Playing online bingo is an experience which can be all-encompassing. You don’t need to limit your experience to solely playing the games on offer and racking up cash wins, you can also indulge socially and enjoy the fantastic community atmosphere in place at many popular sites. However, there are some simple steps you should follow to ensure you keep yourself in the good books of both the chat hosts and your fellow roomies.
The social aspect of playing bingo is alive and well, even if you’re sat in your own home with no one else in. Chat rooms allow you to chat alongside your games with likeminded players and others looking for their big win. All chat rooms are moderated by staff hired by the site and their job is to ensure you are both playing by the rules and having a great game whilst doing so. The social side of playing at your traditional hall is what makes it so much fun, so it makes perfect sense to try and replicate this when playing online. Different sites have varying degrees of success, but this is often down to the roomies as much as the site teams. Similarly, understanding what is appropriate for the public chat room of a bingo site is also integral to ensuring you keep within the rules of the site.
Golden Rules of the Chat Room
The first and probably most obvious comment is to avoid profanities at all times. None of the most popular bingo sites will allow members to continue playing if they use unacceptable language in the chat rooms. Besides being extremely inappropriate and could upset other members, it doesn’t represent the brand in a good light either. This also applies to making any sexually explicit or negative comments about other members, without even using inappropriate language, as insinuation can be just as upsetting as out and out abuse.
Secondly, it’s also important that you keep your personal information secure. When you sign up to a bingo site you’ll give yourself an alias, which allows you to keep your real identity private. Sharing personal or sensitive details is not a wise idea in any online environment, as you can’t know whose watching. Telling roomies you come from Brighton is one thing but telling them your street address is another and the same can be said for full names and other details. Of course, as you get to know people you may want to swap more details and chat outside the bingo room, but this is something you can only deal with on a one-to-one basis. It goes without saying, never share your personal email address or bank details in a chat room either. If you think logically, you wouldn’t give these details to a stranger on the street and although the upbeat, friendly atmosphere of the bingo chat room may seem very different, there still may be strangers looking for trouble.
Getting your head around Bingo Lingo
If it’s your first time in a bingo chat room, we imagine you may be very confused. A lot of specific abbreviations and acronyms are used to save time whilst you’re watching the bingo game pan out and have become a regular occurrence across most sites. Once you’ve tried out one, you’ll see similar language used elsewhere and you’ll be ‘au fait’ with it all within a few short days, if not quicker. It’s not quite the same as the old classics you hear in your local club, Kelly’s eye is nowhere in sight but you may see GL, 1TG and WTG. Some of the most popular terms include:
• WTG – way to go
• GL – good luck
• 1/2/3TG – referring to the number of balls left until you win
There are also generalised chat terms you’ll find across the internet that you might not be familiar with including:
• AFK – away from keyboard
• BRB/BBL/BBS – be right back, be back later, be back soon
• TY – thank you
All these terms allow for online conversation to flow more easily and have become ingrained in many players, so the more time you spend online, the more they’ll become second nature to you. In fact, most bingo sites even have auto-buttons for some of the most popular shortened terms, so you don’t even need to type in the letters, providing you with ultimate speedy chat techniques.
The welcoming and fun environment provided in the majority of online chat rooms is what keeps many players coming back for more and you can be sure to find one which suits your personality. New sites like m8ts Bingo even give you the option of choosing groups to join, letting you play specifically with likeminded individuals and forming firm friendships for life.
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