Mahjong

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>watching akagi for the first time

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Holy shit.

>>16251604
Very nice, shame it was against bots.

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Mahjong is a dark mistress, her infatuating airs will lead you to destruction

>>16251604
Your first win against bots? Great, this means it's time to move on to playing against people! Good luck on your mahjong journey. I hope you make it to 4dan.

Who wants to play ?

>fag denies me my nagashi mangan
Pretty sure this game is rigged anyway.

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>>16256102
pic related.

Anyone coming to the Mahjong dojo in Gardena Cali? I'm hosting another Meetup there.

Hope to see you there.

>このﾌﾟﾚｰﾔは既に接続済みです
Wew I can't reconnect. What does it say ?

>>16256572
This player is already connected.

>>16256578
Oh thanks.

>>16256520
Prepare to be ron'd

>tsumo'd to 5000 points
Why am I playing this kusoge

>>16254658
>I hope you make it to 4dan.
Why would you wish such an awful thing on someone?

>>16257823
If they're playing mahjong they have to be a masochist, might as well give them ideas so they can suffer sooner,

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I came.

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How do I change the sound effects tenhou windows client?

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>>16259143
>ファイル指定

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>>16259183
?

>>16259211
>設定

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>>16259220
Thank You

3:0

>2:4

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>3:4

>>16261481
>At work, can't play
;_;

>>16251045
>osamuko is still dead
Forever dead, mind you.

>>16261821
Just check internetwaybackmachine if you want articles

>>16261821
Can someone explain what happened?

>>16264888
Just drama. The kind of primadonna bitching that used to to be prevalent in online communities ten years ago.

>1:4

Let's play.

>>16261821
We have Dynaman now, which is much better than that shit.

>>16264888
No one knows. Rumor is the owner was getting harassed and wanted to delete the discord.

Yo jp I'm thinking about getting a mahjong set, which one would you guys recommend

>>16267068
The yellow mountain imports set (two-toned one, the black one kind of makes it hard to tell if the Haku is the dora indicator) and the northway sports suisen set are both pretty good from my experience.

Anyone up for some Saki PSP?

>>16267446
What do I need to do in specific to get this to work?

>>16267496
>>>/a/150826376

>>16267521
Alright, I've downloaded it. Is there a general evolve lobby or whatever?

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>>16267576
Join this party.
https://www.evolvehq.com/recruit/party?token=player:6xR9GRuZg7AxEJfl,party:WqjW6PoTS8_YC3ql

Then make your PPSSPP settings look like this.

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>no kans

it was really fun anyways though, thanks for the games guys

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By far, the easiest (and best looking) suuankou, that I've pulled so far.

http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2016121620gm-0029-0000-f27d081c&tw=3&ts=3

My japanese friend is trying to get me to play SEGA Mahjong

so i encountered this thread

does mahjong help learning japanese?

>>16269083
It can teach you to recognize the kanji for 1-9, that's about it. Everything else, you're just learning "mahjong" terminology, not Japanese.

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Next turn shimocha tsumo'd

>>16269114
I'll say this however: I've been watching animu for over 30 years and never felt compelled to learn Japanese. Playing Mahjong online and with live folks has made me seriously consider learning it now.

Does the yakuman gong go off if you get a kazoe?

>>16270035
I have to agree with this sentiment. I'm a Japanese student for a bit over a year and a half now, and Mahjong has been an unfettering motivator for my continued study.

>>16270035
whoa there gramps

>>16270512
>In a mahjong thread
>Surprised there's older folks in there

>>16270512
For the most part, people who play mahjong (outside of Chinese cartoons) are older men and Jewish grannies.

>>16270568
I've getting invites from Jewish mahjong clubs . If I was older and into files, I might learn American style.

>>16270584
Gilfs, not files, you fucking autocorrect

>>16270331
No

I wish I was saying this because I dealt it, instead of getting hit by it

>>16269990
That cockblock.

Anybody wants to play ? Gonna wait for 20mn.

>>16271788
Wait, kamicha missed pinfu AND a posible sanshoku. He should have discarded the 4s.

>>16271794
Wait I forgot about the 4m kan kek.
Still missed pinfu.

I get a server not found in tenhou but if I use a proxy (It doesn't need to be japanese) I can play.
What could have happened?

>>16272015
What?

3:0

Please don't queue if you're not going to play.

>>16272151
I think he was playing, but ragequit halfway through. Probably didn't expect to walk into a table with 6/5/2 dan.

>>16272154
>Probably didn't expect to walk into a table with 6/5/2 dan
Who even cares though just do your best

>>16269022
Even without the suu ankou, it could have very easily been a kazoe yakuman.

