World Darts Championship

Watched it didnt think webster was all that great taylor looked awful. All so often webster would fluff thr next leg.
Andrrson did look very good around 104 average last few games isnt it?
 
Watched it last night and saw the Power go out...shocking display from him, hes usually the one battering the opposition.

Oh well at least it will be a different champion this season..i suppose Phil cant win everything yr in yr out.
 
Tom0 said:
Well of course it is, PDC are professional. BDO are amateur. :confused:
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Both organisations have their share of pro players.

Many BDO players earn enough on tour to make it their professional occupation. Hankey, Waites, Adams and more.

The PDC probably has more top players, but lets not forget the fact that the last competition where both organisations participated in (world grand prix) was won by a BDO player, who beat PDC number 2 James Wade in the final.

The prize also obviously attracts the better BDO players to the PDC.

There is a reason why the checkout percentages and 3 dart averages are lower for top players in the BDO and it may surprise you.

The reason is simply the board. PDC use a Unicorn board which has an ultra thin wire, thereby leaving far more space in the trebles than the BDO board, the Winmau Blade. The scoring is honestly down to that. The board.
 
The one thing that aggravates me about the darts on Sky is the "oi oi oi" song at the end of a set. You can clearly fit a fourth "oi" in the gap! This is an extreme waste of an "oi", think of all the oi's currently claiming dole whuch could otherwise be gainfully employed by Sky. The amount Sky charge for their sports you would think they would at the very least ensure the correct number of oi's are used in their set song. Disgusting.
 
robfosters said:
Both organisations have their share of pro players.
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Afraid not, the BDO is strictly Amateur.

robfosters said:
Many BDO players earn enough on tour to make it their professional occupation. Hankey, Waites, Adams and more.
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Again, afraid not. Realistically It actually costs more to go on tour than you could earn in the BDO tour. The only reason Adams isn't a PDC player is because hes scared of being a little fish in a big pond. Hanky isn't good enough and Waites is a carpenter full time, he has an occupation to fund his darts, regardless he will be in the PDC after lakeside.

robfosters said:
The PDC probably has more top players, but lets not forget the fact that the last competition where both organisations participated in (world grand prix) was won by a BDO player, who beat PDC number 2 James Wade in the final.
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The PDC has ALL the top players. Do you not understand how the system works? You're an amateur in the BDO until you're good enough to become professional and get offered a contract into the PDC. As i said, Waites will be a PDC player after Lakeside.

robfosters said:
The prize also obviously attracts the better BDO players to the PDC.
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Ye because it actually takes money out of your pocket to play in the BDO on tour as a top amateur. The only way to make money in the BDO is to win home tournaments such as lakeside and the masters. Oh and of course, sponsorship.

robfosters said:
There is a reason why the checkout percentages and 3 dart averages are lower for top players in the BDO and it may surprise you.

The reason is simply the board. PDC use a Unicorn board which has an ultra thin wire, thereby leaving far more space in the trebles than the BDO board, the Winmau Blade. The scoring is honestly down to that. The board.
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The Blade 4 is a far better board than a Eclipse pro. I'm sorry. The wires on a Blade are as thin as an eclipes pro and the glue doesn't come out through the cisel after about 10 games...

The PDC is better purely because they've skimmed the best amateurs off the top of the BDO, nothing more, nothing less.
 
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Bubo said:
The one thing that aggravates me about the darts on Sky is the "oi oi oi" song at the end of a set. You can clearly fit a fourth "oi" in the gap! This is an extreme waste of an "oi", think of all the oi's currently claiming dole whuch could otherwise be gainfully employed by Sky. The amount Sky charge for their sports you would think they would at the very least ensure the correct number of oi's are used in their set song. Disgusting.
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I can see you have never been to the darts as by the time you hear the music and have a quick swig of your pint and bellow out the first 3 oi's at the top of your voice, you are totally out of breath and cannot squeeze another oi out no matter what.

Obviously that is based on your average overweight darts fan, any "outsiders" in the crowd who are fit and healthy can make the 4th but there are so few of them it cant be heard :D
 
robfosters said:
So thats why they have the World Professional Darts Championship is it?

Have a little read up mate. caters for all levels, unlike PDC which is strictly pro and invitation only.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Darts_Organisation
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Fair Point.

I think it's totally fair to say the BDO isn't as good as the PDC because the players aren't good enough.

Also the PDC pay a weekly wage where the BDO do not. I think this also one of the main reasons the BDO is considered amateur. People need to keep there jobs whilst still playing in the BDO.
 
Dekker vs Thompson just was worthy of any final BDO or PDC

He was 3 - 0 down and leveled to 4 - 4 before taking the final set 6 - 4

Hes only 20, unbelievable
 
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