PDC Q-School 2024: 8-14 January

[The Crow]

Where's the lists I'm getting grouchy

PDC website to busy kissing the PM’s arse to put them up it seems.

Still think it’s overdue the last 128 stage of this was on PDCTV just one streaming board at each would suffice.

The main problem I see with streaming Q-School is that it isn't a level playing field considering some will have the pressure of being on camera and some won't, it's not like the ProTour where things level themselves out over the course of a season

I don’t see why that should matter. It’s all recoded on Dartconnect so its not like you can get away with the old my opponent hit everything trick if you lose to nothing averaging in the low 70’s anymore.

Plus if you can’t handle playing on a stream (why anyone should be thinking about that when playing is beyond me anyway) then your probably best not bothering for a Tour Card. They have cameras in their filming coverage for Dawson updates/the darts show anyway.

[DeepFriedRat]

For something as important as welcoming a quarter of the 2024 tour, the PDC's communications have been absolutely appalling.

The players don't know how many cards they're even playing for almost 24 hours before the event starts.

Shambles.

[TheMalteseDart]

No Portela

[thegentle]

For something as important as welcoming a quarter of the 2024 tour, the PDC's communications have been absolutely appalling.

The players don't know how many cards they're even playing for almost 24 hours before the event starts.

Shambles.

We'd all like to know who's in and who's not and how many cards are up for grabs, but I imagine the players will know by now

[thegentle]

No Portela

Hasn't been seen since that Twitter controversy, surely he's finished now?

[The Crow]

No Portela

Hasn't been seen since that Twitter controversy, surely he's finished now?

Didn’t see this what did he post/do?

[Cooking with Sandra]

Smithy there

[DeepFriedRat]

No Portela

Hasn't been seen since that Twitter controversy, surely he's finished now?

Didn’t see this what did he post/do?

He made some shite 'joke' about suicides and people jumping off bridges on Twatter.

Got cancelled immediately after, all his sponsors binned him and he's never been seen again.

This was in February/March 2023.

[Rob Singleton]

Where's the lists I'm getting grouchy

PDC website to busy kissing the PM’s arse to put them up it seems.

Still think it’s overdue the last 128 stage of this was on PDCTV just one streaming board at each would suffice.

The main problem I see with streaming Q-School is that it isn't a level playing field considering some will have the pressure of being on camera and some won't, it's not like the ProTour where things level themselves out over the course of a season

I don’t see why that should matter. It’s all recoded on Dartconnect so its not like you can get away with the old my opponent hit everything trick if you lose to nothing averaging in the low 70’s anymore.

Plus if you can’t handle playing on a stream (why anyone should be thinking about that when playing is beyond me anyway) then your probably best not bothering for a Tour Card. They have cameras in their filming coverage for Dawson updates/the darts show anyway.

I'd say there's a big difference mentally between playing the floor to playing the streaming board. All about being in your comfort zone, or in this instance out of it and coping with your own emotions regardless who your opponent it.

[Rob Singleton]

^
Is
+1

[Rob Singleton]

I counted 111 names listed with odds. Isn't there 700+ entered across UK and Europe?

Shortest priced Andy Baetens 2/5
Longest prices are darts legend John Part 7/1, and Tom Martin 8/1 (local lad too)

[Cooking with Sandra]

Hnnnnnnggggg betting!

[thegentle]

No Portela

Hasn't been seen since that Twitter controversy, surely he's finished now?

Didn’t see this what did he post/do?

He made some shite 'joke' about suicides and people jumping off bridges on Twatter.

Got cancelled immediately after, all his sponsors binned him and he's never been seen again.

This was in February/March 2023.

That joke was in poor taste for sure, I'm surprised he ever thought it would be taken as a joke even though he himself has had serious mental health issues in the past. Sadly for him, sponsors are always going to take a dimmer view on non-tour card jobbers compared with bigger names, other than social media backlash and an inevitable DRA fine, I doubt anything serious will come from Scott Williams' comments on stage for example

[Randall]

Nor should they

[Greipel]

Smithy there

[DeepFriedRat]

Finally ffs

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/01/06/2024 ... -confirmed

[thegentle]

Nor should they

For the avoidance of doubt, I'm also not calling for sponsors to drop the World Championship semi-finalist!

[Randall]

Saw barrie Bates Nd stopped looking

[Rob Singleton]

Hnnnnnnggggg betting!

Part of the British and Irish culture. Without it there would be no darts on tv

[thegentle]

Finally ffs

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/01/06/2024 ... -confirmed

Shocked there are only 30 cards on offer, I thought Cadby and Perez would be canned and at least one of last year's bottom feeders would have packed it in. Chin up for anyone who doesn't get a card, there's always the Challenge Tour!