apterous history: January 2011
Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of January 2011.
In the news...
- 1st January. Keith B joined.
- 3rd January. apterous History for November 2010 is now up.
- 5th January. After a cheeky two-year hiatus, Joint High Scores is back. And boy is it ever awesome.
- 7th January. Always wanted a custom avatar? Now we have an official Man Who Does Avatars For You! See this forum topic or email matt@apterous.org.
- 7th January. Statland: Most Game of the Week nominations (thanks Raccoon).
- 7th January. Milo McKenzie joined.
- 8th January. Vast improvements to Goatdown letters picking. A hundred hours of precomputation pay off at last!
- 8th January. apterous History: December 2010. Up to date again.
- 8th January. Jamie Dale joined.
- 10th January. R. Francis joined.
- 12th January. Farhan Ahmed joined.
- 13th January. Second (and subsequent) Ascensions now only give you conundrums you got wrong the previous time.
- 22nd January. Aaaand... we're back! That was the not-entirely-smooth transition to our beautiful new server, just two months late and 200% over budget. More information on that when I've had some sleep. Meanwhile, enjoy the site and please report any issues you encounter. All subscribers will get an extra three days in recompense. By the way, the new hardware cost a ton so if you were thinking of (re)subscribing, now would be a good time!
- 23rd January. Andrew Keith and Neetu Uberoi joined.
- 24th January. Melanie Matthews joined.
- 28th January. Tom Sullivan joined.
Pro Ranks
The top three players at the end of the month:-
1st. Innis Carson
2nd. Chris Davies
3rd. Jack Hurst
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Monthly Top Scores
| Format | Top score | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| Old 15 | 150 by Kirk Bevins | 11,258 games with 276 players |
| 9 Rounder | 81 by Joseph Krol | 910 games with 123 players |
| Conundrum Attack | 200 by Ben Wilson ×4 200 by Rob Foster ×3 200 by Charlie Reams ×2 200 by Matt Hamer ×2 200 by Bob De Caux 200 by Innis Carson 200 by Oliver Garner | 1,665 games with 100 players |
| Junior Conundrum Attack | 190 by Ben Wilson | 240 games with 57 players |
| Numbers Attack | 200 by Martin Long | 332 games with 46 players |
| Speed 15 | 140 by Innis Carson | 224 games with 44 players |
| Junior 15 Rounder | 135 by Ben Wilson | 201 games with 44 players |
| Letters Attack | 177 by Jack Hurst | 119 games with 41 players |
| Speed 9 | 72 by Eoin M 72 by Marcus Hares | 144 games with 33 players |
| Junior 9 Rounder | 82 by Nick Boldock | 101 games with 33 players |
Only the month's 10 most popular formats are shown.
Facts and Figures
This month, apterous gained 96 new users, taking us to 2,317 in total. A total of 275,324 rounds were played over 19,076 games.
The Duel was won by Innis Carson with 2667 points from 31 games. Second was Matt Hamer with 2428 points from 31 games, and third Adam Gillard with 2403 points from 31 games.
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