Match # 39 Results
Crono 32.09%
L-Block 27.74%
Ryu (Street Fighter) 23.85%
Amaterasu 16.32%

Crono pulls out a solid first place against last contest's winner... are the days of the blocky menace numbered, or will it surge in the later rounds like it did last year?

Consensus:
Amaterasu - 13.30%
Crono - 31.48%
L-Block - 30.48%
Ryu (Street Fighter) - 24.90%

Best Five Picks:
1) _Harmonica_ - Amaterasu 16.00% - Crono 32.00% - L-Block 28.00% - Ryu 24.00% (+49.79)
2) Menji76 - Amaterasu 15.96% - Crono 31.48% - L-Block 26.58% - Ryu 23.85% (+49.46)
3) neonreaper - Amaterasu 16.10% - Crono 31.30% - L-Block 27.00% - Ryu 25.60% (+49.12)
4) RockMFR 5 - Amaterasu 15.00% - Crono 33.00% - L-Block 29.00% - Ryu 23.00% (+48.91)
5) KleenexTissue50 - Amaterasu 16.29% - Crono 30.47% - L-Block 27.14% - Ryu 26.10% (+48.87)

Harmonica with an outstanding prediction today - his 49.79 points is the highest score of the contest. He also previously had a 49.59 point prediction, which is now tied for 4th best of the contest. Impressive!

Menji gets second and neonreaper is third, those three the only ones scoring over 49 points. RockMFR 5 takes fourth and Kleenex is fifth.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k8&type=match&match=39

Current Leaderboard:
1) creativename - 1838.27
2) kawaiifan - 1837.94
3) PeaceOut64 - 1835.95
4) Camden - 1835.35
5) The n00b Avenger - 1834.92

Geez dudes, how about providing us some entertainment once in a while? Our top 5 is the same for the fourth day in a row. Meche moves up two to 6th (passing Salient and me), but there's almost a 2 point gap between the top 5 and him.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k8&type=total&match=39

Top Team Scores:
1) Propane - 97.06 (Menji76: +49.46 / SF_Clowns: +0.00)
2) Amazingly Oblivious - 96.70 (AmazingKirby: +48.29 / DpObliVion: +48.41)
3) 31 - 96.64 (PeaceOut64: +48.14 / The n00b Avenger: +48.50)
4) Predestined Divination - 96.54 (creativename: +48.04 / Ngamer64: +48.50)
5) Battle with Gilgamesh = JENOVA - 96.50 (Janus5000: +47.63 / KleenexTissue50: +48.87)

Menji got second place in the individual but first place in the teams, with his partner of Average Score (replacing SF_Clowns) good enough to beat all the other teams. Team Amazingly Oblivious is back with its 7th top 5 of the contest in 2nd, and Team 31 continues to impress, taking third. Team Predestined Divination is 4th and Team Battle with Gilgamesh = J-E-N-O-V-A gets fifth.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k8&type=teammatch&match=39

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team 31 (PeaceOut64 / The n00b Avenger) - 3670.87
2) Team Happy Happyists (Camden / meche313) - 3668.47
3) Team Kirby (kawaiifan / Luster Soldier) - 3667.88
4) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 3661.14
5) Team We Used To Be Good? (Kaxon / King Morgoth) - 3659.98

Setting a new record for boringness, the team standings are unchanged for the top 26 spots. Only 7 teams (out of 52) moved at all. Those noble teams were Team Don't Walk Around With Your Weiner Hanging Out (Lagoona), Team Dérision (jonthomson and andy), Team Organized Chaos (Ayvuir and Gaddswell), Team Épuration (MoogleKupo), Team Anyone want to team with an Oracle has-been? (supdawg - the has-been was Darkash, who dropped out long ago), Team Prescrire (Radix and WalrusJump), and Team Griffonner (mentalmike).

Complete Team Standing:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k8&type=teamtotal&match=39
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