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Re: Episode 60-PDC North American Pro Tour-Round Table

Evan Waterman — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:02:02 -0000

You are very welcome Caleb. Really glad you enjoy the show!

Re: Episode 60-PDC North American Pro Tour-Round Table

Calebkeen — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:11:01 -0000

Great show this week. I listened to it on Stitcher! Thanks again for getting DATW on there.

Re: Thorn’s World Tour 2011

Catherine — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:57:59 -0000

Hi Adam,

I have read your "Triple Train Trip to Killarney" posted Sept 29th 2011 and surprised that you did not mention the Tour Company-Deros Coach Tours that you travelled with in Killarney to Ring of Kerry and Dingle Peninsula.Glad to hear that your trip went well.

Re: Episode 53-Beginner’s Guide To Attracting New Dart Players

Gary Yourman — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:38:58 -0000

I missed this episode originally. As someone who worked with George on the format and tools to run the event, it was great to hear Greg and Foy discuss the effects of this event within their league. We all know that in most tournaments, the prize money is fed by the 80-90% of the people who probably don't have a chance to win. This event, while reducing the top prize money, in a way increases it, as more people show up to have a chance to win B or C bracket money and raises the total prize pool. That keeps the top players interested and really gives the majority of your league players a chance to participate in a format suited to everyone. It also guarantees that you'll play at least four, best-of-five matches.

Brian- To your points - ANYTHING that gets more players to an event is good. I think that's one of the challenges we face in the darts community. If only the top players show up, the sport will fall in upon itself.

There's always risks with handicapped events. It's inevitable. The beauty of the Players Tournament is that you can manage your players/groups however it suits your league/players. In Tennessee, they used league rankings. When we run it, we put previous winners into the A group, and then do qualifying. The self-correcting part of it all is that everyone wants to shoot for the top dollars, so they try to qualify high and be part of the A group. (IIRC - the 3rd place in the A group has a prize similar to 1st place in the C group).

Re: Knuck You

Americannorseman — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:34:12 -0000

Wish I could get this in iTunes, great job!!!

Re: 2012-The Year of the Dart Player

Thorn — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:43:10 -0000

Twas the flight before Christmas...

Happy Holidays dart world.

Re: 2012-The Year of the Dart Player

Brian Jackson — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:33:28 -0000

obviously not me... mediocre at best

Re: 2012-The Year of the Dart Player

EvanWaterman — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:37:27 -0000

yah i stole them from some guy who thinks he's good at darts. lol

Re: 2012-The Year of the Dart Player

Brian Jackson — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:03:26 -0000

hey, nice photos ;) I wonder who took those?

Re: Episode 55-Live at the DPNY Tour Finals with Alan Keoghan

irete — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:50:09 -0000

don't be shy ...

Re: Thorn’s World Cup World Tour Part Tres

Jandjsmith — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:56:10 -0000

I can hardly wait to read about adventures through Central America. Write on! Judith

Re: Episode 52-Darts Legalities and Special Updates

EvanWaterman — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:28:37 -0000

I know tell me about it. Unfortunately, it came down to the question, "do I really want to go up against a billion dollar company?" lol

Re: Episode 40-From the Field, Dartoid

Rags180 — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:14:02 -0000

Great to hear The 'Toid on the air!

Re: Episode 53-Beginner’s Guide To Attracting New Dart Players

Brian — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:57:28 -0000

medalist 7 ratings is a steel equiv of approx 45.50 PPD

Re: Episode 53-Beginner’s Guide To Attracting New Dart Players

Brian — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:54:55 -0000

Standardized league format and stats tracking would help prevent sandbagging.

Re: Episode 53-Beginner’s Guide To Attracting New Dart Players

Brian — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:46:31 -0000

if a lower player beats a better player they should get more points, and if a higher player beats a lower player they should get fewer points. Chess does this, as do other individual sports. I implemented something similar in my local team league. The player rating system works itself out after about 1-2 seasons. It encourages players of all abilities to compete.

I converted our mid-season memorial shoot to a weighted A/B draw and participation nearly doubled.

