Futureraven: Beelzebruv
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Dec 14, 2018 14:43:57 GMT -5
Maybe they can do a crossover.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Dec 14, 2018 14:48:24 GMT -5
Anybody remember the big darts story of the past few months, where both players accused the other player of farting a real rancid smell to put the other off.
Not to give Vince ideas...
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Dec 14, 2018 14:56:10 GMT -5
Holy shit, I knew darts was big, but they're pulling f***ing full sports arenas at times... I understand Cricket more than this, and I don’t understand Cricket st all. That's because you don't know what a Crumpet is
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 14, 2018 15:28:19 GMT -5
Maybe they can do a crossover. I came in just to post that!
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Post by the2ndevil on Dec 14, 2018 15:35:14 GMT -5
I understand Cricket more than this, and I don’t understand Cricket st all. That's because you don't know what a Crumpet is That reference is a rather deep cut. Respect.
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 14, 2018 15:40:04 GMT -5
Obviously, UK darts has got to be more than just throwing darts at a board right?
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Post by Chris Hammers on Dec 14, 2018 15:45:44 GMT -5
Being someone who hasn't had a Sky/Virgin box in 10+ years. What happened to the basic "Sky Sports 1" "2" "3" names.
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Post by Oakster on Dec 14, 2018 15:49:07 GMT -5
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Dec 14, 2018 15:50:40 GMT -5
TIL that darts are for more then just bar shenanigans.
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Post by Moppy on Dec 14, 2018 15:53:42 GMT -5
Obviously, UK darts has got to be more than just throwing darts at a board right? Well in terms of the "athletic" competiton side, it's literally just throwing darts at a board, yeah. Albeit at a very impressively high standard. Fascinatingly though, the growth of darts as a spectator sport has borrowed heavily from pro wrestling - ostentatious walk-ons, silly star nicknames and encouraged audience participation. It also taps into something that British crowds are naturally good at; dressing like a traffic cone and getting drunk for an extended period of time. I'll leave it there because I'm probably digressing into Off Topic (can we have a darts-watching club thread? ) but stars of other sports (such as Snooker) are outwardly very unhappy with their administrators' failure to harness TV and live audience revenues like Darts has. It's intriguing to watch unfold across different sports and we owe much of it to the production values of Vince McMahon
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Dec 14, 2018 15:55:12 GMT -5
All sports have cheating scandals. Are there any here? Are there heels playing things up? Has violence erupted? "This could only happen in darts" injuries like a needle through the cheek or a rotator cuff injury at a pivotal moment mid toss windup??
I want some of you darts fans here to entertain me with drama stories now.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Dec 14, 2018 15:56:04 GMT -5
Obviously, UK darts has got to be more than just throwing darts at a board right? Well in terms of the "athletic" competiton side, it's literally just throwing darts at a board, yeah. Albeit at a very impressively high standard. Fascinatingly though, the growth of darts as a spectator sport has borrowed heavily from pro wrestling - ostentatious walk-ons, silly star nicknames and encouraged audience participation. It also taps into something that British crowds are naturally good at; dressing like a traffic cone and getting drunk for an extended period of time. I'll leave it there because I'm probably digressing into Off Topic (can we have a darts-watching club thread? ) but stars of other sports (such as Snooker) are outwardly very unhappy with their administrators' failure to harness TV and live audience revenues like Darts has. It's intriguing to watch unfold across different sports and we owe much of it to the production values of Vince McMahon No, please absolutely continue.
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Futureraven: Beelzebruv
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Dec 14, 2018 16:02:08 GMT -5
All sports have cheating scandals. Are there any here? Are there heels playing things up? Has violence erupted? "This could only happen in darts" injuries like a needle through the cheek or a rotator cuff injury at a pivotal moment mid toss windup?? I want some of you darts fans here to entertain me with drama stories now. Oh darts has it all. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/darts/46245993
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2018 16:13:25 GMT -5
I didn't know darts were a big thing in the UK. Thanks to thithread for enlightening me culturally.
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Post by The Ichi on Dec 14, 2018 16:17:13 GMT -5
As for why it's so huge, we over here have two passions - drinking and betting. Darts caters to both.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Dec 14, 2018 17:04:11 GMT -5
Darts is BIG business in the UK. I don’t know when it all got so like WWE though, the entrances and the nicknames and all of that. Is that a new thing or has it always been like that?
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Post by eJm on Dec 14, 2018 17:15:02 GMT -5
Darts is BIG business in the UK. I don’t know when it all got so like WWE though, the entrances and the nicknames and all of that. Is that a new thing or has it always been like that? It’s actually been like that for a long time, down to the entrance themes and boxing style support teams or valets following them to the main stage.
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Post by government mule on Dec 14, 2018 17:38:56 GMT -5
Darts legend Jockey Wilson used to drink about 5 pints and half a litre of vodka before every game.
He's dead now.
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Post by Moppy on Dec 14, 2018 18:33:55 GMT -5
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Post by 4real on Dec 15, 2018 2:29:22 GMT -5
Being someone who hasn't had a Sky/Virgin box in 10+ years. What happened to the basic "Sky Sports 1" "2" "3" names. I got rid of Sky 2 years ago before they rebranded the channels and it's confusing. Especially when I'm in a pub requesting a football game and I've got no idea what channel the thing is on. Anyway er wrestling er WWE er Corbin sucks! Ambrose sucks! Vince is mad and out of touch! Yes that will do.
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