Very nice.

>>16269022
>yakuman 29
You number your yakuman?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdyTX9HcNXE

Chinese anime is the future.

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This game, I can't even.

>>16273272
>all those pon palaces

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>>16273272
What am I witnessing.

>>16273379
3p had just passed, 8s was guaranteed safe against the dealer and the riichi, 6s had passed a turn before, and 7s was also safer than the 7p.

You had alternatives, man.

NEED ONE MORE PLAYER

http://tenhou.net/0/?L7447

>>16273865
You are absolutely right for 3p and 8s. I wasn't paying attention and got rekt.
But it was a wild short ride.

>1:4
Let's GO.

Holy shit how did I pull that comeback

3:0

I'm sorry for this stupid question

Is the beginning of mahjong just a lot of rote memorization and grinding out games until things start to stick? I'm just doing so poorly and I'm not sure if I'm missing some obvious step or if it's just inexperience. I've won maybe 1 time in the last 20 rounds.

>>16274481
Basically, yeah. As a beginner, it's kind of expected to do poorly against people who know the game better. Knowledge of all the Yaku gives a huge edge in versatility with your hand over someone who knows only a few.

>>16274481
Until you know all the yaku, yeah for the most part.
If you haven't done so already, once you get the basics of the game (most game mechanics, most common yaku, understand furiten etc) it pays to try and read about tile efficiency, how to defend and so on.

>>16274481
Yes that's normal, focus on the easier yaku for now and stop calling unless you know what yaku you are going for. One of the biggest mistakes beginners make is calling anything they see and ending up with an invalid hand.

>>16274481
What I did was playing the riichi mahjong flash game and try to do the hands they show below (or on this website http://www.japanesemahjong.net/mahjong-rules/yaku/). If your hand kind of looks like one described, try to complete it like it's written.
If your hand doesn't resemble any of the listed ones, you can *always* build your hand and declare Riichi when you miss 1 tile to win. It is a yaku by itself, but it's only allowed if you never opened your current hand.
Makes you learn all the yaku (or at least the 10 most common).

So yes, the beginning is a bit of memorization but it's not like the yaku are random combinations, they're pretty straightforward.

>>16274709
Flash game is the best place to start because there's no time limit on moves and you can just scroll down to see all the yaku.

>>16274855
Yeah I was responding to his post and saying what I personally did at the beginning.

>>16272574
Yea. Makes it easier to count them.

>>16274869
I wish I had so many yakuman I'd have trouble keeping count

The closest I've been to a yakuman in >300 games is >>16269990

>>16274959
I get one about every 200 games, but so much comes down to how aggressively you chase the kokushi.

Anyone want to play Saki PSP?
See >>>/a/150826376 and >>16267591

>>16275620
sure

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I know it's just the computer, but damn it feels good.

2:0

>>16276043
it's 3.0

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>>16276023
Yes. Remember that feeling.

How early is too early for Tenhou?

>>16278911
There isn't as long as you mean L0. With 7447 it's just whenever people decide to get on.

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>>16278917
I'm on 7447 if anyone wants to play. Also I messed with something and now my interface changed, anyone know how to change it back? I don't like how the man tiles look.

>>16278953
I thought those were the default tiles for the Tenhou flash applet. Is there other tile fonts?

>>16278991
Yeah, you can notice a considerable difference in >>16273266

>>16278917
I just meant in terms of getting shit on. Playing the computer is alright, but I think playing other people would be more fun. I also don't know how automated Tenhou is, so I didn't know if I'd have to have a real firm grasp on calling and whatnot.

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>>16278953
Choose the second option when you're on the login screen.

>>16278953
read the pastebin

>>16279026
Ippan players are awful and hyper aggressive. Once you know your yaku it's fine to jump in, especially if you just are willing to create a throw away account. Until you learn your yaku though, don't bother and focus on the flash game. Once you get some games together you can always post replays and we will tell you where you are fucking up.

>>16275620
if someone is up, come to the saki thread on /a/

>>16279071
That's good to know.

I did have a rather broad question though, and it might be something I just have to learn from playing the game. When I first started a couple days ago I kept taking every pon, chii, and kan opportunity I could. I realized that I can't do that as I often ended up unable to win with my hand. I've now done a complete 180 and essentially always keep my hand closed. While I have been winning more, I feel like I'm really limiting myself by being hesitant to open my hand. Is there any sort of trick to knowing when opening your hand is fine or good, or would it just be something that comes through experience?

