apterous history: February 2013
Here's your handy cut-out-and-keep guide to the events of February 2013.
In the news...
- 2nd February. Annual leader boards for Duel points. You'll never guess who's top of the latest four!
- 3rd February. Duel Necklaces were awarded for January 2013.
- 3rd February. It's now much easier to link to a post in a ticket; the timestamp is a convenient link. And as an added bonus, the vote log is now conveniently compressed into those cute icons. Woo!
- 5th February. James Bailes joined.
- 6th February. A new Vox Ludio is upon this! This time it's Jen Steadman sharing an insight into the mind of a top player, and giving us her prediction for the 30th Birthday Championship. And it's awesome! If you only read one Vox Ludio this month, read this one.
- 8th February. Dave Shenton, David Ringland and Richard Freeland joined.
- 10th February. Ray Wilding joined.
- 14th February. Dave Nicholson joined.
- 22nd February. Sarah Z joined.
- 25th February. Abdirizak Hirsi joined.
- 27th February. I'll post something soon about our long-term plans for the new 15-round format; as a stop-gap, it is now an official high score format.
- 27th February. The sixth Spoon of Awesome has been awarded to the man who started it all, the amazing Mike Brown.
- 27th February. Rahul Suresh and William Whiteside joined.
- 28th February. And hot on the heels of yesterday's award, the seventh Spoon of Awesome has now been awarded, and the recipient is that inimitable charmer, James Robinson :D :D :D !!!
- 28th February. Brian Mallon joined.
Pro Ranks
The top three players at the end of the month:-
1st. Innis Carson
2nd. Dan McColm
3rd. Kirk Bevins
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Monthly Top Scores
| Format | Top score | Popularity |
|---|---|---|
| Old 15 | 160 by Chris Davies | 13,003 games with 279 players |
| Conundrum Attack | 200 by Dan McColm ×6 200 by Rob Foster ×5 200 by Jack Worsley ×4 200 by Conor Travers ×2 200 by Adam Gillard 200 by Chris Hare 200 by Giles H 200 by Mark D | 997 games with 91 players |
| 9 Rounder | 92 by Andy Platt | 666 games with 76 players |
| 15 Rounder | 148 by Jen Steadman | 287 games with 57 players |
| Numbers Attack | 200 by Hywel Morgan 200 by Matthew Brockwell | 229 games with 50 players |
| Letters Attack | 173 by Andy Platt | 255 games with 44 players |
| Junior 15 Rounder | 135 by Mark D ×2 135 by Conor Travers | 297 games with 42 players |
| Instant 15 | 127 by Conor Travers | 163 games with 42 players |
| Omelette 15 | 144 by Jon Stitcher | 99 games with 31 players |
| Lockdown 15 | 121 by Innis Carson | 101 games with 29 players |
Only the month's 10 most popular formats are shown.
Game of the Week
Facts and Figures
This month, apterous gained 91 new users, taking us to 5,068 in total. A total of 370,783 rounds were played over 25,070 games.
The Duel was won by Innis Carson with 2430 points from 28 games. Second was Chris Hare with 2279 points from 28 games, and third Adam Gillard with 2269 points from 28 games.
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