Pedro Martínez: Hear hear. I'm tired of ponds where the bonus is effectively taken out of the game by players who clearly have no interest in winning the pond. And there are more than one of them.

I think the run in the rain somewhat addresses it. :)

I really think that the ratings should take into account how far from the lead you are each round. Of course final position should count more, but it should be a hyperbolic function so that the difference between 1st and 5th is much more than the difference between 5th and 9th for example.