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Pros and cons of various reach mahjong sites

Post by Looper » Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:18 am

I\'ve been playing Japanese mahjong online for a little while now, but exclusively on Tenhou. It seems like Ron2 is favored around here, though. What are your thoughts on the popular sites to play on?

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Re:Pros and cons of various reach mahjong sites

Post by HotelFSR » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:30 am

I like Toupaiou best.

I actually think Tenhou is better than Ron2. The reason I like Toupaiou is that it has all the features of Tenhou plus ingame chat and lobbies where you can make games instead of a matchmaking system, which is nice if you make online friends. The dan lobby does have an anonymous matchmaking system.

Unlike both Tenhou and Ron2, Toupaiou also gives you full functionality for free, including 3D graphics, records and replays. Not sure how they make any money!

Another thing I like is that you can access any players\' record ingame. Tenhou only lets you see their rank, which means very little compared to rating. Toupaiou shows rating, and on top of that you can click for a full breakdown.

Finally, Toupaiou keeps track of \'play money\' points which show how you\'d be doing if you were playing for stakes.

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Re:Pros and cons of various reach mahjong sites

Post by Ruro » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:43 pm

I like Tenhou because im not very fluent in jap :P (3kyuu level, but thats only on paper lol :P ), i like it\'s \"design\" (to actually see the walls). Toupaiou is great too, i played a bit at there too, but i like tenhou-s design more. And for Ron2, well it\'s not bad at all, but it seems too hard for me (out of 5 games people just win over me in 4, and in a very brutal way too). All 3 site is good, i just wish i had the time to play more on them :)

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Re:Pros and cons of various reach mahjong sites

Post by HotelFSR » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:53 pm

As we speak Toupaiou has just been updated so that even the normal lobbies have matchmaking. There\'s now a separate section for arranged games.

Ruro: 5 games is not enough to judge the competition on the site as a whole.

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Re:Pros and cons of various reach mahjong sites

Post by Tom Sloper » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:15 pm

How do I get to Toupaiou? A Google search using Romaji doesn\'t do it, and I don\'t know which kanji I should be using...?
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Re:Pros and cons of various reach mahjong sites

Post by chalwa » Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:42 pm

www.toupai-ou.com/

BTW many sites are listed here (toupai-ou also)
http://www.reachmahjong.com/home/index. ... 8&id=48428

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Re:Pros and cons of various reach mahjong sites

Post by iandstanley » Mon May 18, 2009 5:59 pm

I play on tenhou because I have learnt a portion of the interface and I love the playing table/tiles.

I have setup an account on Ron2 but have yet to sit down and learnt the interface .... maybe soon

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Re:Pros and cons of various reach mahjong sites

Post by Tom Sloper » Mon May 18, 2009 6:58 pm

iandstanley wrote:I have setup an account on Ron2 but have yet to sit down and learnt the interface .... maybe soon
It only takes a few minutes. Jenn wrote a guide, it\'s around here somewhere I think.
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Re:Pros and cons of various reach mahjong sites

Post by Ruro » Mon May 18, 2009 8:43 pm

yea Ron2 is fairly easy to control. But i have a strange question, about tenhou. I made an account there and only played at the flash version (not the windows one) and after some time passed (like 3-4 weeks) it demanded that i register and pay for my account. Isn\'t the non-windows economy account free?

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