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The Best Electronic Dartboard

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Possibly the best electronic dartboard out there on the market right now is the unicorn electronic soft tip dartboard. This dartboard is eerily similar to the original cork and metal dartboards but there is one added feature that makes it really fantastic: an electronic score board.

Not only do you get all of the safety features of an electronic dartboard like the plastic pin-ridden board and the blunter soft tipped metal darts but you get an electronic audible score board to keep track of all the points. It was all always such a hassle to manually track each player’s points as the game went on but now you don’t have to because the machine will do that for you. If you’re looking for an electronic dartboard but you don’t want to spend a ton of money the Unicorn dartboards are also relatively inexpensive.

Unicorn has been making dartboards for a while now. They know that people want to be able to throw their darts and actually have them stick in the board. A lot of dartboards have trouble holding onto the darts once they are thrown but the Unicorn ones don’t have this problem at all. They also are incredibly accurate and quick to keep track of the scores.

If you’ve done any browsing for dartboards you’ve probably come across the viper pisces electronic dartboard before. If you’ve come across that particular dartboard you might have said to yourself: Hey, why the hell is that dartboard so expensive? It’s true. The viper pisces electronic dartboards are a little bit pricier than most dartboards out there. In fact, most of the viper pisces dartboards are over one hundred dollars while the other brands tend to land between fifty and a hundred dollars. So what is it about viper pisces that makes it so much more money? The viper pisces electronic dartboards come with one of the best wall mounts out there. This wall mount not only fastens to the wall but it also comes with it’s own cork board protection to protect your home’s walls from thrown dart damage.

A Brief History Of Darts

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Darts is a fun social sport, the history of which can be traced back to the days of the longbow in Medieval England, and is still popular today.It has been said that darts were used in archery training because it helped with accuracy. They shortened the darts and had people throw them at the bottom of an empty wine barrel. It has been noted by historians that the use of the barrel lead to the development of the game of darts that we know today.

It was thought that darts developed into a sport in itself when soldiers being trained in archery took their shortened darts to local pubs and bars so they could refine their skills as well as exhibit their talents to the locals. When the bottom of the barrel proved to be inconvenient, someone created a cross-section of a moderate sized tree.

The game of darts itself soon spread and it was being played by old and young all over England. The rich and elite of the country were no different. They soon put their own stamp on the game. Darts can be traced back to the Pilgrims. It has been said that the game of darts was very popular on the Mayflower as it made its ocean crossing.

The rules of darts settled into what we know today at around 1900. The size of the board, throwing distance and even the size of the darts became standard. Many people enjoy the sport around the world. Today there are organized tournaments and organizations and leagues that specialize in the sport of darts. It is very popular and people make their living playing this sport all over the world.