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 | Hazel Drury | — |
Format: 6 rounds of 30 seconds.
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Latest Pencils
Top DogDiscussions
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Everything Counts Changes Vote 2
Announcement by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
I have made more ideas with regards to possible changes that could be made so I have decided to create another vote to see what the general consensus will be with regards to this idea or what is already ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apto pub quiz #2 - Thursday 20th December, 7.30pm
Announcement by Callum Todd. Status: Unconfirmed.
As per [
link], I will be hosting a team pub quiz live on apterous at 7.30pm on Thursday 20th December. Please do come along. [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Everything Counts Changes vote.
Brainstorm by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
I was thinking of hosting another Everything Counts tournament in the not to distant future and was thinking that change might be needed. I am unsure what changes make which is why I have decided to have ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apto-Tude potential new divisions issue
Miscellaneous topic by Piaras M Carney. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi all, I was in the business of creating the Apto-Tude page for the playoffs, and planning the basic layouts for Cycle 28 (which is now de facto confirmed, and will hopefully start around the end of ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Spruce's Christmas Pub Quiz 2018
Brainstorm by Sam Prouse. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hello, it's that time of the year again when i host my annual Christmas Pub Quiz. Will take place Saturday 8th December with sign-ups starting at 19:30, see you there :D. [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apto pub quiz #2 - date to be scheduled according to popular demand
Brainstorm by Callum Todd. Status: Unconfirmed.
As previously ([ link]), I am writing a pub quiz to host on apto. It will be a team quiz with 5 rounds (General Knowledge, Music, FIlm & TV, Sport , GK again). ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Duel voting - occasional random vote presented to logged in user
Game feature request by Ian Volante. Status: Unconfirmed.
I note that only a handful of people are voting for the next day's duel format. I wonder, if users were occasionaly presented with a single-click, binary choice selected out of the current five choices(either ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Amend ascension to make it more relevant for actual Countdown
Brainstorm by Transude Transude. Status: Unconfirmed.
Everyone loves a 0.7 second WAKIZASHI solve: [
link] But more seriously, these sorts of words, although appearing ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Beanstalk Conundrums
Announcement by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
Not sure if this idea has been suggested or thought of before but anyway here it goes. Beanstalk Conundrums would work like Beanstalk Letters - 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (x2) letter ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apterous has been playing up!!!
Announcement by John Carpenter. Status: Unconfirmed.
As I expect members have found out, you can get access to this main title page but at the time of writing that is far as it goes! When clicking on the 'play' icon the message: 'disconnected' is displayed. ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apterous ATP Tour 2019 - THE RETURN!!!
Announcement by Andy SC. Status: Unconfirmed.
I thought with Two months to go it would now be a good time to announce this. The return of the Apterous ATP Tour. The 2019 Apterous ATP Tour is a series of 66 tournaments which will follow the calendar ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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The Mole - Altern8 Reality - £ Prize
Announcement by Zarte Siempre. Status: Unconfirmed.
DO NOT ENTER ON THIS TICKET The Mole is coming back. Do you like something a little bit different? Do you like a game on Apterous that ANYONE can win, irrespective of ability? Do you like to think ... [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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Leader boards to show more than just top 25
Website feature request by Gevin Chapwell. Status: Unconfirmed.
Other than Pro Ranks, I think all leaderboards have just one page of the top 25. But positions are calculated for other players, and you can find them out by being them, having them as your rival, or going ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Apto pub quiz - Monday 22nd October 2018 7.30pm
Announcement by Callum Todd. Status: Unconfirmed.
As per [ link], I have decided to schedule the quiz for the night of Monday 22nd October 2018. Will aim to start at 7.30pm. This will be the same quiz that ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Apto Misconceptions
Miscellaneous topic by Spike Guthrie. Status: Unconfirmed.
Hi all, A bit of light humour in this thread as I was enquiring as to whether any one may have any amusing anecdotes about the misconceptions about apto terminology or the way things worked. This thread ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Remove Watchwords or radically overhaul them
Brainstorm by Transude Transude. Status: Unconfirmed.
Watchwords are items that you receive for getting the same word as one of the people whose names are on the watchwords got on the show: [ link] Typically you receive ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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"Top letters players (all languages)" Statland page
Website feature request by Quinn James. Status: Unconfirmed.
So, this is kind of my fault. Seven years ago, I left a comment that led Charlie to fix a bug where the "Top letters players" page wasn't being filtered by lexicon. I was okay with that, though I continued ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
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Apto-Tude League XXVII
Announcement by Piaras M Carney. Status: Unconfirmed.
