The Off-Topic Thread - Talk about anything!

Kingp35

ratinakeg had the idea to start up an Off Topic thread and I think it's a good idea. Gives us the chance to waffle on about whatever we want!

Usual rules apply though, other than that anything goes!

So anybody else out there like me and have way too much time on there hands at the moment because of the damn recession?

ratinakeg

I'd love one now!

ratinakeg

Damn it! I've got to walk up to the school now. I'm gonna get drenched:(

dionsiseire

in work at the moment myself, sneaking in the odd game of football manager live, absolutely love it

would love to go home and throw a few arrows, even if i can barely walk thanks to a rough 5 a side game last night

Kingp35

dionsiseire wrote: »

in work at the moment myself, sneaking in the odd game of football manager live, absolutely love it

That's some job you have! Can't beat wasting the day away with a bit of Football Manager. Have you tried out that Trophy Manager game? Any use?

dionsiseire

Football Manager Live is Football manager but except you dont take over a club, you start with a blank team and start with 500k to build an initial squad from the players database, you play matches against real life manager over the net. its actually class, i have my team Balloon FC playing away during the day, i let the games run in the background and just pop it up to check scores and if i need to make subs and the likes

I also play trophymanager, i used to like it a lot but the guys running the game are not nice people and have banned people for little to nothing on vague rules, im actually a diamond member of it so i have paid to support them too, so i feel like a pleb having given them my cash.

Its a grand game when it works though

Kingp35

Football Manager Live sounds like a great idea, might give that a go to pass some time.

Yeah I was told that from a few mates about Trophy Manager that's why I haven'y given it a go up to now. Might steer clear of it. There is only so many Manager games that you can play.

ratinakeg

Do you have to pay to play Football Manager Live?
Used to play them games all the time, I might start playing them again!

dionsiseire

Football manager live is unfortunately subscription based

30 euro for 3 months i think or 72 for a year, not entirely sure of the cost

Anyway its been a fantastic game and im thoroughly enjoying it at the moment and i think i'll probably sign up for a second 3 month stint

ratinakeg

The kids have me playing hide and seek now, I'm knackered:p

ratinakeg

Bad atmosphere in my sitting room at the moment. My Da and brother are both Chelski fans.:D

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

Bad atmosphere in my sitting room at the moment. My Da and brother are both Chelski fans.:D

:P Come on the Sarfend! Would be fairy funny if they manage to win.

I managed to get myself an interview with KPMG tomorrow. Wish me luck!

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

:P Come on the Sarfend! Would be fairy funny if they manage to win.

I managed to get myself an interview with KPMG tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Damn it! 1-1:(

ratinakeg

Best of luck! Looks like a good company;

http://www.kpmg.ie/

Damn it 2-1 chelsea!

Kingp35

Cheers. yeah they are a huge company but I would work in Tesco's at this stage I am so bored! I know all about them because when Leeds went into administration they looked after it all. Pity they didn't let us come out with a few extra quid to get us the hell out of League One!

Right I'm off to watch a film and have a few beers!

ratinakeg

Looks a bit quite on here today, I'm gonna throw a few arrows now I think!

Evolution Enter

I've a league match tonight against our local rivals, pub only four doors away. They beat us 8-0 last time and honest to god it could have just as easily went 8-0 to us with the amount of 3-2 score lines.

Should probably be throwing a few right now rather than talking about it

ratinakeg

Evolution Enter wrote: »

I've a league match tonight against our local rivals, pub only four doors away. They beat us 8-0 last time and honest to god it could have just as easily went 8-0 to us with the amount of 3-2 score lines.

Should probably be throwing a few right now rather than talking about it

Hope you get some revenge!
I hate losing games that I could have easily won so best of luck!

MBC

Will be going to the noggin inn tonight for the last 16 of the monday & tuesday league singles............our pub has 6 lads through (4 from my team and 2 from our other tuesday team)..........be great if we got a winner.........should be a great night of darts regardless am looking forward to it.

The monday night (which is the stronger of the nights) last 16 looks very impressive.

ratinakeg

MBC wrote: »

Will be going to the noggin inn tonight for the last 16 of the monday & tuesday league singles............our pub has 6 lads through (4 from my team and 2 from our other tuesday team)..........be great if we got a winner.........should be a great night of darts regardless am looking forward to it.

The monday night (which is the stronger of the nights) last 16 looks very impressive.

I'm jealous of all you lads going out tonight throwing afew arrows and downing a few pints. Hope you do well. By the way is there any B.H.F.C players playing tonight?

swalsh

Singles comp in the Wheelhouse in Galway tonight which I'm heading to. Lost in the last 3 finals so have to win tonight!! Probably out in the first round though!

Evolution Enter

Oh nothing like winning a game when you're trying to blow off some steam. Although, with all the competitions going on at the moment I'm probably gonna be divorced.

