apterous history: August 2008
Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of August 2008.
In the news...
- 1st August. Computer opponents for people with no friends.
- 2nd August. Player ratings and other persistent stats. These will take a while to get interesting because there are currently no rated players. The only solution is to get playing!
- 6th August. Patience bars for conundrum and numbers declaration.
- 12th August. Custom avatars. Info on getting your own to follow.
- 12th August. Howard Somerset, Dinos Sfyris, Jon Corby and Michael Wallace joined.
- 13th August. Paul Howe and Jim B joined.
- 14th August. High scores!
- 14th August. Players now have stuff.
- 14th August. Matthew Green joined.
- 16th August. Daily Duel.
- 16th August. Donation goes live.
- 17th August. David O'Donnell joined.
- 18th August. Congratulations to Jon Corby, who scored the first perfect game in Apterous history!
- 19th August. Nick W joined.
- 24th August. Simon Myers joined.
- 26th August. Numerous new sound effects, courtesy of Jon O'Neill.
- 26th August. Mikey Lear joined.
- 27th August. aptochat!
Pro Ranks
The top three players at the end of the month:-
1st. Kirk Bevins
2nd. Jon Corby
3rd. Jon O'Neill
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Monthly Top Scores
| Format | Top score | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| Old 15 | 136 by Jon Corby | 383 games with 23 players |
| Speed 15 | 114 by Jon Corby | 35 games with 8 players |
| 9 Rounder | 72 by Kirk Bevins | 32 games with 8 players |
| Conundrum Attack | 190 by Charlie Reams 190 by Jon O'Neill 190 by Kirk Bevins | 45 games with 7 players |
| Hyper 15 | 105 by Charlie Reams | 11 games with 7 players |
| Speed Letters Attack | 129 by Paul Howe | 12 games with 6 players |
| Numbers Attack | 172 by Kirk Bevins | 29 games with 5 players |
| Hyper 9 | 55 by David O'Donnell | 6 games with 4 players |
| Letters Attack | 139 by Kirk Bevins | 6 games with 3 players |
| Bullet 15 | 90 by Jon O'Neill | 2 games with 2 players |
Only the month's 10 most popular formats are shown.
Facts and Figures
This month, apterous gained 18 new users, taking us to 26 in total. A total of 7,313 rounds were played over 567 games.
The Duel was won by Jon Corby with 62 points from 14 games. Second was Kirk Bevins with 42 points from 12 games, and third Charlie Reams with 35 points from 12 games.
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