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Can someone explain me how these rankings are made and how the points are calculated because i'm kind of a noob and kind of lazy to read all the posts.

Step 1: I used this thread and the input of other users to whittle down the entire cast of the first 16 seasons to 80 solid names, half of which would make the top 40.

Step 2: I posted a poll on SurveyMonkey.com where you would vote on all 80. The options were "Not Deserving Of The Top 40", 7, 8, 9 and 10.

Step 3: After the poll closed, I outright disqualified anyone with more than 50% of their vote going to the "Not In The Top 40" category.

Step 4: For those remaining, I first find the inverse of the "Not In The Top 40" votes. If 25% of your vote went into that category, then you're allowed to receive 75% of your points.

Step 5: I add up all of the 7/8/9/10 votes and come up with a score.

Step 6: A player then receives the percentage of that score that is the inverse of their "Not In The Top 40" votes. If the score was 200 points and a player had 25% of their votes go to "Not In The Top 40", then they can only receive 75% of that 200 which is 150 points. That's their final score.

Overall, the "Not In The Top 40" deduction does not drastically change the results much at all (which I'll reveal at the end), but it does help balance the list and make a few changes here or there. I believe all 40 that qualified for the list were the 40 that had the most points in the first place, for example. But someone like Natalie Bolton would have been a few places higher had I not done the longer calculation. In other words, I want to let the detractors have their say. If over a third of the electorate think she shouldn't even be on the list, and the other 2/3 are giving her 9s and 10s, then we definitely need to balance things out so she does not waltz into the list with a high score simply because nobody felt she was a middle-of-the-lister (earning 7s and 8s).

In case you're wondering, the top three are exactly the same via either method. 4/5 switch places thanks to the "Not In The Top 40" system while the 7th place on this list actually finished 5th in overall points. So, other than three people moving about, the Top Ten is pretty static via either metric.