POP1STATS

Change Log

151 releases since January 2026. Newest first. The work behind them folds under each month.

  1. September 2026

    65 released

    Version 2 of pop1stats goes live on www.pop1stats.comSep 21

    The site you knew is replaced by the new one. Every old link redirects to its new page.

    • Sep 26
      NewPlayers
      The bananas are back: everyone who donated wears a 🍌 on their player page
    • NewPlayers
      Tap a rating to see the days behind it: counted, dropped, and fallen out
    • NewSite
      Search remembers what you picked: your recent players and clans wait under the box
    • Sep 25
      ImprovedLeagues
      A division's lobby list no longer shows the played-game slots; the portal still does
    • ImprovedLeaderboards
      The top three wear the same gold, silver and bronze mark on every leaderboard
    • Sep 24
      FixedLeaderboards
      The game mode leaderboard counts only the mode you are playing, from the day it started
    • ImprovedLeagues
      The phone nav tab is now Leagues with a trophy, and Tournaments is marked planned
    • NewSite
      Change log: every release since January, and What's new on the start page
    • Sep 23
      ImprovedPlayers
      Player avatars load fast and never expire
    • NewPlayers
      Verify your player by hosting a private lobby
    • FixedPlayers
      The live server mirror never blanks on a slow tick
    • ImprovedPlayers
      The MMR page rewritten as an article
    • Sep 22
      FixedLeagues
      StatBot sessions accepted in every shape the bot sends
    • NewPlayers
      The game's live server list, mirrored every minute
    • NewPlayers
      MMR page: what the number is, where yours sits, how to read it
    • FixedLeague portal
      The league week grid and the This-week alarm
    • FixedSite
      The site no longer restarts itself every few hours
    • Sep 21
      NewSite
      Version 2 goes live on www.pop1stats.com
    • ImprovedSite
      Every legacy link redirects to its new page
    • FixedLeagues
      A failed page load is never kept as a not-found page
    • ImprovedLeagues
      League pages load from cache and refresh the moment league data changes
    • ImprovedSite
      Planned on everything unbuilt; Soon only on Compare
    • NewLeagues
      League staff named on the division overview
    • Sep 20
      FixedLeagues
      The division sub-navigation underline stays in its row
    • ImprovedPlayers
      The Players online card shows your local day
    • ImprovedLeagues
      Clickable things look clickable, and the division card is rebuilt
    • ImprovedAccount
      Stay signed in for a year
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      Games per lobby is one number, with a switch for best-of formats
    • FixedLeague portal
      A division's web address follows its name until you edit it
    • NewLeagues
      StatBot posts straight to the new site
    • NewLeagues
      Leagues open to everyone: in the header, and in search
    • ImprovedLeagues
      The lobby graph is titled by the metric you picked
    • ImprovedLeagues
      Lobby page rebuilt around the night, game by game
    • ImprovedLeagues
      A podium rail on the top three, and who played on every lobby row
    • Sep 19
      ImprovedLeagues
      Division page rebuilt as pages under its heading
    • ImprovedLeagues
      League list and league page rebuilt
    • FixedLeagues
      League dates and game times in your own timezone
    • ImprovedLeagues
      The league page shows live, upcoming and ended seasons
    • Sep 16
      ImprovedLeagues
      Lobby player stats follow the division's public setting
    • Sep 15
      NewLeague portal
      Edit a division's settings from its heading
    • Sep 14
      ImprovedLeague portal
      A scoring framework in use is protected from accidental edits
    • NewLeague portal
      Leagues get scoring frameworks: reusable scoring rules a division is given
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      Game entry sheet redesigned for the phone
    • NewLeague portal
      Schedule, re-date and delete lobbies from the division page
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      Search players by name or id when adding to a roster
    • Sep 13
      NewLeague portal
      Standings page in the portal
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      Division page: a season strip with pages under it
    • NewLeague portal
      League overview: running now, needs attention, recent activity
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      Each league gets its own rail, and its tabs become pages
    • Sep 12
      ImprovedSite
      The site lifts to slate; header and bottom nav get their own tone
    • Sep 2
      ImprovedLeague portal
      The add-staff division list is sorted, with activity and dates
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      Adding league staff is quicker
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      Lobby rows show who played and who won
    • NewLeague portal
      Upload a league logo
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      The league's Discord server shown in settings
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      A finalized division says why its adjustments are read-only
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      Form fields look like fields
    • NewLeague portal
      Scheduled lobbies have a time of day, shown in your own timezone
    • FixedLeague portal
      A lobby's games count from 1
    • FixedLeague portal
      Dialogs stay inside the screen and scroll
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      The Tools tab loads fast
    • Sep 1
      FixedLeague portal
      The adjustments dialog loads a team's existing points
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      Lobby entry made hard to get wrong
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      Match is now called Lobby, everywhere
    • FixedLeague portal
      Manually entered games group into one lobby
    8 behind the scenes · groundwork, prototypes, upkeep
    • Sep 25
      Under the hoodSite
      Change log lines reviewed for wording
    • Sep 23
      Under the hoodSite
      More tools for running the site behind the scenes
    • Sep 23
      Under the hoodSite
      Incoming StatBot games are easier to diagnose
    • Sep 21
      Under the hoodSite
      Deploys no longer depend on the engine being up
    • Sep 21
      Under the hoodLeague portal
      League pages can be refreshed on demand
    • Sep 20
      Under the hoodSite
      League setup carried over from the legacy site
    • Sep 20
      Under the hoodSite
      The prototype league pages are gone
    • Sep 2
      Under the hoodSite
      Tests that no longer rot with the calendar

