Lamar's Blog Post #1

The first multiplayer game I ever played was bingo. I was introduced to bingo in the early 90's by my parents. Me and my parents played bingo for a while when I was still in elementary school. Each player uses a 5 times 5 grid which spells out the word bingo. The cards contain various numbers in 24 spaces with a free space. Numbers are drawn from a particular ball. Each Player needs to check and see if a certain number drawn from the ball shows up on his or her card. If it does, then the player needs to put a chip on that space. The numbers and letters on the card range from high numbers and letters to low numbers and letters. For instance, you hear numbers like I-18, N-30, and G-6. For the first number, the player should look at the second column which is I and one of the rows in that column. If 18 doesn't show up , then the player should leave the spaces blank. For the second number, the player should look at the third column which is N and one of the rows in that column. If 30 doesn't show up, then the player should do same thing as before. If 30 does show up, then the player can put a chip on that space. The same thing goes for G-6. The Caller keeps announcing the numbers until a player has a line completed with five numbers that can go diagonal, vertical, or horizontal. Once this happens, the player should yell out "bingo" to let everybody else know that he or she won the game. After that, the numbers are recalled again to make sure that the player used the correct numbers. This was a fun game to play with my family and friends. I even used to play in elementary school with my classmates as a daily assignment throughout the day. People would come up to me and brag about their winning records like they were the greatest. Bingo was one of the early multiplayer games that had a special benefit. The benefit is recieving prizes after winning bingo. The good thing about this is you can get anything for a prize. One time I recieved a prize in elementary school. The reward was getting a bunch of candy. Guess what? Outside of class, I interacted with other popular winners from my class. So sometimes socializing with other winners in a particular group can result to good deeds such as friendship, game tips, and respect.