Featured CMs - International

Q1: Tell us a little bit about you.

My name is Nancy, I am 33 years old, and I have a great hubby and 4 wonderful kids. I spend my time off with training our parrots, and riding my horses (dressage). Besides my family, parrots and horses, I love cats and dogs and.BINGO!!

Q2: How long have you been a Chat Host?

Sky was my first home. I started there a year ago. It's a great home, we are one big family.

Q3: How did you become a Chat Host?

As every other player, well almost every player...lol. I love to help other roomies out and make fun. I had 2 host friends, they both been a great help in finding an online job, and training me in being a CM.

Q4: What do you like most about the job?

The best part is being able to help players, answer their questions, and make them happy. Almost everything is good. You get a lot of appreciation in return for everything you put in.

Q5: What is the worst part of the job?

There will always be people that don't know how to behave. It's my job to control the room but it's no fun when you have to boot one. And when something goes wrong at times, it's always the host receiving the blame for it.
And leaving the room after a night of fun. that's hard.

Q6: Which are your favorite chat room games?

My favourite games are Skrabble, Sklue and bowling. Even though they are really busy games for the Host, its always lots of fun, like when they get 7 skrabble letters that make funny words.lol
With sklue the chat is flying so fast it makes me giggle, and they come up with all kinds of combinations that make me ROFL

Q7: What is the funniest thing that has ever happened whilst you have been in a chat room?

Oh there have been so many funny things, but the funniest things are the typos I think. A while ago, with a new player, I welcomed her to her new home, the big nuthouse! The chat was flying at that time, but still some roomies caught my honest typo. At that time I wished I wasn’t there. I wrote: Welcome to the Big Buthouse!!

Q8: What makes a good Chat Host?

To be a good host I think you need a lot of patience, a good sense of humor, and care about people and be able to make them feel welcome and special, as a part of your family. All roomies are equal, no favouritism. A good host handles 100 roomies asking questions about anything and still runs chat games.

A good host knows how to control any problem and continues in making a happy environment in chat again. A good host listens to players opinions without getting angry, as long they don’t break chat rules of course.

But most of all a good host is reliable, honest, and able to work independently but a good team player.

Q9: How would you like to see online bingo (as a whole) develop?

I think it's great especially for those who cannot leave home easily to be able to play bingo online, meet friends and have a place to relax and enjoy. Therefore I hope online bingo will expand all over the world, accessible for everyone. It should be there in all languages, for the real gamblers and for the fun players. And I certainly hope it will stay a fair business also, maybe the world needs more supervision like real bingo halls have, as I feel not all sites are fair.

Q10: Any other comments that you'd like to add about being a Chat Host?

Being host is much more than just being host… you meet great friends, and you mean a lot to most of them. People open up and trust you, share their secrets and problems, their joy and happiness. It’s the most wonderful thing people can give you.

All the team here at CMOTY would like to say a big 'TY' to *SKY* Nancy.

If you'd like to nominate someone to be our 'Featured CM' next month please mail Evie.