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Originally Posted by Pastiche
I'm no expert on darts but it would seem to me that curling has a leg-up on darts if not for the fact that two teams are playing each other at the same time. In darts, don't you just go up and try to get as many points as possible everytime until you get to the end where you have to hit zero?
Not so in curling, you have to play off what your opponent is doing, which is significantly harder.
It may be similar to golf but the two sports are lightyears apart in terms of skill and ability. How many different darts shots are there? One?
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No expert indeed (not a cut...just stating that there is a lot more to it than that).
In competition darts (501) you do need to be aware of what the other person has and where they are at as it does affect some decisions (although it is not usually a big big part of the game). On the other hand, games such as cricket very much involve a combination of skill and strategy and every decision must consider the other persons status.
Curling was used as an in-kind example of the beer drinking activity. Other examples could be those such as archery or pistol shooting where you compete head to head against others on the basis of score.
It also could have something to do with this...
As at November 29 2009 Prize Money
1 Phil TAYLOR £887,088
2 Raymond van BARNEVELD £247,937
3 James WADE £242,975
4 John PART £178,611
5 Mervyn KING £168,579
6 Terry JENKINS £168,257
7 Ronnie BAXTER £153,192
8 Adrian LEWIS £149,429
9 Dennis PRIESTLEY £141,509
10 Colin LLOYD £139,422
Some may argue that the Dutch are just as nutty wrt darts...