  2. August 2026

    17 released
    • Aug 30
      ImprovedLeague portal
      Search and a season filter on the divisions list
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      A division is active or past by its dates
    • Aug 29
      NewLeague portal
      Tools tab: teams suggested from unmatched squads
    • NewLeague portal
      Tools tab: unrostered players proposed onto teams
    • Aug 28
      NewLeague portal
      Tools tab: squads split across team rosters
    • NewLeague portal
      Arriving StatBot games are matched to their scheduled lobby
    • Aug 27
      NewLeague portal
      Schedule a season's lobbies from the portal
    • NewLeague portal
      Lobbies become a thing of their own, with history filled in
    • FixedLeagues
      A division's games are scoped by its dates, not only its channel
    • FixedLeagues
      Games dated by the night they were played
    • FixedLeagues
      Standings refresh the moment a roster changes
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      Portal layout: league sidebar, breadcrumbs and a teams rail
    • Aug 26
      FixedLeague portal
      The roster duplicate check no longer exempts players on several teams
    • NewLeague portal
      Scoring handles players who play for more than one team
    • ImprovedLeague portal
      League management moves to its own portal
    • Aug 23
      ImprovedPlayers
      Rank cards on the profile link to their leaderboard
    • Aug 19
      ImprovedSite
      Leagues back behind Coming soon while the portal is built
    6 behind the scenes · groundwork, prototypes, upkeep
    • Aug 27
      Under the hoodLeague portal
      New leagues can be set up
    • Aug 23
      Under the hoodSite
      Deploys made reliable
    • Aug 22
      Under the hoodSite
      Build tooling upgraded and pinned
    • Aug 22
      Under the hoodSite
      Test suites with full coverage in every app
    • Aug 20
      Under the hoodSite
      Website and app share one description of the API
    • Aug 19
      Under the hoodSite
      Website, engine and app move under one roof

  3. July 2026

    8 released
    • Jul 27
      ImprovedLeagues
      Real standings on the league page
    • ImprovedLeagues
      Division standings with totals, ratios, averages and rosters
    • ImprovedLeagues
      Lobby tabs you can share, with the league around them
    • NewLeagues
      Points race chart
    • Jul 26
      NewLeagues
      Lobby MVP and the MVP race
    • NewLeagues
      Lobby box score, derived stats and points plus-minus
    • ImprovedLeagues
      Scoring matches the legacy site to the point
    • NewLeagues
      Leagues rebuilt on the new engine: league, division and lobby pages

  4. June 2026

    nothing released yet
      1 behind the scenes · groundwork, prototypes, upkeep
      • Jun 1
        PrototypeLeagues
        Match page rebuilt

    • May 2026

      33 released

      The alpha opens on v2.pop1stats.comMay 24

      The new site goes live on its own address, unannounced, for whoever finds it.

