Match #45 Results
Sonic the Hedgehog 52.09%
Vincent Valentine 47.91%

Vincent comes closer to Sonic than any non-noble niner has managed yet, but still loses in a match that was never really in doubt once the voting started. The consensus was Sonic with 54.13% and the average score was 46.90. 110 people picked Sonic to win the match and 10 picked Vincent.

Best Five Picks:
1) Janus5000 - Sonic the Hedgehog 52.02% (+49.93)
2) Lopen - Sonic the Hedgehog 52.01% (+49.92)
3) BeTheMan - Sonic the Hedgehog 52.00% (+49.91)
3) Alanna82 - Sonic the Hedgehog 52.00% (+49.91)
5) ActJef1077 - Sonic the Hedgehog 51.99% (+49.90)

Janus gets another top prediction - his second of the contest, and his fourth top 5. The top 5 are all extremely close to each other today - the fifth best prediction is only 0.03 points below the best. Hit or miss Lopen hits this one on the head with the second best prediction, his third of the contest. BeTheMan and Alanna tie for third - this is the third top 5 of the contest for each of them. ActJef gets the fifth best prediction, his 6th top 5 of the contest.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=45

Current Leaderboard:
1) cyko - 2047.67
2) Kaxon - 2038.11
3) Aprosenf - 2037.03
4) Salient - 2036.83
5) Karma Hunter - 2036.25

Today's leaderboard is pretty uneventful. Cyko expands his lead even further, to over nine and a half points. Kaxon and Aprosenf remain in second and third, respectively. Salient moves up to fourth, while Karma Hunter drops down to fifth. The rest of the top 10 is also completely unchanged today.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=45

Top Team Scores:
1) Team Battle with Gilgamesh > JENOVA - 99.62 (Janus5000: +49.93 / KleenexTissue50: +49.69)
2) Team Jigglypuff - 99.00 (Alanna82: +49.91 / kawaiifan: +49.09)
3) Team SPO*N - 98.99 (Weird Kirby Dude11: +49.09 / ActJef1077: +49.90)
4) Team Klonoa Alliance - 98.80 (raytan7585: +49.84 / amyvitality66: +48.96)
5) Team mvp's - 98.35 (ps2rulezzz: +49.09 / basmeyer42: +49.26)

Team Battle with Gilgamesh > JENOVA has a great day, taking the top team honors for the day. Team Jigglypuff also makes its presence felt with a score of exactly 99 points. Team SPO*N is right behind them with 98.99 points. Raytan and amyvitality get the fourth best score of the day. Team mvp's continues their bid for a repeat by getting the fifth best score of the day.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=45

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team The Spirit of Truth (Draco1214 / Rodri316) - 4071.41
2) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 4067.99
3) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 4062.38
4) Team Unfinished FFP (Ed Bellis / Karma Hunter) - 4061.36
5) Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger / GrapefruitKing) - 4051.06

The top two positions remain unchanged on the team leaderboard. The Spirit of Truth is in first, and slightly widens their lead over Team We Used To Be Good? in second. Team mvp's and Team Unfinished FFP swap third and fourth places again, with the mvp's back in third. Team Romanian Potato Soup moves back onto the leaderboard, trading with Team Accident.

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=45
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