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.
Current Duel Leaders
| # | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Carey | — |
Format: 10 rounds of 25 seconds.
[Vote for the next Duel's format]
Latest Pencils
Top Dog
| # | Player | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judith Young | 98% |
These are the finest bones dug up lately,
in Mr Dog's opinion (patent pending).
Discussions
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Spoon of Awesome voting to be invisible
Website feature request by Gevin Chapwell. Status: Unconfirmed.
I still think it's a problem that Spoon tickets can turn into a negative thing with the downvotes etc. I suggested a possible solution in another ticket but it didn't go down too well. https://www.apterous.org/ticket_view.php?ticket=5307 ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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New character idea: Jos
Game feature request by Jack Worsley. Status: Unconfirmed.
This ticket was created by the Character Spindlomatic, which you should use to create your own characters! http://www.apterous.org/spindlomatic.php --------------------------------------- I suggest the ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
20 1 2
New item: bezant
Game feature request by Johnny Canuck. Status: Unconfirmed.
The bezant would be awarded for achieving a score of 100 points or more in each individual "game", or leg of 15 rounds, of a Mocktorun or Old Mocktorun, equivalent to completing an all-centuries octorun ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Hungarian language
Game feature request by Conor Travers. Status: Unconfirmed.
Having seen the suggestion for Swedish, would anybody be interested in playing using a Hungarian dictionary (I would)? It has more speakers than Finnish, Greek, Welsh, Hebrew, Catalan and Latin, and its ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Apterous Last Man Standing Quizzes this week!
Announcement by Christy Cooper. Status: Unconfirmed.
Yes, plural. It's been a while since I've done a quiz, so I've decided to do two this week. One on Thursday 17th June at 8:30, and one on Friday 18th at the same time. Looking for 8 (or more) players for ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apterous Last Man Standing Quizzes this week!
Announcement by Christy Cooper. Status: Unconfirmed.
Yes, plural. It's been a while since I've done a quiz, so I've decided to do two this week. One on Thursday 17th June at 8:30, and one on Friday 18th at the same time. Looking for 8 (or more) players for ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Social networking interactivity on games pages
Website feature request by Matt Morrison. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi Charles Obviously I feel that you're working for Google and all that, but (IMHO) that's not enough to justify focusing solely on Google+ for recommending games when it is such an unpopular and (IMHO) ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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A solution for the disproportionately large number of points lost in conundrum attacks
Brainstorm by Mark D. Status: Unconfirmed.
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=832852 - This doesn't deserve a loss of 39 ratings points. And, while I'm admittedly a little biased, here, this - http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=832711 ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Most salient stats to be more prominent on Glory Roll
Game feature request by Eoin Jackson. Status: Unconfirmed.
I propose that the most salient / meaningful / popular stats be more visible on people's Glory Rolls than other less interesting stats. How to do this, might take discussion and compromise, but I am pretty ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Tournament Ideas
Brainstorm by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
I have been pondering as to what my next tournament should be and I have came up with a few ideas below. Please feel free to vote for whichever one you prefer. [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Superbru: 2020 Euros
Announcement by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
I have created two pools for this summers Euros. One for predicting scores and the other is an odds based fantasy game. Come and test your skill or flukiness in these games. Euros Odds--based Fantasy: ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Descriptions for Tourney Formats
Website feature request by Adam Finlay. Status: Unconfirmed.
When setting up a tourney, it asks what format to use. Obviously, we all know what some of the more common formats are (15 rounder, conundrum attack, sudden death numbers etc) However (and it's a big ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
8 1 12
Benjo's 2021 Tourney Ideas - your thoughts please!
Brainstorm by Rhys Benjamin. Status: Unconfirmed.
I have some ideas for tourneys in 2021 that I thought I might put to the "public" as ideas, and would appreciate feedback and improvements. FORMULA ONE - each of the 22 race weekends is a different format ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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New Variant idea - Hold 'em down.
Variant idea by Jon Stitcher. Status: Unconfirmed.
Not quite too sure how exactly this would work, it needs some input but here's the general idea. It's a combination of poker and texas hold'em so obviously a ton of programming needs to be done. Players ... [Read more] [More variant ideas]
17 0 4
How many people are in the Bash Room?
Website feature request by Mark D. Status: Unconfirmed.
When accessing the bash room the old fashioned way (the big old button on the fourth tab of the game window) can there be a counter that says how many people are already in it? Sometimes, you want to be ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Bullet attacks (letters, number and conundrum) to be high score formats by default
Game feature request by Gevin Chapwell. Status: Unconfirmed.
