Mahjong Thread

• Riichi wrote on 2013-03-18 01:15
  Mahjong is a really たのしいです(fun) game that I have been playing recently. I am first dan on てんほうです and second dan on じゃんりゅもんです, which makes me one of the strongest players on there. I have mastered mahjong techiques like furikomi and furibeta. I am currently mastering the art of sashikomi which even mahjong pros in Japan have a hard time learning.
  
  Another cool thing about mahjong is that it has its own anime and manga, my favourite is Saki, I learned how to play from it and can do most the tricks (I am trying to learn Kuro's dora skill right now)
  There's also Akagi but that's boring and has bad animation.
  
  Because of Saki there have been a surge of people becoming professional and I'm trying to be one of them! I have been saving all my pocket money to afford a trip to Japan and わたしわにほんごをべんきょうますです！Once I'm in Japan I am sure I will have no problem joining a mahjong league after they see my skill level.
  
  Anyway! The most popular mahjong client is てんほうです (It was created a year after saki was first published! Coincidence? I think not!) To be honest though, it's a little rigged and I have had a bug where I could not あがり. I prefer JRM (also has that bug)
  
  Here are some guides to learn how to play:
  japanesemahjong.com/reachmahjong/intro.htm (おすすめです!)
  ofb.net/~whuang/ugcs/gp/mahjong/mahjong.html
  osamuko.com/complete-beginners-guide-to-online-mahjong-part-1-how-to-play/
  reachmahjong.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=99
  www.delfosse.com/mahjong.html
  mahjong-europe.org/docs/riichi_EN.pdf
  
  I highly recommend the first one, the others are too long and complicated.
  
  Please feel free to ask questions about the game.
  
  the がいじんです room on tenhou is tenhou.net/0/?L7447, let me know if you come so I can get ready to eat you alive ;)
• Chihaya wrote on 2013-03-18 03:45
  Challenge Accepted, dear friend.
  
  Look at my signature to see a pretty hand. I'm sure we'll get along very well.
  What games do you play? Whether it's Tengokuhai on iPhone or Tenhou online, I'm all up for playing a hanchan or two with ya.
  
  I'll be perfectly honest, though, that you're getting a few terms wrong, lol. Make sure you study your yaku, man...
  I see your tenhou room. I'll check it frequently, but do you have a preferred chatting system? If not, we can probably utilize Mabination IRC...
  
  P.S.
  I'm sorry if this offends you, but you sound like a hardcore weeaboo, considering you mess up Japanese like a motherf'er there.
  
  You're good with your English, so just speak English. It's not like other players will recognize what you're saying anyways, nor praise you for it.
  
  EDIT: My Mahjong Guide. Probably best because it's put in layman's terms.
  http://www.mediafire.com/view/?7cjabvu92q8yzhc
  
  EDIT2: Woo, +52.
  That was kinda boring >.>;
  
  

  Quote from Riichi;1050651:

  let me know if you come so I can get ready to eat you alive ;)

  
  I know Mahjong's a game of luck, but this statement is kinda unconvincing if I win by +52, and I was 4th place when South Rounds started XD;
• Riichi wrote on 2013-03-18 05:28
  I didn't even play that game, but I did espectate it, and from what I have seen I can tell you are quite good although not as good as me. Call me up when you want to play
• Chihaya wrote on 2013-03-18 15:16
  I'll be completely honest with you.
  
  During that round, I didn't see any spectators, so you had to be one of the players I defeated.
  Stop being a sore loser, good sir. "Better than me?" You saw me avoiding "furikomi" in all of those matches except one, when one of the players made a dick-move and made a kuitan. you saw me calling when appropriate, and making my moves in less than a second. Server lag may have made it seem a bit slower, but my mind moves at a faster speed than yours.
  
  I have a 85% chance of landing 1st or 2nd with computers, and with actual players, about 66%. There's a reason for this, since I probably played Mahjong longer than yourself. I've hit my 3rd year of playing Mahjong recently, and starting my 4th year. I've played Mahjong with various systems, which includes Pairon (Anime Mahjong), Nagomi (App on iPhone), Tengokuhai (JP App on iPhone), Mahjong-themed Eroge (for PC), and as you saw yourself, Tenhou.
  
