David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > >Steve Simmons <scs at di.org> writes: > >> David Dyer-Bennet writes: >> >> > We can discuss the arcane details of "Australian" ballot counting and >> > confuse *everybody* :-). >> >> Ever see the rules for the Hogus and the Black Hole awards? They were >> (are?) parodies of the Hugo and Nebula, given out annually at WorldCon. >> The award ceremony was held in a McDonalds and call The Ranquet. >> >> Voting was done by the Austrian system. Everyone who wants can vote for >> their favorites in rank order, as often as they like. The judges take >> the ballots, throw them away, and decide who's going to win. It's a >> lot easier on everyone involved, and a lot funnier than letting the >> masses decide. >> >> Jeez, I haven't been to one of those in over 20 years... wonder if they're >> still doing them. One year the winner for 'Best Typeface' was 'Nordic, >> with high cheekbones.' > >I never went to the Ranquet, but I remember it happening. (Apart from >anything else, I don't eat at Macdonalds). I haven't heard it >mentioned recently, except historically. There was an item in the daily newsletter telling people where to get together for the Ranquet, but I didn't go, so I don't know if it actually happened. There was no follow-up item listing the winners, but then again, I heard numerous complaints about newsletter submissions never being printed, so that could have happened there, too. -- Adina