2023 PDC World Cup of Darts

[TheMalteseDart]

This tournament is enough pairs though for me. I see people clambering for more pairs but I think it’d take the shine away from this event

[tungsten tossers]

This tournament is enough pairs though for me. I see people clambering for more pairs but I think it’d take the shine away from this event

This... The fact that they are playing for their country makes it exciting....
Standard pairs in any other event would be shite

[sennafan24]

I wouldn't mind a pairs tournament with the top 32.

Beyond that it would be overkill..

[1205]

great crowd.
great tournament.
great drama.
great comp.
great upsets.

great example of why random draws are shit.

[1205]

This tournament is enough pairs though for me. I see people clambering for more pairs but I think it’d take the shine away from this event

This... The fact that they are playing for their country makes it exciting....
Standard pairs in any other event would be shite

I disagree.

One of weakness of the World Cup is that pairings are by individual ranking, and you can end up with pairings that don't gel.

In a general pairs tournament, players pair up by choice and I think that would help the tournament.

Imagine if the World Cup rule were always that the top-ranked player for a country chose their playing partner. Although many teams would be the same, I can imagine that the England, Netherlands and Northern Ireland teams would have been different.

I do agree that a PDC pairs tournament would detract from the World Cup.

[mad jock]

Well done Wales, going to be a hard team to beat, their tally could easily go into double figures

[thegentle]

Well done Wales, going to be a hard team to beat, their tally could easily go into double figures

Tbf Wales will probably go into any World Cup for the foreseeable future as favourites, but Price has always said he isn't going to be in darts for the long haul

[Dfc180]

Well done Wales, going to be a hard team to beat, their tally could easily go into double figures

Tbf Wales will probably go into any World Cup for the foreseeable future as favourites, but Price has always said he isn't going to be in darts for the long haul

He's full of shit. He'll still be there for a fair few years yet

[thegentle]

This tournament is enough pairs though for me. I see people clambering for more pairs but I think it’d take the shine away from this event

This... The fact that they are playing for their country makes it exciting....
Standard pairs in any other event would be shite

I disagree.

One of weakness of the World Cup is that pairings are by individual ranking, and you can end up with pairings that don't gel.

In a general pairs tournament, players pair up by choice and I think that would help the tournament.

Imagine if the World Cup rule were always that the top-ranked player for a country chose their playing partner. Although many teams would be the same, I can imagine that the England, Netherlands and Northern Ireland teams would have been different.

I do agree that a PDC pairs tournament would detract from the World Cup.

It's a quirk in the ranking system that Rock isn't yet in the Northern Irish top 2 despite being the best player from there, but I think the idea of 'gelling' with a partner is overblown, outside of possibly thinking about leaving checkouts that wouldn't necessarily be natural to them (I'd be interested to see the breakdown of setup and checkout stats of certain players), I don't think rhythm would have much of an impact as there are 3 players between each player's throw

[thegentle]

I mean, I struggle to believe the lack of success England and the Netherlands have had in the last few years is down to all of those pairs just not having chemistry when it's indisputable that the quality of both countries' pairings has declined

[TheMalteseDart]

This tournament is enough pairs though for me. I see people clambering for more pairs but I think it’d take the shine away from this event

This... The fact that they are playing for their country makes it exciting....
Standard pairs in any other event would be shite

I disagree.

One of weakness of the World Cup is that pairings are by individual ranking, and you can end up with pairings that don't gel.

In a general pairs tournament, players pair up by choice and I think that would help the tournament.

Imagine if the World Cup rule were always that the top-ranked player for a country chose their playing partner. Although many teams would be the same, I can imagine that the England, Netherlands and Northern Ireland teams would have been different.

I do agree that a PDC pairs tournament would detract from the World Cup.

It's a quirk in the ranking system that Rock isn't yet in the Northern Irish top 2 despite being the best player from there, but I think the idea of 'gelling' with a partner is overblown, outside of possibly thinking about leaving checkouts that wouldn't necessarily be natural to them (I'd be interested to see the breakdown of setup and checkout stats of certain players), I don't think rhythm would have much of an impact as there are 3 players between each player's throw

Exactly, it’s a fallacy to create a bit of narrative which we always do in darts to try and find reasoning for something happening.

Play that tournament ten times and Smith and Cross definitely pick up a few titles, but apparently they don’t gel

[tungsten tossers]

This tournament is enough pairs though for me. I see people clambering for more pairs but I think it’d take the shine away from this event

This... The fact that they are playing for their country makes it exciting....
Standard pairs in any other event would be shite

I disagree.

