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What is apterous?
The first thing to say is that apterous is definitely not Countdown. It is not endorsed by Countdown, Channel 4 or anyone important at all. However, it is a game with rounds including numbers, letters and conundrums. This may sound familiar. You can play against your friends over the Internet, or other people's friends if you don't have any of your own. To play, just register and then log in. If you're having problems, head over to our FAQ and, if that doesn't work, please do email me and I'll do my best to help.
Today's Duel Leaders
| # | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Innis Carson | — |
Format: 12 rounds of 15 seconds.
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Latest Pencils
Top Dog
| # | Player | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Fenton | 99% |
These are the finest bones dug up lately,
in Mr Dog's opinion (patent pending).
Discussions
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Is an Ascension game a true Conundrum Attack?
Brainstorm by Gevin Chapwell. Status: Unconfirmed.
Just thinking about this. Especially since games at the end become more predictable and you know what's likely to come up. Arguably for record purposes only "neutral" games should count rather than games ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Monthly subscriptions
Website feature request by Jen Steadman. Status: Unconfirmed.
For a new player, buying a year's subscription may seem daunting. They may be put off the idea of paying for a full year before they've had a chance to enjoy the full subscriber experience. Would it not ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Top spots.
Website feature request by Jon Stitcher. Status: Unconfirmed.
In this game [
link] I was very pleased with my spot in round 10. So much so I'd say it was one of my top 5 apterous spots of all time. Would it be possible to ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Ascension - most correct conundrums page
Website feature request by Adam Gillard. Status: Unconfirmed.
[ link] - Please could you update this page to include a percentage column based on how many conundrums were in each Ascension at time of completion ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Game selection picks
Game feature request by Michael Cullen. Status: Unconfirmed.
Can we have a feature where we either automatically get the bot or ourselves to choose every selection in a game, it's available now in star charts and duels, we can do it ourselves, but we have to do ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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"Awarded for something as yet undisclosed"
Website feature request by Mark Deeks. Status: Unconfirmed.
There exist a few items - for example, [ link] - whose purposes aren't described. The example given there is Holy Nudes, awarded for beating Nude in a Letters Attack, yet ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Superstats - active nemesis
Game feature request by Ian Volante. Status: Unconfirmed.
In my superstats, both my nemesis and my sisemen are inactive. Can I have nemeses that have played within the six months or something? [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Apterous calendar
Game feature request by Emma Hatred. Status: Accepted. Priority: 5.
I think this is a long overdue development and many fans of the game will be keen for this to happen. I hope you agree! Please release an apterous calendar featuring a (nude, obv.) photo of Charlie for ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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When will the New 15 high score pass the Old 15 one?
Miscellaneous topic by Charlie Reams. Status: Unconfirmed.
The Old 15 high score has been 170 for well over three years now [ link] and will probably never be beaten. On the other hand, there have been two games ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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DOCTOR DOCTOR!
Announcement by Emma Hatred. Status: Unconfirmed.
I know my tickets are normally excellent game feature suggestions etc. but this one is different and even better, if you can imagine that. Today Charlie Reams, off of apterous and countdown etc., got ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Custom formats in tourneys
Brainstorm by Johnny Canuck. Status: Unconfirmed.
As it is, when choosing the L/N/C format for a tourney (or round thereof), one must choose from a list of preselected formats. For my ongoing Great Pyramid tourney, I had hoped to use formats like LC, ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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More filters for pro ranks......
Website feature request by Jon Stitcher. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi there, Would it be possible for the pro ranks filters to also allow to search by the following, series champions, series finalists, people who've been on the show, people who haven't been on the ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Can we please have tournament placings put on our glory roll?
Website feature request by Mark Deeks. Status: Unconfirmed.
Can we please have tournament placings put on our glory roll? [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Rematching when one player always picks
Game feature request by Mark Deeks. Status: Unconfirmed.
In order to fish for pencils in Goatdown, I like to sometimes either: a) play Rex and have him pick them all (which results in really obscure Darren eights and nines), or b) play Prune and pick them all ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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In-game max counter
Game feature request by Mark Deeks. Status: Unconfirmed.
Me and Innis are slowly but surely doing our 450 round rematch. He's playing incredibly. We've done 160 rounds and I swear to God he's maxed 150 of them. It would be cool to know how many he has had, ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Top Dog news item has more information about the performance
Website feature request by Jon O'Neill. Status: Unconfirmed.
To "Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Andrew Millman" you could add ", lasting 6 rounds with a target of 5" or something like that. It would add a bit of colour and also some ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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A bit of patience when entering number target.
Game feature request by Jon Stitcher. Status: Unconfirmed.
This problem doesn't come up too often, mostly during spoilage but when running out of time and trying to solve the numbers or work out exactly where you are you have no time to put the number in the box ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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New variant: InstaBullet
Game feature request by Mark Deeks. Status: Unconfirmed.
