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2600:6C50:607F:C0E9:416B:226D:ED47:4361: /* Mahjong clients */

2022-11-26T09:50:50Z

Mahjong clients

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	*[http://tenhou.net/3/ Riichi mahjong client], with an [https://gitlab.com/zefiris/tenhou-english-ui english UI] in the high likelihood that you're not fluent in Japanese. Only works in .html, unfortunately.		*[http://tenhou.net/3/ Riichi mahjong client], with an [https://gitlab.com/zefiris/tenhou-english-ui english UI] in the high likelihood that you're not fluent in Japanese. Only works in .html, unfortunately.
	*[https://mahjongsoul.game.yo-star.com/ Mahjong Soul], a fully English mahjong client with the kind of "entry-level weeb" presentation sure to appeal to the widest possible audience, provided you're not already super-interested in Mahjong to begin with. It is quite functional, all that said.		*[https://mahjongsoul.game.yo-star.com/ Mahjong Soul], a fully English mahjong client with the kind of "entry-level weeb" presentation sure to appeal to the widest possible audience, provided you're not already super-interested in Mahjong to begin with. It is quite functional, all that said.
	*[[Final Fantasy]] XIV, believe it or not, there were people who ~~sign~~ up for the unlimited free trial of the game just to play Mahjong because a decent online client had not existed before Mahjong Soul came into the picture.		*[[Final Fantasy]] XIV, believe it or not, there were people who signed up for the unlimited free trial of the game just to play Mahjong because a decent online client had not existed before Mahjong Soul came into the picture.

	===Strategy Guides===		===Strategy Guides===

2600:6C50:607F:C0E9:416B:226D:ED47:4361 at 09:50, 26 November 2022

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	*[http://tenhou.net/3/ Riichi mahjong client], with an [https://gitlab.com/zefiris/tenhou-english-ui english UI] in the high likelihood that you're not fluent in Japanese. Only works in .html, unfortunately.		*[http://tenhou.net/3/ Riichi mahjong client], with an [https://gitlab.com/zefiris/tenhou-english-ui english UI] in the high likelihood that you're not fluent in Japanese. Only works in .html, unfortunately.
	*[https://mahjongsoul.game.yo-star.com/ Mahjong Soul], a fully English mahjong client with the kind of "entry-level weeb" presentation sure to appeal to the widest possible audience, provided you're not already super-interested in Mahjong to begin with. It is quite functional, all that said.		*[https://mahjongsoul.game.yo-star.com/ Mahjong Soul], a fully English mahjong client with the kind of "entry-level weeb" presentation sure to appeal to the widest possible audience, provided you're not already super-interested in Mahjong to begin with. It is quite functional, all that said.
			*[[Final Fantasy]] XIV, believe it or not, there were people who sign up for the unlimited free trial of the game just to play Mahjong because a decent online client had not existed before Mahjong Soul came into the picture.

	===Strategy Guides===		===Strategy Guides===

1d4chan>SlabDan: /* Abortive/exhaustive Draw */

2022-09-22T18:09:00Z

Abortive/exhaustive Draw

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	*Each player discarded the same wind tile consecutively		*Each player discarded the same wind tile consecutively
	*Player's hand consists of 9 terminal (1 and 9) and honour tiles		*Player's hand consists of 9 terminal (1 and 9) and honour tiles
	You are not forced to declare abortive draw due to this and can go for the 13 orphans super expensive hand		You are not forced to declare abortive draw due to this and can go for the 13 orphans super expensive king-sized penis hand
	*As mentioned earlier, each player calls a kan/kong		*As mentioned earlier, each player calls a kan/kong
	*Four players declare riichi (riichi mahjong)		*Four players declare riichi (riichi mahjong)

1d4chan>Piroko: /* Actual Basic Strategy to Actually Not Suck (as a beginner anyway) */

2022-09-22T18:05:21Z

Actual Basic Strategy to Actually Not Suck (as a beginner anyway)

