Posted on August 10th, 2008 in Awards
For those still tuned into the Hugos and Worldcon, the full results—including counts, 1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th placement, and such, are here:
http://www.denvention3.org/hugos/Final-Report.pdf
The interesting part for most people starts on page 10, where the results of the “instant-runoff” voting algorithm is posted. Some of that triangle of numbers may be a bit confusing (like “why does Brasyl not place second when it kept ranking second through all those numbers until the end…?”) so here is a very Hugo-specific guide to the voting mechanics.
This may not interest everybody on the front page, so the guide and example analysis is under the cut.
Continue reading “Interpreting the Hugo Votes, or: Hugo Thunderdome!”
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