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This article of mine was well-received on #osamuko this afternoon. As recommended by osamu, I’ll cross-post it here. :-) Why game rulesets for tournament play must be simple This post was inspired by a discussion during the EMA RCR rules revision (Japanese mahjong tournament rules). However, you don’t
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,
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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about keeping track of progress. Brief history. I didn’t really care about what happened from hanchan to hanchan. First or last place. I just wanted EXP. More EXP, more EXP, means more EXP. However, my past week’s hanchans at a jansou have made me realise, that I need
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It is not unusual that people ignorant to certain aspects of a topic will speak about them anyway. This is usually what an opinion is, and people feel a need to expose their opinions in public for different reasons. By extension, it is only natural they they will communicate such
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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
Europe
今日は日本に住んでる雀士のためにこの文章を日本語で書いてあげたいと思います。最後はくだらなくて浅い事だけど、後でもっと大変な問題も出てくるので、最後まで読んでください。 Top 10 Problems 2005年、ヨーロッパの「ＥＭＡ」（ヨーロッパ麻雀アソシエーション）と言う組合が活動を開始しました。基本的に大会やイベント作りなどはこの組合の目的です。その大会に参加したプレーヤーの成績も全部ＥＭＡのサイトで見ることが出来ます。ある意味、長期のリーグみたいなもんです。これ自体はすごいと思うのだが、採用されてるルールに色んな問題が発生いたします。 その１．2005年に戻りましょう、ルール作り上げた時です。最近まで、役表には**「一翻役」（など）の代わりに「一役」**が書いてありました。同様に、三色は「二役」清一色は「６役」でした。何年も「それはミスじゃない」と言い続けて修正はされてなかったが、これが多くのプレーヤーに迷惑をかけた翻訳のミスだったので去年はやっと修正されたのです。だが、修正されたのはルールブックの一部だけなので、まだこの曖昧な「１役」の用語が別のところで未だ使われてます
Guides
"I didn't deal in even once, and still got fourth." "The other three people totally sucked, but I ended up last." "I played a perfect game, and I still lost!" Yeah, hold it right there. I think you're overestimating yourself. Or at least, you're not looking at your game objectively.
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誰しもが、たぶん、麻雀をし始めたきっかけは 「楽しいですから」のだろうか。 がしかし、麻雀にとって悔しさを感じたものが少なくないのだろ。 不幸。悲しみ。悩み。いろいろ悪い経験があったのではないか。お前にもな。 それなりに、なぜ麻雀を今までやり続けているのだ？それは、麻雀ってやはり楽しいからでしょう。 いくらなんでも「悔しい」、「勝てない」、「へたくそだ」を考えていても、やはり麻雀ができる感覚が、まさに最高なのではないか。 しかも、へたでもたまには勝てる。たまには他人にその自分が経験したことある悔しさを感じさせる事ができると言う事実も。 でも、みんな最後には笑っているはずだろ。一緒に打つ事ができた事も、感謝してるのだろう。 他人がいるからこそ、麻雀ができるのだ。それは感謝しろ。大切な事なのだから。 俺は世界でたった一人の雀士・・・いや、たった一人の人間になったら、麻雀最強になってるのは誰も否定出来無い事実となる。しかし、それも寂しいのだろう。麻雀で競い合えるからこそ楽しいのよ。 俺はまだ楽しんでいたいのだけど、すっごく悔しさを感じる時もあるんだ。やはり、そう言う時にはやめるし
Guides
Theory, theory… I can’t really write any. It’s all so very theoretical. Instead of that I can give you right here right now, today, a piece of advice that is sure to help most beginner and some intermediate players, and it is about consistency. What I mean when
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Hello, again! I found a site thanks to one of my feeds that was talking about legalized mahjong gambling (at http://skill-games.pro talking about http://www.gameduell.fr/mahjong.html and http://www.skill7.fr/Jeux-de-plateaux/Mahjong/#/help ). OK, so I check the site itself, and it is saying
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There’s been a trend by a few websites aggregating news relating to mahjong simply by saying “dear google, mahjong me my website, me love you longtime”. Now, I’m not writing this out of a spiteful feeling towards a specific website, as I’ve seen it in a few
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Yes, I know it’s been some time since I wrote something. Yes, I do have a decent excuse. Yes, I do know that no excuses will be accepted. We all have things we’d rather be doing than banging out a couple hundred words for the leisurely perusal of
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If you are part of a mahjong-playing community, as opposed to grinding on 0000 in a vacuum all day, only pausing between matches to take a swig of your bottled green tea, I’m sure by now you’ll have played in several tournaments. Well, I’m fairly certain of
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When playing non-tile-related games it’s polite or even just normal for a guy to say ‘gg’ after the end of a game. Good game. Perhaps it was a long drawn-out struggle, a close match going down to the wire, or perhaps the newcomer was totally outclassed and outmatched. Either