>>16279563
open your hand only if it's to go in tenpai or to get dora (if you already have a yaku ready). otherwise keep you hand closed

>>16279577
That's actually a lot simpler than I thought. Thanks.

>>16279563
You make calls that will make you progress towards the yaku(s) you want.
If you have a pair of dragons (or round/seat winds) you'll most certainly want to call pon to make the triplet and get the Yakuhai yaku.
If you have a lot of tiles from one suit, you'll want to call to complete your Hon'itsu or Chin'itsu more easily.
If you have lots of pairs and triplets, you can call pon to get a fast Toitoi.

Basically, if you have a clear idea of what yaku you want in your hand, you can call to accelerate its completion. But the yaku scores less points and some are not allowed in an open hand.

>>16279741
>If you have lots of pairs and triplets, you can call pon to get a fast Toitoi.
Only if you have a lot of triples, otherwise focus on chitoitsu.

>>16279741
Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. Failing to have a yaku so many times made me tunnel vision closed hands and or ignoring terminals and honors if I did go open, which is pretty dumb in hindsight.

Someone post the pic that says "You must riichi every hand if you're a man"

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>>16280099
sure, Dojima is always a necessity here

>>16280099
But I have never skipped a riichi. The gamble and pleasure is just too good to pass up

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>>16280421
Always relevant

>>16280455
#justippanproblems

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>>16280455

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>>16279563
>Is there any sort of trick to knowing when opening your hand is fine or good, or would it just be something that comes through experience?
Learn you must call when... yes. Use your feelings. Let the force be your guide.

>>16280455
>not doing a riichi whenever possible
You some kind of girl or something?

>>16281131
>Trying to play mahjong without being a lesbian

>>16281131
>>16281219
hmm... I can't seem to figure out whom you're quoting

>>16281131
>saying "girl" as an insult
How normal are you?

>>16280455
Always nice to poke fun at this but it wouldn't be the first time I got haitei riichi ippatsu tsumo

>2:0

>>16282375
>he's never seen the karate kid
How young are you?

why is this game so hard to learn

>>16283952
The game isn't nearly as hard to learn as just memorizing yaku.

>>16283952
It's even harder to master.

>>16283952
Too bad you aren't in California, they have some good live learning parlors

>>16283963
>>16283979
>>16284056
i mean a kinda now how to play, but i just cant see how could i win with skill, its just seems that everything depends on luck, and if i get a bad hand or somebody get a real good hand its over

>>16284158
Well what do you expect, it's a game with 4 players. True skill games are 1v1. Outstanding players will win only 30% of the time. That being said there is plenty of things you can do to influence the game, you will see more as you play it's not all luck. That's why I said it's hard to master, many beginners will write off things as luck when they should've read the discards, folded, or pushed a hand. There are times where someone wins to sheer luck, but if you play a few more games with them you see it won't last.

>>16283963
I definitely think the mind games aspect of it along with being able to read rivers is harder than memorizing yaku.

Is SEGA Net or Tengokuhai better?

Anyone wanna play ?

>>16284222
This desu. Mahjong is pretty comparable to poker in that regard - individual hands are pretty much up to luck, but in the long(er) run skill definitely plays a big part.

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>>16284524
You gotta know when to hold em

And when to fold em

>>16284222
ye, i think my big problem is that i rarely read the discards, its so fast

Multiple important offline tournaments are occurring in early 2017! Don't forget.
http://mahjong-europe.org/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37:oemc-2017-european-mahjong-championship-2&catid=8&Itemid=158
http://www.mindmahjong.com/info/eshowinfo.asp?id=1124

>>16284909
not riichi.jpg

>>16284930
Is this not a thread about mahjong?

>>16284940
Thank you for considering us in your efforts to reach out to mahjong players everywhere. However, please keep in mind that the residents of this thread are riichi mahjong specialists and, for the most part, do not play any other variants.

>>16284963
Specialisation reminds me. Similar to how there's a horse version of poker tournaments, it would be fun if there were a multivariant mahjong tournament.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HORSE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOSE

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Is there a site where you can drill WWYDs like you can drill tactics in chess?

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>>16284940
No one cares about non-riichi mahjong. As far as I know riichi is the most popular variant around the world, and with good reason too; ching chong 'jong is shit.

>1:0
Let's GO

>>16285125
2.0

Common only 2 people.

3:0 now.

>>16285093
>most popular
Can you back that up?

>>16285291
I love riichi, but I'm pretty sure standard Chinese style is way more popular

>>16285291
>>16285307
How many manga are there about chinese mahjong?
How many anime are there about chinese mahjong?
How many TV drama are there about chinese mahjong?
How many threads on are there on /jp/ about chinese mahjong?

