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 | Jonny D | — |
Format: 9 rounds of 35 seconds.
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Latest Pencils
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March 2020 dictionary update (very large)
Announcement by Charlie Reams. Status: Unconfirmed.
From tomorrow, 1029 new words will be added [link] and 2309 (!) removed [link] ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Focal Talk podcast - Episode 4 out now! featuring George Armstrong, Tom Carey, Emily, and Dan McColm
Announcement by Callum Todd. Status: Unconfirmed.
Episode 4 of the Focal Talk podcast, presented by myself and Paul Anderson, is out now! You can listen to it here: [link] We have moved to YouTube for this podcast, as we haven't ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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What’s happened to the Countdown Wiki?
Brainstorm by Philip Aston. Status: Unconfirmed.
The Countdown Wiki has not been working at all since Monday the 23rd of March 2020. [
link] It's a shame. I loved that site, had so many pages, records, games, words, contestant ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apterous Tenable Quiz - Starting at 1pm GMT on 28 March 2020
Announcement by Richard Huang. Status: Unconfirmed.
There has't been an Apterous Tenable Quiz just yet. I would like to run a Tenable-style Apterous Quiz in Aptochat this Saturday (28 March), starting at 1pm GMT (9pm GMT+8). I will host TWO games back-to-back: ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Variant idea: Tickdown
Variant idea by Jon O'Neill. Status: Accepted. Priority: 1.
Request description: You have a limited amount of total time for all rounds. Default could be 4 minutes perhaps (for a 20 round LA that's 12 seconds average per round), with any length settable. You ... [Read more] [More variant ideas]
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Slow stats & superstats
Announcement by Charlie Reams. Status: Unconfirmed.
For various reasons, stats updates (including superstats) have been very slow lately, which has led to a big backlog of pages needing an update. This issue has been improved as of today but it will take ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apterous Last Man Standing Quiz tonight
Announcement by Christy Cooper. Status: Unconfirmed.
Sorry for announcing this at relatively short notice (I mentioned it in chat last night, but not too many people were online), but I am hosting a Last Man Standing themed quiz tonight. The format- each ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Focal Talk podcast - Episode 3 (featuring Innis Carson) out now!
Announcement by Callum Todd. Status: Unconfirmed.
The full, uncut version of Episode 3 of the Focal Talk podcast (hosted by Paul Anderson and myself) is out now and available to listen to here: [link] An abridged version ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Classic Mocktorun
Game feature request by Nick Deller. Status: Accepted.
Now we've got Mocktorun bedded in as a format, might it be a good idea to sellotape 8 assorted classic opponents together into a single game, starting with one against a reigning champion? It would keep ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Game of the Year (GotY) 2019
Announcement by Elliott Mellor. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi there, Nominations are now open for Game of the Year (GotY) 2019 and will close on Saturday 22 February 2020 at 11.59pm. The full details and rules are on the forum thread [
link] ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Morale boost
Miscellaneous topic by Matthew S Rutherford. Status: Unconfirmed.
Things are a bit shit at the moment-you probably know that. So, in a similar line to Joe's thread-[
link], there needs to be something to keep us all happy. ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Spoon Of Awesome For Johnny Canuck!!!
Brainstorm by Ronan M H. Status: Unconfirmed.
Johnny, it's coming up to your 10th aptoversary, and as a gift, I'd like to nominate you for a Spoon Of Awesome! You are a fantastic member of this website, you have ran some very successful tournaments, ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Funniest game on Apterous
Miscellaneous topic by Joseph H. Status: Unconfirmed.
A more light-hearted ticket here, I'm experiencing some family troubles at present and so play on this site as a way to get away from this. To lift my mood, I was finding some funny declarations in certain ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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CO:York - Countdown In York 2020
Announcement by George Armstrong. Status: Unconfirmed.
We're back for 2020 - bigger and better than before. But what can you expect from CO:York 2020: Our Venue: Our new venue is Clements Hall, Nunthorpe Road, York, YO23 1BW. The venue is just a 10 minute ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Delete Old Tourney Games
Game feature request by Jacob Coventry-Peters. Status: Unconfirmed.
I'm not sure if this has been raised before, but I've got a few old tourney games which I just never got around to playing. It would be great if once the tourney is over, these could simply become null ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Countdown in London (CO:LON) - 16 May 2020
Announcement by Fiona T. Status: Unconfirmed.
Come and play countdown with real people in London! Part of the Focal Calendar, CO:LON is back on the 16 May 2020 with your new hosts, George Armstrong. and Fiona T. Full details [ link] ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Extra accolade in Top Dog if target reached without losing any lives?
Brainstorm by Tricia Lockhart. Status: Unconfirmed.
It doesn't happen very often to me, but on the daily duel, if someone gets to the target without losing any lives, it would be nice to recognise the fact either by a verbal pat on the back or a little ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Numbers Ascension.
