Does the Dartabase handle The Circuits “modified draw”?
The Dartabase can also handle the modified draw used by The Circuit. (Sharky’s is also using the modified draw system now, which ensures that women do not draw women partners.) Like the standard blind draw, the computer just simulates the steps that would be done if we were manually drawing partners. In the case of The Circuit’s modified draw, that means assigning each woman to a team first, making sure that women don’t draw women, and then using a straight blind draw for the men. If we have more women than men, the same thing happens, but men will not be partnered with men. The Dartabase is smart enough to figure that out, though it isn’t likely to happen. Misc rumors I’ve heard a number of rumors from time to time. Most are from players who believe that their name, somehow, has an effect on who their partner is. Trust me – it doesn’t. The computer doesn’t care – it’s just doing it’s job. I’ve been a programmer for over 20 years, and drawing partners in a pure random fashion is not a
