Why doesn't it start at 500 instead
2007-01-14 09:12:46 · 14 answers · asked by Bea 2 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
If it was 500 people would get excellent at hitting the double and treble twenties and would never see any other bit of the board. You have to make them work, so you need an odd number.
2007-01-14 09:16:24 · answer #1 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Odd number required in the scoring and when the game went pro the score went from 301 to 501 so the games were longer than 6 darts.
2007-01-14 09:22:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darts is played counting backwards, dart players can do this easily, they have trouble counting forwards, therefore if the final score needs to be Nil, then 501 is as good a place to start as any, I used to play darts years ago, Mind numbing game that it is, it need to be played in a licenced premises, so intoxicating liquor can be drunk and make it mildly amusing, i.e. I don't know!
2007-01-14 09:30:03 · answer #3 · answered by Greybeard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the 501 is an odd digit making it a little harder, 500 would be a lot easier
2007-01-14 09:22:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too easy to get 500, 501 makes it a bit more tricky!
2007-01-14 09:16:21 · answer #5 · answered by Ahwell 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I pooped today
2017-04-11 03:57:02 · answer #6 · answered by Shooter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's just the way it is.
Why is the pink ball in snooker worth 6 points?
2007-01-14 09:17:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it starts odd because it makes it easier to go out at the end
2007-01-14 09:26:18 · answer #8 · answered by shorty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares, Martin Adams beat Phil Nixon, so that was what is important!
2007-01-14 09:15:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's to allow for odd numbers.
2007-01-14 09:18:08 · answer #10 · answered by MedGeek 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