taking this table (assuming it's correct), I got the same result as dale Sheldon of pylo > subd > zamb > geom > peng > moon > mart > trip My working is below: margin = 16 Zamb > Trip Margin = 15 Moon > Trip Zam > moon => Zamb > Moon > trip Margin = 14 Peng > Trip Margin = 13 Geo > Trip Margin = 12 Zamb > Mart Peng > Mart Margin = 11 Mart > trip Peng > moon => Zamb > mart > trip => Peng > mart > trip => Peng > moon > trip Margin = 10 subd > mart Subd > trip Pylo > trip => subd > mart > trip Margin = 8 Pylo > Mart => Pylo > mart > trip Margin = 7 Geom > Moon => geom > moon > trip margin = 5 Geom > mart Pylo > subd => geom > mart > trip => pylo > subd > mart > trip Margin = 4 Zamb > geom Pylo > moon subd > zamb => zamb > geom > moon > trip => zamb > geom > mart > trip => pylo > moon > trip => pylo > subd > zamb > geom > moon > trip => pylo > subd > zamb > geom > mart > trip margin at 3 Moon > mart => peng > moon > mart > trip => pylo > subd > zamb > geom > moon > mart > trip Margin at 2 Zam > peng )__ self-inconsistent, need to break tie Peng > pylo ) pyl > zamb *ignored - consistent with established results Moon > subd *ignored - inconsistent with established results so to break tie look at how many games beaten zamb beat 5 games peng beat 4 games therefore zamb > peng => pylo > subd > zamb > peng > moon > mart > trip Margin at 1 geo > peng geo > pylo *ignored - inconsistent with established results subd > geo *ignored - consistent with established results subd > peng *ignored - consistent with established results => pylo > subd > zamb > geom > peng > moon > mart > trip Timothy On 9/21/07, Doug Orleans <dougorleans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Here's the Marginal Vote Table: > > Geom Mart Moon Peng Pylo Subd Trip Zamb > Geomancy 0 5 7 1 1 -1 13 -4 > Martian Coaster Chaturanga -5 0 -3 -12 -8 -10 11 -12 > Moon Shot -7 3 0 -11 -4 2 15 -15 > Penguin Soccer -1 12 11 0 2 -1 14 -2 > Pylon -1 8 4 -2 0 5 10 2 > Subdivision 1 10 -2 1 -5 0 10 4 > Trip Away -13 -11 -15 -14 -10 -10 0 -16 > Zamboni Wars 4 12 15 2 -2 -4 16 0 > > See Zarf's explanation for details about what the table means and how > to get from there to the final ranking. > http://icehousegames.com/contest/rp-table-desc.html > > --dougorleans@xxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > Icehouse mailing list > Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse >