On Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at 03:16PM, "Bryan Stout" <stoutwb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >I forget what it's called, but I like a method I once saw for a board >game award. Everyone submitted their ratings, which were converted to >ranks. The total of ranks was added up, and the lowest one dropped. >Then the ranks were recomputed, and the process repeated until the >winner was the last one left. Somewhat complex, but it eliminated the >difference in ranges of the ratings. That sounds like Instant Runoff Voting, a system that guarantees a majority winner instead of a plurality winner, but it seems to me that it is designed for single winner contests, not good for determining overall ranking of entrants. Topher