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 | Tim Down | — |
Format: 10 rounds of 25 seconds.
[Vote for the next Duel's format]
Latest Pencils
Top Dog
| # | Player | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Slane | 90% |
These are the finest bones dug up lately,
in Mr Dog's opinion (patent pending).
Discussions
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Reliability update
Announcement by Charlie Reams. Status: Unconfirmed.
I'm sure you've all noticed the intermittent outages lately from a few seconds to 30 minutes. These were (as usual) caused by BT dropping our connection. An engineer finally came today and claims to have ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Beanstalk Numbers
Variant idea by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
Earlier today I had an idea for Beanstalk numbers and thanks to Bradley Horrocks, we have managed to devise a possible structure for Beanstalk numbers. The following is a brief overview of the round ... [Read more] [More variant ideas]
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Duel Disconnections - A Fairer Solution?
Brainstorm by Phil Collinge. Status: Unconfirmed.
At present, if the site drops mid Duel the round is lost and scored as zero. The player has no influence over this. It would appear that no less than 6 players suffered disconnections in the Duel of 1st ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Superbru - World Cup
Announcement by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
Well it is that time again that happens every 4 years - WORLD CUP, where 32 countries compete for footballs top prize and England think they will do well to only then go and do the usual. So since it ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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French Open Predictor
Announcement by Adam Finlay. Status: Unconfirmed.
Do you like tennis? If the answer either yes or no, join the wonderful prediction game we do every Grand Slam! Pick 2 men and 2 women after Round 1 + 2, Round 3 + 4, the Quarter finals, Semi finals who ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Separate Game requests from tourneys and direct peeps
Brainstorm by Adam Finlay. Status: Unconfirmed.
As current, all game requests fall under one long list. However, when you have a ridic amount of tourney games (as is the case with Andy SC's current tourney), it's ruddy hard to find the one where someone ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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New numbers tourney - vote for the variant here
Brainstorm by Bradley Horrocks. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hello, I intend to kick off my tournament hosting debut with a double elimination numbers-based tournament, with a variant yet TBC (see later!). This will give everyone the chance to play at least two ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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I can't believe it's a word!
Miscellaneous topic by Bradley Holland. Status: Unconfirmed.
Your new teaser is RRNIPSRG. You have 60 seconds to answer! Time's up and no one got it! The answer to RRNIPSRG was PRRRINGS. So, PRRRINGS is a word, apparently. What are some of the weirdest words ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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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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Beanstalk+ (this needs a name)
Variant idea by Ian Volante. Status: Unconfirmed.
Beanstalk is great, but as someone tried a while ago, the variation of only being able to start declarations with a particular letter of the alphabet once adds a most excellent tactical element to things, ... [Read more] [More variant ideas]
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iPad view
Miscellaneous topic by Mich H. Status: Unconfirmed.
the challenge and chat icons are off the bottom of the screen when playing on iPad, does anyone know how to correct this please? [Read more] [More miscellany]
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aptoSOS.07
Announcement by Matt Morrison. Status: Unconfirmed.
Gevin said I had to do an announcement. I feel horribly dirty doing so. [
link] [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Customisable Chat Text
Game feature request by Adam Finlay. Status: Unconfirmed.
After a round has ended, the contestants usually have a bit of a conversation with the characters. It would be pretty cool if a conversation went like this: Arithmetician: Adam? 274? Adam: Nah, completely ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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* * * * * * A Poem About Infinity * * * * * *
Announcement by John Carpenter. Status: Unconfirmed.
Dear members, Here is a little poem about infinity. It describes the nature of infinity and items relating to it including trying to say what nought to the power of nought is equal to. * * * * * * * ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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'Cannot Challenge' - Entire Room Disabled
Brainstorm by Phil Collinge. Status: Unconfirmed.
Today I was greeted by the following message in the main room - 'Cannot Challenge - You cannot have more than 3 outstanding games with bots. Please finish some of these games first'. The message sits ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Great to see the site going well again.
Miscellaneous topic by Liam O. Status: Unconfirmed.
Great work sorting out the problems over the last little while. Really enjoying apterous again, Gratitude as always for the excellent resource. Seamless service resumes, cheers. [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Co:Leeds videprinter Livestream
Announcement by Callum Todd. Status: Unconfirmed.
The results from Co:Leeds are being streamed live on Facebook live here: [link] Watch along for all those who can't make it. Jeff ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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(not sure whether this is the place to ask) Question about profile pictures.
Miscellaneous topic by Oliver Bowden. Status: Unconfirmed.
How long does it typically take for a submitted profile picture to be reviewed? [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Display hooks for words in Lexplorer
Game feature request by Philip Aston. Status: Unconfirmed.
It would be nice to see all the front and back hooks of words generated in Lexplorer, just like Scrabble software does. By hooks I mean a letter that can be placed at the front or back of a word to make ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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"Words using" issue
Website feature request by Dylan Taylor. Status: Unconfirmed.
I have found that whenever I click on a word which I have found under the "Words using..." list, it will then open the "Words using..." list immediately once the new page loads, even without clicking it. ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
News
19 June 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Tom Chafer-Cook's 1022 - 0 Mocktorun win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
- Elliott Mellor tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Callum Todd tied the record number of maximums for Hypertouch 15 with 13 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Spike Guthrie commented on Sam Prouse's game with Apterous Prune. [+1 other]
- Sam Prouse's 200 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Callum Todd tied the record number of maximums for Hypertouch 15 with 13 maxes.
- Sam Prouse tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Sean Fletcher, who lasted 11 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Simpatico Jones with a score of 158 from 170.
18 June 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
- Robin M tied the record number of maximums for Nice 9 with 9 maxes.
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Ray Wilding tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the high score for 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.
- Stephen R tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Tim Down tied the record number of maximums for Numbers Attack with 20 maxes.
- Amie Bateen's 121 - 98 game with Ian Linton received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×2]
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Jayne Wisniewski, who lasted 12 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Transude Transude with a score of 90 from 91.
17 June 2018
- Luke Johnson-Davies's 133 - 82 game with Matty Artell received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Spike Guthrie commented on Amie Bateen's game with Ian Linton.
- Ray Wilding tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the high score for 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 high score for 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 high score for 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.
- Jason Larsen commented on his game with Apterous Waldorf.
- Elliott Mellor tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Elliott Mellor commented on his game with The Duellist. [+1 other]
- Elliott Mellor tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Keith Williams, who lasted 9 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by 2 people (Ian Birdman and Callum Todd) with a score of 51 from 51.
16 June 2018
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Herbert Plank tied the record number of maximums for 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Elliott Mellor 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.
- Bradley Horrocks tied the high score for Duckdown Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Luke Johnson-Davies's 200 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week.
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Elliott Mellor tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Transude Transude commented on the Duel standings. [+1 other]
- Luke Johnson-Davies's 127 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Elliott Mellor tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
12 June 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by J E's 72 - 62 9 Rounder win against Phil Hannan! This week's vote is now open.
11 June 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
5 June 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Toby McDonald's 183 - 0 Goatblitz win against Apterous Prune! This week's vote is now open.
4 June 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
2 June 2018
- News: The Duel for May 2018 was won by Chris Hare!
- News: A total of 26 Duel Necklaces were awarded for May 2018.
29 May 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Thomas Carey's 167 - 160 Nice win against Toby McDonald! This week's vote is now open.
28 May 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
22 May 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Conor Travers's 195 - 179 Goat Attack win against Dylan Taylor! This week's vote is now open.
21 May 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
20 May 2018
- New: apterous History: April 2018.
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