[Closed] I think i may take up darts.

Bbby George is my favourite.

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If I took up darts, I'd like to be a small brown version of that; spangly shirt, loads of gold, have a pint, throw some darts.

Better coverage that itvs current football efforts 🙄
Definitely a sport, Andy Fordham wears trainers for it 😆

Trying to work out if the dart sounds are real. Listened to a programme yesterday about enhanced sound in sports coverage and in darts sometimes the dart hitting the board triggers a sample so what you hear at home is infact a kick drum or the sound of a bin being hit.

Its amazing how much augmented sound there is in sport, the sound of oars hitting the water in live olympic rowing coverage is a guy with a sampler playing along live (all you'd actually hear otherwise is motorboats and helicoptors), same with skiing, all played along to the visuals by a guy with a keyboard. (the olypmics has its own sound designer with a team of nearly 1000 sound technicians)

If you watch horse racing the sound of the horses is a tape of stampeding buffalo thats been slowed down. The [i]sound[/i] of the 2008 wimbledon mens final was nominated for a bafta.

and wtf is it with the boxing style entrances........... 😯

Ton. What would you nick name be, or are you just sticking with Ton?

If you watch horse racing the sound of the horses is a tape of stampeding buffalo thats been slowed down. The sound of the 2008 wimbledon mens final was nominated for a bafta.

At at the Grand National many years ago it used to be a chap watching the pictures drumming his fingers on a desk, obviously stopping when they jumped..!

Its amazing how much augmented sound there is in sport, the sound of oars hitting the water in live olympic rowing coverage is a guy with a sampler playing along live (all you'd actually hear otherwise is motorboats and helicoptors), same with skiing, all played along to the visuals by a guy with a keyboard. (the olypmics has its own sound designer with a team of nearly 1000 sound technicians)

For real? Well I never. The dirty bastards! 😡

Definitely a sport, Andy Fordham wears trainers for it

Poor Andy went through proper hell with his illnesses (yeah I know bad lifestyle choices yadda yadda blah blah whatever), but if you hear him interviewed, he's a sound bloke.

He made a massive effort to turn his life around, as he needed a liver transplant. Stopped drinking, lost stupid amounts of weight, and now may not need a transplant for some time, if ever. He's been dry for five years today, in fact, and plans to cycle to raise money for charity.

Top man.

I love darts and have played in Pub Teams and SuperLeague for around 10 years. Used to play in the garage when i was little so have played for over 30 years but only joined some proper teams when i moved down to London.

Chris Mason used to live at the pub i played for but he is not a very pleasant man, god knows how he's landed a job commentating after his prison spell.

I still don't class darts as a sport though, it's a pub game, but it is ace. 🙂 You also meet some real characters, i never knew that real people actually have Love and Hate tattooed on their knuckles until i joined the league.....

For real? Well I never.

For real.

[url= http://tvsoundacademy.com/pressroom.html ]You can download the radio programme here[/url]

cracking we programme you'll really like it

came across it via the '99 Percent Invisible' podcast which you'd also quite like I reckon

The Chinese went one better - for Beijing they actually recorded the sound (and commentary) before each event. Then they got a huge team of special effects bods to edit the video [b]in real time[/b] as the event took place - one for each competitor. The men's steeplechase, you can actually see the water splash before anyone goes over the barrier on the last lap

My little brother played a televised exhibition match against 15 times world champ Phil 'the power' Taylor after getting a bye into the finals of a regional knock-out competition..

Phil mercilessly drubbed him..

and wtf is it with the boxing style entrances...........

If I was a professional darts player, I'd come on with loads of theatrical dry ice and thunder and lightning effects, all dark and gothic, wearing a 'death' style shrouded cape and carrying a scythe, but the cape would instead be made from pink lace by that woman what done the dresses on My Big Gypsy Wedding and with LEDs all over it and that.

[b]Elfin 'The Omen' Safety.[/b]

And thissud be me theme tune:

Sung of course by a choir full of adorable small children, in matching pink lace Death shrouds....

Man of style, in't I? 😀

I'd come on with loads of theatrical dry ice and thunder and lightning effects, all dark and gothic,

like what Ted Hankey does...?

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I'm pretty sure effin would get better extension on his right arm than [i]that[/i] 🙄