Guildford UK Mahjong Tournament Report
Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:18 am
Thank you Gemma for your report about the Guildford mahjong tournament. I would\'ve loved to have been there:
http://www.reachmahjong.com/home/index. ... 2&Itemid=1
And congratulations on your results (1st, 2nd, 2nd, 1st).
You were wondering about the scoring rules. I might be able to help you there! The \"bam bam\" method (I like that name - did you coin it, or is that what the British have started calling it?)... the bam bam method is described on my website here:
http://japanese-mahjong.com/3pmjpage11.html
It is so MUCH EASIER and quicker than the traditional scoring method and is used in 3-player mahjong here in Hiroshima.
All you do is count up your yaku and bonuses plus two for \"den den\" (i.e. bam bam).
I use it when playing 4-player as a quick check while the scoring \"expert\" works out the score by the traditional method, and you get roughly the same result most of the time.
Ian Fraser, the tournament organiser, has been buying mahjong gear from my site for the last three or four years. Sometimes I meet him and hand stuff over on my trips to England. And in February of this year we played both Riichi MJ and 3-Player MJ with Peter Langford using the \"bam bam\" method.
So, maybe I am the guilty party if the UK adopts an heretical approach to mahjong tournaments!
DH
http://www.reachmahjong.com/home/index. ... 2&Itemid=1
And congratulations on your results (1st, 2nd, 2nd, 1st).
You were wondering about the scoring rules. I might be able to help you there! The \"bam bam\" method (I like that name - did you coin it, or is that what the British have started calling it?)... the bam bam method is described on my website here:
http://japanese-mahjong.com/3pmjpage11.html
It is so MUCH EASIER and quicker than the traditional scoring method and is used in 3-player mahjong here in Hiroshima.
All you do is count up your yaku and bonuses plus two for \"den den\" (i.e. bam bam).
I use it when playing 4-player as a quick check while the scoring \"expert\" works out the score by the traditional method, and you get roughly the same result most of the time.
Ian Fraser, the tournament organiser, has been buying mahjong gear from my site for the last three or four years. Sometimes I meet him and hand stuff over on my trips to England. And in February of this year we played both Riichi MJ and 3-Player MJ with Peter Langford using the \"bam bam\" method.
So, maybe I am the guilty party if the UK adopts an heretical approach to mahjong tournaments!
DH