2005 Masters of Darts

[shenmue]

This particular forum that we're on right now was pretty notorious for years for being virtually unmoderated as I recall, i.e. Justin Credible's domain. I think I joined this forum rather late, about 2015-2016 (yes, March 2016), and JC left in 2017 after some dispute with the mods or something, and has never posted here since.

Same here, should have joined this one earlier but it's easier posting on one forum.

[PT13]

This particular forum that we're on right now was pretty notorious for years for being virtually unmoderated as I recall, i.e. Justin Credible's domain. I think I joined this forum rather late, about 2015-2016 (yes, March 2016), and JC left in 2017 after some dispute with the mods or something, and has never posted here since.

Which forums did you post on before joining here?

Mostly www.dartsforum.co.uk (which closed down in early 2016, I believe) and The Stars of Darts forum (tsod.tv) that was previously known as The Superstars of Darts.

[sennafan24]

This particular forum that we're on right now was pretty notorious for years for being virtually unmoderated as I recall, i.e. Justin Credible's domain. I think I joined this forum rather late, about 2015-2016 (yes, March 2016), and JC left in 2017 after some dispute with the mods or something, and has never posted here since.

Which forums did you post on before joining here?

Mostly www.dartsforum.co.uk (which closed down in early 2016, I believe) and The Stars of Darts forum (tsod.tv) that was previously known as The Superstars of Darts.

I initially lurked on TSOD and DF. I then saw a link to this forum on Gaz's blog and decided to sign up.

I think I lurked a few times on tdf.co.uk. I seem to recall there was a Mardle fanatic on there who tracked all his averages.

[PT13]

This particular forum that we're on right now was pretty notorious for years for being virtually unmoderated as I recall, i.e. Justin Credible's domain. I think I joined this forum rather late, about 2015-2016 (yes, March 2016), and JC left in 2017 after some dispute with the mods or something, and has never posted here since.

Which forums did you post on before joining here?

Mostly www.dartsforum.co.uk (which closed down in early 2016, I believe) and The Stars of Darts forum (tsod.tv) that was previously known as The Superstars of Darts.

I initially lurked on TSOD and DF. I then saw a link to this forum on Gaz's blog and decided to sign up.

I think I lurked a few times on tdf.co.uk. I seem to recall there was a Mardle fanatic on there who tracked all his averages.

Yes, that's right. A big Anderson fan as well whose username also escapes me.

[Rogg]

LOWTOWER posted here for a while. I think he came from tdf.co.uk.

[shenmue]

I definitely posted on doublefinish but not sure about TDF.co.uk, definitely lurked though.

[The Thorn]

LOWTOWER posted here for a while. I think he came from tdf.co.uk.

Was a fine lad Lowtower

[shenmue]

A great lad indeed

[Randall]

Remember the guy who was pissed this darts forum.com?
Name escapes me

[Rogg]

Remember the guy who was pissed this darts forum.com?
Name escapes me

I don't know about it but the mod was Steve Metalman so maybe him.

[sennafan24]

Remember the guy who was pissed this darts forum.com?
Name escapes me

This guy? - viewtopic.php?p=2060#p2060

[Rogg]

Remember the guy who was pissed this darts forum.com?
Name escapes me

This guy? - viewtopic.php?p=2060#p2060

The creation of this place seemed to annoy some people quite a bit. I don't remember reading that before.

[Randall]

Brett yes
He wasn't happy

[The Ginge Reaper]

Brett yes
He wasn't happy

It was made funnier because at the time he was an admin on Dartsforum.co.uk and the owner of that forum had registered the domain name Double Finish.co.uk to try and direct traffic towards Df.co.uk and Brett totally failed to see the irony of this situation.

Edit - I see MH mentions this on the first page of that thread.

[Randall]

Brett yes
He wasn't happy

It was made funnier because at the time he was an admin on Dartsforum.co.uk and the owner of that forum had registered the domain name Double Finish.co.uk to try and direct traffic towards Df.co.uk and Brett totally failed to see the irony of this situation.

I wasn't aware of that

[ChrisW]

Would have been better promoting the name 'Darts Corner' than this.
The amount of redirects you could purchase is endless.

[HalloweenJack]

The BDO players did pretty well at the 2005 Masters of Darts, although Phil Taylor dominated the event. Colin Lloyd was the PDC's world number 1 and lost all 4 of his matches to the BDO players. Mardle also lost all 4 of his matches, although gave more of a fight. Scholten lost to Barneveld and Fordham, but beat Stompe and David. Scholten then lost to Fordham again in the semi final. Taylor won every match of course, beating Barney twice and Fordham twice.

The talk going into the event from some people was that Barney was better than Taylor, going by their 2005 World Championship performances. Taylor beat Barney 4-0 in sets in the group stage at the 2005 Masters of Darts (in February 2005), and then 5-2 in sets in the semi final. His wins over Fordham were 4-2 and 7-1, just a few months after their head-to-head showdown at the Circus Tavern.

I'll ask.

How did you know about this tournament at the time. Online?

Because I had no clue about it until years later.

Yes, I watched it online. There was hype about it on darts forums at the time, the old Superstars of Darts forum, and the other darts forum website (not this one). I think it was www.dartsforum.co.uk

PDC vs. BDO was such a big thing back then.

I see.

I only started visiting darts forums a few years later.

I only really visited Bobby George's blog

‘Insightful’

[shenmue]

Very

[sennafan24]

‘Insightful’

Bog off.

[HalloweenJack]

‘Insightful’

Bog off.

Senna’s latest gimmick.