One of weakness of the World Cup is that pairings are by individual ranking, and you can end up with pairings that don't gel.

In a general pairs tournament, players pair up by choice and I think that would help the tournament.

Imagine if the World Cup rule were always that the top-ranked player for a country chose their playing partner. Although many teams would be the same, I can imagine that the England, Netherlands and Northern Ireland teams would have been different.

I do agree that a PDC pairs tournament would detract from the World Cup.

It's a quirk in the ranking system that Rock isn't yet in the Northern Irish top 2 despite being the best player from there, but I think the idea of 'gelling' with a partner is overblown, outside of possibly thinking about leaving checkouts that wouldn't necessarily be natural to them (I'd be interested to see the breakdown of setup and checkout stats of certain players), I don't think rhythm would have much of an impact as there are 3 players between each player's throw

Exactly, it’s a fallacy to create a bit of narrative which we always do in darts to try and find reasoning for something happening.

Play that tournament ten times and Smith and Cross definitely pick up a few titles, but apparently they don’t gel

This... the WC probably not the favourite event for the faster rhythm players as the wait between throws is a bit too long.. The OOM system is absolutely fine..
Players picking their pairing is farcical

[thegentle]

This tournament is enough pairs though for me. I see people clambering for more pairs but I think it’d take the shine away from this event

This... The fact that they are playing for their country makes it exciting....
Standard pairs in any other event would be shite

I disagree.

One of weakness of the World Cup is that pairings are by individual ranking, and you can end up with pairings that don't gel.

In a general pairs tournament, players pair up by choice and I think that would help the tournament.

Imagine if the World Cup rule were always that the top-ranked player for a country chose their playing partner. Although many teams would be the same, I can imagine that the England, Netherlands and Northern Ireland teams would have been different.

I do agree that a PDC pairs tournament would detract from the World Cup.

It's a quirk in the ranking system that Rock isn't yet in the Northern Irish top 2 despite being the best player from there, but I think the idea of 'gelling' with a partner is overblown, outside of possibly thinking about leaving checkouts that wouldn't necessarily be natural to them (I'd be interested to see the breakdown of setup and checkout stats of certain players), I don't think rhythm would have much of an impact as there are 3 players between each player's throw

Exactly, it’s a fallacy to create a bit of narrative which we always do in darts to try and find reasoning for something happening.

Play that tournament ten times and Smith and Cross definitely pick up a few titles, but apparently they don’t gel

Darts is an incredibly simple sport that a lot of people try to over-complicate

[tungsten tossers]

This... The fact that they are playing for their country makes it exciting....
Standard pairs in any other event would be shite

I disagree.

One of weakness of the World Cup is that pairings are by individual ranking, and you can end up with pairings that don't gel.

In a general pairs tournament, players pair up by choice and I think that would help the tournament.

Imagine if the World Cup rule were always that the top-ranked player for a country chose their playing partner. Although many teams would be the same, I can imagine that the England, Netherlands and Northern Ireland teams would have been different.

I do agree that a PDC pairs tournament would detract from the World Cup.

It's a quirk in the ranking system that Rock isn't yet in the Northern Irish top 2 despite being the best player from there, but I think the idea of 'gelling' with a partner is overblown, outside of possibly thinking about leaving checkouts that wouldn't necessarily be natural to them (I'd be interested to see the breakdown of setup and checkout stats of certain players), I don't think rhythm would have much of an impact as there are 3 players between each player's throw

Exactly, it’s a fallacy to create a bit of narrative which we always do in darts to try and find reasoning for something happening.

Play that tournament ten times and Smith and Cross definitely pick up a few titles, but apparently they don’t gel

Darts is an incredibly simple sport that a lot of people try to over-complicate

+1

[The Thorn]

Fat cunts

[ChrisW]

https://dartsnews.com/pdc/belgian-darts ... SuTIv-AHKk

[ChrisW]

Took then a while to pick up on this.

https://dartsnews.com/pdc/anderson-make ... VKfMqHjTbk

[devosteve]

Took then a while to pick up on this.

https://dartsnews.com/pdc/anderson-make ... VKfMqHjTbk

The v sign is seen as offensive in England, the article says. Implying it isn't elsewhere. I thought it was more or less universal.

Saying that I have one of the hammer Frankenstein films on dvd that has a scene where Frankenstein brings an arm into action and it gives the v sign. You can see the American version where the arm gives the middle finger.

[Randall]

Nobody in the uk finds the v sign offensive surely

[ChrisW]

It was done in a very jokey manner.