Game feature request by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
Was discussing the idea of possibly having a Numbers Ascension in the main chat with Johnny Canuck and we came up with a few ideas. Idea 1 - Players start of by facing numbers rounds based on difficulty, ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Removal of tournament games
Website feature request by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
I am aware that a ticket on this issue has been raised previously, i think earlier this year, not entirely sure though but i feel the issue should be raised again. I recently conducted a tournament test ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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A Tampermonkey script to remove conundrum attack max spam from the front page
Announcement by Matty Artell. Status: Unconfirmed.
(Disclaimer: I'm not a programmer, I have no idea what I'm doing, this is probably a really shitty method but it seems to work without drastically breaking anything, so fuck it) I got tired of the daily ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
News
31 March 2020
- News: Game of the Week was won by Jack Worsley's 223 - 0 Goat Attack win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
- News: Game of the Week was won by Jack Worsley's 223 - 0 Goat Attack win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
- Elizabeth Beer commented on Beat Your Bot II (Lockdown Edition): Sign-up page. [+5 others]
- Matthew S Rutherford commented on Apterous Presidential Election: Oklahoma.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Vincent Barcet, who lasted 9 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by 28 people (Carlo Harrison, Elliott Mellor, Toby McDonald, Cammy L-, Jim M, James Hurrell, Reg Thompson, Rob Foster, Matt Hamer, Callum Todd, Dave Garda, Tim Down, Thomas Carey, Sam Cappleman-Lynes, Robin M, Bradley Horrocks, William R Draper, Hazel Drury, Ray Wilding, Samir Pilica, Philip Aston, Thomas Cappleman, Liam O, Luke Johnson-Davies, Jonny D, Joseph H, Chris Anthony and Mark Murray) with a score of 23 from 23.
30 March 2020
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- Ronan M H's 180 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×4]
- Paul Anderson commented on Philip Aston's game with Apterous Waldorf. [+2 others]
- Philip Aston's 76 - 22 game with Apterous Waldorf received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Matthew S Rutherford commented on Apterous Presidential Election: Maine. [+6 others]
- Steve H commented on Best pickers.
- Jim M tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Andy SC commented on Everything Counts VII: Semi Final.
- Philip Aston tied the record number of maximums for 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
- Philip Aston's 120 - 118 game with Toby McDonald received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×6]
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Mark Murray, who lasted 22 rounds with a target of 8. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Jim M with a score of 113 from 116.
29 March 2020
- Jim M's 118 - 0 game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Jonathan Whiteman tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Emily Cox's 107 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Chris Anthony tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Anthony tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- William R Draper tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Dave Robjohns tied the high score for Nice Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Fiona T commented on Emily Cox's game with Apterous Prune.
- Mark Murray tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Rob Foster's 892 - 910 game with Apterous Rex received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Emily Cox tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Vincent Barcet, who lasted 19 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Jim M with a score of 118 from 118.
28 March 2020
- Chad Lucas's 122 - 112 game with Philip Aston received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Elliott Mellor commented on Callum Todd's game with Apterous Prune. [+1 other]
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 15 with 15 maxes.
- Hazel Drury's 122 - 97 game with Jonny D received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Elliott Mellor's 89 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Emily Cox tied the record number of maximums for Unlimited Jnr 9 with 9 maxes.
- Jim M's game with The Duellist received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Junior 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
- Callum Todd commented on Dave Robjohns's game with Apterous Prune. [+2 others]
- Liam O tied the record number of maximums for Junior 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
- Hazel Drury tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Matthew S Rutherford commented on Apterous Presidential Election: Vermont.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Michael Carrier, who lasted 11 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Thomas Carey with a score of 26 from 60.
27 March 2020
- Philip Aston commented on aptoSOS: 07.Finals.
- Chris Anthony 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 Touch Jnr Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Lockdown Jnr Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Junior Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the record number of maximums for Junior Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Matthew S Rutherford tied the high score for Lockdown Jnr Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Callum Todd commented on Apterous Presidential Election: North Carolina.
24 March 2020
- News: Game of the Week was won by Paul Anderson's 121 - 0 15 Rounder win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
23 March 2020
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
20 March 2020
- New: apterous History: February 2020.
17 March 2020
- News: Game of the Week was won by Callum Todd's 193 - 0 Lightning Goatdown 15 win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
16 March 2020
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
14 March 2020
- News: Yorkshire And The Humber has been crowned champion of Battle of the Regions!!
10 March 2020
- News: Game of the Week was won by George Armstrong's 128 - 52 15 Rounder win against Steven Oldham! This week's vote is now open.
9 March 2020
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
3 March 2020
- News: Game of the Week was won by Apterous Rex's 281 - 273 Goatdown win against Toby McDonald! This week's vote is now open.
2 March 2020
- News: The Duel for February 2020 was won by Elliott Mellor!
- News: A total of 22 Duel Necklaces were awarded for February 2020.
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
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