Nice to see you, to see you nice, There are still 6 days left to sign up for this [ link] the Apto-Tude League Cycle 27! Some of you may or may not have heard ... [Read more] [More miscellany]
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Tournament licence
Website feature request by Charlie Reams. Status: On-going.
A small number of people run most of apterous' many excellent tournaments, and currently they spend a lot of time waiting around for me to approve them. I suggest a system in which people with a reasonable ... [Read more] [More feature requests]
News
16 December 2018
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Elliott Mellor, who lasted 34 rounds with a target of 11. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Matt Croy with a score of 75 from 80.
15 December 2018
- Anthony Endsor tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Sam Prouse commented on Conundrums Conundrums Conundrums: Round 4: Touch Jnr..
- Tracey Mills tied the high score for Touch Jnr 9 with 72 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 9 maxes.
- Chris Hare tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Emily Cox's 108 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×3]
- Jack Worsley's 157 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×16]
- Mark Murray tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Sarah Johnson tied the high score for Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Mark Murray tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Chris Hare's 169 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×5]
- Mark Murray 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.
- Elliott Mellor tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Elliott Mellor tied the high score for Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Thomas Carey commented on Jack Worsley's game with Apterous Prune.
- Chris Hare's 158 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×4]
- Hazel Drury tied the record number of maximums for Goatdown 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Elliott Mellor, who lasted 25 rounds with a target of 10. Woof!
- The Duel was won by 20 people (Tim Down, Bradley Horrocks, Matt Croy, Graeme Cole, Johnny Canuck, Sam Prouse, Chris Hare, Matt Hamer, Mark Tournoff, Hazel Drury, Sam Buxton, Jonathan Wynn, Elliott Mellor, Jack Worsley, Matthew Tassier, Ray Wilding, John Beresford, Stephen R, Jack Slane and Jim Michael) with a score of 30 from 30.
14 December 2018
- Chris Hare set a new high score for Unlimited 15 with 158 points.
- 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 record number of maximums for 9 Rounder with 9 maxes.
- Andy Platt commented on Marcus Hares's game with The Duellist.
- Emily Cox tied the record number of maximums for Hyper Unlimited 9 with 9 maxes.
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Alex H, who lasted 14 rounds with a target of 6. Woof!
- The Duel was won by Marcus Hares with a score of 99 from 120.
13 December 2018
- Bradley Horrocks's game with The Duellist received a self-nomination for Game of the Week.
- Tim Down's 113 - 0 game with Apterous Prune received a nomination for Game of the Week. [×7]
- Matt Morrison commented on aptoSOS: 07.
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Rob Foster tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Jack Worsley tied the record number of maximums for Bullet Letters Attack with 20 maxes.
- Matt Croy tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Bradley Horrocks commented on Tim Down's game with Apterous Prune. [+2 others]
- 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 Aegilops 9 with 90 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 9 maxes.
- Stephen R tied the record number of maximums for 15 Rounder with 15 maxes.
- Edward Ashcroft tied the high score for Unlimited Jnr Numbers Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Sam Prouse commented on Pro Ranks for 10 December 2018. [+1 other]
- Mr Dog awarded the dog bone for best Top Dog performance to Tony Atkins, who lasted 15 rounds with a target of 11. Woof!
- The Duel was won by 6 people (Matt Hamer, Toby McDonald, Sarah Johnson, Ray Wilding, Jim Michael and Matt Croy) with a score of 23 from 23.
12 December 2018
- Chris Hare 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.
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Luke Johnson-Davies tied the high score for Nice Conundrum Attack with 200 points, and tied the record number of maximums with 20 maxes.
- Sam Prouse commented on Conundrums Conundrums Conundrums: Round 3: Goatdown.
- Edward Ashcroft tied the high score for Junior Numbers 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 Judith Young, who lasted 10 rounds with a target of 9. Woof!
11 December 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Hazel Drury's 167 - 134 15 Rounder win against Marcus Hares! This week's vote is now open.
10 December 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
4 December 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Toby McDonald's 467 - 454 Spoilage Letters Attack win against Apterous Rex! This week's vote is now open.
3 December 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
2 December 2018
- News: The Duel for November 2018 was won by Jack Worsley!
- News: A total of 13 Duel Necklaces were awarded for November 2018.
27 November 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Thomas Carey's 133 - 130 15 Rounder win against Marcus Hares! This week's vote is now open.
26 November 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
20 November 2018
- News: Game of the Week was won by Apterous Rex's 512 - 505 Goatdown win against Rob Foster! This week's vote is now open.
- New: apterous History: October 2018.
19 November 2018
- News: Updated ProRanks for this week.
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