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- Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:27 pm
- Forum: Columns
- Topic: Mahjong Parlors
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13620
Re:Mahjong Parlors
Thanks Jenn and Ben for the info! Some of my friends have been wanting to go back to a parlor, but can\'t stand the smell of smoke.
- Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:37 am
- Forum: Chinese Mahjong
- Topic: Rules for start
- Replies: 35
- Views: 36764
Re:Rules for start
Ive first played taiwanese style before learning riichi; I would say if you can play riichi, you can play pretty much any other style. Riichi seems to be the most complicated and restrictive style out there.
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:59 pm
- Forum: Reach Mahjong
- Topic: History of Mahjong: Cheating
- Replies: 64
- Views: 45317
Re:History of Mahjong: Cheating
Hmm, interesting; yea I was kind of worried that I would have to change my way of playing if I wanted to enter some kind of tournament. I say house rules are always the best! It\'s very difficult to measure the competitive aspects and the cut out certain pure-luck aspects of a game like riichi. Very...
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:41 pm
- Forum: Reach Mahjong
- Topic: History of Mahjong: Cheating
- Replies: 64
- Views: 45317
Re:History of Mahjong: Cheating
On a side note, I don\'t know the tournament rules at all, so if yakumans and kan dora are also prohibited, then I rescind my argument :P
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:38 pm
- Forum: Reach Mahjong
- Topic: History of Mahjong: Cheating
- Replies: 64
- Views: 45317
Re:History of Mahjong: Cheating
Haha well the thing is riichi has a lot of arbitrary things; if we were to say that ura dora should be eliminated since it requires no skill, then we should cut out Tenhou/Chihou/Renhou and Kokushi yakumans as well because even if you knew what to do, luck and chance is what gets you a yakuman. Spec...
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:12 pm
- Forum: Mahjong Media
- Topic: Battle Royale Tournament 2007 Taishousen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6162
Re:Battle Royale Tournament 2007 Taishousen
Haven\'t found it yet, gonna post another tourney from 2007 though, the Semi-finals I think
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:32 am
- Forum: Mahjong Media
- Topic: Battle Royale Tournament 2007 Taishousen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6162
Battle Royale Tournament 2007 Taishousen
Epic tournament featuring Pro League players on Mondo 21, a channel dedicated to pachinko, mah-jong, cars, trains, bikes, and girls (basically a Japanese version of Spike TV) It\'s very interesting to see how pros play under the fear of riichi and what they cut in the beginning. Taishousen/Big Boss ...
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:10 am
- Forum: Reach Mahjong
- Topic: Your "mangaistic" mahjong situations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5419
Re:Your "mangaistic" mahjong situations
Okay this wasn\'t my win, but I was playing in a round where North seat had reached about 9 rounds in the game and after that, East won a kokushi musou on North\'s Hatsu/Green Dragon discard! The crazy thing however was North\'s hand: 1-crak 1-crak 2-crak 2-crak 3-crak 3-crak 4-crak 5-crak 6-crak 7-...
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:46 am
- Forum: Mahjong Video Games
- Topic: Sites list
- Replies: 18
- Views: 15371
Re:Sites list
Haha I can imagine when I go back home; I\'m studying abroad in Japan right now. I think I am the one who had spread riichi to the rest of the study abroad students :D We\'re actually having a tournament next month...and we split the costs of a table we bought last week...meaning we have 3 tables an...
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:32 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Washizu Set from Akagi
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8526
Washizu Set from Akagi
Yes! I have found it! http://www.mahjongmart.com/shop/images/T0201-B.jpg Problems! I haven\'t bought it, but at first look, it had the official Akagi logo and everything, except that the set was extremely tiny! In fact, I saw the same looking set in a UFO catcher or crane game in an arcade! It\'s so...
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:25 am
- Forum: Reach Mahjong
- Topic: Mahjong Wikipedia
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3772
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:24 am
- Forum: Reach Mahjong
- Topic: Yakuman Club
- Replies: 259
- Views: 222965
Yakuman Club
Let\'s see whose gotten the most and craziest yakumans so far! I\'ve gotten Su Anko once :D It seems like the easiest yakumans are Dai San Gen, Su Anko, and Kokushi. I don\'t think I\'ve heard of anyone getting Chuuren pooto (111-999)! I bet the most frustrating thing for everyone is getting 8-11 ti...
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 7:05 am
- Forum: Columns
- Topic: Mahjong Parlors
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13620
Re:Mahjong Parlors
Hey, I think I can help you if you live in Japan :laugh: Jansous/雀荘 or Mahjong parlors are usually found in most towns, ranging from the big ones like Shibuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo to the smaller towns like Kichijoji and what-not. Most parlors are Furii/フリー, which doesn\'t mean free, but a rate is involv...
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:34 am
- Forum: Mahjong Media
- Topic: Expert Technique Mahjong: Cheating
- Replies: 22
- Views: 21746
Expert Technique Mahjong: Cheating
These are videos of cheating methods used in the anime Legendary Gambler Tetsuya being used and explained in real life. I\'m posting these videos merely for entertainment and awareness; please don\'t use these techniques yourselves! Expert Technique 1 http://www.youtube.com/v/S_PA23TaPoE&hl=ja&fs=1 ...
- Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:12 am
- Forum: Reach Mahjong
- Topic: History of Mahjong: Cheating
- Replies: 64
- Views: 45317
Re:History of Mahjong: Cheating
There is a Kindai Mahjong Manga called Mukoubuchi, where the main character plays a very high risk version of Riichi where after a win is called, one to six more doras are revealed and are calculated into the hand! I think that is definitely the gambler\'s ultimate dream! I think the term is called ...