Well whatever the case a single point of contact in each country would still be the ideal and that should happen through some kind of national organization. For the EMA it makes sense to have MCR and riichi (and other rulesets) bundled together since their aim is to promote all types of mahjong. The...

In a country where no association actively promotes riichi someone will have to deal with the quota. I am sure that the Spanish organization would welcome riichi players as well but it is up to the riichi players to get the ball rolling on the promotion part. But yes the big problem is organizing a ...

Of course for countries with more than one organization this requirement becomes somewhat more difficult.

-Morten Andersen

With regard to membership of a national organisation. Of course you are right that someone who is not a member of an organization can be just as good as someone who is not. However as long as the requirements for being a member are small enough I think it is reasonable to make the demand since it sh...

I see 2 main reasons why participation in tournaments may be limited. First off there is basic practicality. The organizers may only be able to fit 100, 120 or 200 people in the playing area or may not be able to organize food etc. for a bigger crowd. Secondly; The more players you admit to a tourna...

I\'d cut the 2-dot as well. But as for going for the pairs or the pungs it depends a lot. Depending on who you are playing the pungs could be a faster hand but much harder to play defensively. I might pung early from the player to my right but (almost)never from the player to my left. I think it ver...

Furiten isn\'t ippatsu , applying what we think as one rule to another situation doesn\'t always hold. That and to keep my opinion brief, concise, but necessary, the current EMA interpretation of furiten and the illegal kuikae (5 for 5*) is enough to remind one\'s self that the internet world of ma...

In the EMA rules temporary furiten is interrupted by a call (or by picking a tile yourself).

Yeah an uma of 5/15 would be much better as I see it and I hope that the rules will be changed in that direction at some point.

And Ben we have to find something to disagree about soon or people will start thinking we are the same person :)

Has anyone but me noticed that, when the uma is increased, the current system degenerates into something much like drob\'s system, but with a different tiebreaking mechanism? It\'s what uma is designed for. I talk about a real strong uma, like 30/10. Not the near-meaningless 9/3. Yes I would much r...

Not that I\'m living in the UK but that sounds great.
In case you don\'t know I believe people play regularly in Guildford (I know it\'s not London but it\'s not that far).

Yes it differs somewhat.

In EMA-rules the tile is always flipped before the discard in other rules it is flipped after. Sometimes it is flipped before on a concealed kan but after on a melded one.

So all in all do what you find easiest/most fun :)

Yes no Yaku. To learn more read this:

http://www.reachmahjong.com/home/index. ... &Itemid=67

in Riichi you can\'t simply make a hand with just any 4 sets and a pair especialy not after you\'ve melded one or more sets.

Well our club plays for about 5 hours every thursday. Apart from that I usualy get in another 4-5 hours of play during the other days of the week. I don\'t play that much online..(just a few games each month). Then on top of that I play regularly in tournaments (about 10 each year). The time is spli...

As a side note I would like to say that I actually quite like the atmosphere here in general as compared to other fora I frequent.