Some of the posts in this thread sadden me greatly. It's a tragedy that someone thinks he has progressed so much, only to find he has taken but a single step. xkime, I am disappointed. What is mahjong to you? A game? A calculation? Possibilities, permutations, probabilities and such have no place he...

Topic has been shoved around way too much, and it's easy for clueless people to overstate the differences between actually viable playing styles.

Ok, when i go to japan I´ll go to a no-rate mahjong parlour. That's like going to las vegas and playing in a freeroll. Live it up, especially if you can speak japanese or have a friend/interpreter, win or lose it will be one of your life experiences. If you can spare like some minutes reading or pl...

Posting about that here is kind of meh because not everyone posts on the forums here. Well Sen does, but that's about it really. Just a friendly reminder.

This actually sounds worse than normal mahjong by far. So, what do you suggest for Washizu rules? I don't have any concrete suggestions, but it's more than likely that anything involving collusion or teamwork of any kind would make people's heads explode. The EMA is skeptical enough about the skill...

Ignatius wrote:In Osamuko blog you´ll find a lot about riichi mahjong strategy.

This is not exactly true. If you want to find hard strategy, be prepared to take up a new language.

As for the above videos I am not even gonna start.

To make it simple: * no blood pumping * no direct payment * team play, as in Akagi: - one player is the \"better\", the other is the \"dummy\" - only the \"better\"\'s score matters - for each team, the \"dummy\" seats on the right of the \"better\" - a player can help his team mate in any way a no...