Editing Mahjong (section)

===Ineligibility to win or "furiten"=== 
Rule exclusive to Japanese mahjong. Otherwise known as "you fucked up" or "pay attention, moron" As mentioned earlier, actions or lack thereof hinder or  negate your eligibility to win the round with your current hand, even if it is a ready hand. Furiten commonly happens, when the player had too much to drink and thought he was playing canasta. Here are examples of what makes one Furiten.

*You threw away that very tile
*You threw away a tile which is related to a sequence (i.e. discarding 1 on a 2,3 wait makes you ineligible for 4)
*You passed that tile when a player discarded it, negating your eligibility for the turn

Exception to the aforementioned is drawing the tile from the wall, except in the case of:

*Your hand is garbage (does not pass minimum hand criteria)
*All the tiles that enable you to win have already been discarded by other players(duh)