We're setting up a few Bullseye night to appease the darts widows around here, hopefully do the trick

DFD

ratinakeg wrote: »

I'm jealous of all you lads going out tonight throwing afew arrows and downing a few pints. Hope you do well. By the way is there any B.H.F.C players playing tonight?

none of them made it through (surprisingly).should be a good night.its a hard one to call,so many good players there in the monday section.but if ste andrews or ben prenter play as well as they can and avoid each other i fancy one of them to win the monday section.

shiibata

would love to be throwing in the league up here but as league games are on friday nights, cannot make them as I work weekends.

Was over at the relations in Manchester at halloween and threw in the local league there one night, darts is dying badly there that they can register anybody to play on the night:eek: That was an experience throwing on the manchester board which is tad smaller, doubles narrower and no trebles.
You just play one leg and its a case of simply going round the board, 1, 2,3 etc if you hit double 2 when throwing for 2, that would move you onto 5, same with double 3 put you onto 7, aim is to get double 9(onto 19) or 10(onto double, then bull) as this moves you on pretty quick. when you get 20, you have to hit the 1st double hit during the game, no double hit, you have to get double 20 and you finish hitting bull which also counts 25 as well.

And another problem is the numbers are all in different places except for 19.

ratinakeg

shiibata wrote: »

would love to be throwing in the league up here but as league games are on friday nights, cannot make them as I work weekends.

Was over at the relations in Manchester at halloween and threw in the local league there one night, darts is dying badly there that they can register anybody to play on the night:eek: That was an experience throwing on the manchester board which is tad smaller, doubles narrower and no trebles.
You just play one leg and its a case of simply going round the board, 1, 2,3 etc if you hit double 2 when throwing for 2, that would move you onto 5, same with double 3 put you onto 7, aim is to get double 9(onto 19) or 10(onto double, then bull) as this moves you on pretty quick. when you get 20, you have to hit the 1st double hit during the game, no double hit, you have to get double 20 and you finish hitting bull which also counts 25 as well.

And another problem is the numbers are all in different places except for 19.

Is it similar to this?



What a strange board!!!
This is a Yorkshire Bristle dart board

ratinakeg

I found it!
It's a Manchester Log End Dart Board



I also found this article interesting:

End of the road for log-end darts?


30/ 8/2003


AN exclusive darts league is under threat because the unique "Manchester board" has been scrapped by manufacturers.

Players in the South Manchester Darts League play with a timber, log-end board - made by one company and only used in and around the city.

A decision by Droylesden manufacturers Perrigo's to halt production has put a 70-year tradition in danger according to league regulars.

South Manchester secretary, Bernard Hand, said: "A lot of players are very upset. Log-end boards are unique to Manchester, but are not as popular now."

Water
The boards, which are made mainly from elm, are died black and have to be kept in water when they are not being used otherwise the timber will dry and crack.

There is no treble and the numbering is different to other national boards. Bernard, 61, added: "There are many different games played on the board, like 301 and round the board. The boards don't last very long and if there is no manufacturer we will have no more."

Perrigo owner Nigel Thompson said that production was ceasing because elm or poplar was becoming costlier and harder to obtain.

He added that his father, Ernie, "the mainstay in the manufacture of the board", had fallen ill.

I know the article is 6 years old!

shiibata

Ye, thats it, that soaking it in water is a pain too as the point sinks the whole way into the board and ye have to be rambo to pull them out again.
Funny though when somebody hits a 1, then a 2, then a 3 and all the team mates start shouting great darts:eek: gets the same reaction as if we hit a ton in a league match.

ratinakeg

Watching The Panel now, best in a long, long time!!:D

MBC

ratinakeg wrote: »

I'm jealous of all you lads going out tonight throwing afew arrows and downing a few pints. Hope you do well. By the way is there any B.H.F.C players playing tonight?

Bet your not jealous now.......i didnt get in till 5.30am and was in work for 9............im still fookin drunk

ratinakeg wrote: »

I found it!
It's a Manchester Log End Dart Board

Why do people play on this when the all the pro's play on a normal board.........it doesnt make sense to me

DFD wrote: »

none of them made it through (surprisingly).should be a good night.its a hard one to call,so many good players there in the monday section.but if ste andrews or ben prenter play as well as they can and avoid each other i fancy one of them to win the monday section.

Good call for Ste.......he was v.good up to the final.........taught he would win it out but PJ was lethal on his doubles.

ratinakeg

Was it worth it, by the sounds of it was. You can sleep it off when get home. You probably have red eyes now:D

On that Manchester board thing, it's strange but that's their tradition of playing darts going back years and from what Shiibata said it looks like a pain in the back side.

ratinakeg

Look at the state of this board!!!
Looks like he is a good player though:D

ratinakeg

Welcome back KingP!
How did the interview go?

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

Welcome back KingP!
How did the interview go?

I think it went well, it was a bit of a mad interview. It was basically just a chat, believe it or not I spent 5 minutes talking to him about Darts because he was a darts fan. Talked about Football and stuff as well. I do IT so I was expecting some technical questions but didn't ask me any at all. Just a few crappy questions like whats my Strengths and Weaknesses etc.

