apterous history: August 2012
Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of August 2012.
In the news...
- 2nd August. Congratulations to Marcus Hares, recipient of Spoon of Awesome #3!
- 7th August. Sol V joined.
- 8th August. Nigel Mercer joined.
- 10th August. Andy Christley joined.
- 11th August. Iain Findlay and Matthew Brockwell joined.
- 16th August. Simon Taylor and Andrew Swale joined.
- 24th August. As much requested, there are new Star Paths for Lockdown Jnr and Nice. Enjoy!
- 24th August. Luke Webb joined.
- 25th August. The About page has been updated for the first time since August 2008.
- 25th August. Various tools have been collected in a new side-bar section, aptly named Tools.
- 25th August. I've finally caved to the popular disregard for browser warning messages and made it harder to double-post comments by refreshing the page.
- 27th August. Chris Millican joined.
- 31st August. We're having some rather unpleasant hardware failures today, apologies for the downtime. Replacement gear is on the way and I'll try to keep the site afloat while that happens.
Pro Ranks
The top three players at the end of the month:-
1st. Innis Carson
2nd. Dan McColm
3rd. Ahmed M
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Monthly Top Scores
| Format | Top score | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| Old 15 | 153 by Innis Carson | 11,982 games with 257 players |
| Conundrum Attack | 200 by Ahmed M ×5 200 by Rob Foster ×4 200 by Dan McColm ×2 200 by Jonathan Rawlinson ×2 200 by Josh Hurst ×2 200 by Adam Gillard 200 by Mark Tournoff | 1,106 games with 84 players |
| 9 Rounder | 80 by Mark James | 270 games with 71 players |
| Numbers Attack | 200 by Steve Balog ×5 200 by Chris Butler 200 by David Barnard 200 by Phil Collinge | 278 games with 45 players |
| Letters Attack | 170 by Giles H | 516 games with 43 players |
| Goat Attack | 232 by Dan McColm | 324 games with 36 players |
| Goatblitz | 156 by Innis Carson | 257 games with 36 players |
| Goatdown Standard | 159 by Giles H | 351 games with 26 players |
| Bullet 15 | 124 by Innis Carson | 243 games with 25 players |
| Junior 15 Rounder | 126 by Liam Tiernan | 95 games with 23 players |
Only the month's 10 most popular formats are shown.
Facts and Figures
This month, apterous gained 105 new users, taking us to 4,356 in total. A total of 330,121 rounds were played over 22,739 games.
The Duel was won by Innis Carson with 2311 points from 30 games. Second was Adam Gillard with 2167 points from 29 games, and third Matt Hamer with 2124 points from 30 games.
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