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	* Once you're out of winds and dragons, assess where you are on characters, bams, and coins.		* Once you're out of winds and dragons, assess where you are on characters, bams, and coins.
	* Pairs are good; remember you need at least one pair to complete a hand, although your likelihood of getting 3 of a kind off drawing alone is low.		* Pairs are good; remember you need at least one pair to complete a hand, although your likelihood of getting 3 of a kind off drawing alone is low.
	* Sequences are better		* Sequences are better (in a closed hand anyway)
	* You're more likely to get the outsides of a straight than the middle, that's simple math		* You're more likely to get the outsides of a straight than the middle, that's simple math
	* Example: Say you have the 2 of coins, 4 of coins, another 4 of coins, and the 5 of coins. If you have to dump one of them, dump the 2. Why? Because the 2 is only useful if you get the 3, but if you get the 3 then you already have a meld on the 4 and 5, which you can also get from the 6. If you get the 3 or the 6, then you can dump the other 4.		* Example: Say you have the 2 of coins, 4 of coins, another 4 of coins, and the 5 of coins. If you have to dump one of them, dump the 2. Why? Because the 2 is only useful if you get the 3, but if you get the 3 then you already have a meld on the 4 and 5, which you can also get from the 6. If you get the 3 or the 6, then you can dump the other 4.

173.239.197.50: /* Luck, Statistics or strategy? */ clean up for clarity

2022-05-04T04:51:50Z

Luck, Statistics or strategy?: clean up for clarity

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	Some argue that success in Mahjong is based on "flow" and demons. Which is supposedly very evident in high-stakes games, where everyone has a great hand but one poor bastard is going to lose his left testicle at the end of the round. The aforementioned statistical thinking opposes this school of thought.		Some argue that success in Mahjong is based on "flow" and demons. Which is supposedly very evident in high-stakes games, where everyone has a great hand but one poor bastard is going to lose his left testicle at the end of the round. The aforementioned statistical thinking opposes this school of thought.

	One tiny thing you can do to tip the odds in your favour is to not get overconfident, don't get too greedy. Let's say the other players look like they're one tile away from winning. In your hand there's ~~679~~ of circles; which one do you discard? Bear in mind that a lot of times people are waiting for a tile to complete their hand, it's going to be between 1 and 9. Not all the time but I'd say ~70% of the time. So, you throw out the nine, even though it could get your as some extra minipoints, and wait for a 5 or 8 of circles. A related point is tile versatility, which comes from how many things a tile can form a combination with: 1s and 9s can only form a combination with 3 kinds of tiles (including the tile itself) (2,3;7,8)2s and 8s with 4 (1,2,4;6,7,9) and 3-7 with the most: 5. Honor tiles such as dragons and winds contain the worst versatility: 1. Holding onto tiles with high versatility enables you to gain combinations faster from draws while low versatility tiles make your hand sluggish and slow but more expensive.		One tiny thing you can do to tip the odds in your favour is to not get overconfident, don't get too greedy. Let's say the other players look like they're one tile away from winning. In your hand there's 6-7-9 of circles; which one do you discard? Bear in mind that a lot of times people are waiting for a tile to complete their hand, it's going to be between 1 and 9. Not all the time but I'd say ~70% of the time. So, you throw out the nine, even though it could get your as some extra minipoints, and wait for a 5 or 8 of circles. A related point is tile versatility, which comes from how many things a tile can form a combination with: 1s and 9s can only form a combination with 3 kinds of tiles (including the tile itself) (2,3;7,8)2s and 8s with 4 (1,2,4;6,7,9) and 3-7 with the most: 5. Honor tiles such as dragons and winds contain the worst versatility: 1. Holding onto tiles with high versatility enables you to gain combinations faster from draws while low versatility tiles make your hand sluggish and slow but more expensive.

	Another small trick is to immediately decide what kind of hand and strategy you're going for right from your starting hand. Calculate how many tiles you need in order to win. Less or equal to 3? Go for it and fuck everything else; More than 4? Play defensively: Collect "anchors" and throw away tiles you're quite sure are safe.		Another small trick is to immediately decide what kind of hand and strategy you're going for right from your starting hand. Calculate how many tiles you need in order to win. Less or equal to 3? Go for it and fuck everything else; More than 4? Play defensively: Collect "anchors" and throw away tiles you're quite sure are safe.