Weird interview but hopefully a good one! Won't find out until Tuesday what the story is.

ratinakeg

This lad will be World Champion one day!

Kingp35

I have the worst hangover ever today. In bits. Can't even throw some darts beause Im so weak. Good night last night though

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

I have the worst hangover ever today. In bits. Can't even throw some darts beause Im so weak. Good night last night though

I played 3 legs earlier on, shocking darts apart from the 3rd where I got 140 followed by a 95 check-out:)

Like yourself I'm dying here!

nhughes100

Anyone else think the recession will hit local darts, I'm only throwing about 4 years in local darts in Westmeath and even in that short time it's gone from 2 divisions to 1, some teams that easily had an a + b team now don't have any. Is it too expensive to go up and practice in the pub 2-3 times a week and then a match at the weekend? Also away matches are a right pain, the last two Fridays it's been after 3am and I getting home after been up since 7 or so that morning. At least I can lie in the next day but people with kids and having to work weekends and that I can see why they walk away from darts.

Although if you are on the dole at least you've plenty of time to practice!

ratinakeg

nhughes100 wrote: »

Anyone else think the recession will hit local darts, I'm only throwing about 4 years in local darts in Westmeath and even in that short time it's gone from 2 divisions to 1, some teams that easily had an a + b team now don't have any. Is it too expensive to go up and practice in the pub 2-3 times a week and then a match at the weekend? Also away matches are a right pain, the last two Fridays it's been after 3am and I getting home after been up since 7 or so that morning. At least I can lie in the next day but people with kids and having to work weekends and that I can see why they walk away from darts.

Although if you are on the dole at least you've plenty of time to practice!

It most certainly could but I've not seen that yet in my area or town (Bray). There's a league being run by my local (pub) starting next week over the next 16 weeks with double the amount of participants as to last year so I'm told as I did not play last year. You're right in saying people can't afford to go out practising 2-3 times a week in the pub anymore and then playing a league match every week. For me I'll practise at home and only go down for my league match as I simply can't afford it.:(

Evolution Enter

Luckily for me I'm from Laois, we didn't really get much of the boom, so we're probably not gonna feel too much of the recession, or at least so I hope. Everyone around here are prison officers civil servants.

All the tradesmen are up to their eyes with nixers and in fairness, as an outlet after your day goes, darts is one of the cheaper ones. Not like pool whereit's one euro a game.

To be honest, I'd see darts as a sport that will thrive during a recession, it was bigger in Laois during the 80's than it is now

ratinakeg

I played 13 legs against Level 3 on no1 yesterday. I went 4-1 up, thought it was gonna be easy until the bugger came back with really high scores. Finished 7-6 to me:D

dionsiseire

I was playing against Level 5 but i was using the Eclipse Pro Trainer Board

Lost 4 sets to 2 but i won the last set 3-0

small victories

ratinakeg

dionsiseire wrote: »

I was playing against Level 5 but i was using the Eclipse Pro Trainer Board

Lost 4 sets to 2 but i won the last set 3-0

small victories

You must be a hell of a player, I've learned to not play at level 5 because last time I did I got hammered. Plus you're playing on the pro trainer board, very impressive!!

dionsiseire

There's a new N01 with 12 levels

Lev 5 would be between Level 3 and 4 on the old version

Ronan|Raven

I just washed my darts.... was throwing them whilst eating some necessary chips and burgers to keep me fully energised for the nights practice...

ratinakeg

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

I just washed my darts.... was throwing them whilst eating some necessary chips and burgers to keep me fully energised for the nights practice...

Lucky you I only had a few chip butties for dinner, damn recession:)
How did the practising go?

Ronan|Raven

Having a breather hehe. All that walking....

Going well, hit two 15 darters and my fair share of 28 and 30

One of the easiest games in the world to play but in my opinion one of the hardest to master!

ratinakeg

Two 15 darters, brilliant stuff!
I hope I don't meet you in a tournament any time soon!
Keep up the good work.

little-coconut

when is it going to end .. i cant stand this any longer

Ronan|Raven

little-coconut wrote: »

when is it going to end .. i cant stand this any longer

Tomorrow at seven am!

It isn't all bad though, my job isn't as busy as it is but it does mean more time for darts...

Don't worry Ratinakeg, my normal form will return I'm sure.

Im going practising with an established team in my area these days. They are one of the stronger teams in the county. It is good to be up against some strong throwers as it is the only way one can progress... Maybe next year I will get a game with them hehe.

ratinakeg

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

Tomorrow at seven am!

It isn't all bad though, my job isn't as busy as it is but it does mean more time for darts...

Don't worry Ratinakeg, my normal form will return I'm sure.

Im going practising with an established team in my area these days. They are one of the stronger teams in the county. It is good to be up against some strong throwers as it is the only way one can progress... Maybe next year I will get a game with them hehe.

Well best of luck with that.
What county are you from? and are there much players/teams in the league?

Ronan|Raven

Roscommon. There are ten teams as far as I can remember in the league this year. There are a few very good young throwers in the county at the moment. The youth teams have been going well.