Outside of China riichi is more popular. Maybe there are more Chinese mahjong players than riichi players but that's just because there's so many chinks. If you exclude China then riichi is more popular.

>>16285291
Not that guy and I don't have numbers to back it up right now, but I'm like 95% sure that outside of China, riichi is the vastly more popular variant.

I'm not sure what the breakdown is if you count global players, but if you disregard China (which you can safely do in this case) then riichi is easily the most popular.

>>16285508
Why would you ignore any country in a global count?

>>16285704
It's irrelevant for western and 4chan purposes. There's very few Chinese users on 4chan, and it's relatively unlikely that many people here are going to come into deep contact with Chinese mahjong.

Maybe globally speaking Chinese mahjong is very popular (though I still think it's less popular than riichi), for all intents and purposes it's pretty much irrelevant here, with a very broad definition of "here".

>>16285858
Glad to know I'm not the only white person playing mahjong.

>>16285858
>>16285861
Even though I'm white, my Japanese anime taught me how to play.

2:0

>>16285934
3:0

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>Corak is back

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

>>16286017
I've played like 5 games in the last 6 months so if I look like shit, well I should.

>>16285054
Buy a book. There are lots of WWYD books out there.

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>>16286017
Now some real fun begins

So I'm getting that you guys don't have much of an international perspective on Mahjong. Not that there's a problem with that, but anyway...

Most rulesets aren't nearly as codified as Riichi, which instantly makes the question of "most popular variant" a prickly one. There are variations within riichi but they are small.

The Chinese rulesets are pretty fluid. A lot of people play with variations and outside of MCR (Mahjong Competition Rules) none of them really have a regulatory body of rules.

There's also a *lot* of different Chinese mahjong rulesets. Some of them have 17 tile hands (Taiwan) and some of them have no honor or wind tiles (Chongqing). Some use a linear scoring method, but most use a "doubling" system where hand values are grouped. Some of them employ sortied discards and furiten, but most don't. The hands that are scored and the minimum requirements for a winning hand vary quite a bit as well. In short, they're different.

So if you were to ask "which variant of Mahjong is the most popular", the answer is probably riichi, but the question is disingenuous. The Chinese styles, if grouped together, constitute a significantly larger percentage of the mahjong player base. It's not even close.

Also, don't listen to the people who say Riichi requires the most skill. Try some variants for yourself - you'd be surprised. Chongqing is especially good.

>>16285469
There is a whole genre of Chinese (live action) mahjong films. There's literally hundreds of them. A big one came out last year.

>>16285307
The "standard" Chinese style - MCR - isn't that popular. It's just the ruleset they use in tournaments within China because there are so many Chinese styles.

>>16286117
>Try some variants for yourself - you'd be surprised. Chongqing is especially good.
Yeah, but who the fuck plays chongching? Of the main styles riichi is probably one of the best.

Even if Chinese mahjong were objectively superior to Riichi, you wouldn't be allowed to discuss it here anyway, so it's pretty much a moot point.

>>16286164
>>16286130
Shut the fuck up.

>>16286210
Calm down Lee.

>>16286130
Chongqing is a city of 30 million so I'd say probably a fair few. It's also really just a variant style of Sichuan, where about a hundred million people live.

I live in Toronto and I know of two groups besides my own that play Chongqing.

I like riichi. It's a good game with a clear purpose behind the structure of yaku. It's a gambling game, however, and it's different enough from most Chinese variants that mahjong fans owe it to themselves to explore what's out there.

Chongqing has:
- No honors or winds
- No minimum hand value and a completely different scoring system
- Voided suit requirement: A winning hand can only contain 2 (or less) suits
- "Until the bloody end": a winner does not end the deal; play continues until the wall dries up or all but one players have won. Winning gets you a payout and the privilege of sitting out of subsequent payouts.
- No dora

It's pretty different.

>>16286345
What I meant it'll probably be hard for most people to play outside of China. It sounds interesting but it's pretty much impossible.

>>16286365
I can sympathize with that. You would basically have to play in-person and teach everyone the rules. Not impossible, but not possible for everyone.

>>16286383
If only there was some client like Tenhou that let you play all styles of mahjong.

>>16286391
That solves one problem and creates another: Finding three people on the internet to play Chongqing with.

>>16286391
Is tenhou not just for riichi? Or can you make your own room with completely different shit?

>>16286391
A few months ago I announced I was working on one. I still am. I'll post the code when it's usable for netplay.
The way it works is that by default, the client lets you do any action to the tiles and table, and rulesets just constrain that. You could even take a tile from another person's hand without rules to stop you.

any tips on how to read the discard/tiles faster?

