Mandatory end-of-contest post!

First thing first, sincere congratulations to Xuxon who kicked our asses pretty bad (mine especially). After 15 matches, he was in 60th place, 46 points behind the lead. Nice job coming back sir, you deserve it.

and I beat King Morgoth and Kaxon.
Thanks for rubbing it in Alanna =P

I'd also like to thank all previous contest winners who all scored a better average than me. I'll be back guys ;)
And thank everyone for gearing in and fighting. This year was the biggest Oracle contest ever (more predictions than both previous summer contests combined), and it's all thanks to you. Thanks for the nice comments, it's all very appreciated.

Finally I'll join in the praise and thanks Kaxon for the insane work he did this time around. I don't think anyone besides me (for obvious reasons) knows the extent of the work he put in this time around. Not only did he set up a great database and did an insane job keeping this contest running more smoothly than ever, he actually helped this get a level further.
*rough transcript from 3 months ago*
Kaxon: We could set up a database instead of the Excel spreadsheet.
Morgoth: The spreadsheet's already set up.
Kaxon: Yeah but it would accelerate the process.
Morgoth: It'd take a lot of time to get going.
Kaxon: I could work out something to update the predictions automatically.
Morgoth: Wouldn't it be just as much trouble?
Kaxon: I think it can be better.
Morgoth: You're nuts.
Morgoth: I'm in though. >_>
Kaxon: We'll get it done.
Morgoth: Or die trying? <_<

He managed to convince me it would work (and it sure did), and I managed to convince him I could get the website going (I'm not even sure he knows I had never worked on PHP/SQL interaction before >_>. Turned out okay in the end...). What you see now is Kaxon's work, his Oracle dream working without hurts. A damn good job he did.

And as he said, a bunch of improvements / added sections are coming to the website, and we've got a bunch of ideas for the next contest.... no date though, it'll come in between homeworks ;)

Thanks again everyone!
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SpC2k4 Triple Crown WINNER (Oracle, Betting, Spread Betting)
SC2k4 - 12th place