Types of Darts Games

Diu Diu Diu!

Dun get me wrong, this is not a post about cursing in Cantonese. That is to replicate the sound of a dart hitting the 'triple' portion on a DartsLive machine. It's a very satisfying hit, and something that I wish I do more often.

dartboard, not actual size

So the above is how a dartboard looks like, and let me explain it a bit more. The points are based on the numbers you see on the outer most. 

To score, you'll have to throw the darts within the circle at the beige or black areas. Then the outer most ring of green and red that you see just below the numbers, those are worth double. The inner ring of green and red, those are worth triple, cos so damn tiny. The electronic board goes 'Diu Diu Diu!' when you hit. Finally, the bullseye right in the middle. Green portion is worth 25 points, Red is worth 50 points! For the electronic version, the whole area is worth 50 points regardless of the green or red portion.

1) Count-Up

most brainless rules

This is the easiest game to pick up, just get the highest possible score! You see, after 8 rounds people can get 1091, easy-peasy! In fact, I'll proudly tell you my highest score after 8 rounds is... 651.

Not that easy la, to get over 1000 points, you'll need to hit many triple 20s. Even pro players miss once a while. Frustrating but challenging. For me is just frustrating though. Sigh....

2) 01 - 301/501/701

think of this as opposite to count-up

This is what everybody plays, cos it seems easy at first glance. If you use the point scoring guide at the start of this post, you simply need to score as high as possible to reduce your total points to zero. Until you get to the lower scores, and then you need to score exactly ZERO to win. Exact. No chance given if you overshot.

The pros even more showy, they are not allowed to hit the actual number to end the game. E.g. If they are left with 10, they cannot hit 10, must hit double 5. Wtf right. Hit 10 considered overshot, go again after your opponent. As good as losing. Really. I dun friend many people because of this rule liao.

3) Cricket - nothing to do with aiming at an insect

This is one high-level game. Must think of strategy, must be accurate, must be brutal. You see, you're only allowed to hit numbers from 15 to 20. And you need 3 hits to 'open' the number. 4th hit onwards will be to start earning points. The number is 'closed' once your opponent also has 3 hits on that number. Complicated much?

This game is all about attack and defence. And if you can't hit the triple segments on board, dun challenge and opponent who can! Confirm guarantee chop you'll lose with an embarrassing scoreline...

And then you'll try to bully many other lower level players to feel better of yourself, while ordering more drinks to soothe your frayed nerves. And then losing to said players cos you drank too many pints of Guinness cos it is St Patrick's Day, and then you start punching and kicking the machine, and then get kicked out of the darts pub. Pui. Wait, what was I saying again? Oh ya, Cricket.

This is a really good game to train your accuracy, I highly recommend despite being kicked out of the pub losing the game to lower level players.

So all in all, these are the basic games that the current soft-tip darters are playing. If you need darts, do go to Carousell and look at BargainDartSeller's listings, value for money!


Signing off,
KJ

Fun fact: Darts is all fun and games until you lose, then it's war.

Newest hobby, Darts!

I have totally forgotten I own a blog. It's a very good indication of how well received my blog is when I have only 1 request to write new posts again.

Probably also because I recently picked up a new hobby. Want to take a wild guess as to what it is?

Yes, I know it's in the title, but I could be misleading you like other titles!

Ok I didn't. Cos I wrote the title and this text on different days. So... yeah. Darts.

Now, this is actually a pretty fun game when you're on form, and horribly annoying when you finally hit the bullseye, but of the next machine. 

But there's seriously a lot of technique involved, and you also have to be aware of the posture and the locking of the elbow and wrists for maximum consistency. We called that zero-ing in army. (range... eee.. scary...)

i think i should have aimed at the board instead

We have found this pretty challenging, but also fascinating cos even after asking around, everyone tells you it's up to how comfortable you are holding the darts. 

They commonly say: "Different players have different grips, you need to find your own." 

Or to paraphrase, "I'm a selfish prick.”

Of course we dun play darts for hours on end, good to take a breather once a while to rest and play better. So we do tend to goof around a little bit...

And then feel shy about goofing around cos we bumped into familiar faces. So we tried to be discreet.

superb camouflage

which didn't work

That is my ex-student btw. Currently in army. I taught him when he was in Primary School. Getting old sucks. Sucked more that he whipped my ass in darts too. I dun find him cute anymore.

Oh ya, did I mention getting old sucks? Just the slightest bit of darts got my whole body aching, even with the regular jogging and table tennis sessions to loosen our muscles.

It felt great, the wind in your hair when you run, the execution of a perfect smash with the ball teed up, healthy living for the win!

And to show you the glorious outcomes of our healthy lifestyle!

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Getting old sucks. The end.


Signing off,
KJ

Fun fact: Playing darts is an art, and so is being right handed but spraining your left wrist.