Bingo and Social Networking

One of the great things about games is their social benefits. It is not just about winning and losing, but the friendships and relationships you can gain from playing. Many would say that winning and losing is entirely incidental – the reason one plays something is for the friendships. Depending on how competitive a person is, will affect how they see this.

Some people don’t have an easy time meeting new people and talking to them. This is where a game comes in useful. Playing the game creates conversation. It is an ice-breaker and gives you the chance to get to know someone. This is why people say to pursue a hobby if you are looking to meet new people.

Bingo is not different from any other game. If you want to play the game, it stands to reason that you’re going to also like folk who play it. You already share a standard interest and this is the basis and underpinning for a comradeship. Naturally bingo can only do some of the work; when you get there it’s all down to you.

Many people have met their future spouse via bingo. It’s the same story – boy meets girl, girl meets boy, they start talking and things go from there. Bingo is especially useful as it tends to attract introverts. People of this nature aren’t going to have much success meeting someone at a party or nightclub so the game provides them with a valuable place to meet single people of the opposite gender.

Games are also a good way for bringing people from different backgrounds together. If there is international competition, it means people who would otherwise never get together now have the chance to interact. They may speak different language, but all share the love for the same hobby. This is very powerful.

Things such as religion like to focus on how different people are. In turns it likes to cast people as superior or inferior than others. We don’t need things that divide and separate us. This is counter-productive and one of the reasons for conflict around the world. If only they took more to the things that unite us.

It may sound silly but could the strife in Eire be explained by the parties sitting together and playing bingo? Could the longstanding allegedly unsolvable crisis in the Middle East be fixed by the Israelis and Arabs having a game of 75-ball? It appears so mad but on the other hand the rest has been attempted and hasn’t worked. Could this do any worse?

Yes we’re all different. That’s what makes as different as people. But we should respect our differences in place of using them as a wedge. Most hate derives from fear and there’s no need to be fearful by somebody simply because they are not like us. This is when ego gets in the way.

Jeremy Turner works as a freelance writer in Leeds. He frequently writes for a number of blogs and Internet sites. One of jeremy’s favorite pastimes is toplay online bingo for fun and he always finds a way to incorporate the game into his articles.