How to collect Dartslive Theme?

Customise your Dartslive game screen with your favourite themes

Dartslive themes are customised background screens shown behind your scores during a game of 01, Cricket or Count-up. There are many many backgrounds available for you to choose from and once a background is chosen, it will remain for the duration of the current game. Make your themes  extra special by "powering-up" your themes using your phone app (see below).

So how do I get themes ?

There are 4 sources where themes are available for selection or "purchase". 2 of them costs some virtual currencies while the other two sources may be free, though you will need to play some games.

The first, is from a Touchlive machine. Select the "Themes" option on the Touchlive and you will see a list of current themes available for purchase using "Bananas". Banana is a form of currency in Touchlive, allowing you to purchase themes, award movies and other virtual accessories. More on Touchlive Bananas later. So, what you need to do here is select the theme that you like and click on "Purchase"  button. If you have insufficient bananas to purchase an expensive theme, the "Buy" button is disabled.

Assuming you have enough Bananas to purchase the theme of your choice, you will be prompted to click Buy. Click Buy to make the purchase and the theme will be added to your Dartslive Member card! At the same time, it is automatically set as your current theme. Now, the next game that you play will be played with the selected background picture.

The second method where you can buy or select themes is on the Dartslive Phone App, available for iPhone or Android via their respective App store or Android Market. To access the Phone App, you need a Member card that is still valid. If it has expired, you can get it extended by obtaining the "90-day DPass" card which contains a 16-digit number that you need to key in to extend the validity of the Member card. This 90-day card may be sold at a price in some locations.

So, after you installed your Dartslive Phone App, you can view your list of themes and switch or purchase additional themes. Some themes are  exclusively purchased from the Phone App. The currency to purchase themes on the phone app is "Dartslive Points". You get these points whenever you play Dartslive or Touchlive. At the end of a game on Dartslive board, you will see some messages like "20pts awarded" being shown. This is the currency being awarded to you for purchase on the phone app.

The third method to obtain a theme is to get it from your friends! Yes, just play a game with your friend and his theme will be copied to you at the end of the game. Get your friend to select a theme that you want before starting the game, at the end of the game, the game is copied to you. Note, the theme copy function may work the other way round too, i.e. your theme may be copied to your friend, the direction of the copy is unpredictable. So you can either play games until you get your friend's theme or you can play with a theme that your friend already owns. That way, since he already has your theme, you will get his theme. Also note, not all themes can be copied. They must be obtain by yourself and remains with the original owner. These themes are indicated with a wine glass next to the theme (see picture below)

Well, there is one last method of collecting a theme especially one that cannot be copied to you. However it is not really collecting, but more of "giving". Take for example, your friend have a theme that cannot be copied out. Ask your friend to "give" you the card, along with the PIN number password for the website login. You will get all the themes that are on the card. You can then change the card name via the DARTSLIVE website login and customise it to your own liking. You will probably need to play at least 30 games on the card for it to accumulate your own rating.

What kind of themes are available ?

There are 8 types of themes available

1. Basic
   These are static pictorial themes which can be purchased using Dartslive points. New themes are unveiled every month.
2. Rich Basic
   These themes, which are more elaborate, are sold on an irregular basis and difficult to obtain. Some are only available for limited period only.
3. Touchlive
   These themes are only sold in Touchlive Theme Shop. Basic themes sold in the past are sometimes available as daily specials in Touchlive and can be purchased using bananas.
4. Premium
   Premium themes are distributed and sold in limited quantities. They cannot be copied to other cards and are usually animated or more elaborate.
5. Campaign
   Campaign themes are made available at special events or when you complete certain types of game campaigns.
6. Players
   These special themes are owned by Dartslive PRO, Live Queen and some of the top players. They typically portray their own pictures.
7. Shop
   These are location or the shops' original themes and can be obtain by playing Dartslive at those shops
8. Special
   These are themes that can be obtained only by special methods such as at a special event . They usually cannot be copied.

The type of themes can be seen on the Phone App in your listing of themes obtained (see below)

You can collect more themes by playing with your friends and participating in Dartslive Campaigns or events. Watch the official Dartslive website for news on these activities!

Updated : 21 Apr 2013 with 4th method of collecting