      • May 24
        ImprovedAccount
        A proper error page when a Discord login fails
      • May 20
        ImprovedAccount
        Profile settings form refreshed
      • NewArsenal
        YouTube and TikTok videos on items
      • May 18
        NewPlayers
        What is rating? An explainer opens from the season hero
      • May 17
        FixedPlayers
        Daily snapshots dated to the day they were played
      • ImprovedSite
        Clans moved behind Coming soon until they are ready
      • NewPlayers
        A live countdown to the daily reset
      • ImprovedPlayers
        Ranks tab split into Daily, Game mode and Season
      • NewSite
        Link previews for every page when shared
      • NewPlayers
        Daily feed on the profile: day by day, with the modes played
      • May 16
        ImprovedSite
        New app icons
      • NewPlayers
        Avatars show who is online and who is in a game
      • NewPlayers
        Today on the start page, with a preview of the daily leaderboard
      • ImprovedLeaderboards
        Leaderboards open instantly: rankings are computed ahead of time
      • NewLeaderboards
        All-time, daily and today leaderboards
      • ImprovedLeaderboards
        Leaderboard table rebuilt: sortable columns, your row highlighted
      • May 15
        NewPlayers
        Your ranks on the profile: season, game mode, daily
      • May 14
        NewLeaderboards
        Season and game mode leaderboards, with your rank on each
      • ImprovedPlayers
        Player profile reorganised around an overview
      • ImprovedAccount
        Supporter page as a single pitch
      • ImprovedPlayers
        Player hero and dashboard read from the new player data
      • May 3
        ImprovedArsenal
        Item descriptions refreshed; two-star damage shown first
      • FixedLeaderboards
        Daily and weekly deltas count only while a player is tracked
      • May 2
        ImprovedPlayers
        Start page opens with a hero and a reminder to verify
      • ImprovedLeaderboards
        Every base stat on every leaderboard row
      • ImprovedPlayers
        Verify flow: unlink a player, and see which step you are on
      • ImprovedSite
        Breadcrumbs on item and league pages
      • ImprovedArsenal
        Loadout builder redesigned as an in-game HUD
      • ImprovedArsenal
        Items catalogue: subcategory pills and sorting
      • May 1
        ImprovedSite
        A design system of buttons, dropdowns, pills and tabs
      • ImprovedSite
        Every FAQ question has its own link
      • NewLeaderboards
        Daily leaderboard
      • ImprovedLeaderboards
        Leaderboards page rebuilt: tabs and one big table
      2 behind the scenes · groundwork, prototypes, upkeep
      • May 10
        Under the hoodSite
        Pages cache, and refresh the moment their data changes
      • May 1
        Under the hoodSite
        Tools for running the site behind the scenes

    • April 2026

      23 released
      • Apr 30
        ImprovedPlayers
        Activity counts estimate the whole player base, not only tracked players
      • ImprovedLeaderboards
        Game mode leaderboard styled as a tournament poster
      • NewPlayers
        A live ticker of who is online
      • NewPlayers
        Players online, hour by hour
      • NewLeaderboards
        Season rating leaderboard
      • Apr 19
        ImprovedSite
        Compete and Leagues marked Coming soon until they are ready
      • NewPlayers
        Season rating hero and a Today section on the start page
      • NewPlayers
        Seasons
      • NewPlayers
        Onboarding on the start page: get tracked, verify, follow
      • Apr 18
        ImprovedAccount
        Signing in lands you on the start page
      • ImprovedSite
        One card system across the start and player pages
      • Apr 12
        NewPlayers
        Start page: your dashboard once signed in
      • NewSite
        FAQ page
      • Apr 7
        ImprovedArsenal
        Loadouts readable without signing in
      • NewArsenal
        Item detail pages
      • Apr 6
        ImprovedArsenal
        Items catalogue in the game's own colours
      • ImprovedPlayers
        Player profile hero redesigned
      • ImprovedLeaderboards
        Visitors get a preview of the leaderboards before signing in
      • ImprovedAccount
        PRO is now called Supporter
      • NewSite
        Footer, privacy and terms pages
      • NewSite
        A homepage built around search
      • Apr 4
        NewPlayers
        Search page and a quick search dialog
      • Apr 1
        NewAccount
        Supporter page
      5 behind the scenes · groundwork, prototypes, upkeep
      • Apr 11
        PrototypeLeagues
        Match page with tabs and breadcrumbs
      • Apr 11
        PrototypeLeagues
        Division page with standings, MVP and scoring
      • Apr 10
        PrototypeLeagues
        League archive of completed seasons
      • Apr 10
        PrototypeLeagues
        League page: standings, results and schedule
      • Apr 7
        PrototypeLeagues
        Leagues hub with a game ticker and a schedule calendar