1d4chan>Noway886 at 16:27, 20 October 2021

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	[[Image:Mahjong_start.jpg\|right\|This guy needs a 1 or 4 circles to win\|thumb]]		[[Image:Mahjong_start.jpg\|right\|This guy needs a 1 or 4 circles to win\|thumb]]
	'''Mahjong''' is a [[weeaboo\|Chinese]] game about lining up tiles in a mathematically perfect fashion. You can only truly play Mahjong on a manufactured table. They take their Mahjong seriously, enough to bet money on it ~~(although this is hardly surprising, seeing as the Chinese are the premier degenerate gamblers among the races)~~, and to have clockwork tables that shuffle and deal rows of tiles under the surface like something out of a James Bond film. The 'match-2' version you play on your computer isn't Mahjong in the exact same way that [[Solitaire]] isn't [[Poker]]; it's called 'Shanghai' by white people and "that stupid game white people play" by the Chinese. There's probably more strip Mahjong video games than native English speakers who actually know how to play it.		'''Mahjong''' is a [[weeaboo\|Chinese]] game about lining up tiles in a mathematically perfect fashion. You can only truly play Mahjong on a manufactured table. They take their Mahjong seriously, enough to bet money on it, and to have clockwork tables that shuffle and deal rows of tiles under the surface like something out of a James Bond film. The 'match-2' version you play on your computer isn't Mahjong in the exact same way that [[Solitaire]] isn't [[Poker]]; it's called 'Shanghai' by white people and "that stupid game white people play" by the Chinese. There's probably more strip Mahjong video games than native English speakers who actually know how to play it.

	If you're gwailo, easiest way to explain this game is: it's almost exactly like Gin Rummy. You wanna make three-of-a-kinds and straights, the tiles have suits and ranks like playing cards, and you can pick up discards from the middle of the table.		If you're gwailo, easiest way to explain this game is: it's almost exactly like Gin Rummy. You wanna make three-of-a-kinds and straights, the tiles have suits and ranks like playing cards, and you can pick up discards from the middle of the table.
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	*Washizu: This is a variation riichi from the [[Manga\|Arawak indian stick and pantomime theatre show]] Akagi, which uses a special Washizu set of mahjong tiles. What makes it special is the fact that 3/4 of the tiles are transparent, so players are able to see each-others' hands. Because of this transparency, walls are not made but, instead, tiles are drawn from a pouch, while wearing leather gloves so the players are unable to feel the tile value. Whether you want to play this with the blood machine or not is up to the group.		*Washizu: This is a variation riichi from the [[Manga\|Arawak indian stick and pantomime theatre show]] Akagi, which uses a special Washizu set of mahjong tiles. What makes it special is the fact that 3/4 of the tiles are transparent, so players are able to see each-others' hands. Because of this transparency, walls are not made but, instead, tiles are drawn from a pouch, while wearing leather gloves so the players are unable to feel the tile value. Whether you want to play this with the blood machine or not is up to the group.

	*Hong Kong: ~~Filthy Chinese communists play this one.~~ Tiles are tossed in the center willy-nilly and the furiten rule is absent. Everyone pays even if they are not the one to feed the winner, which means being passive will lead you to bleeding out. Having a hand that actually scores points is optional for declaring a win. It can also be played with straight discards.		*Hong Kong: Tiles are tossed in the center willy-nilly and the furiten rule is absent. Everyone pays even if they are not the one to feed the winner, which means being passive will lead you to bleeding out. Having a hand that actually scores points is optional for declaring a win. It can also be played with straight discards.

	*American: Same as classic, but contains flower as well as "joker tiles". Joker tiles act as wild cards, because "muh poker". Was a huge, huge hit in the 1920s (the fact that the post-deal tile passing -- similar to Hearts -- is called a "Charleston" should tell you something). This form of mahjong, due to the joker tiles, contains all kinds of madness like quints and sextuplets as well as moronic combinations based on American culture i.e. "Civil War": 18611865 NNN SSS. Due to some odd twist of fate, the majority of American Mahjong players are old Jewish women. I'm not even joking.		*American: Same as classic, but contains flower as well as "joker tiles". Joker tiles act as wild cards, because "muh poker". Was a huge, huge hit in the 1920s (the fact that the post-deal tile passing -- similar to Hearts -- is called a "Charleston" should tell you something). This form of mahjong, due to the joker tiles, contains all kinds of madness like quints and sextuplets as well as moronic combinations based on American culture i.e. "Civil War": 18611865 NNN SSS. Due to some odd twist of fate, the majority of American Mahjong players are old Jewish women. I'm not even joking.

