Match # 54 Results
Cloud Strife 44.72%
Mewtwo 23.16%
Squall Leonhart 16.39%
Sora 15.74%

Does this contest make any sense? Mewtwo turns in the kind of performance we would have expected before his pathetic round 2 showing. Cloud did extremely well in this SFFtastic match, as you might expect, while Squall and Sora struggled.

Consensus:
Cloud Strife - 42.69%
Mewtwo - 18.99%
Sora - 19.23%
Squall Leonhart - 19.29%

Best Five Picks:
1) Redtooth - Cloud Strife 43.00% - Mewtwo 25.00% - Sora 16.00% - Squall 16.00% (+48.94)
2) Ed Bellis - Cloud Strife 45.00% - Mewtwo 21.00% - Sora 18.00% - Squall 16.00% (+48.72)
3) Justin_Crossing - Cloud Strife 45.00% - Mewtwo 20.50% - Sora 16.00% - Squall 18.50% (+48.67)
4) Gaddswell - Cloud Strife 46.21% - Mewtwo 19.36% - Sora 17.89% - Squall 16.54% (+48.10)
5) andylt - Cloud Strife 45.50% - Mewtwo 19.50% - Sora 19.00% - Squall 16.00% (+47.97)

Redtooth gets his third #1 pick of the contest, which is pretty impressive with the number of people we have in this thing. Bed Ellis takes second today, followed by Justin_Crossing, Gaddswell (back on top after missing a pick yesterday), and andy.

Complete Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k8&type=match&match=54

Current Leaderboard:
1) creativename - 2555.39
2) kawaiifan - 2554.63
3) The n00b Avenger - 2553.30
4) Camden - 2552.37
5) Xuxon - 2552.09

Creativename continues slowly widening his lead over kawaiifan, now it's up to .76 points. Meanwhile Camden moves up to fourth and Xuxon returns to the leaderboard by overtaking PeaceOut, bringing the number of former champions on the leaderboard up to 3. This is my pick for the most stacked leaderboard in the history of the Oracle Challenge.

Full Standings:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k8&type=total&match=54

Top Team Scores:
1) ted crunkensteinsience and the AUGHs II: curse of the black pearl - 95.38 (transience: +46.66 / Ed Bellis: +48.72)
2) Muffin Hacks - 95.34 (Ness26: +0.00 / Redtooth: +48.94)
3) Mother Cat is a Landmine - 94.96 (Xuxon: +47.56 / GrapefruitKing: +47.40)
4) Uncle Floaty's Wild Balloon Ride V2 - 94.81 (KingBartz: +46.14 / Justin_Crossing: +48.67)
5) Predestined Divination - 94.67 (creativename: +46.81 / Ngamer64: +47.86)

Ted crunkensteinsience gets another top score today, his (their) second one of the contest. Mr. Crunkenstein himself (Eddy Bellis) leads the way while tedsience supplies a decent second pick. Team Muffin Hacks gets second, and Team Mother Cat gets third (their 17th time in the top 5 this year). Uncle Floaty's Wild Balloon Ride V2 (KingBartz and Justin_Crossing) grab their 5th top 5 of the year while Team Predestined Divination gets their 16th.

Complete Team Match Ranking:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k8&type=teammatch&match=54

Team Leaderboard:
1) Team 31 (PeaceOut64 / The n00b Avenger) - 5105.30
2) Team Happy Happyists (Camden / meche313) - 5099.55
3) Team Kirby (kawaiifan / Luster Soldier) - 5097.76
4) Team Predestined Divination (creativename / Ngamer64) - 5094.84
5) Team Mother Cat is a Landmine (Xuxon / GrapefruitKing) - 5090.81

No change in the team top 5. After I fixed oneills's prediction (he left off a percent sign for Sora), Team Froussard moves up one spot to 10th and passes Team SPO*N.

Complete Team Standing:
http://www.oraclechallenge.com/archives.php?contest=SC2k8&type=teamtotal&match=54
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I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience