The BAT Challenge: Playing Favorites?

In the BAT Challenge, Deborah has won a WWI? credit and an Attendance Award. Ellen has won a WWI? credit. And Debbie has won a Gold Medal and an Attendance Award and garnered two unredeemed Silver Medals and one unredeemed Bronze Medal as well as a WWI? credit plus a Februrary 2008 WWI? credit. Yet it was Debbie who recently posed the following question:

What's "loopy" is the wherewasIometer! That Deborah and Ellen should plunge into the lead is great, but how do I go from 16 to 9 and Scott plateaus at 10? Are you playing favorites, Davester?

So here's this week's challenge: In one comment, explain the wherewasIometer! This week the competition is open only to previous players using their usual monikers—and anyone who posts will get a point. But beware: I may dole out a bonus point for any favorite answers!

WHERE WAS I? The results are in! Once again, my location has been ascertained to my satisfaction, with Scott clinching the first-place position at the end of an extended struggle with Gary, Debbie taking the third-place spot, and Myra emerging as another force to be reckoned with as the wherewasIometer is reset once again. Kudos to all players for dazzling us with their swoops, photos, and surprise debuts.

Photos are still welcome from folks with the proper credit: Debbie, Gary, Scott, and now Myra. Please try to contribute, if only to keep things simple (as well as interesting).

10 Myra (includes one unredeemed WWI? credit)
10 Scott (Gold Medal plus two unredeemed WWI? and one unredeemed Gold Medal credits)
8 Gary (Silver Medal plus two unredeemed WWI? and one unredeemed Silver Medal credits)
6 Debbie (Gold Medal and Attendance Award plus unredeemed Silver Medal and WWI? and Bronze Medal credits)
3 David (Bronze Medal)
2 Daniela
2 Dolph (Bronze Medal)
2 Ellen
1 bellj
1 Deborah
1 Myron
1 Trapezia