  Stop ga-ga'ing over Saki. Human psychology states that such "special effects" in the anime are used primarily to attract unnecessary attention towards the characters and plot themselves, and there's absolutely no freaking way you can pull off a Rinshan like Saki does. Even for me, Rin-shan rates are low, even if I manage to make an 8-way wait for it.
  
  For the mods or other users who may be reading this, I apologize if I sound really pissed off right now, but I pretty much am.
  I've started learning mahjong the hard way (by losing continuously to both computers and players), and I've developed my own playing style, unique to everyone else's, that allows me to achieve the highest winning rates as described above.
  Yet there's this sore loser who claims to be "better than me" at a luck based game, without any proof of his skill (screenshots), and even after I've achieved first place on this "luck based game" with him being in the round. I think I pretty much damn deserve my slice of rage.
  
  You came to the wrong place to chat about Mahjong. Seeing how you've made one of the "cliche names" for weeaboos who got interested in Mahjong after watching Saki, you're not a worthy opponent even if you were the best player in the world.
• Riichi wrote on 2013-03-18 19:41

  During that round, I didn't see any spectators, so you had to be one of the players I defeated.

  
  
  If you had even 1% of my knowledge of にほんごです you would be able to tell there was no first dan in the game and it's not possible to view who is spectating
  
  

  you saw me calling when appropriate

  
  
  There were some very inappropriate なきです that caused you to become yakuless a few times.
  
  

  There's a reason for this, since I probably played Mahjong longer than yourself. I've hit my 3rd year of playing Mahjong recently, and starting my 4th year.

  
  
  さんねん is a laughable amount of time to be playing mahjong, Saki-chan has been playing since she was 6, that's triple the amount of time you've been playing. I have been playing since へいせいじゅうはちねんです, when Saki was first published, so don't give me that “I've been playing longer than you” crap.
  
  

  Stop ga-ga'ing over Saki. Human psychology states that such "special effects" in the anime are used primarily to attract unnecessary attention towards the characters and plot themselves, and there's absolutely no freaking way you can pull off a Rinshan like Saki does. Even for me, Rin-shan rates are low, even if I manage to make an 8-way wait for it.

  
  
  It is possible to improve your rinshan rate. I have been kanning every chance possible　and my rinshan to kan ratio has been slowly improving, I suspect it will be 100% by the end of next month.
  
  Your guide is flawed, you misread your wait, at one point you are unable to do simple multiplication, proving your maths is inadequate and you will never become a better player than I . Your lack of Japanese knowledge shines through with your made up words such as “betafuri” (the correct term is ふりべたです）.
• kensama wrote on 2013-03-20 03:24
  麻雀ってたしかに楽しいよね！僕もよく麻雀で楽しみます。天鳳には今四段R１７８３で、目指すはR１８００の特上ロビーです。頑張っています！
  
  良かったら、いつかRiichiさんとChihayaさんと一緒に遊びたいので、ぜひ連絡して下さいね。僕のちからを見せてあげます（笑）。
  
  I very much like to play mahjong. If you like, please play with me. I am looking forward!
• ClairBear wrote on 2013-03-22 08:41
  Aha, it is of much friendliness to hear about mahjong, I would play this kind of game every year when I spend our Chinese New Year in my hometown. All of my family members would take part in to kill the time as well as contact feelings. We just do that when there isn't much things to deal with, love it, miss it right now!
• sakichan wrote on 2014-05-20 09:05
  Hey, i've also been enjoying Mahjong! 私 (I) 大好き (love) てんほうです！Although i'm just beginning to learn the ropes, i'm finding the dynamics of the game to be extremely exciting and たのしい (fun)! I've also watched the anime さき (saki) and am loving the gameplay at the moment! I especially like the girl who calls りいちですわ! (riichi desuwa!) when she "riichi's" - so かわいい (cute)! I'm currently unranked on てんほうです, but i plan on becoming もっとつよい (stronger)!
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