>>16287511
Practice

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>>16286345
>A winning hand can only contain 2 (or less) suits
Now that's retarded

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What did they mean by this?

>>16287964
Live action Saki is an exhibitionist pervert who keeps getting boners in public.

>>16288331
Lesbians can't get boners.

>>16288338
Elongated riichi stick syndrome, whatever you want to call it.

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these look so cool

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Say, does anyone have that screenshot of some moron dropping into tanyao dora 12?

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How does everyone feel about this

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>>16290228

>>16290228
What's happening?

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>>16290258

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>>16290262

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>two tiles off suu ankou
>get ron'd by a pinfu

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>>16290435
>8 different terminals and honors

So I was playing tenhou and I swear I couldn't ever call the discards of one specific person. It wasn't furiten or riichi or anything like that. Say I had two 4 sou and two 6 sou and he discarded a 5 sou. It wouldn't let me call. Am I missing something or was that a glitch? It happened a number of times.

>>16290834
You can only chii from the person to your left.

>>16290939
Well that explains it. Guess I need to make sure I know all the basics.

>>16290939
Is there a reason for that rule? Maybe because it would make things stupidly easy to go for fast tanyao hands?

>>16291496
In the original chinese versions, "Chi" uses the kanji 吃 for "to eat", using something that's flowing down the river towards you to complete a shunzi 顺子, or a 'following-along set'. There's no real reason why the rule arose as far as I can tell, just like there's no reason why a Knight should be able to move like a teleporting archmage or a Queen should be the unholy offspring of a bishop and a moving tower in Chess besides conventional rules.

can i play against the computer on tenhou?

>>16291892
That makes sense, thanks Anon.

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>>16291935
Top fast middle not fast

Tried tenhou for the first time today.
Got absolutely destroyed....

Makes me wanna play more!

>>16293202
thanks famito

>>16293367
I'm the same man. I can't believe I didn't start playing this sooner since it's so addicting. I feel like I've been missing out.

2:0

>>16293493
Already left ?

>2:0

>>16293367
If you're still here and want to play with us, type "/lobby 7447" in the chat.

3:0

logged in with the client for cell phones so can't use any chat function at all, even can't see the log either.

will stay there until the client kicks me out when it switches to power saving mode.

how do i git gud? i got destroyed everytime

>>16293843
Phone client? Where can I find this?

>16293878
just access this URL

http://tenhou.net/3/beta.html?L7447

>>16293876
Just have to work on memorizing yaku and learning to read the pool. Once that's out of the way you sell your soul to the devil for some decent luck.

>>16293876
First, search about "tile efficiency".
When you build your hand, the tiles in your hand have varying degrees of usefulness wether they are isolated, inside a meld, dora, terminal, etc. Sometimes it's obvious what you should discard (like non seat/round winds or really isolated terminals) but it can often be difficult when you have several uncomplete melds.
For exemple, if you have to choose between 56m and 12m, 56m is evidently more efficient because it is completed by 4m or 7m, whereas 12m is only completed by 3m.
But even though 12m and 13m need 1 tile to be completed, 13m is more efficient because in case you pick up 4m you can change 13m into 34m by dropping 1m and now have 1 more tile completing the meld.

Then, you'll absolutely want to read about "defense".
There are 4 players in the game and each one of them is trying to win, but only the first to complete his hand wins. Most of the time, it's not you that'll be winning but one of the 3 others. So when you see a guy that's close to winning (he's in riichi or made lots of calls for example), you should usually defend.
The basic defense strategy is "betaori" : you discard tiles that are 100% safe because of the furiten rule (like discarding a tile the player close to winning already discarded or discarding a tile the previous player just discarded). But if you do this you have to give up winning the current hand.
If you don't have 100% safe tiles, you can discard honors that were already discarded earlier in the round. They are not 100% safe but it's the next best discards usually.
An other easy way to defend is using "kabe" (wall). When you see all 7p (2 discarded and 2 in your hand, for exemple), nobody could be using 7p in a suit, so nobody can have 67p or 78p waiting to be completed. That means 8p and 9p can only be used in pairs or triplets. And if those were already discarded 1 or 2 times, it's even less likely.
And lastly, you never discard a dora into a riichi or obvious tenpai hand unless it is 100% safe to do so.

Wew, I wrote too much but if there is something you didn't get, ask away.

When using the /jp/ link, which rooms do I wait in?
I can't read any of it!

