I tend to keep the chat window open in order to check out the repartee. Often the table can be pretty friendly and make the game a very enjoyable experience. In a tough grinder though any chat can be a distraction.
IMO, one is only losing out on info by totally ignoring chat. The chat is often the way to pick out the weaker players, or those that are there for the fun of it.
IMO, one is only losing out on info by totally ignoring chat. The chat is often the way to pick out the weaker players, or those that are there for the fun of it.
An excellent point.
I normally keep the chat window open also, but merely observe. It is pretty rare that I will partake in any kind of chat. Not even the traditional nh's and tk's.
It is a good way of helping determine who is on tilt, who has read a book and only understood the most basic parts of it, and as you say, there just for the fun of it.
Good points there. I've been playing recently with the chat turned off, but I haven't really decided which way I like better. I was kind of surprised that I didn't immediately dislike the chat being off, so I'm going to give it a try for a little while longer.
But as for the assessment
Often the table can be pretty friendly and make the game a very enjoyable experience.
I'd have to say I've had pretty much the opposite experience, and it's one reason I even got the idea of turning the chat off in the first place. I was starting to get tired of the typical Bad Player A whining about and complaining to Worse Player B about the bad beats which B had inflicted on A, and how bad a player B is, etc, etc.
Unfortunately, I have found friendly conversations online to be the exception rather than the rule. In terms of the peripheral chat, it's a little disturbing how dramatic the difference can be between B&M and online.
I Too like to keep it on. I see most of the same players and it is true you can get a sense of how they play. I usually let them know I am new so they don't get all grouchy when I make to what they think is a stupid play... It can work the other way though as well. I might make a dumb play but I am just setting them up for a bigger pot down the road*laugh*
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IMO, one is only losing out on info by totally ignoring chat. The chat is often the way to pick out the weaker players, or those that are there for the fun of it.
An excellent point.
I normally keep the chat window open also, but merely observe. It is pretty rare that I will partake in any kind of chat. Not even the traditional nh's and tk's.
It is a good way of helping determine who is on tilt, who has read a book and only understood the most basic parts of it, and as you say, there just for the fun of it.
Mike
But as for the assessment
I'd have to say I've had pretty much the opposite experience, and it's one reason I even got the idea of turning the chat off in the first place. I was starting to get tired of the typical Bad Player A whining about and complaining to Worse Player B about the bad beats which B had inflicted on A, and how bad a player B is, etc, etc.
Unfortunately, I have found friendly conversations online to be the exception rather than the rule. In terms of the peripheral chat, it's a little disturbing how dramatic the difference can be between B&M and online.
ScottyZ
The few times I have been to a B&M casino I didn't sit there and tune out everyone nor did I keep my mouth shut. I don't intend on doing so online.