apterous history: December 2022

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Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of December 2022.

In the news...

2nd December. A total of 38 Duel Necklaces were awarded for November 2022.
4th December. Edward Ashcroft has been crowned champion of Weakest Link Numbers Tournament 2022!
7th December. Joaquin Sporleder joined.
9th December. Adam Blundred joined.
12th December. Sam Sinha joined.
13th December. Matthew Dayfield joined.
16th December. Ronan M Higginson has been crowned champion of AptoLeague (S18 League)!
16th December. Steve Ritchie joined.
18th December. Tom Cappleman has been crowned champion of Apterous Fast Vehicle Championship 2022 (Driver's Championship)!
18th December. Dave Robjohns has been crowned champion of Apterous Fast Vehicle Championship 2022 (Constructor's Championship)!
18th December. Andres S. has been crowned champion of Apterous Fast Vehicle Championship 2022 (Constructor's Championship)!
20th December. Sam Cappleman-Lynes has been crowned champion of Royal Rumble (2022)!
20th December. Clem Fandango joined.
22nd December. Luke Innes joined.
23rd December. The final dictionary update of 2022 is here!
26th December. Wilf Ashworth joined.
28th December. Sean Roberson joined.
30th December. Paul Russell joined.

Pro Ranks

The top three players at the end of the month:-

1st. Ahmed M
Pro Rank: 1932 (-42)
2nd. Elliott Mellor
Pro Rank: 1901 (-38)
3rd. Zohaib Rehan
Pro Rank: 1886 (-78)

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Monthly Top Scores

Format	Top score	Popularity
15 Rounder	170 by Zohaib Rehan	10,511 games with 242 players
Conundrum Attack	200 by Zohaib Rehan ×39 200 by Ahmed M ×6 200 by Chris Hare ×2 200 by Father Christmas 200 by Hazel Drury 200 by Matt OC	1,415 games with 97 players
Numbers Attack	200 by Dan Byrom 200 by Edward Ashcroft 200 by Jim Goloboy 200 by Martin Long 200 by Mike Lee 200 by Patrick Thompson	333 games with 62 players
Beanstalk Letters Attack	184 by Thomas Carey	90 games with 59 players
Nice Conundrum Attack	200 by Chris Hare ×2 200 by Chris K ×2 200 by Matthew Brockwell ×2 200 by Ahmed M 200 by Anthony Endsor 200 by Callum Todd 200 by Dave Robjohns 200 by Freddie Hand 200 by Jack Worsley 200 by Jonathan Dyke 200 by Tom Cappleman 200 by Tracey Mills	166 games with 46 players
Touchdown Letters Attack	162 by John Beresford	71 games with 46 players
9 Rounder	96 by Matty Artell	424 games with 44 players
Omeletters Attack	199 by Fraser Allatt	147 games with 44 players
Touchdown Jnr Letters Attack	139 by Chris Hare ×2 139 by Fraser Allatt	146 games with 43 players
Aegilops Conundrum Attack	140 by Tom Cappleman	59 games with 42 players

Only the month's 10 most popular formats are shown.

Game of the Week

Week	Winner
w/c 28 November 2022	Jack Worsley 1089 - 0 Apterous Prune
w/c 5 December 2022	Apterous Waldorf 0
w/c 12 December 2022	Fraser Allatt 150 - 0 Apterous Prune
w/c 19 December 2022	Gabriel Thallon 156 - 0 Apterous Prune
w/c 26 December 2022	Roger Peak 144 - 49 Apterous Nude

Facts and Figures

This month, apterous gained 76 new users, taking us to 13,581 in total. A total of 412,117 rounds were played over 27,227 games.

The Duel was won by Florence C-L with 2777 points from 31 games. Second was Chris Hare with 2756 points from 31 games, and third Matt Hamer with 2668 points from 31 games.

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