PDC’s commendable new idea, in which stars of the game play from their own homes, is undone by nonexistent production values, shonky wifi and a total absence of atmosphere
Threw the Keyhole. One of several tricks missed by the Professional Darts Corporation as it brought competitive sport to the bored masses on Friday night, the failure to name its new tournament in homage to the game show that invites viewers to snoop around the houses of unidentified celebrities seemed a comparatively minor oversight by the end of an opening evening that featured more missed notes than doubles.
On the face of it, Darts at Home is a terrific idea. With sports fans already tired of watching bored footballers juggling toilet roll on social media, the PDC hit upon the wheeze of staging a competition with upwards of 130 of the world’s elite tungsten titans facing each other from the sanctuary of their own houses. To paraphrase the former oche announcer Martin Fitzmaurice: “Lets … play … socially … responsible … darts!”
Written by Barry Glendenning
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/18/oche-computer-darts-at-home-shows-vital-importance-of-bells-and-whistles under the title “Oche computer: Darts at Home shows vital importance of bells and whistles”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
