Forgot to mention earlier, but the strangest method we ever used was pick your own stats. Everybody just wrote down the stats that they thought best represented the character they wanted to play. It kinda worked because nobody wanted to be the guy asking for too much. I still don't know why the cleric opted for a 15 wisdom though. He also took skill focus diplomacy without putting in any skill ranks. He wasn't a very good cleric. Or diplomat.