World Riichi Championship
It’s almost here, the first World Riichi Championship. This is a short bloggy post as a prelude to the WRC, maybe there will actually be a report, unlike some other big european championship that took place last year. I wasn’t skilled enough to qualify to represent my country,
World Riichi Championship
いよいよ来週はパリに初めてのリーチ麻雀世界選手権大会が開催します。 今までの情報は薄かったけど、今日の中日スポーツ新聞 [http://www.chunichi.co.jp/chuspo/]にこちらの特集がありました。 ちょっと遅いですけど遂に日本にも話題になるかな。 その上にニコニコ動画でイベントの生放送 [http://ch.nicovideo.jp/jpml]があります。 osamuko.comに所属する５6人の選手、アメリカ・カナダ・イギリス・ スウェーデン・フランスから出身が参戦します。 お楽しみに！ 更新 そしてルールの日本語訳がこちら [http://t.co/kLsApiYtA2] > リーチ麻雀世界選手権 <> ルールの邦訳です。日本で麻雀打ってる人たちにとってあまりに当たり前であろう部分はすっ飛ばしたり略したりしています。 http://t.co/kLsApiYtA2 — 若原隆宏 (@VetPress) July 14, 2014 [https://twitter.
World Riichi Championship
It’s less than a week until the World Riichi Championship in Paris [http://www.wrc2014.com/location.php] will begin, marking an unprecedented clash between some of the best professional players from Japan [https://osamuko.com/which-pros-are-going-to-the-wrc/] and others from all over the world [http://www.wrc2014.com/inscription.
World Riichi Championship
People who have been waiting anxiously for the list of professionals who will be attending the World Riichi Championship need wait no longer! List can be seen at http://www.wrc2014.com/inscription.php after clicking the dot on Japan. I have copy and pasted the list below, but I
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
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Unsure if I should write anything or not, but as nothing seemed to be under discussion, I decided to write my view on this tournament in similar fashion as my previous posts.
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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
World Riichi Championship
First off, a little introduction since not everyone is aware of what’s currently the hot topic in the western Mahjong hemisphere: The French Riichi Mahjong club TNT [http://tnt-rcr.com/home/] is organizing the first ever World Riichi Championship (WRC) in Paris between the 16th and 20th of July
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Not even a week has passed and I find myself standing at Skavsta airport once again, this time accompanied with my roommate, Hiki, heading for some battles in Warsaw. A few hours early, as usual, Hiki complained about nothing to do, not my fault he didn’t bring anything. Personally
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Leaving home for mahjong tournament in Paris, some snowflakes, 40 minutes early. Bus arrive and leaves on time. Lucky as the bus to Arlanda was 2(!) hours late due to the weather, I mean fuck, I wouldn’t even call this snow. Apparently a lot of trains were also canceled.
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Here is my individual account of the pastry tournament. (Copenhagen Open) All eight hanchans. Real names have been omitted in order to protect the identities of those who raged, were just stupidly lucky or otherwise. 半荘一 [西] Toimen and kamicha were both annoying to each other. Toimen had a nervous
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I was going to do a picture by picture outline of Oxford. However, my phone battery died on me at about 9am. Oh well Too damn early! Waking up at 0430 just to catch the first tube train, in order to go to catch the coach from London Victoria coach