Archive for the ‘Columns’ Category
Jenn’s Corner: Waste of Time
Nov 21st, 2010
by jenn
OK, time is moving way too fast. There are too many deadlines, too many tournaments, too much gaming and testing, too many updates and not enough time in any day of the week. Not to mention handling our own homes and lives, if you can imagine that those things even exist.
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Who are you fooling?
Nov 5th, 2010
by garthe
This is part of my continuing series on dumbing my play back down because I’ve gotten so good I can’t stop winning any more. Ok, of course the problem is that my play has gotten so smart I can’t win at all anymore. There are a lot of tricks we learn along the way to help us win games in this situation or that. But it’s easy to trick yourself right out of winning if you overuse them.
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Jenn’s Corner: Other Games
Nov 1st, 2010
by jenn
As I write this, Garthe is on his way to Macau for a poker tournament. I’ll be joining him shortly, although I’ll mostly be covering the event and working, not playing. On the other hand, if I have time, I’ll definitely jump at the chance to play a few hands in the cash games and maybe even the ladies’ event.
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Jenn’s Corner: Out of Practice
Oct 25th, 2010
by jenn
I have to play mahjong everyday to keep my game up. When I had the parlor last year, I was playing about 8 hours of real mahjong everyday. My game was better then than it has ever been. Lately I’ve been playing real mahjong once or twice a week, I play Mahjong Fight Club between 2 and 5 times per week, and I play online on Ron2 and Mahjong Club. It feels like I never play.
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Final Destination?
Oct 1st, 2010
by garthe
Sometimes when my game is a little bit off and I stop and think about why I’ve been losing lately instead of being my normal non-stop winning self, one of the things I find is that I’ve been over-reaching, pun executed!
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Posted in Columns, In Garthe's Hands |
Teaching Mahjong
Sep 14th, 2010
by Gemma
It’s been a long time since I could anticipate that I would be anywhere for longer than six months so I have shyed away from teaching people mahjong, knowing that I would probably have to leave them just as they really got into it. However, I finally have a proper job and a place with a decent table to play mahjong on so I figured it was time to give something back to the community.
Posted in Columns, Gemma's Journal |
Jenn’s Corner: It’s All Over
Sep 10th, 2010
by jenn
Wow, how long has it been since I wrote a Jenn’s Corner?! Things were so incredibly hectic with the WSOM and my other work keeping me busy that I left most of the site up to Gemma and the rest of the team. In the end we had a great series and things have finally settled down.
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Column 1–Put up, or…
Jul 24th, 2010
by Benjamin
Everyone I’m sure either knows Benjamin Boas or has at least heard of him. After much cajoling, he has finally agreed to write a column for RM.com. A big thanks to Ben for writing for us!
Anyway, his first column is about ECR 2010. Please be aware this was written before Ian’s article on MahjongNews.com. I’m sure it will add something to the debate!
-Gem
Posted in Columns |
UK Open Riichi is Tomorrow
Jun 25th, 2010
by Gemma
Sitting in the Premier Inn in Guildford waiting for the tournament… It seemed like a good time to write about pre-tourney rituals.
Posted in Columns, Gemma's Journal, Tournaments |
Tournament Deposits?
Jun 7th, 2010
by Gemma
…Whatever next…!
Mahjong Time have just introduced a system to try and discourage non-attendance at online tournaments; a deposit that will be refunded upon completion of the tournament. If you fail to turn up, that deposit is forfeit. Awesome idea or a tax on the muddle-minded?
Posted in Columns, Gemma's Journal |
