Entertainment
Hi mahjongers all around the world. It’s Deniz from Turkey, the guy in charge of mahjong here. Luckily I can name myself that because our numbers here in Turkey don’t add up to much… Nice to be on board here on Osamuko. Glad to have joined in, I’
Tournaments
Here I am again, with another real life tournament report! Also, fourth post on Osamuko in the past 7 days? Is the end of the world near? Well, this was my third riichi mahjong tournament, and the furthest too. It looks like the more tournaments I go to, the more
Mahjong Parlor
I visited Tokyo from the 7th of March until the 21st and yes, I'm still in one piece and don't emit excessive amounts of radiation. Or at least I'd hope so. So as a fellow denizen of good old #mahjong #osamuko, what do you
tenhou
Sorry for the shitty unpolished post, have to publish it so I can get up in time for it. Last time I posted about a championship on Tenhou I was asked to post things like this sooner so I’m posting this a day before the event! I’m talking
Hi guys, Tacos here, self-appointed editor of the blag. I had some free time recently so I’m doing some catching up, and I’d like to sort of talk about where we are right now, with regards to the blog and its content. If this sounds familiar, you can
Players
As there are no posts for april yet, I thought I would write one, and I'd like to write about professional mahjong player Tsuchida Koushou (土田浩翔). This post will be about him. Source of the information is the Japanese Wikipedia [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%9F%
Tournaments
Hi there, here I am again with another tournament report. Sorry for the delay, I was out of country with no internet access (except for ridiculously expensive 3G roaming). As you might have noticed, the first riichi tournament of 2011 has already been held. It happened on the 12th of
Mahjong News
The writers at osamuko are very lazy. Despite numerous of attempts to update regularly we’ve failed miserably. These news articles were one such attempt but stuff like Umaikeiki’s computer breaking for the umpteenth time or Umaikeiki getting addicted to crack always seem to hinder his attempts to write
tenhou
This time I thought I wouldn’t be self-centered for the first time in a while, and make a post about something else that has gotten us a bit… excited maybe? Anyway: CONGRATULATIONS, ASAPIN A few hours ago, ASAPIN has been the first human being to achieve a Tenhou rank
Guides
Tile efficiency works just okay for one's own hand, but what about the tiles that flow out? Obviously, you shouldn't call every single one of them, but that doesn't mean you should ignore them either. How to judge? What to consider when calling? Well,
Guides
Be prepared to read. You may have very well been able to understand the last pages in the original Japanese with the picture, but the following content is mainly theoric text, so unless you could understand it, you were missing on a lot. I'm not back yet, but
Guides
The more I've been playing lately, especially on fast tables, the more I see how you need to have tile efficiency theory very in mind. Especially in nashi-nashi games, where you can't just kui-tan your way to a full hand. So, I decided we should go