Wow, are you Australian too?
I read the first post of your story before you could edit it out, and I commend you on it. I don't want to destroy your reserves, hence the comment here.
The below information is to inform Mitch of how the scoring worked last contest, so skip it by all means:
This is an extensive process that must be repeated in full after every round, as a warning, but it keeps the scoring consistent when the number of entries per round deviates.
First you must deduce a common multiple by taking the number of entries in each round and multiplying them together. For example, after three writing rounds, you have ten entries in the first, seven in the second and six in the third. You simply take those three numbers, the product being 420.
The next step is to work out the interval between each placing in the individual rounds. Due to the fact that, in round one, there were ten entries, you divide the 420 by ten, giving you 42. This means that there will be a difference of 42 points between each contestant in that round. First place, however, will always receive one point.
Round One:
1st: 1
2nd: 43
3rd: 95
4th: 137
etc.
Using the same method, round two will then have intervals of sixty (420 divided by seven). You must then go back through and deduce how many points each placing gives the contestant, as above.
Round Two:
1st: 1
2nd: 61
3rd: 121
4th: 181
etc.
You can then, after working out how many points everyone receives in all of the rounds so far, place the contestants into an "Overall Leader" table.
The individual divisions may seem unnecessary, but I remind everyone that it is easier to place in first in a round of four contestants, as opposed to fourteen.
Any contestants that don't enter in the round then all get the amount calculated after the lowest placing contestant's score is added to the interval score again. For example:
Round One:
10th: 379
No entry: 421
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