Match #66 Results
Link 54.94%
Sephiroth 45.06%

After 66 days of character battles, the Summer Contest 2005 is history and Link is once again the champion. Link was able to handle Sephiroth easily in the final match, although Sephiroth did make things a little closer than many expected. There were 59 predictions for Link and 1 prediction for Sephiroth. The consensus was Link with 56.16% and the average score was 48.12.

Best Five Picks:
1) Dilated Chemist - Link 55.00% (+49.94)
1) red sox 777 - Link 55.00% (+49.94)
1) RevolverAk47 - Link 55.00% (+49.94)
4) Rufus Shinra 18 - Link 55.01% (+49.93)
5) TenkoStar17 - Link 54.84% (+49.90)

Dilated Chemist's late-contest magic continues, and he ties for first today with red sox 777 and brand new predictor RevolverAk47. Rufus Shinra 18 gets the fourth best prediction and TenkoStar17 fifth. Every single prediction in the top 5 today was within 0.1% of the final percentage.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=match&match=66

Final Leaderboard:
1) Xuxon - 2934.01
2) Master Moltar - 2930.01
3) StopPokingMe - 2928.21
4) Heroic Viktor - 2922.59
5) creativename - 2922.24

Xuxon is our SC2k5 Oracle Champion! Xuxon has been around since the first Oracle Challenge, and finished 5th in 2003. In 2003 he was in first near the end of the contest but fell on match #59 when Sephiroth defeated Mario. This time around he cruised through Sephiroth vs Mario and went on to claim his title one day later.

Master Moltar finished in second place, exactly 4 points behind Xuxon, and like Xuxon has been around since the first contest. This is his first leaderboard finish. Moltar started off in the middle of the pack this contest, but climbed to the top 10 by the end of round 1 and has been on the leaderboard consistently since round 2.

StopPokingMe is another veteran who's predicted every match and had solid finishes, but never finished in the top 5 before. StopPokingMe started off very slow (in 64th after 16 days), but had a meteoric rise half of round 1. He's also been on the leaderboard consistently since round 2, and spent some time battling for position with Moltar.

Heroic Viktor was the early leader in this contest and by day 7 had built up a massive 18.74 point lead over second place. He remained in first for quite a while, but eventually dropped off the leaderboard due to his bold predictions. But he wasn't finished yet, and managed to put together a very impressive run in the last week of the contest to return to the leaderboard.

Creativename finished in fifth, and for a large part of the contest looked like he was the favorite to win it all. Creativename was in first place for 25 straight days, from day 21 to day 45, and was on the leaderboard continuously from day 7 to day 61. As with many of us, the biggest blow to his chances came when he picked Samus to beat Mario, and fell from second to fifth. On the final day of the contest, creativename managed to edge out former champion Haste2 for fifth place, mirroring last contest when he edged out another former champion, kawaiifan, for fifth place.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k5&type=total&match=66
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