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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Contents: Optimized dart throwing and other games Optimized dart throwing and other games Jan 17, 2012 12:53 am  •  Permalink If you play darts just trying to hit the bullseye, you aren't playing for maximum output. Don't fret though. DataGenetics is here to help with mathematical advice on how to play the game based on your skill level: The optimal strategy for aiming depends on your skill as darts player. A very skillful player should aim for the middle of the triple 20; Much of the time he will hit his target, and the times he misses will be few enough that his average score will still be high. A very poor player should aim close to the bullseye, as just hitting the board will be an achievement (and a scoring one at that!). Aiming for the center maximizes the chances of hitting something. But what happens between these two extreme? I was a kid the last time I threw darts, and I was more interested in throwing them as high as I could in the air watching them stick into the grass. Maybe it's time to try it the right way. See also optimal gameplay for Battleship, Risk, and Candyland. [DataGenetics via infosthetics] More to read: Spot visualizes tweet commonalities Find out what percent you are in World subway paths at scale Cinemetrics creates a visual fingerprint for movies Lego mathematics and growing complexity in networks  follow on Twitter | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2012 FlowingData, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in on FlowingData. Our mailing address is: FlowingData PO Box 3381 Livermore, CA 94550 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences