Match #61 Results
Samus Aran 55.27%
Zelda 44.73%

Despite her hiccup against Tifa, Samus managed to easily win her female final match against Zelda. Things are looking great for Tifa ranking high in the standings. The consensus was Samus with 53.73% and the average score was 46.95. 81 people picked Samus to win the match, and 8 picked Zelda.

Best Five Picks:
1) GrapefruitKing - Samus Aran 55.15% (+49.88)
1) Master Moltar - Samus Aran 55.15% (+49.88)
3) Janus5000 - Samus Aran 55.11% (+49.84)
4) Luis_Sera89 - Samus Aran 55.45% (+49.82)
5) BlAcK TuRtLe - Samus Aran 55.00% (+49.73)

Master Moltar and GrapefruitKing tied for best pick today - both scored 49.88 points. This was GrapefruitKing's third top 5 of the contest and Moltar's second. Janus had the third best pick, for his fifth top 5 of the contest. Luis_Sera89 maked it into the top 5 for the first time this season, and Black Turtle grabbed the last spot.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=match&match=61

Current Leaderboard:
1) Salient - 2792.32
2) cyko - 2791.30
3) Draco1214 - 2787.07
4) PeaceOut64 - 2785.65
5) ps2rulezzz - 2784.79

Lead change!! After 19 straight days in the lead (the third longest streak ever), cyko is displaced by Salient. This is the closest to the end of the contest we've had a lead change since 2003, when Haste2 overtook Samberdog on match 61 (the first Cloud vs Link). Cyko is now in second. Draco moves up to third, about 4 points back. PeaceOut64 moves up one spot to fourth and ps2rulezzz moves up one spot to fifth. Former #3 Aprosenf picked Zelda and dropped down to 8th place.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=total&match=61

Top Team Scores:
1) Team Battle with Gilgamesh > JENOVA - 99.32 (Janus5000: +49.84 / KleenexTissue50: +49.48)
2) Team We Used To Be Good? - 98.99 (Kaxon: +49.27 / King Morgoth: +49.72)
3) Team Romanian Potato Soup - 98.73 (The n00b Avenger: +48.85 / GrapefruitKing: +49.88)
4) Team Bartar - 98.70 (Master Moltar: +49.88 / KingBartz: +48.82)
5) Team Random - 97.60 (XIII is cool: +48.69 / Giggsalot: +48.91)

Team Battle with Gilgamesh > JENOVA grabs the top score today. Team We Used To Be Good? gets second for the second day in a row, and the top 5 mimics the leaderboard as Team Romanian Potato Soup gets third. Team Bartar has the fourth best score, followed by Team Random.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teammatch&match=61

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 5562.79
2) Team mvp's (ps2rulezzz / basmeyer42) - 5559.90
3) Team Romanian Potato Soup (The n00b Avenger / GrapefruitKing) - 5555.85
4) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 5548.69
5) Team Accident (MegatokyoEd / Rufus Shinra 18) - 5545.51

Team We Used To Be Good? remains in first, but that won't last long - they self destructed in amusing fashion tonight when both of them switched from Snake to Sonic in the literal last minute. Team mvp's is still in second and Team Romanian Potato Soup is still in third. Team Predestined Divination swaps places with MegatokyoEd (Team Accident) for the second day in a row, retaking fourth place.

Complete Team Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k6&type=teamtotal&match=61
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