chatziiola/darts-discipline

Darts

I like throwing darts every now and then and getting better is something that is both a journey and a destination: that is the reason why I created this small (less than 15-20 minutes) script:

• It currently has only one game mode in it, but it is exactly what I wanted it to be. See more in Divergence.

On Competitive Modes

I have not added competitive modes, because websites just like: this exist online, making it much easier (and more elegant), than calling a cli script.

Divergence

Instead of chasing points, I decided to opt for accuracy: meaning that if I want to hit X, being close to X is more important than hitting Y, giving me more points. In my mind this way, slowly building precision and technique one may also allow themselves to build on efficiently getting triplets and doubles.

./darts.py div # optional: --time 5min

So what is this mode?

Calculating divergence

Let’s say that you want to hit 20 (60 being a common practice goal), and you hit 5. Then you have a divergence of 1 from your goal, but if you hit 19, you have a divergence of 9 (?).

• After shooting all 3 darts, I add their divergence and get cumulative divergence

Selecting targets

When I play in this practice mode I try the following:

1. Start at 20, shooting 3 darts
2. If my cumulative divergence(Y from now on) is more than 5[fn:1], I set Y as the goal of my next round. Otherwise Y = 20.
3. Shoot 3 darts at Y. Go to 2.

Configuration

There is no need to describe it thoroughly, it is self-explanatory.

• Check darts.yaml

More features

The project is most probably going to remain stagnant for a long period of time, just for a simplistic reason: I currently do not have access to a dart board. I’ll be back on it after the summer exam period is over.

Graphs

Having a log was a conscious decision: maybe in the future I will use a little bit of graphing to indicate improvements/progress.

Footnotes

[fn:1] This is 100% arbitrary, it is just that I like doing it that way. No reason for you to follow the same. One could just keep shooting 20s all the time.