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Mahjong News
Hi there, We saw a glitch occur on the ERMC website. We are publishing a table of the top 16 as we see them, with no claims on accuracy, quality, or perfection. 1[Mikhail LUGOVKIN](http://live.ermc2016.com/Home/PlayerAnalysis/594)137,5502 [Désirée HEEMSKERK](http://live.ermc2016.com/
tenhou
The North American Riichi Mahjong Association is looking for players to field teams for the 2016 Interational Online Riichi Mahjong Competition. The nations of the United States and Canada are each looking to assemble teams for the November competition. The competition is hosted via Tenhou.net. So familiarity with Tenhou’
Tournaments
Rochester is right around the corner, we’ll have our usual reporting team present this March 12-13. If you’re there, ask for the Osamuko team :) After that, there will be a tournament run once again in the beautiful city of Montreal, QC (CAN). A classic 2-day weekend tournament this
Tournaments
Hello there! Running a tournament for the first time is really a special experience. While I have been busy with stuff, I did want to get the first article out as soon as possible. MONTREAL (QC), CANADA — 12 competitors took part in the first open* mahjong tournament using riichi rules.
Mahjong News
Great news on both continents! (Shameless plug) In North America, the first North American Riichi Open [http://riichi.ca/site/?page_id=70] is taking place in Montreal, Qc. (Canada). Registrations are still ongoing, contact tournoi2015@riichi.ca for more information :) (/Shameless plug) In Europe, the professional player and president
Tournaments
Welcome to all, I am proud to present to you the 1st North American Riichi Open that will be held in Montreal! Date: June 13 and 14, 2015. Time: 0900 to 1730, Saturday and Sunday. Location: Collège de Maisonneuve, room E-3313. Address: 3800, Sherbrooke Street East, Montréal (Québec) H1X 2A2
Players
Last November, Simon proceeded to open a business: a jansou in Marseille, France. We had a chance to interview him back in November, and are releasing the content of the interview on osamuko.com. Our interview was conducted live on IRC in front of a digital audience: this implies that
Mahjong League
Quick reminders of what is going on, since the completion of the Bugmoney tournament. * Light Mahjong Club: Info via reddit [http://www.reddit.com/r/Mahjong/comments/2tbn30/1st_official_lmc_revival_meeting_test_week/] and IRC [https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.rizon.net/#lmc], Saturday January 24, 18:00
Tournaments
There has been a bit of a tradition in Europe to have someone write a report on what they observed in Mahjong tournaments in order to give an indication of what worked, what didn’t, and what needs to be improved in future tournaments. Here’s our Osamuko.com version,
Tournaments
For those interested in who will be paying who, the staff at osamuko.com would like to both explain how and who will play who, given the drawing mechanism and who got what number. Essentially, players were divided into 4 groups. Players may not play against other players from the
World Riichi Championship
So, many of us were wondering what’s the beef regarding the current pace of player registration for the World Riichi Championship 2014, in Puteaux, France. The event was slated for mid-July, and the official deadline on the site was set for May 1. However, each country’s has been
Tournaments
The Swedish Open Riichi Mahjong Championship 2014 has concluded, with 36 participants from at least 4 countries. We have the results, and we also have some information regarding the two seats that Sweden has been allocated for the WRC2014 in Puteaux, France later in July. Paraphrasing Yazphier, Sweden has chosen
Mahjong League
Hello and happy 2014 to you all. It’s Valentine’s Day, so I thought it would be a good idea to show our appreciation to the ones we care most about… YOU! …except, we are not entirely sure who is who out there. We know there are a number
Mahjong League
Hello to everyone on Osamuko! Most people are aware of the World Amateur Mahjong League’s ongoing effort to create a mahjong league on Tenhou that you are free to participate in. We have had 2404 games played over 2 months, with 117 people playing over 20 games each. (We
Mahjong League
Hello again, welcome back to the Osamuko-sponsored World Amateur Mahjong League [http://mahjong-league.com]. In 40 hours, we’re already generating a lot of traffic to Lobby 7447. Just tonight, we had 4 tables running with 9 more idling, for a total of 25 users. Fantastic! I have a quick
rants
When you see a website posting an article titled “Mahjong Strategy” here [http://www.la-croix.com/Culture-Loisirs/Culture/Actualite/La-strategie-du-mahjong-_NP_-2012-10-26-869191] , one begs to ask the question: Is this a serious article? The answer is usually no for a variety of reasons. This one isn’t for all those