Conor invented this because apparently Bullet wasn't hard enough for him. It's basically Instant with a 3 second clock. Numbers are unchanged I guess, and the conundrum scoring would need rethinking, but ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Enhancements to Duel Results summary
Website feature request by Dave Smith. Status: Unconfirmed.
I'm talking about this page - [ link] Just a couple of thoughts on ways I think it might be improved: - the Entries column could be changed from its current ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Better pro ranks toggling
Website feature request by Jack Hurst. Status: Unconfirmed.
There should be a better way of browsing pro ranks for each week since they started. If implemented this feature could also allow us to compare pro ranks from different weeks. [Read more] [More feature requests]
News
23 May 2013
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Innis Carson tied the record number of maximums for Goatblitz with 15 maxes.
- Greg Holloway tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Johnny Canuck commented on The Great Pyramid: 2nd Floor. [+5 others]
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Peter Fenton.
- The Daily Duel was won by Martin Long with a score of 100 from 100.
22 May 2013
- Dave Smith commented on Most games played. [+6 others]
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for Bullet 9 with 9 maxes.
- Heather Styles commented on Late Spring Pairs Championship: Preliminaries + Round 1.
- Remi Benoit's 154 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×16]
- Remi Benoit commented on his game with Apterous Prune. [+3 others]
- Rachel W tied the record number of maximums for Lockdown Letters Attack with 17 maxes.
- Adam Gillard commented on Rob Foster's game with Apterous Prune.
- Rob Foster's 203 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Dan McColm tied the record number of maximums for Nice Letters Attack with 20 maxes.
- Dan McColm tied the record number of maximums for Old 15 with 15 maxes.
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for Goat Attack with 20 maxes.
- Remi Benoit set a new record number of maximums for French Letters Attack with 18 maxes.
- Heather Styles's 15 - 0 game with Mr Dog received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Heather Styles.
- The Daily Duel was won by 4 people (Adam Gillard, Bob De Caux, Innis Carson and Jack Worsley) with a score of 103 from 104.
21 May 2013
- Greg Holloway commented on his game with Sherpa Shilty. [+2 others]
- Dan McColm's 118 - 80 game with Jojo Apollo received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Dan McColm tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Greg Holloway tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Sean D tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Gevin Chapwell commented on Matt Bayfield's game with Apterous Soap.
- Ian Volante commented on Apto-tude League: Apto-tude League - The 5th cycle. [+1 other]
- Ian Volante commented on the Duel standings.
- Dan McColm tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Dan McColm tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- James Bailes commented on Dan McColm's game with Jojo Apollo.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Chris Marshall.
- The Daily Duel was won by 2 people (Innis Carson and Graeme Cole) with a score of 101 from 110.
20 May 2013
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- New: apterous History: April 2013.
- Charlie Reams commented on Pro Ranks for 20 May 2013. [+3 others]
- Greg Holloway tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Greg Holloway tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Dan McColm tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Dan McColm tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Adam Gillard tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Greg Holloway tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Greg Holloway tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Dan McColm tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Matt Croy tied the record number of maximums for Touch Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Dan McColm tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Greg Holloway tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Greg Holloway tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
17 May 2013
- New: Games now record whether they went to a tiebreak. This has been backdated to the last one million (!) games as much as we could (there are probably some mistakes, but nothing too terrible). This is the beginning of much better handling of tiebreak games sometime in the future. [Discussion]
13 May 2013
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- New: As long-awaited, and lately much-requested, you can now upload a new user picture without all the hassle. Enjoy! [Discussion]
11 May 2013
- New: The end-of-game update now includes a link to retry a Star if you lose, or to play the next one if you win! [Discussion]
6 May 2013
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- Improved: Gym Lad now puts the word he was testing you on as his declaration, so they're recorded for posterity in the recap. [Discussion]
- Improved: Super Gym now tries a bit harder to avoid setting you the same selection in the same game, even if testing you on different words. [Discussion]
- Fixed: Apterous Soap no longer occasionally blanks Touchdown rounds. [Discussion]
5 May 2013
- New: One of the most exciting new things we've launched for ages: enter the Super Gym! This is a new solo play mode in which apterous analyses your entire game history and identifies words that you've particularly struggled with in the past, then sets up personalised rounds to test you on. It's really quite fun. I'm sure you'll all have plenty of feature requests for other things we could do with this, so rest assured that there's plenty more in the pipeline. Enjoy! (PS: Due to the huge amount of personal analysis this feature requires, you'll need SuperStats to play.) [Discussion]
4 May 2013
- New: SuperStats now includes a new Recent Words section header, with Most Offered and Most Missed breakdowns for the last 6 months only. [Discussion]
29 April 2013
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
28 April 2013
- News: Statland now has a whole section devoted to conundrums, including the fun new breakdown by difficulty. [Discussion]
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