Re: Episode 52-Darts Legalities and Special Updates

tammy — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:05:13 -0000

the funny thing is, the guy who "created" facebook actually stole the idea himself so talk about a bunch of hypocrites!!

Re: Jerry Van Loan – Does Darts and America Proud

Adam 'Thorn' Smith — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:29:29 -0000

I too had the pleasure of meeting Jerry and Cali, at the World Cup itself nonetheless, and without a doubt, both are wonderful people and fabulous representatives of darts and the United States. In fact, the entire team made us proud. I'll also add that, in my opinion, the ADO is doing a great job too--it's not easy dealing with all the divisions and rules that plague our sport, and I have no interest in adding to any negativity on those subjects. On the other hand, my favorite Jerry and Cali moments are these...

Seeing Cali's jovial smile and excitement, at the opening ceremonies, her pride at the closing ceremonies, and her resilience and perseverance and class in the heat of battle, but especially after disappointing results. More than once, the number two woman on the team carried the weight in some crucial legs and matches. Ms. West is someone I hope to see and enjoy more and more often.

Jerry too. Besides his humble demeanor and commitment to bad-guy-stopping career, we had quite a few laughs. My personal highlights of Jerry include witnessing a fabulous and imperative checkout against Team Canada when Team USA was down early but mounting an intense comeback, just barely losing in the final leg--a leg that wouldn't have happened without Jerry. Watching him shake hands with his opponent, then turning to exhale after that double was indicative of the intense pressure of the situation. But, even more so, my favorite moment with Jerry was playing darts in a bar outside the tourney, in the town of Castlebar, with some young locals, and watching the joy of darts come to Jerry again, hitting a ton80 against two young dart players who were equally thrilled to have the chance to play a World Cup player, as classy and real as Mr. Van Loan.

Lastly, I'll add that Jim Widmayer, Larry Butler, Scott Wollaston, and my good friend Brenda Roush, are all great people and great representatives of US darts, and the ADO has a less than enviable job navigating the politics. Though there are many others that 'could, would, or should' have been there, this year was the year that fate and destiny and luck brought these six people together, and personally, I was thrilled to spend my first world cup with this team, and the organizations that make it possible. Next time, I hope we have two youth players to join them.

As always, great reporting Dartoid.

Re: Episode 51-Bullseye TV Game Show

Bobanderson180 — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:57:16 -0000

Great interview. Thanks.

Bob "The Limestone Cowboy" Anderson

Re: Episode 49-Toys For Tots and Flight School

Adam 'Thorn' Smith — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:31:01 -0000

How Thorn 'met' Johnny K:
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Re: World Cup Coverage 2011 Day 1

Charis Mutschler — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:51:07 -0000

Thank you!!! It was very interesting to be able to here some details!!

Charis

Re: Episode 46-MLD Darts and DartsLive Asia

John Ronnholm — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:19:19 -0000

Thanks C.K. I love talking to Paul. He is a class act on and off the board. A true professional. I wish I didn't have to edit the interview so much. I had about an hour and a half recorded. I an sure we will be pulling more clips from this in the future. I was really lucky to hear of the success of darts straight from the people responsible.

Re: Episode 46-MLD Darts and DartsLive Asia

C.K. — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:13:31 -0000

The new episode was great, and I totally agree that soft-tip is the future of the game globally. However, I think you guys might have misinterpreted what Paul Lim said about the difference between soft-tip and steel-tip. He wasn't talking about how it's physically scored, I believe he's talking about the mindset associated with the game. In steeltip the best player is the player who hits the most triples and doubles i.e. hits the little target he's trying to put a dart into. Paul Lim seems to be saying that soft-tip is different, because the targets are bigger. Therefore, in soft-tip not missing is the principal focus. Both games seem to boil down to the same thing, more or less, but I thought he did a nice job of articulating why they seem like such different games.

Re: Episode 46-MLD Darts and DartsLive Asia

Mason — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:41:47 -0000

another great show. I don't know why you are concerned with the length of the show. I think they should all be at least an hour. :)

Re: Episode 43-Happy Anniversary with John Lowe

Anthony Eugenia — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:08:03 -0000

Amazing segment with a true legend of the game... a really enjoyable listen. thanks guys