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posted on 4/1/24

But it's darts

comment by Busby (U19985)

posted on 4/1/24

"Last nights Final was Sky Sports highest non-football audience since records began."

Because people love a fairytale, most of those people won't be tuning in every again.

posted on 4/1/24

comment by Ali - (U1192)
posted 3 minutes ago
But it's darts
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And?

posted on 4/1/24

There wasn't any other sports on

Darts is facking awful, almost as bad as American sports. Each to their own I guess

posted on 4/1/24

comment by Salah Time. (U23032)
posted 5 seconds ago
There wasn't any other sports on

Darts is facking awful, almost as bad as American sports. Each to their own I guess
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There's often live sports on with nothing else on.

posted on 4/1/24

comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Salah Time. (U23032)
posted 5 seconds ago
There wasn't any other sports on

Darts is facking awful, almost as bad as American sports. Each to their own I guess
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There's often live sports on with nothing else on.
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I think it was because everybody wanted a 16 year old to win it. Even I did and I don't and didn't watch it

posted on 4/1/24

Im not a Darts fan at all and even I have been watching. Warrington ain't that far away and Littler is a red too so wanted him to win as he's the local lad. I'm sure his time will come.

Is Darts a true sport though or is it a game?

posted on 4/1/24

comment by Salah Time. (U23032)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 5 seconds ago
comment by Salah Time. (U23032)
posted 5 seconds ago
There wasn't any other sports on

Darts is facking awful, almost as bad as American sports. Each to their own I guess
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There's often live sports on with nothing else on.
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I think it was because everybody wanted a 16 year old to win it. Even I did and I don't and didn't watch it
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That clearly had a lot to do with it but it is a growing game.

posted on 4/1/24

comment by Salah Time. (U23032)
posted 58 seconds ago
There wasn't any other sports on

Darts is facking awful, almost as bad as American sports. Each to their own I guess
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Good job you said almost as most US Sports are boring to watch. NASCAR and Baseball being the major ones.

posted on 4/1/24

comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 1 minute ago
Im not a Darts fan at all and even I have been watching. Warrington ain't that far away and Littler is a red too so wanted him to win as he's the local lad. I'm sure his time will come.

Is Darts a true sport though or is it a game?
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It's a fair debate.

I heard a good analogy yesterday though. Someone compared Chess to Darts but someone else replied and said a great chess could win a game with an average joe playing on their instruction, a great darts player will not win a game win an average joe playing on their behalf.

posted on 4/1/24

Basketball is awful and don't even get me started on Rugby with pads

posted on 4/1/24

Why is that 16 year old gorilla fat? Its not like hes supping a gallon of beer ever every night. Imagine what he will look like when hes 40.

Darts is at best an entertaining game. Like it was last night. Its not normally like that if you take away the compelling backstory the mainstream media and the BBC got hold of this week. But you cant compare it to elite sports.

And Emma Raducanu actually won her debut final.

posted on 4/1/24

There's only 1 good American sport and thats soccer

posted on 4/1/24

comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 1 minute ago
Im not a Darts fan at all and even I have been watching. Warrington ain't that far away and Littler is a red too so wanted him to win as he's the local lad. I'm sure his time will come.

Is Darts a true sport though or is it a game?
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It's a fair debate.

I heard a good analogy yesterday though. Someone compared Chess to Darts but someone else replied and said a great chess could win a game with an average joe playing on their instruction, a great darts player will not win a game win an average joe playing on their behalf.
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This takes me back!

https://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/298403

posted on 4/1/24

Exactly... the best thing about last night is that one of them was a Red and the other was Sheep.

posted on 4/1/24

comment by RB&W - One man down, One nil up (U21434)
posted 3 minutes ago
Why is that 16 year old gorilla fat? Its not like hes supping a gallon of beer ever every night. Imagine what he will look like when hes 40.

Darts is at best an entertaining game. Like it was last night. Its not normally like that if you take away the compelling backstory the mainstream media and the BBC got hold of this week. But you cant compare it to elite sports.

And Emma Raducanu actually won her debut final.
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It is normally that entertaining without the back story though. I agree it's not comparable to elite sports in most ways but it beats most in entertainment.

comment by Busby (U19985)

posted on 4/1/24

comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 13 minutes ago
Im not a Darts fan at all and even I have been watching. Warrington ain't that far away and Littler is a red too so wanted him to win as he's the local lad. I'm sure his time will come.

Is Darts a true sport though or is it a game?
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The Council of Europe charter on sport uses the following definition: "Sport means all forms of physical activity, which through casual or organised participation, aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels".

It's a sport. I wouldn't say it is any more of a sport than Chess though.

posted on 4/1/24

It is normally that entertaining without the back story though. I agree it's not comparable to elite sports in most ways but it beats most in entertainment.
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LOL. It isnt though is it.

