apterous history: January 2021
Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of January 2021.
In the news...
- 1st January. Callum Todd has been crowned champion of AptoLeague (S5 League)!
- 1st January. Fixed an ancient bug with Touchdown conundrums (including Touch Jnr and Hypertouch). These should be quite a bit more interesting now!
- 2nd January. A total of 35 Duel Necklaces were awarded for December 2020.
- 3rd January. Dave Robjohns has been crowned champion of Beat Your Bot x3!
- 3rd January. Tom Lock joined.
- 6th January. Joseph McGuire joined.
- 8th January. Thomas Carey has been crowned champion of AptoLeague (S4 Cup)!
- 8th January. Paul Thomas joined.
- 9th January. Donald Trump has been permanently banned from apterous.
- 11th January. Dave Robjohns has been crowned champion of Spoilers (2020 (human winner))!
- 11th January. Apterous Rex has been crowned champion of Spoilers (2020, overall winner)!
- 17th January. Steven Grady and Tasneem Rana joined.
- 19th January. The Liberal Democrats has been crowned champion of Apterous Council Elections 2021!
- 20th January. Fi Thorne joined.
- 24th January. Malcolm Atkinson joined.
- 27th January. Jack Worsley has been crowned champion of Apterous Masters 2020!
- 29th January. Bobby Casey joined.
- 30th January. Jack Worsley has been crowned champion of I Can't Believe it's Not COLIN!
- 30th January. Jason Dias joined.
Pro Ranks
The top three players at the end of the month:-
1st. Jack Worsley
2nd. Elliott Mellor
3rd. Rob Foster
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Monthly Top Scores
| Format | Top score | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Rounder | 158 by Spike Nard | 10,558 games with 256 players |
| 9 Rounder | 99 by Josh Boddy 99 by Oliver Garner | 4,526 games with 121 players |
| Conundrum Attack | 200 by Chas Maxwell ×29 200 by Bradley Horrocks 200 by Chris Hare 200 by Eoin M 200 by Giles H 200 by Josh Hurst | 1,629 games with 106 players |
| Numbers Attack | 200 by Adam Dexter 200 by Dan Byrom 200 by Edward Ashcroft 200 by RJ Huggins 200 by Tim Down | 453 games with 64 players |
| Mocktorun | 1035 by Patrick Thompson | 81 games with 47 players |
| Goatdown Standard | 183 by Tom Cappleman | 154 games with 44 players |
| Goat Attack | 288 by Rob Foster | 437 games with 38 players |
| Touchdown Jnr Conundrum Attack | 130 by Elliott Mellor | 141 games with 36 players |
| Letters Attack | 191 by Callum Todd | 219 games with 30 players |
| Speed 15 | 131 by Tom Cappleman | 135 games with 27 players |
Only the month's 10 most popular formats are shown.
Game of the Week
Facts and Figures
This month, apterous gained 82 new users, taking us to 12,306 in total. A total of 451,452 rounds were played over 30,860 games.
The Duel was won by Elliott Mellor with 3037 points from 31 games. Second was Chris Hare with 2921 points from 31 games, and third Oliver Garner with 2846 points from 31 games.
Other months
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