apterous history: March 2013
Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of March 2013.
In the news...
- 1st March. Sam Buxton joined.
- 2nd March. Duel Necklaces were awarded for February 2013.
- 2nd March. Dave Noble joined.
- 4th March. After a long holiday, Most Disallowed Words is back! Now includes all words that at least 40 people have had disallowed, and shows valid anagrams of them wherever possible.
- 5th March. The changeover to the new format is afoot! See the discussion for details.
- 5th March. Rob Brown joined.
- 6th March. Remi Benoit joined.
- 7th March. You can now click the handy "Report game" button on any game to report breakages or suspicious goings-on.
- 10th March. Graeme Cole, the man the legend, is the recipient of apterous' highest community honour, the Spoon of Awesome! That makes eight.
- 10th March. One of Statland's oldest pages, Most Missed Words, is back from holiday. Enjoy!
- 12th March. Tom Pettinger joined.
- 16th March. Dave C joined.
- 17th March. There's a new Duckdown-themed Star Path in town, The Waddler's Way!
- 23rd March. A new variant appears: the long-awaited Hyper Nasty is upon us!
- 23rd March. Rachael Gregory joined.
- 26th March. Jonny Rye joined.
- 30th March. James Drinkwater joined.
Pro Ranks
The top three players at the end of the month:-
1st. Innis Carson
2nd. Jack Worsley
3rd. Dan McColm
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Monthly Top Scores
| Format | Top score | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Rounder | 156 by Giles H | 12,151 games with 263 players |
| Old 15 | 146 by Jen Steadman | 2,540 games with 196 players |
| Conundrum Attack | 200 by Rob Foster ×7 200 by Dan McColm ×4 200 by Chris Davies ×3 200 by Jack Hurst ×2 200 by Adam Gillard 200 by Joe Denniss | 1,013 games with 96 players |
| Numbers Attack | 200 by Gevin Chapwell 200 by Matthew Tassier | 443 games with 87 players |
| 9 Rounder | 84 by Jen Steadman ×2 | 425 games with 52 players |
| Letters Attack | 187 by Mark D | 429 games with 46 players |
| Goatdown Standard | 195 by Bob De Caux | 236 games with 33 players |
| Goat Attack | 231 by Chris Davies | 311 games with 29 players |
| Hyper Nasty 15 | 130 by Adam Gillard | 50 games with 23 players |
| Nice Letters Attack | 160 by Andy Platt | 414 games with 22 players |
Only the month's 10 most popular formats are shown.
Facts and Figures
This month, apterous gained 141 new users, taking us to 5,209 in total. A total of 411,418 rounds were played over 27,627 games.
The Duel was won by Innis Carson with 2640 points from 30 games. Second was Adam Gillard with 2567 points from 30 games, and third Matt Hamer with 2563 points from 31 games.
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