Darts 501 — Draw & Start
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501
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501
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501
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The Manual

How To Run This Glorious Mess

A short guide for the chronically thirsty and statistically curious.

01

The Two-Device Setup 📺📱

This scoreboard is built for two screens working as one. Treat them like a pub TV and the bloke behind the bar with the pen — except neither of them spills lager on you.

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The Big Screen
TV / Monitor

Open http://power-nas.info:3501 and tap TV Display. This is the showpiece — names, scores, dart-by-dart drama, AVG, 180s, and the British robot insulting your aim in real time.

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The Brain
Phone / Tablet

Open the same URL on a phone or tablet and tap Score Entry. You poke the numbers in here — the TV updates instantly. Pass it round, hide it from cheaters, take it to the bog. Whatever.

Pro tip: Both devices must be on the same Wi-Fi. If the TV says “Waiting for match…” forever, you’re probably on the guest network. Or you forgot to start a tournament. Or it’s Tuesday.
02

Adding Players

Hit + Add 2 More Players until the right number of empty boxes appear. Players are added in pairs because darts is a 1v1 affair and odd numbers make brackets cry.

  • Minimum: 4 players (a respectable foursome)
  • Maximum: 16 players (mild chaos, recommended)
  • Leave a box blank and it’ll get a stock name like “Player 7”. Lazy, but allowed.
  • Past players hover at the bottom — tap a face-card to drop them straight into the next free slot.
03

Removing Players

Someone bailed? Hit − Remove 2 Players. It chops the last two input boxes off the list. Same pairs-only rule applies — see point 02’s note about odd numbers and crying brackets.

  • Removes from the bottom of the list. Move names around first if it matters.
  • Won’t go below 4. We have standards.
  • Deleting a player card from history (the X button) wipes their all-time stats. The remove button here does not. Different beasts.
04

Manual Matchup Selection 🎛️

Don’t fancy the random draw? Flick the Manual matchup selection toggle on the setup screen before hitting start. Instead of the app pairing everyone off blind, you decide who throws at who — every round, all the way to the final.

Here’s how the cheating-free fix-it works:

  • Toggle on, then hit Pick Matchups & Start → (the button quietly renames itself so you know it’s armed).
  • You’ll land on the Matchup Picker for Round 1. The app lays out the proposed pairings.
  • Tap a player to select them — every other player lights up as a swap target.
  • Tap another player to swap their names. Repeat until the bracket looks how you want.
  • Tap the same name twice to deselect if you change your mind. No commitment issues here.
  • Hit Start Round 1 → when you’re happy. Matches kick off as normal.
  • Every subsequent round opens the picker again with the winners — rearrange the semis and final to taste.

Great for: seeding, grudge matches, keeping the ringer away from the rookie until the final, or just running the bracket your way.

05

The Rules of 501 🎯

Straight-in, straight-out. The honest man’s 501.

501

Start at 501

Every player begins each leg with exactly 501 points. No double to start. Just walk to the oche and throw.

3

Three darts a turn

Subtract whatever you hit from your remaining score. The tablet keeps the running total so you can pretend you’re good at mental arithmetic.

0

First to zero wins

Hit exactly 0 and the leg is yours. No double-out required. Bullseye, single 1, hit a chalkboard — doesn’t matter. Zero is zero.

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Bust below zero

Only way to bust: drop below zero. Score is rewound to the start of the turn and the other player smirks. That’s it. That’s the only foot-gun.

06

While You’re Playing 🍺

  • Single / Double / Treble — pick the ring before you tap the number. The tablet won’t guess.
  • Miss (0) — for the proud throw that hit drywall.
  • Outer Bull (25) and D-Bull (50) — their own dedicated buttons.
  • Undo — fat-fingered a 9 instead of a 19? One tap reverses the last dart, even after the auto-submit timer fires.
  • Bust — manual safety net if you dropped below zero. The app usually catches this for you.
  • Checkout hints appear when your remaining score has a clean finish. Showing off, basically.
07

Right. Off You Go. 🍻

That’s the lot. Add names, draw the bracket, point the TV at the wall, hand the tablet to the least-drunk person, and let the British robot do the trash talk for you.

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Round 1 Matchups
Tap two players to swap them
Tap any player to select, then tap another to swap