104.219.97.11: /* Into the types of Mahjong */ whoever wrote this entire article has barely played mahjong

2021-10-19T19:17:02Z

Into the types of Mahjong: whoever wrote this entire article has barely played mahjong

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	Like all card games, there's more than one way to play Mahjong. Here are the most played variations.		Like all card games, there's more than one way to play Mahjong. Here are the most played variations.

	*Japanese Riichi: Arguably, the most popular form of Mahjong. Mainly due to its [[manga\|mango]] influence. This variation is very clinical compared to the other versions. For example: ~~The furiten rule has bigger role~~, ~~because every player places his/her discards front~~ and ~~center. This way~~, ~~there is no doubt on what tiles~~ the ~~player is~~ furiten ~~for. (Furiten means tiles~~ the player ~~is not eligible to win on)~~		*Japanese Riichi: Arguably, the most popular form of Mahjong (at least, among basement-dwelling weeaboos). Mainly due to its [[manga\|mango]] influence. This variation is very clinical compared to the other versions. For example: Whereas in Chinese mahjong, where the discard pile is shared among players, and tiles are simply tossed in, in Japanese mahjong, due to the addition of the furiten rule and it's importance in the game, each player has their own neatly arranged discard pile.

	There is also the 'dora', or a bonus tile which gives an extra point per each you have in your winning hand. The dora is one number after the dora indicator, which is flipped in the dead wall. 4 pin for the dora indicator means 5 pin for the dora, so on.		There is also the 'dora', or a bonus tile which gives an extra point per each you have in your winning hand. The dora is one number after the dora indicator, which is flipped in the dead wall. 4 pin for the dora indicator means 5 pin for the dora, so on.
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	*Washizu: This is a variation riichi from the [[Manga\|Arawak indian stick and pantomime theatre show]] Akagi, which uses a special Washizu set of mahjong tiles. What makes it special is the fact that 3/4 of the tiles are transparent, so players are able to see each-others' hands. Because of this transparency, walls are not made but, instead, tiles are drawn from a pouch, while wearing leather gloves so the players are unable to feel the tile value. Whether you want to play this with the blood machine or not is up to the group.		*Washizu: This is a variation riichi from the [[Manga\|Arawak indian stick and pantomime theatre show]] Akagi, which uses a special Washizu set of mahjong tiles. What makes it special is the fact that 3/4 of the tiles are transparent, so players are able to see each-others' hands. Because of this transparency, walls are not made but, instead, tiles are drawn from a pouch, while wearing leather gloves so the players are unable to feel the tile value. Whether you want to play this with the blood machine or not is up to the group.

	*Hong Kong: Filthy Chinese communists play this one. Tiles are tossed in the center willy-nilly and so the furiten rule is ~~harder to uphold~~. Everyone pays even if they are not the one to feed the winner, which means being passive will lead you to bleeding out. It can also be played with straight discards.		*Hong Kong: Filthy Chinese communists play this one. Tiles are tossed in the center willy-nilly and the furiten rule is absent. Everyone pays even if they are not the one to feed the winner, which means being passive will lead you to bleeding out. Having a hand that actually scores points is optional for declaring a win. It can also be played with straight discards.

	*American: Same as classic, but contains flower as well as "joker tiles". Joker tiles act as wild cards, because "muh poker". Was a huge, huge hit in the 1920s (the fact that the post-deal tile passing -- similar to Hearts -- is called a "Charleston" should tell you something). This form of mahjong, due to the joker tiles, contains all kinds of madness like quints and sextuplets as well as moronic combinations based on American culture i.e. "Civil War": 18611865 NNN SSS. Due to some odd twist of fate, the majority of American Mahjong players are old Jewish women. I'm not even joking.		*American: Same as classic, but contains flower as well as "joker tiles". Joker tiles act as wild cards, because "muh poker". Was a huge, huge hit in the 1920s (the fact that the post-deal tile passing -- similar to Hearts -- is called a "Charleston" should tell you something). This form of mahjong, due to the joker tiles, contains all kinds of madness like quints and sextuplets as well as moronic combinations based on American culture i.e. "Civil War": 18611865 NNN SSS. Due to some odd twist of fate, the majority of American Mahjong players are old Jewish women. I'm not even joking.