>>16294214
See
>>16293202
In that image you would want to wait in either of the 3rd row games (3:76 and 0:300). Left is east only while right is east and south, and happens to be the most popular.

>>16294242
I see why it was so confusing. I was using the web version instead of flash.

>Be in tenpai for a sanankou toitoi with 3 dora
>Tenhou kicks me out for some reason
>come back
>dealt into a haneman
This shit seriously makes me wanna quit playing ranked altogether. How am I supposed to get a decent rank when I disconnect once every 10 games?

>>16294347
Tenhou made me swap ISP. Problem solved.

>>16254658
Yeah Anon, I'm sure he was posting that because it was his first win against bots. Not because of the double yakuman or anything.

>>16294164
Isn't tile efficiency sort of common sense?

>>16295586
Yes, if you understand math and probability. Most people don't. The tricky part can be knowing when to aim for something fast and when to take a slower hand for more points.

>>16295586
You're overestimating the intelligence of the average person.

>>16291496
The reason why chow can only come from the left is because it's easier to make a chow than a pung, as far as I understand. When you have a 3 and a 4, you can chow with a 2 or a 5. You have two chances. If you have a 3 and a 3, you can only pung with a 3. You have one chance. Therefore, to make people not chow as often, the ability to chow is restricted to one person, while you can pung from all three other people.
This analysis simply comes from how a game's design would evolve naturally as people realise the probabilities of certain things occurring.

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>>16295645
>make a chow
>make a pung

>>16295975
Do you not understand English? They're English words used for mahjong.

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>>16295645
>chow
>pung

>>16295983
They're Chinese words used for mahjong.
If you want to go full autism you should use "run" and "set", which are the *actual* English terms.

>>16295645
>chow
>pung
And a nip nong ching chong to you too.

Lets not be too mean to the chow guy. We need every player we can get

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>>16295645

>>16295586
I mean yeah, most of it should be obvious like we said.
Still, sometimes it's tricky because you also need to keep track of every pond + calls and even account for what opponents may be keeping in their hand. You may be willing to throw a bamboo ryanmen in favor of a circles ryanmen if you know someone has a bamboo chinitsu.

>>16295586
Some of it, yeah.
Some of it requires some non-obvious probability theory though.

Going to be offline for a bit, so what's the better of the singleplayer options between 4winds, touhou, and the other one I'm too lazy to check the pastebin for its name.

>>16299468
I like virtual like virtual tenhoG on Android

Better yet, get some real tiles

>>16299468
The other one from the pastebin is the best for offline play.

>>16299658
I was/am looking for a windows program.
>>16300005
Is there no official site for it? Every available site is in the same vein as download.com

>>16297892
>They're Chinese words used for mahjong.
No they're not wew

>>16301271
They probably sound similar to Chinese words for mahjong. But chow, pung, kong, east, west, north, south, bamboo, all go together. Note how many of those words aren't Chinese at all.

>>16301431
I mean they sound similar in the same way Pekin sounds like 北京 sure.

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>just got tsuiisou
My dick is so hard right now

>>16301271
idk, I'm not Chinese. But the words have to come from *somewhere*, and it's not English.

>>16301992
They're Chinese but they're shitty localizations, even taking into account that they're using Hong Kong dialect.

>>16302026
So my point still stands then.

>>16302029
In the same way Canterbury Tales is modern English yeah

>>16302033
The point wasn't that it was Chinese though, the point was that it's not English. They could be vietnamese words for all I care, because I was responding to >>16295983

>>16302036
Well yeah point stands in that case

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>arguing about language

Just go play the fucking game and get on with it.

>>16285861
my grandparents taught me when i was younger and we used to play it quite a bit, i forgot how to play it though

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>>16251045
Live action Fujita-pro a cutie.

>>16301452
once i was in tenpai for a hell wait on tsuiisou + daisangen during oorasu while i was last dealer

i didn't win

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>it's outside of my normal hours, but everything seems quiet. Let's queue up for a game
>E1: the fucking phone rings, have to take it
>Try to deal with drama while keeping an eye on the game
>Deal into dealer haneman

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>>16267856
Here’s a kan.

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>>16304840
I came here to laugh at you.

>>16305773
two pair waits on the dora

ok

>>16305773
How much was the left player's hand?

I'm guessing: riichi, ippatsu, dora 3 (at least).

>>16306726
>dora 3 (at least).

But you can clearly see two of the dora discarded, and one is in the other guy's hand, so it can't have been more than a tanki wait for a dora dora.

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>>16306726
You guessed right.

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http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2016122503gm-0089-0000-8eb81484&tw=0


Toimen must have been very naughty this year.

