Luke 'the Nuke' Littler - 16yo darts prodigy

[Numbers]

Back to tonight.

Cool Hand Luke vs Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler.

Should be a good match.

 

[planetgeli]

(Best Tom Hardy voice) "Fucking Biblical!"

Maybe even apocalyptic...

 

[planetgeli]

The Olympic GAMES.

What are all those sports doing in there then?

 

[redcogs]

i remember darts when there were no trebles on the board in Yorkshire. a shorter throw, and no 25 hole, just a bull. A completely different game. No tungsten darts were available. Big fat feathered flights (sometimes paper). Schofield darts were my preferred weapon - lead filled for ballast. A big thing was equal darts in a match, so if the first to throw won the game after say two darts at the double, your opponent also had two darts to try and achieve a draw.. This standardised game with mega scores is pretty dull by comparison.

 

[planetgeli]

Pretty sure Luke will win tonight.

I'll stop now.

 

[Petcha]

I've got a first date tonight. And I've purposefully selected a pub which is showing the darts.

All class. I suspect this will be the first and only date.

 

[ouirdeaux]

Competitive woodchopping (yes, it is a thing).

I can't decide whether I am happy or sad to find this out.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

This standardised game with mega scores is pretty dull by comparison.

Believe me, when I play the standardised game, there are no mega scores.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I can't decide whether I am happy or sad to find this out.

Choose happy.

 

[redcogs]

Same lbj! i found myself speculating whether AI dart throwers would be able to defeat young Luke. i doubt it. Go Luke go!

 

[littlebabyjesus]

One reason I'm happy to call darts a sport is the fact that the top players are So Fucking Good. Who am I to poopoo that?

 

[redcogs]

Imagining a world of AI dart throwers hurts the head.

 

[redcogs]

This baby doesnt need ten pints to play well:

 

[redcogs]

Pretty soon we wont even have to take the dog out for a piss between dart games:

 

[tommers]

Choose happy.

That looks spectacularly dangerous.

 

[redcogs]

Careful with that ax Eugene

 

[Numbers]

One reason I'm happy to call darts a sport is the fact that the top players are So Fucking Good.

Aren’t they.

 

[Duncan2]

Careful with that ax Eugene

Why wear soft trainers- insane.

 

[Santino]

That's cheating. If chess players were suddenly required to wear DMs, say, that wouldn't make chess a sport. It would just be an example of a silly rule.

Chess Federation Fines Player Over Her ‘Sports Shoes’

The Dutch chess player, who received an official warning, said she did not intend to violate the dress code when she wore her canvas Burberry sneakers at a chess championship in Uzbekistan.

www.nytimes.com

 

[ouirdeaux]

The Olympic GAMES.

What are all those sports doing in there then?

All sports are games.

Not all games are sports.

 

[redcogs]

All sports are games.

Not all games are sports.

Hmmm. Remember when we were taught about Gladiator slaves competing until death? i would be hard pressed to regard that as either a sport or a game. i suppose a few thousand years of cultural change might make a difference though.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Why wear soft trainers- insane.

Yeah I was wrong about my guess of steel toe caps.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I think the phrase 'sportsman's bet' and the word 'sportsmanship' tell us something about what sport is. It involves competition for the sake of competition. There are winners and losers, but the only thing won or lost is glory.

I prefer that kind of definition to any involving fitness levels, sobriety or footwear.

 

[emanymton]

I think the phrase 'sportsman's bet' and the word 'sportsmanship' tell us something about what sport is. It involves competition for the sake of competition. There are winners and losers, but the only thing won or lost is glory.

I prefer that kind of definition to any involving fitness levels, sobriety or footwear.

If sportsmanship is the measure does that mean football isn't a sport?

 

[Numbers]

I’m really excited about this match tonight. No way do I claim to be a darts fan in anyway whatsoever but do appreciate the skill of the arrowsmith.

 

[redcogs]

Been watching Luke Humphries the other finalist on youtube. i cant see that he will be any sort of pushover for our boy.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I’m really excited about this match tonight. No way do I claim to be a darts fan in anyway whatsoever but do appreciate the skill of the arrowsmith.

My mate goes to the world champs every year. Says it's a massive laugh. Everyone is drunk, including the players backstage!

You can't actually see much, of course. But I don't think that matters.

 

[planetgeli]

All sports are games.

Mountaineering isn't a game. Downhill skiing isn't a game.

 

[redcogs]

What about Thrones?

 

[Numbers]

Been watching Luke Humphries the other finalist on youtube. i cant see that he will be any sort of pushover for our boy.

He’s not world No.1 for nothing.