apterous history: January 2010
Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of January 2010.
In the news...
- 2nd January. I'm having a little apterous holiday. This will be the last update for a while.
- 2nd January. Elly Young joined.
- 4th January. Craig McMullen joined.
- 5th January. Jordan F joined.
- 6th January. You can now change your sex from the Settings page. Who knew it was so easy!
- 11th January. Ben Locker and Peter Zyss joined.
- 13th January. Jayne Wisniewski joined.
- 14th January. Italian and Spanish lexicons.
- 14th January. Touch Jnr variant (Touchdown + Junior).
- 14th January. Craig Chittenden joined.
- 15th January. Catriona Cappleman and Jay Lopian joined.
- 16th January. The Bash Room (thanks Kirk).
- 16th January. Joseph Kristoff joined.
- 17th January. Until 24 January, all money received from apterous subscriptions will be passed on to Doctors Without Borders to support their work in disaster relief in Haiti. See above for details.
- 18th January. Apterous Sponge, dubbed "the beginning of Skynet", learns words only as he sees them. Players may receive special sexy items for helping him learn.
- 19th January. Conundrums are now scaled somewhat to the skill of the players. Please read the explanation of the system before complaining about the conundrums you receive.
- 25th January. Thanks to everyone who donated to our Haiti appeal, we raised £50 which I'll match to make a nice round £100. This might well make us the most generous word game website in the world. Woo!
- 28th January. Players now have 50 free games to decide if they like the site.
- 28th January. Giorgio Senatore joined.
- 30th January. Lucinda Corby joined.
Pro Ranks
The top three players at the end of the month:-
1st. Kirk Bevins
2nd. Chris Davies
3rd. Innis Carson
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Monthly Top Scores
| Format | Top score | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| Old 15 | 144 by Dale Levell | 10,895 games with 267 players |
| 9 Rounder | 83 by Chris Davies ×2 | 448 games with 92 players |
| Conundrum Attack | 200 by Scott Phillips ×4 200 by Kirk Bevins ×3 200 by Chris Davies ×2 200 by Henry Meier 200 by Innis Carson 200 by Ivan Dunt 200 by Kieran Child 200 by Matthew Tassier 200 by Michael Wallace | 497 games with 82 players |
| Bullet 9 | 78 by Innis Carson | 454 games with 55 players |
| Numbers Attack | 200 by Reuben Kay ×4 200 by Ben Wilson | 344 games with 52 players |
| Junior 15 Rounder | 133 by Innis Carson | 199 games with 39 players |
| Junior 9 Rounder | 79 by Marc Meakin | 72 games with 37 players |
| Junior Conundrum Attack | 200 by Ben Wilson | 164 games with 30 players |
| Speedgoat | 163 by Innis Carson | 404 games with 29 players |
| Letters Attack | 153 by Kirk Bevins | 161 games with 29 players |
Only the month's 10 most popular formats are shown.
Facts and Figures
This month, apterous gained 85 new users, taking us to 1,134 in total. A total of 233,829 rounds were played over 16,655 games.
The Duel was won by Kirk Bevins with 2218 points from 31 games. Second was Chris Davies with 2179 points from 30 games, and third Innis Carson with 2143 points from 31 games.
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