Thanks Santa.

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>>16307673
そうそう ‘No matter how good you are, you’ll still lose at mahjong’.

>>16307842
Shut the fuck up Washizu

>S3 in 4th and things are looking bleak
>baiman my way to first and feeling good
>S4 deal into a haneman and drop back to 4th

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>tfw you throw away a daisangen
Well it wasn't happening anyway.

>>16308905
For daisangen you’d need fourth haku, and I don’t see it. Shousangen – yes.

>>16308953
The wall has plenty of tiles left.

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>>16308955
There are even some in the dead wall.

>>16308968
Tbh just rewatched the replay and the 4th one was drawn by shimocha but he kept it till the end.

Anyway, is anyone playing tonight ?

3:0

>0:20
It's a Christmas miracle.

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2:16

>>16302026
Cantonese is a language, not a dialect.

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> 2:20

>>16309984
>cantonese is a language, not a dialect
If Cantonese is a language and not a special subgroup of Yue, itself a prestige / regional dialect / subform of Chinese, then Chinese isn't a language but a language family under the Sino-Tibetian language family, which is debated. Either way it's irrelevant because Cantonese is a subclass of Yue and Yue is a subclass of Chinese, what level classes these guys are don't really matter.

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>>16309942
>>16310072

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Wake me up (wake me up inside)

>>16310284
Deranking. Ranking.

That's the way of Tenhou. Get used to it.

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2:4

1:4

Merry Christmas and get in 7447, christmas table time ain't over

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So, who is your 7447 rival?

>>16314808
Gogo

>>16314808
Onesided, but Kyuu. I want to beat him

>>16314808
Corak

2.0

>>16314808
probably waza or German-kun

3:0

>2:4
Come join us.

>>16316199
>No one in 7447 aside three fags playing sanma

>>16316525
Well we played 4p earlier.
If there are players I'll log in too.

>>16316525
there was thread on /a/ before

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1:0

Let's do this!

2:0

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i had my first akagi moment

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Have you ever seen an R this strong?

>>16318673
Well no because I don't play in Houou.

I get losing because you played badly, but this has been a day fucking full of 6th turn dama haneman hands getting thrown around while I can barely get to a pinfu tenpai once every 3rd round

The fuck?

tfw cant win a round in 5 days

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GUYS I CAN'T READ WEEB WHAT MEAN

>>16321870
The pleasure of 9 ``kyaa`` inside

>>16321870
Means you are now 9kyuu. Congrats on ranking up.

You can't rank down until you hit 1dan, so use this time to learn as much as you can

>>16321870
Welcome to the first step of suffering.

What a disaster. At least I played horribly enough that my lesbian powers activated and I came back from 40k.

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3:8, get in here.

why there are so many fucking noname in 7447 tonight?

>>16323416
Probably because there's a mahjong thread on everyone's favorite board, /v/.

>>16323421
I was tempted to join in but I guess I won't.

Whoops. Free sex button got me.

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>San-Shoku-Dou-Kou
I can't remember the last time someone actually made one of those.

>>16323725
It's only the second one I've ever gotten myself.

Nice playing you again though. Shame about the classic Noname routine.

>>16323728
The whole match was decided on South 1 and I was getting desperate. Check the replay. I was pissed when my winning tile showed up as the ura dora.

>>16323728
But that's how this game always is. Nice to see you as well UNIVERSE.

>2:0

played the firts 5 games on tenhou, and got 1444. is it that bad?

>>16325047
It's pretty bad if you can't count to five, yes.

>>16285291
European mahjong association plays riichi. Americans play hong kong or chink.
There's probably more players in Europe all things considered, so I'd reckon riichi is overall more widespread and popular than other types.

That /v/ thread last night was fun. We should try to recruit form other boards now and then

>>16325558
I think we have enough nonames already

>>16325576
7447 tends to be so empty nowadays, I wouldn't mind more players, even if they were NoNames.

>>16325558
I came here sort of indirectly from the shmup general. A few shmup streamers also steam arcade mahjong.

>>16326129
Oh? Got a link?

>>16326197
To a stream or /shmupg/ ? On twitch there's icarusfw and t4n3 and I think another guy called ratikal, but I don't know his exact twitch url off the top of my head. And shmupg is over here >>163707570

>>16326129
>steam arcade mahjong
Some of us here want to watch all that mahjong rigging.

>>16325047
As average as you can get.

I'm still at 1440~ after nearly 200 games

>>16325047
If it's your first time ever playing mahjong that's not bad. If you already know your yaku and have spent a decent amount of time on the game elsewhere (like the Flash game) then that's not good.

