2020 European Tour + European Championship (29 Oct - 1 Nov)

[Randall]

Blackpool is just fucking depressing now. Half the damn place is empty shops and homes.

Post covid 19 every high street will be boarded up

[The Thorn]

4 Euro Tour events cancelled

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2020/08/05/furt ... r-schedule

[SuperSwede]

Gutted. I miss the ET more than anything else.

[thegentle]

Any ideas how realistic this is? Haven't a scooby myself!

[bojeru]

Any ideas how realistic this is? Haven't a scooby myself!

Bundesliga will allow a certain number of fans for each stadium so I think this is pretty realistic

[thegentle]

Perhaps a little harsh on Hopp and Clemens who didn't get the chance to qualify, but you can't accuse the PDC of shafting over the Germans over the past few years

[thegentle]

A long time ago, but here are the qualifiers:
Josh Payne
Adam Hunt
Jeffrey de Zwaan
Steve Lennon
Michael Smith
Darren Penhall
Jeff Smith
Mervyn King
Jason Lowe
Devon Petersen
Steffen Siepmann
Willie O Connor
Alan Tabern
Ryan Murray
Scott Waites
Ron Meulenkamp
Chris Dobey
Steve Brown
Danny Noppert
Simon Stevenson
Reece Robinson
Steve West
Niels Zonneveld
Richard North

[Dick]

Perhaps a little harsh on Hopp and Clemens who didn't get the chance to qualify, but you can't accuse the PDC of shafting over the Germans over the past few years

Hopp and Clemens are automically included as 2 of the 4 host nation qualifiers. A change to the rules at the beginning of the season was that the top 2 ranked home nation players qualify by right. They have to win their 1st round game though for their prize money to count on the relevant order of merit, like the seeded players in round two have to.
If you remember from ET1, Kim Huybrechts and Dimitri van den Bergh played without qualifying.

[thegentle]

Perhaps a little harsh on Hopp and Clemens who didn't get the chance to qualify, but you can't accuse the PDC of shafting over the Germans over the past few years

Hopp and Clemens are automically included as 2 of the 4 host nation qualifiers. A change to the rules at the beginning of the season was that the top 2 ranked home nation players qualify by right. They have to win their 1st round game though for their prize money to count on the relevant order of merit, like the seeded players in round two have to.
If you remember from ET1, Kim Huybrechts and Dimitri van den Bergh played without qualifying.

Ah yes, of course, the events are in Germany so they'll get their chances again, forgot that as they were supposed to be in other countries! Worked out well then, nobody's missed out, be interesting to see how Hopp and Clemens perform with the crowd not putting off their opponents!

[SuperSwede]

Any ideas how realistic this is? Haven't a scooby myself!

Cool. I think this is the way to go for now, just about having venues large enough to make it that the number of spectators possible while having tables the correct distance apart is worth it.

As long as food and drink is served to the tables then it is no different in terms of regulations to a restaurant being open, just happens to be some live entertainment on a stage.

[Rogg]

The fans will all have to wear facial coverings, apparently.

[thegentle]

The fans will all have to wear facial coverings, apparently.

Your boy doesn't like the sound of that...can we disqualify him?

[Randall]

Has he been rooming with dr mason?

[Safc]

Has he been rooming with dr mason?

Let him not wear one and fingers crossed he gets it. Fucking moron

[Keyz180]

Now that those events have been cancelled how will that work with money being removed from the OOM?

[thegentle]

Now that those events have been cancelled how will that work with money being removed from the OOM?

There'll just be fewer events on the calendar for the OoM I presume, just like they did for the Matchplay race. Ended up messing up a few players (especially the ones who had been making up ground quickly), arguably saved Dimitri, but it was the best they could do really. For the main OoM it shouldn't make too much difference in the sense that new players are unlikely to be pushing for top 32/16 after half a year (probably even a year and a half) (whereas it's very possible to push for the Matchplay/Grand Prix via the ProTour in your first tour card year), everyone is gonna be in the same boat

[Keyz180]

Now that those events have been cancelled how will that work with money being removed from the OOM?

There'll just be fewer events on the calendar for the OoM I presume, just like they did for the Matchplay race. Ended up messing up a few players (especially the ones who had been making up ground quickly), arguably saved Dimitri, but it was the best they could do really. For the main OoM it shouldn't make too much difference in the sense that new players are unlikely to be pushing for top 32/16 after half a year (probably even a year and a half) (whereas it's very possible to push for the Matchplay/Grand Prix via the ProTour in your first tour card year), everyone is gonna be in the same boat

Ok thanks

[Rogg]

The fans will all have to wear facial coverings, apparently.

Your boy doesn't like the sound of that...can we disqualify him?

Oh dear me.

"He loves his scientific proof"

[thegentle]

The fans will all have to wear facial coverings, apparently.

Your boy doesn't like the sound of that...can we disqualify him?

Oh dear me.

"He loves his scientific proof"

Plenty more crazy opinions where that came from!

[Safc]

The fans will all have to wear facial coverings, apparently.

Your boy doesn't like the sound of that...can we disqualify him?

Oh dear me.

"He loves his scientific proof"

Plenty more crazy opinions where that came from!

Chernobyl was Randall's fault ?