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.

Happy St Patrick's Day

I do feel that perhaps my writing tone this time round might be a tad bit less chirpy and cheerful as per the previous posts, so do excuse me for my un-whoopedeedoo style today. I enjoy St Pat's day, just that we did have a small family emergency on Wednesday past, and it's all good now so let's not dither on the matter. Or, for those who are aware of what happened, mention the specifics . 

I have added respect for novelists and cartoonists who have to churn out humourous material day in day out, despite the going-ons in their personal lives. It reminds me of this anecdote I came across in the past:

'This man was feeling depressed, and went to see his psychiatrist since nothing he did or tried could cheer him up.
His shrink said,"Taking meds aren't the answer. Tell you what, go watch this performance by Bozo the Clown. Even at this time and age, he's the best at cheering people up!"
" That's sort of the issue, Doc. You see, I am Bozo the Clown." The man replied.'

At a point in my life, I felt I was a bit like him. Always being the funny one but never the one to be really happy inside. Came across this in my facebook notes section. That post was from 2009, think maybe at that time I just broke up with my gf.

So I've decided this post might have less humour and comedy in it, pardon my search descriptions. Way to bum people out on a TGIF huh. Good thing I dun actually have many readers and followers to bum out.

For those of you still actually reading, good on you. As mentioned, it's St Patrick's day!

So it's that time of the year again, where wee little green men roam the streets (via posters) looking for their pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Or more likely, a pint of Guinness at the end of the bar. Bring out your Leprechaun hats and other paraphernalia, and party the night away.

Unlike other years, this is probably a night where my liver breathes a heavy sigh of relief and doesn't have to worry too much about me tanking more than 2 pints the whole night. I should be on my way home by 8pm on this TGIF. Rare even for an event-less Friday. Damn I'm so dry I'm putting myself to sleep writing this.

Anyways, I'm also only drinking because of the Guinness giveaway, where Guinness SG gave out 20,000 pints for those who registered. Which I obviously did. If you didn't, then ha ha.

I'm just wondering should I join a group of acquaintances and mingle for a bit, or just drink alone and be all moody and black-faced to kill the mood of all the other happy drinkers around me. Tough choice... 

To conclude, this might be the most boring post of mine so far, even worse than the very first attempt at writing. I sincerely apologise, and hope that business will resume next week. Heck, I even saved a couple of memes from The TrollerCoaster that was to be used to provide more rip-roaring belly laughter. Ok that's exaggerating. A quiet chuckle maybe.

Signing off,
KJ

 
















Fun Fact: The colour green is associated with St Patrick's Day because your face turns greenish before vomiting out your many beers.