first to fourth and allowing kawaiifan to retake the lead. Garsha moves up to second with his top 5 pick. He's followed by StopPokingMe, Yesmar, and yoblazer.

Full second half standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/divisions.php?round=part2
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