apterous history: December 2009
Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of December 2009.
In the news...
- 1st December. Game of the Week voting is now open!
- 1st December. John Mullens joined.
- 5th December. To make up for recent stability issues, all subscribers have been given an extra week for free. Thanks for your patience.
- 7th December. David Foster joined.
- 8th December. Our first Game of the Week winner!
- 10th December. You can now comment on games.
- 10th December. A few hundred pounds and some litres of sweat, blood and tears later... we're back! Serious apologies to everyone who wanted to play in the last 36 hours; a major hardware component failed and we had to wait for a replacement. Anyway we're back and better than ever, thanks to several upgrades. So enjoy the site! Thanks also to everyone who generously sent me money to help cover some of the repair costs, and to those of you who diligently text me whenever the site is down. Much appreciated all.
- 10th December. Dave Mattingly joined.
- 12th December. Welcome to our new front page! Particular thanks to Matt Morrison who did awesomesauce things with the CSS.
- 14th December. Pencil Work section in Lexplorer.
- 17th December. Miriam Nussbaum joined.
- 20th December. Chris Marshall joined.
- 23rd December. Stephen R and Will Gausden joined.
- 25th December. Ian Wynn joined.
- 29th December. Heather Badcock joined.
- 31st December. Amie Bateen joined.
Pro Ranks
The top three players at the end of the month:-
1st. Chris Davies
2nd. Kirk Bevins
3rd. Innis Carson
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Monthly Top Scores
| Format | Top score | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| Old 15 | 150 by Innis Carson ×2 | 9,890 games with 266 players |
| 9 Rounder | 80 by Nick W ×2 | 593 games with 92 players |
| Conundrum Attack | 200 by Kirk Bevins ×4 | 373 games with 65 players |
| Numbers Attack | 200 by Jeremy Bentham | 225 games with 56 players |
| Speed 9 | 80 by Kirk Bevins | 517 games with 51 players |
| Junior 9 Rounder | 96 by Innis Carson | 80 games with 39 players |
| Junior 15 Rounder | 109 by Innis Carson | 97 games with 37 players |
| Speedgoat | 150 by Andrew Hulme | 383 games with 28 players |
| Junior Conundrum Attack | 190 by Darren Carter | 106 games with 28 players |
| Bullet 9 | 75 by Chris Davies | 81 games with 27 players |
Only the month's 10 most popular formats are shown.
Facts and Figures
This month, apterous gained 71 new users, taking us to 1,049 in total. A total of 210,913 rounds were played over 15,450 games.
The Duel was won by Chris Davies with 1886 points from 29 games. Second was Innis Carson with 1879 points from 30 games, and third Kirk Bevins with 1748 points from 26 games.
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