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A Guide: Games on the internet
by Ian Rochat (ianr@rnrtech.com)
Playing games online
There are many sites online where you can play games. Some of these games are games you play with others (multiplayer games) and
some are just games you play with yourself (single player games). If you ask me it's always fun to play a good game with some other people
however not everybody likes multiplayer games, and there are some really good single player games out there.
Listed below are a few of the better and more popular sites out there to find and play games. If you find a
good site and think it should be added to the list, please let me know and I'll take a look at it.
The language: Game lingo and acronyms
In multiplayer games you can chat with others, in these games you will notice a few more acronyms than you
normally do when chatting with people. Some of the most common acronyms used in online gaming are listed
below:
| AFK | | Away From Keyboard |
| B | | Back |
| BRB | | Be Right Back |
| E1 | | Everyone |
| FTW | | For The Win |
| G1 | | Good One |
| GG | | Good Game |
| GGA | | Good Game All |
| GJ | | Good Job |
| GL | | Good Luck |
| LMAO | | Laughing My Ass Off |
| LOL | | Laugh Out Loud |
| ROFL | | Roll On Floor Laughing |
| TY | | Thank You |
| TY U2 | | Thank You, You Too |
| WTG | | Way To Go |
| WB | | Welcome Back |
| YW | | Your Welcome |
For more acronyms and other general chatting guidelines see A Guide: Chatting on the Internet.
Depending on the type of game you may find even more acronyms. Below are a few different games with the more
game specific acronyms listed:
Card Games
| GH | | Good Hand |
| GHA | | Good Hand All |
| GHP | | Good Hand Partner |
| GLA | | Good Luck All |
| GLP | | Good Luck Partner |
| NH | | Nice Hand |
| NHA | | Nice Hand All |
| NHP | | Nice Hand Partner |
| NN | | Nice Nil |
| NS | | Nice Set |
| NSP | | Nice Set Partner |
| NSU2 | | Nice Set You Two |
| NT | | Nice Try |
| NTU2 | | Nice Try You Two |
| P | | Partner |
TIP:
Keep these acronyms as a guide, people like to make up their own all the time, and many of these will be combined
or changed a little.
Game sites on the web
Here are some places you can go to play games for free:
| BoxerJam | - | Some nice original games. |
| Brain Blitz | - | All kinds of different games and trivia. |
| Excite Games | - | Lots of games. |
| Flipside Network | - | Lots of different games and the official site of Hoyle games. |
| GeoSense | - | This is a fun geography game. Play it single player or with others. |
| Hardwood Spades | - | This is THE BEST spades game on the net (or elsewhere). It's a free 30 day trial. |
| Lycos Gamesville | - | Some games including a few games you can play in e-mail. |
| PlaySite | - | Lots of classic Hasbro board games, Atari arcade games, and card games. |
| Pogo.com | - | Lots of games. |
| The Station | - | Sony's game site with lots of original games. |
| UpRoar | - | Lots of games including some Game shows, now part of the Flipside Network. |
| Yahoo Games | - | Lots of games. |
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