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by Senechal
Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:16 pm
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: New IRC Channel about Riichi
Replies: 5
Views: 7823

Re: Reach Mahjong now has IRC Channel

No, but it exists anyways. Any admin here can do with it what they like. (To change the topic message requires you to notify me because topic messages for + type channels must be stored in the configuration file, and I am the only person who has any access to that file). I probably should have cont...
by Senechal
Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:15 pm
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: Scoring Sticks
Replies: 9
Views: 7752

Re: Scoring Sticks

If you have poker chips, you can just use a 4-3-3-5 distribution for 25k or 5-3-3-5 for 30k. (red-blue-black-white, as blue is the usual color of coloured riichi sticks.)
by Senechal
Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:20 pm
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: New IRC Channel about Riichi
Replies: 5
Views: 7823

Re: Reach Mahjong now has IRC Channel

Did you try talking to an admin about this? By your post, it sounds like you didn't. It's rude to assume that your initiative will be supported post-facto just by plugging the name of the forum to an idea you had. Also, you got banned in the other #mahjong channel in 10 minutes, 10 lines. No one wil...
by Senechal
Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:58 pm
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: About the Pao Rule
Replies: 17
Views: 16285

Re: About the Pao Rule

Riichi after is an irrelevant question.

Riichi before would pre-empt it. The whole point of pao-soku is to punish people who deliberately deal in without considering folding the hand.
by Senechal
Wed Jun 02, 2010 10:31 am
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: About the Pao Rule
Replies: 17
Views: 16285

Re: About the Pao Rule

I'm saying that if you've made 4 open melds (123 222 567 999) of the same suit, in HK style, whoever threw the tile to make the 4th meld would be liable under the same rule to pay half in case of another's ron, or everything in case of tsumo. Then again, there are many little differences in how peop...
by Senechal
Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:55 am
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: About the Pao Rule
Replies: 17
Views: 16285

Re: About the Pao Rule

Daisangen and Dai-suu-shi are the only "universal" examples. Dealing a live tile that gets made into a kan, 4 kans with the 4th made off a discard, or even Tsu-ii-sou with a discarded 4th triplet could have an insurance rule applied against them, in theory. In practice, it depends where you go. Gart...
by Senechal
Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:48 am
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: Tenhou scoring quiz has a bug.
Replies: 6
Views: 6184

Re: Tenhou scoring quiz has a bug.

Please make an effort for the screenshot. Otherwise, it's hard to believe that an open hand with no kan is worth 60fu. (The absolute max I can see being made is 52, and that's really overdoing it: 20+8+8+4(open)+8+valuepair+tsumo would forcibly be toi-toi, honroutou, mangan++. Closed, Closed, Open t...
by Senechal
Thu May 27, 2010 9:39 pm
Forum: Meetups
Topic: meetups - why sunday?
Replies: 7
Views: 9331

Re: meetups - why sunday?

Nothing's stopping you from setting up a meet of your own, organizers tend to have the undeniable perk of being able to organize things that fit best for their schedule.
by Senechal
Sat May 22, 2010 11:00 am
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: Fu Values
Replies: 3
Views: 3814

Re: Fu Values

^seconded^ Triplet fu points start at 2 points for an exposed triplet of simple tiles. 3-dot 3-dot 3-dot The points are doubled if they are terminal tiles or a concealed triplet. In the case of a quad, they're multiplied by 4. ALL THESE MODIFIERS ARE CUMULATIVE 4 points (exposed terminal) 1-dot 1-do...
by Senechal
Mon May 17, 2010 10:54 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Just a test about kanji
Replies: 15
Views: 14443

Re: Just a test about kanji

千点棒を失った。
by Senechal
Tue May 11, 2010 10:33 pm
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: Scoring calculation (Menzen-kafu and Pinfu + more)
Replies: 24
Views: 28683

Re:Menzen-kafu and Pinfu

You can always multiply by [1,1,2] or [2,2,2] to count the partial tsumo payments, or divide the number either given above (3840) or even 3900 into the shares. 975, 975, 1950 still rounds to 1000, 1000 and 2000, giving a total of 4000 for a non-dealer tsumo at 3:30. EDIT: You mentioned the danger of...
by Senechal
Tue May 11, 2010 3:35 pm
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: Scoring calculation (Menzen-kafu and Pinfu + more)
Replies: 24
Views: 28683

Re:Menzen-kafu and Pinfu

If you\'re used to counting stuff or are fast at multiplying, you can either use the solid formula: FU * 2^HAN * 2^2 * (4 or 6) = total score. (4 or 6 to represent a non-dealer or a dealer win. Round everything up to the higher 100 of points.) Or start with what 0 han totals look like then double it...
by Senechal
Sun May 09, 2010 12:07 pm
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: Scoring calculation (Menzen-kafu and Pinfu + more)
Replies: 24
Views: 28683

Re:Menzen-kafu and Pinfu

Yes, as you say, it would be 2600 all (7800) because we\'re talking the dealer here.

Both of my other examples are non-dealer totals. You seem to understand perfectly.
by Senechal
Sun May 09, 2010 3:06 am
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: Scoring calculation (Menzen-kafu and Pinfu + more)
Replies: 24
Views: 28683

Re:Menzen-kafu and Pinfu

The menzen-kafu points come from any menzen-ron, so pinfu hands are worth 30 and everything else is \"40\" or better after rounding up. Whereas menzen-tsumo is 1 han rather than 10fu. Same hand, same tiles: 5200 ron, 7700 tsumo (2000/3900), assuming no extra dora are in play. (Men-tan-dora: 2*34777-...
by Senechal
Tue May 04, 2010 10:16 pm
Forum: Reach Mahjong
Topic: What's the reason on abortive draws?
Replies: 14
Views: 11219

Re:What's the reason on abortive draws?

For 4 same winds: Because of the value of the dragon tiles, and the other usual intention of wanting to get to tenpai in the shortest amount of steps by keeping anything that can be made into a meld, sequence or triplet, it\'s more logical to expect winds to be chucked first. And yes, I can tell you...