Advanced Cricket - Buried Alive

Buried alive is a tactic used best on meek or passive aggressive personality types. Psychology is a very important factor of strategic success. Our goal with buried alive is to take the will to win from the opponent early. We aim to inject feeling of frustration into the opponent and control their mind. The more they think or worry about what we are doing the less able they will be to mount an adequate defense.

The strategy itself is simple. Point the opponent early and aggressively. Make obvious shot choices that will sacrifice position and territory for maximum points. The key is to capitalize on their mistakes effectively compounding their error. Remember this strategy relies solely on disrupting the opponent’s mental balance. The more frustrated they appear the heavier you pour on the points. Eventually, they will resign mentally and resort to very poor strategy or quit trying.

Be careful how much territory you give up doing this though. Remember to count each dart they have in a number ahead of you as that point value. So if they have two 18s and I have none I credit them with 36points. Often I will try to skip numbers and close ahead of them. But that leads to another strategy I will discuss in detail later.

When using this strategy I try to pick optimum times to aggressively point. One such occasion is when they try to open a new number and fail hitting 0-2 marks. I do not close that number behind them. Instead I will try to pick off 5 or more marks in points. This is especially frustrating considering I already have a point lead. And is enough to drive most weak-minded players over the edge.

A word of warning! This strategy is not conducive to making friends. And if carried on in excess can result in a knuckle sandwich. If you try to execute this tactic on the wrong personality type it can very often backfire and motivate them to shoot better then normal. Having said that I have used this strategy many times to great success. But it takes a good feel for the situation.

The aspect that makes this strategy very powerful is it will often win you a match in just one game. If your opponent gives up his will in the first game there is very little chance he will be able to regain the composure needed to finish the match effectively.

The advanced strategies are intended for players of higher then average skill. Attempting these strategies at lower skill levels or when outmatched is highly ill advised. As with any tactic perception and timing is crucial. And these primers assume that the reader has the skill and feel of the game to recognize appropriate usage.