Darts Report 17/10/10

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A way to improve my aim to Bull perhaps? xD

Today’s one of those days where I was REALLY REALLY on. To be honest, after making up my mind about playing darts the way that fits my style personally, I really think I have been getting results (thou nothing on the tournament level yet, sigh).

So basically during my first match, I was playing 501 with a friend (the firewood queen xDD) without any practice (i just threw darts randomly to “loosen up” my hand), and she was owning me by more than 200 pts. Usually if it’s for another person (like my fellow dart’ers RD and AY), they would have gave up already. A question I would like to ask them is: “WHY?”…losing by 200 pts is really nothing that can’t be overcome, especially since I know I am much much better than the person I am playing against. Guess what, she couldn’t check her double spot to finish me off so I took FULL advantage. I know I am a person who throws better as the game drags on, as long as I believe that I can come back even if trailing. Last score before check: 22. 20, double 1. DONE. My victory. Notice that I finished those 2 scores in 2 darts in the same set.

As usually, everyone was bitching on why I did that instead of heading straight to double 11. Why? Because it’s not an area I am confident in. In fact, I suck at that area. I am not even confident on getting single 11, never mind fucking double 11. Why should I waste a dart at an area where I have to use SUPER LUCK in order to get there? I would rather have the dart be productive and go to an area where I know I can reach. Yes, that means I would have lost a chance to finish the game earlier, but since I am not confident on finishing on double 11 anyway, it wouldn’t fuckin make a difference. And let’s say I hit 11, which means I end up with an 11 remaining score, I would have shoot for 9 and go for double 1 anyway. And since 20 and 1 are right beside each other, so basically once i hit 20, i don’t really need to adjust myself in order to get to double 1. And also let’s say I ended up hitting something like 5, so what? with a 17 score, i’ll just go 7 and aim up for double 5, or throw 15 and aim for double 1 again. Yes, I know the famous Peter Scott said “any double is a good double”, but seriously, I am not at that level. I rather go to a double that at least I know I can get rather than just going to ANY double. So what if they don’t like it? I won the game anyway. They can’t say shit other than just “I don’t like the way you do this”. But yes, I have made up my mind now, if I need to finish a double spot I don’t like, I would use one dart in order to help me to get the double I want. Screw what they are saying. If they think I am being bad, so be it. It doesn’t mean that I am not going to improve on other areas, so once I get better I am sure I will adjust myself anyway (I have been throwing since mid july…so 3 months?).

Second game, I was playing against L, who is one of the best players in the club. I want to use him as a measuring stick on how I am doing. Well I expected to lose anyway, so unlike last game where I know I can and should win. So first game, he won when I was at 154. Fine, another game. Second game I lost by 18. Got 3 changes to check at 18, but all 3 darts went outboard. Then he checked on his next set. Yeah I lost both games, but since double 9 is an area where I know I can win at, I don’t really have any complaints. So I threw one more dart at it AND IT FUCKING HIT DOUBLE 9. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Who really knows what will happen if I get one more shot at it right? Well I think I am way better now than I was like say last month, but still not good enough. Still someway to go. Not going to sugarcoat anything. That’s the truth. Trust me, it’s much better than all I have been hear that I am not even close and I won’t get better. Well, they are right in me not being close, but I am a few babysteps closer and I am getting better. Making up my mind and going my way has certainly relaxed me.

Next up, took a little rest, and was asked to play dart cards with RD and DL. So basically what it is is to throw according to what the card shows u. So if it says D17, throw at double 17, it’s that simple. Well anyway, the first one I get was double 9, and I know something is up when I got it on MY FIRST DART. Must have be because of the double 9 that I couldn’t get that last game with L. Anyway, needless to say, I killed them. DESTROYED them, RAPED them, or anything u can come up with. I am 100% positive that their score combined wouldn’t beat mine. I got all kinds of doubles, double 14, double 8, double 12m double 9 again blah blah blah. But the one I am most proud is triple 20. Got it on MY FIRST DART as well. That’s the area where I know I can always get to, so yeah am proud haha. Thou of course, I am sure there’s some fluke into it…I am not THAT good yet. Only regret is I couldn’t get double 1, since it’s basically my fav double spot. Well but now i know that my second fav spot is double 9 for sure lol.

So what’s next? A Chicago match (cricket and 501 and if necessary, 301) with my toy 儍mag xDDDD. I lost a tight cricket match to her…which is fine, since I admit I really suck at cricket because I can’t get to bull. Really need to work on bull to be honest if I want to be good at cricket. So on to 501. Destroyed her. Was leading by around 150…but she cut the lead to aroudn 75 before I was able to check…guess…DOUBLE 9. xDDD So it’s 1-1 now, and we are on to 301. So in order to have a chance to start 301, u have to call a double and get it first in order to start deducting pts off your score. Guess what I open at? Double 1! xDD Yes it might be only 2 pts if I did get it, but does it really fuckin matter if I go for double 20 if I know I couldn’t get it? And guess what? Got double 1 on my third dart, yip THIRD DART NOT THIRD SET. My fellow mag couldn’t crack her double 20, and I beat her. And guess what I check at again? Oh you bet…DOUBLE 9. I beat her by 301 pts, absolutely OWNED her. That’s the ABSOLUTE best game that I ever have, and consider that she started playing darts a year earlier than me, seriously it’s VERY VERY satisfying to be able to win like this, even if she is having an off day lol. It’s even sweeter because DL told mag not to worry since I can’t check to finish, and i check it RIGHT IN HIS DAMN FACE. Can’t get sweeter than that seriously.

So yip, that’s about it for today. And this probably won’t translate to anything next week since we are facing the best team in the league. The club’s other team (A team) who got all the better players of the club, got OWNED 13-0 by them last week. The game took only 2.5 hours…and the B team usually takes at least 5 hours. So yeah, to think that the B team have a chance is well…silly. I am just going to be realistic and say my team will get owned 13-0 the coming Tuesday.

But before I end this post, I can’t believe that this DL guy thinks that RD is better than me when I am MILESSSSSSSSS better than him. I know he is drunk, but seriously, he has a problem if he keeps thinking like this. I will fucking prove him wrong for sure.

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