I discussed here http://www.apterous.org/ticket_view.php?ticket=2667 specifically having bullet goat letters attack as a high score format. Generally speaking with variants we have letters/numbers/conundrum ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Extra status for "Seeking Tournament"
Game feature request by Adam Dexter. Status: Unconfirmed.
Currently we have three statuses - Available, Seeking or Busy. What I would like is another status which is "Seeking Tournament" - this would then indicate you are there to play but only tourney games. ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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The future of Watchwords: a compromise
Game feature request by Charlie Reams. Status: Unconfirmed.
A couple of ideas have been proposed re. Watchwords, with lots of smart ideas, but none have really gained consensus. Here's my suggested compromise: 1. Existing Watchwords will remain available indefinitely. ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Notification of new tournament game
Website feature request by Matt Morrison. Status: Accepted. Priority: 5.
A further request for tournament notifications, but different enough from my other (a notification for the organiser on completed game) to warrant its own ticket. It would be great if players were sent ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Tourney System: "Play X Times" rather than "Best of X"
Website feature request by Rhys Benjamin. Status: Unconfirmed.
Useful for aptolympics and so on, if you want x attempts or to double/triple/etc a round-robin, can we have an option for "play 5 times" rather than putting in the same fixture 5 times? [Read more] [More feature requests]
News
15 June 2021
- News: Game of the Week was won by Jack Worsley's 214 - 0 Bullet Letters Attack win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
- Philip Aston's 151 - 85 game with Fiona T received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Piaras Last-Name commented on Apto-Chess Championship: Sign-Up Page. [+1 other]
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Alan O'Sullivan, who lasted 8 rounds with a target of 5. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Matt Hamer with a score of 77 from 80.
14 June 2021
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- Andy SC commented on Royal Rumble: 2021. [+6 others]
- Stephen R tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Martin Thomas's 147 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Dave Robjohns commented on the Duel standings.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Dave Robjohns commented on Cricket World Cup: Group Stage. [+3 others]
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Anthony Endsor, who lasted 19 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- Thomas Carey commented on Amie Bateen's game with The Duellist.
- The Duel was won by Amie Bateen with a score of 130 from 162.
13 June 2021
- Wesley Barton tied the high score for Junior Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Spike Nard's 169 - 62 game with Troy Joseph Prend received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Ronan M Higginson commented on Spike Nard's game with Troy Joseph Prend.
- Neil Collins tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Touch Jnr Letters Attack with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Stephen R tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Thomas Carey tied the record number of maximums for 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
- Rhys Benjamin commented on Eurovision Song Contest 2021: Grand Final.
- Fiona T's 104 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Stephen R's 200 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Maria Chandler, who lasted 9 rounds with a target of 5. Woof!
- Alan O'Sullivan commented on the Duel standings.
- The Duel was won by Miriam Nussbaum with a score of 70 from 98.
12 June 2021
- Jack Worsley's 1033 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×8]
- Hazel Drury's 121 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×5]
- Elliott Mellor tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Callum Todd's 227 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Andres S. commented on Hazel Drury's game with Apterous Prune. [+3 others]
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Touch Jnr Letters Attack with 140 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Cammy L's 65 - 48 game with Thomas Carey received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Anthony Endsor, who lasted 17 rounds with a target of 7. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Thomas Carey with a score of 156 from 160.
11 June 2021
- John Doherty's 53 - 48 game with Maria Chandler received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Maria Chandler commented on her game with John Doherty.
- James Nguyen commented on his game with Innis Carson.
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Mark Murray tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
8 June 2021
- News: Game of the Week was won by Amie Bateen's 120 - 0 Russian Letters Attack win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
7 June 2021
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
2 June 2021
- News: A total of 36 Duel Necklaces were awarded for May 2021.
1 June 2021
- News: Game of the Week was won by Hazel Drury's 138 - 0 Goatdown 9 Rounder win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
- News: The Duel for May 2021 was won by Toby McDonald!
31 May 2021
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- News: Hazel Drury has been crowned champion of Premier League 2020/21 (Burnley)!
- News: Ronan M Higginson has been crowned champion of AptoLeague (S8 League)!
29 May 2021
- News: Callum Todd has been crowned champion of I Still Can't Believe it's Not COLIN!
24 May 2021
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- News: Game of the Week was won by Hazel Drury's 134 - 124 15 Rounder win against Martin Thomas! This week's vote is now open.
20 May 2021
- New: apterous History: April 2021.
18 May 2021
- News: Game of the Week was won by Elliott Mellor's 401 - 383 Goatdown win against Rob Foster! This week's vote is now open.
17 May 2021
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
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