The reason people watched it was because of the backstory about the debut 16 year old. Just like Raducanus final which a lot of us watched who dont normally watch Tennis apart from Wimbledon. Otherwise both matches would have been watched buy the normal handful of enthusiasts.

posted on 4/1/24

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Salah Time. (U23032)
posted 58 seconds ago
There wasn't any other sports on

Darts is facking awful, almost as bad as American sports. Each to their own I guess
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Good job you said almost as most US Sports are boring to watch. NASCAR and Baseball being the major ones.
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I find NFL football to be the most boring sport of them all. Baseball is great if you're in the right frame of mind. Nascar is more than boring, reminds me of a kid on my street when I was young. Would drive around the block all day long. Must of been practicing for the big time.

posted on 4/1/24

The final was very good both in terms of standard and entertainment but there have been many finals (especially in the Taylor dominated years) that were hopelessly one sided. Like all sports some years are better than others.

I see Peter Wright has made the Sky Prem league again, it's time that somebody had a little word with him about his hair and costumes. It stopped being funny a long time ago and the bloke is 53 years old.

posted on 4/1/24

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 21 seconds ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 13 minutes ago
Im not a Darts fan at all and even I have been watching. Warrington ain't that far away and Littler is a red too so wanted him to win as he's the local lad. I'm sure his time will come.

Is Darts a true sport though or is it a game?
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The Council of Europe charter on sport uses the following definition: "Sport means all forms of physical activity, which through casual or organised participation, aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels".

It's a sport. I wouldn't say it is any more of a sport than Chess though.
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I suppose in darts you at least have to stand up and move your arm, chess is about as much a sport as doing jigsaws

posted on 4/1/24

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 13 minutes ago
Im not a Darts fan at all and even I have been watching. Warrington ain't that far away and Littler is a red too so wanted him to win as he's the local lad. I'm sure his time will come.

Is Darts a true sport though or is it a game?
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The Council of Europe charter on sport uses the following definition: "Sport means all forms of physical activity, which through casual or organised participation, aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels".

It's a sport. I wouldn't say it is any more of a sport than Chess though.
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I disagree. As said above you could get someone else to make chess moves on your behalf under your instruction without any deviation in standard which doesn't apply to darts.

comment by Busby (U19985)

posted on 4/1/24

comment by RB&W - One man down, One nil up (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
It is normally that entertaining without the back story though. I agree it's not comparable to elite sports in most ways but it beats most in entertainment.
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LOL. It isnt though is it.

The reason people watched it was because of the backstory about the debut 16 year old. Just like Raducanus final which a lot of us watched who dont normally watch Tennis apart from Wimbledon. Otherwise both matches would have been watched buy the normal handful of enthusiasts.
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Also whenever England/ GB look like they might win something, they tune, e.g Rugby World Cup, the Ashes etc.

I think most sports fans tune in to these types of events in a sport they'd usually not even consider watching.

I went to the darts in Wolverhampton, it's a good laugh but not really something I'd do again.

comment by Busby (U19985)

posted on 4/1/24

comment by The Process (U20671)
posted 13 seconds ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Glazers Out (SE85) (U21241)
posted 13 minutes ago
Im not a Darts fan at all and even I have been watching. Warrington ain't that far away and Littler is a red too so wanted him to win as he's the local lad. I'm sure his time will come.

Is Darts a true sport though or is it a game?
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The Council of Europe charter on sport uses the following definition: "Sport means all forms of physical activity, which through casual or organised participation, aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels".

It's a sport. I wouldn't say it is any more of a sport than Chess though.
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I disagree. As said above you could get someone else to make chess moves on your behalf under your instruction without any deviation in standard which doesn't apply to darts.
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You can make similar comparisons in a lot of sports though.

Could an F1 driver win a race without his car and his team?

Could City have won the treble if Pep wasn't their manager?

I guess the only box chess doesn't tick is the "physical activity", which is fair enough. However a grandmaster of chess is far more intelligent and skilful than a darts world champion, in my opinion.

posted on 4/1/24

comment by PawlBawron (U1055)
posted 44 seconds ago
The final was very good both in terms of standard and entertainment but there have been many finals (especially in the Taylor dominated years) that were hopelessly one sided. Like all sports some years are better than others.

I see Peter Wright has made the Sky Prem league again, it's time that somebody had a little word with him about his hair and costumes. It stopped being funny a long time ago and the bloke is 53 years old.
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I'd agree that it was probably less entertaining back then as the standard was far lower however it doesn't look likely that the current standard will drop anytime soon.

Taylor would have been great in any era but I doubt he dominates the current era at his peak.

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