Bob Whalen slm521mc – Games Elective

The first game that I tried online from the site Multi-Player Online Games Directory - http://www.mpogd.com/games/game.asp?ID=795.There was a massive directory. I chose the “S” and had a choice of 42 games! I chose the game called Scramble because I guess it was similar to Scrabble – and it sort of is. It is found at http://mrallen.com/scramble/. The game can be played alone or with teams of 4. If there are more than 4 people, then you can be a spectator. It suggests contacting players at the top of the hour. The directions were easy enough to understand, and I was anxious to start. There is a choice of three levels – beginner, normal, expert and choice of 4 speeds from slow to blitz. Since this was my first online game I chose beginner and slow. There is a dealer of 98 tiles and you make words until all of the tiles are used up. You get points for every letter that you use. You can use letters from a pot or take another players letters. The first time I scored 94 and was excited to improve my score the second round. I again scored 94, but I thought I made better and longer words. However, you only get credit for the letters that you use. My goal now is to try and challenge my record and beat 94. I may even attempt to choose a faster speed!

The second game that I tried online from the site Multi-Player Online Games Directory - http://www05.pogo.com/index.jsp?sls=2. I proceed to genre and went to classic games. I needed to sign up online and give a password and my email address. I felt very conservative and went to bingo at http://play24.pogo.com/rooms/roomtabs.jsp?game=bingoe&sls=3&site=pogo&lkey=3fbb79c81b4603510a66fd3c0000283c . I was given the opportunity to view the various rules and types of bingo. I could select the easy win, in which you win coupons and have multiple ways of winning by completing lines, x’s, diamonds, small cubes – an unbelievable assortment. I could also select the jackpot, which I did. The rules were very clear stating how to mark the cards, how to pause the game and how to claim Bingo! I chose the Blackout Bingo in which you cover the complete card. They let you now how many players are in the game – I had 114. You are given 3 cards to play at a time. They get you started very quickly, by starting off with about 15 numbers. They then add a number about every 20 seconds or so. A game goes until 48 numbers are called. A player has 30 seconds to claim a Bingo that covers the entire card. The closest that I got was 7 letters away. I could have won $249. 30. They increase the jackpot $.25 each time there isn’t a winner, which tells you how many days there hasn’t been one! They have a chat board on the side to leave messages. I can see where this can get quite addictive very shortly.