Rules & math
Glossary
What the words mean, as the app uses them.
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Terms#
- Zap
- An inning that scores 0. Each one costs the league's zap price into the cup.
- Horse
- An inning that scores 9, the most there is.
- Open
- On the print packet, Most Opens is the most zaps.
- Series
- A shooter's three games on one night added together.
- Game 4
- Games 1–3 added up for each team. Won on its own, like the other three.
- Tenth inning
- How a level game is settled. Only the winner is recorded.
- Starting average
- The average a shooter begins the season on. It can still count in weeks 1–3.
- T.Avg
- The whole number a shooter is handicapped on that week.
- Team average
- Each shooter's average rounded, then added up.
- Handicap
- Points given to the lower-average team in each game.
- Ghost
- A no-show nobody is filling in for. The team is credited with a share of their average.
- Sub
- A substitute filling in. Belongs to the league, not a team, and plays on their own average.
- Captain
- Marked with an asterisk on the packet. Picked on the Teams tab, or the highest starting average.
- Board
- A dartboard in the bar. Each match is on a board for the week.
- Locked week
- A week marked done. The app moves on to the next one.
- Cup
- Where the zap money goes. The Finances tab says what it should hold.
- Print packet
- The weekly handout: standings, stats, the schedule, team pages and subs.
- Profile
- A shooter's entry in the Directory, linked across every season.
Related
Rules & mathScoring RulesHow a match is made up, game 4, how each game is won including a tie, and the stages a match goes through.Rules & mathHow Handicap WorksHow the handicap comes from the two team averages, which side gets it, and why it is already in a final score.Rules & mathAverage CalculationsThe running average, the starting-average rule for weeks 1–3, subs, and why each shooter is rounded before a team average is added up.