>>16325054
Also this

>>16325047
You're new. So, you shouldn't care about that stuff. Just play around with the game, and eventually, you'll learn. Paying attention to stats at this early stage will only frustrate and discourage you. Let that happen when you're more advanced.

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ez game

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>>16327395
tanoshii

FWIW this is my new account which is still in ippan

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>>16327399
I'll stop spamming up the thread now (not that it really matters, we're at bump limit already anyways)

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>>16325558
>that /v/ thread

Well, it seems, a number of them can handle the hell of mahjong

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R is basically irrelevant until 4 dan and then you face hell.

Whole bunch of people just jumped into 7447, what happened?

>>16327800
They're becoming one with their inner lesbian.

>>16327814
>Tonpuusen in 7447

>>16327800
>they are all r1500

>>16327852
Just looks like a group of casuals that know each other. They definitely were dodging the main game.

Also
2:0

>>16327912
3:0

Was in the /v/ thread yesterday. I know all the rules of mahjong but I'm not particularly good. Will the people who usually play in the 7447 lobby kick my ass? Also, is playing under NoName generally frowned upon, and what time of day can you usually find people playing in the 7447 lobby? Apologies for the probably stupid questions, I just usually get anxiety playing multiplayer games with real people.

>>16328225
>Will the people who usually play in the 7447 lobby kick my ass?
Depends who's online. The majority no, but occasionally you get 4-6 dans who fuck shit up. Also just remember that a beginner can get lucky and beat a pro every so often.

>Also, is playing under NoName generally frowned upon
Yes. NoName is a huge faggot who usually always quits.

>and what time of day can you usually find people playing in the 7447 lobby?
It's pretty random. But generally the worst time to play is 21:00-2:00 PST, you won't find anyone online then.

>>16328225
7447 has a pretty big range of players, lots of beginners play there, and since it's not ranked even people who aren't beginners tend to fuck around and not take things too seriously.

NoNames have some pretty annoying behavior attached to them, but as long as you don't disconnect in the middle of a match, it's fine.

>>16328252

>It's pretty random. But generally the worst time to play is 21:00-2:00 PST, you won't find anyone online then.

Well fuck, no wonder I can never play you guys...

>start a game
>power outage
T-thanks.

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>>16328225
>I'm not particularly good
Everyone started at some point. And yea, they all sucked. But eventually, those who continue to play keep improving.

anybody got the jenn barr book? would be nice tb h

>>16331728
I'm curious about this and how it compares to Daina Chiba's book

>>16329457
Best time has always been around noon EST when Strayafags come online and around 8 pm EST when Burgers show up.

>>16331837
Also for reference this site keeps a running log of stats for the current month in 7447 and updates about every 20 minutes.

http://www30.atpages.jp/mojan/dbranking_all_en.php?l=L7447&m=0

>>16331860
That's real cool Anon, thanks. I should play more so I can move into top ten.

Fucking cheap ass internet fuck this shit.
FUCKKKKK TANKING MY FUCKING RANKINGS

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>>16333006
Until I get a few more games in 7447, I'm going to hold off on going back to ranked games. It's been a long time since I played seriously and I'm still making stupid mistakes.

>>16333081
But it's hard to get someone to play in 7447 and you have to wait 20/30 mn to start a game.

I am just mad because my fucking internet literally dropped 5 times in a joukyuu game. It didn't even let me reconnect to the game in the end.

So I went to play in Ippan instead but between the absurd luck (6th turn honitsu oyaman), the feeding (ippatsu ron for haneman) and my internet problems I just closed the game. So, never going back in Ippan I guess.

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>>16333148
That's why pic related is a character. Beginner's luck is a very real thing. I have encountered more bullshit games in ippan than I have in joukyuu and tokujou combined.

>>16333303
I guess people are more daring when they don't have a lot of experience and defend less (or not at all) or go for big hands everytime. So that's why you get games filled with mangan and haneman.

>>16333354
The bottom line is there is no reason to play defense in 7447. As such, big hands are much more likely.

2:0

>>16333439
3.0

>>16333454
Still 3:0, get in here.

>Everyone goes into betaori
>Can't tsumo anything on 30 straight draws over 3 hands
>Eventually I deal into a lousy wait for just riichi

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>>16333700
http://tenhou.net/0/?log=2016123008gm-0009-7447-c039b528&tw=1

>That whole South 2

Live by the free sex button, die by the free sex button

>>16331837
Is there any riichi community down here in straya?

>>16333987
Cant say, but here's your chance to start one