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Octorock Variant: Octorock

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Maxes in Octorock games in English currently earn a silver pencil silver pencil.

Pencil colour is based on the rate of pencils recently awarded in this variant and dictionary per round played. The rarer the pencils become, the higher the award (from normal to bronze to silver to gold).

FromToPencil
30 July 201130 July 2011pencil pencil
31 July 201110 August 2011bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 August 20113 September 2011silver pencil silver pencil
4 September 201117 January 2012bronze pencil bronze pencil
18 January 201221 January 2012silver pencil silver pencil
22 January 201223 February 2012bronze pencil bronze pencil
24 February 20123 October 2013silver pencil silver pencil
4 October 201310 November 2013bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 November 20134 April 2014silver pencil silver pencil
5 April 201410 January 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
11 January 201510 April 2015silver pencil silver pencil
11 April 201519 December 2015bronze pencil bronze pencil
20 December 20158 January 2016silver pencil silver pencil
9 January 201624 November 2019bronze pencil bronze pencil
25 November 201930 October 2021silver pencil silver pencil
31 October 20218 January 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
9 January 202214 July 2022silver pencil silver pencil
15 July 202218 August 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
19 August 20223 October 2022silver pencil silver pencil
4 October 202211 October 2022bronze pencil bronze pencil
12 October 202229 January 2024silver pencil silver pencil
30 January 202422 February 2024bronze pencil bronze pencil
23 February 20247 February 2025silver pencil silver pencil
8 February 202525 February 2025bronze pencil bronze pencil
26 February 202528 June 2026silver pencil silver pencil
29 June 20264 August 2026bronze pencil bronze pencil
5 August 2026Nowsilver pencil silver pencil

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