    • March 2026

      5 released
      • Mar 30
        NewAccount
        Delete your account, with 30 days to change your mind
      • NewAccount
        Settings pages
      • Mar 28
        ImprovedLeaderboards
        Game mode leaderboard redesigned
      • Mar 27
        NewLeaderboards
        Leaderboards pages
      • Mar 22
        NewPlayers
        Player profile page
      19 behind the scenes · groundwork, prototypes, upkeep
      • Mar 27
        PrototypeLeague portal
        League admin pages
      • Mar 22
        PrototypeLeagues
        League pages, first version
      • Mar 21
        GroundworkSite
        The new website takes shape: every page gets its place
      • Mar 15
        GroundworkPlayers
        Search suggestions as you type
      • Mar 14
        GroundworkArsenal
        Loadouts: build, save and share
      • Mar 14
        GroundworkArsenal
        Items catalogue with tags
      • Mar 12
        GroundworkPlayers
        Verify that a player is you
      • Mar 11
        GroundworkLeague portal
        An audit log of every league change
      • Mar 11
        GroundworkLeague portal
        League administration: divisions, teams, rosters and scoring
      • Mar 10
        GroundworkSite
        Clan logos and banners
      • Mar 10
        GroundworkAccount
        Settings: profile and connected accounts
      • Mar 9
        GroundworkSite
        Clans: create one, invite members, manage the roster
      • Mar 9
        GroundworkLeagues
        Leagues: divisions, standings and results on the new engine
      • Mar 8
        GroundworkPlayers
        Match history per player
      • Mar 8
        GroundworkLeaderboards
        Leaderboards use live stats while a period is open
      • Mar 7
        GroundworkPlayers
        Player profiles
      • Mar 7
        GroundworkPlayers
        Players who ask not to be shown are kept out of lookup
      • Mar 7
        GroundworkAccount
        Supporter checkout and billing portal
      • Mar 1
        GroundworkAccount
        Supporter subscription

    • February 2026

      nothing released yet
        12 behind the scenes · groundwork, prototypes, upkeep
        • Feb 22
          GroundworkLeagues
          StatBot games flow into the new engine
        • Feb 21
          GroundworkLeaderboards
          Leaderboards filter by stat and open on your own row
        • Feb 21
          GroundworkPlayers
          Win rate on player statistics
        • Feb 19
          GroundworkPlayers
          Game modes attached to activity and games
        • Feb 15
          GroundworkPlayers
          Game feed: a player's recent games
        • Feb 15
          GroundworkPlayers
          Daily deltas: what changed in your stats since yesterday
        • Feb 14
          GroundworkLeaderboards
          Leaderboard snapshots, the base for daily and weekly rankings
        • Feb 9
          GroundworkPlayers
          Player search, rebuilt to forgive typos
        • Feb 8
          GroundworkLeaderboards
          Weekly leaderboards
        • Feb 5
          GroundworkPlayers
          More capacity for tracking players
        • Feb 3
          GroundworkLeaderboards
          Rating leaderboard
        • Feb 1
          GroundworkSite
          The legacy site starts reading player data from the new engine

      • January 2026

        nothing released yet

        Work on the new pop1stats beginsJan 5

        A new engine behind the site: fresh code, a new database, and Discord sign-in from day one.

          10 behind the scenes · groundwork, prototypes, upkeep
          • Jan 29
            GroundworkPlayers
            Player rating
          • Jan 28
            GroundworkPlayers
            Activity stats: how many played today and this week
          • Jan 27
            GroundworkPlayers
            Online players: who is in the game right now
          • Jan 25
            Under the hoodSite
            A new database layout for the years ahead
          • Jan 17
            Under the hoodSite
            The API is versioned so old and new can run side by side
          • Jan 11
            GroundworkPlayers
            Player avatars and last-seen times
          • Jan 8
            GroundworkPlayers
            Getting tracked no longer waits for someone to accept you
          • Jan 8
            GroundworkPlayers
            Daily snapshots of every tracked player, taken on the days they play
          • Jan 6
            GroundworkPlayers
            Player stats mirrored from the game every minute
          • Jan 5
            GroundworkAccount
            Sign in with Discord